Cool_NameMay 12, 2024

I have never sinned

https://lemmy.world/post/15305518

I have never sinned - Lemmy.World

It is freeing to recognize that I have never sinned and it pissed Christians off when I say this. To clarify, in Christianity sin is not simply “the bad things we do” it is specifically an offense against god. God does not exists so i have never sinned against him. I’ve been an atheist for for 16 years but it was only recently that I realized this distinction. It short-circuits the guilt based evangelism. It forces the christian to first demonstrate that god exists before they can convince me I have sinned and need to be saved from that sin. And to say the least, they are ill equipped to demonstrate the existence of god.

Show threadHugh_Jeggs

For a bunch of so-called atheists, yous sure do spend a lot of time thinking about god 😂

In civilised countries, you know how you can tell if someone is atheist or religious?

You can’t.

You don’t talk about that shit

Same goes for politics

May 12, 2024 at 6:50amWeb
Show threadmacattackMay 12, 2024

There is an irony that atheism becomes a religion to a lot of atheists.

It reminds me of how some liberals just want to own the MAGA crowd instead of rally behind progressive policies

Show threadmacnielMay 12, 2024
Is it really a religion when it doesn’t follow deities?
Show threadTheDoozerMay 12, 2024
Shhhhh, let’s not give them ammunition against TST.
Show threadmacnielMay 12, 2024
Sorry
Show threadtsonfeirMay 12, 2024
It’s an opinion on religion, not a belief. It is the lack of belief.
Show threadFlying SquidMay 12, 2024
Define religion for us please.
Show threadmacattackMay 13, 2024
A circle jerk around the meaning of life
Show threadFlying SquidMay 13, 2024

Atheism has nothing to say about the meaning of life. Atheism is the lack of belief in gods.

So either religion is “a circle jerk around the meaning of life,” and therefore atheism is not a religion “to a lot of atheists” or your definition is wrong.

Which is it?

Show threadHugh_JeggsMay 13, 2024
A cult?
Show threadFlying SquidMay 13, 2024
Religion is a cult or atheism is a cult?
Show threadHugh_JeggsMay 13, 2024
Both
Show threadFlying SquidMay 13, 2024
Okay, then please define ‘cult’ in such a way that describes both religion and atheism. You could start by telling us who the atheism cult’s leader is, because I sure don’t follow whoever that is.
Show threadmacattackMay 15, 2024
Theism in its purest form is similarly devoid of religion. My point is that as a practicing atheist, I do not identify with the ways that many of you practice atheism. It is disappointing and mirrors religion in a way that seems obvious to those that are not taking part of the circle jerk
Show threadFlying SquidMay 15, 2024

So by ‘practice atheism,’ you mean talk about it. And that’s what makes a religion. Talking about something.

So I guess discussing the weather is a religion.

Show threadmacattackMay 15, 2024
If my main reference of weather was “why my weather forecast is better than your weather forecast”, then yes, weather becomes a religion
Show threadFlying SquidMay 15, 2024
I don’t think you understand the argument atheists are making if you think that’s all there is to it.
Show threadStupidBrotherInLawMay 12, 2024
Kindly fuck off with the unsolicited, worthless criticism, Hugh.
Show threadtsonfeirMay 12, 2024
Religious people sure spend a lot of time thing about getting little girls pregnant and marrying them.
Show threadwazMay 12, 2024

I’m curious of what your definition of “a civilized country” is.

I expect the answer is going to be prejudice AF.

Show threadFlying SquidMay 12, 2024

For a bunch of so-called atheists, yous sure do spend a lot of time thinking about god 😂

There are dozens of churches in my town. There are religious messages everywhere, from billboards to plaques. There are Christian radio stations people play music from when I go into their businesses. Religious people knock on my door trying to convert me.

Of course I spend a lot of time thinking about it. You people shove it down my throat every chance you get.

Show threadTokenBoomerMay 12, 2024
Amen
Show threadHugh_JeggsMay 12, 2024
Best pun in the thread, and the edgy teenagers missed it :)
Show threadTokenBoomerMay 12, 2024
God, I hope not.
Show threadHugh_JeggsMay 12, 2024

You people

😂😂😂

Mate, we got rid of our religious nutjobs in the late 15th/early 16th century.

Here’s the secret - stick them all on a boat, send them off to some distant western continent (we found that 3500 miles was the bare minimum) and let them create the most fucked up country on the entire planet while the rest of us slowly forget about their weirdo religion 😂

Show threadFlying SquidMay 12, 2024
I can’t help but note that you don’t say where you live. And I have a feeling that it’s because there are, in fact, religious extremists in your country.
Show threadHugh_JeggsMay 13, 2024
Yeah but they tend to be the “blowy-uppy” type so they tend not to push their agenda either
Show threadFlying SquidMay 13, 2024
Once again, you aren’t saying where you live and it’s becoming more and more obvious that it’s because there are crazy Christians there and you don’t want us to know that.
Show threadConvict45May 12, 2024
Avoiding discussion of politics is the privilege of those who benefit from oppression.
Show threadspaceghotiMay 14, 2024
What an amazing display of privilege. It must be nice to live in a society where religious belief isn’t being injected into the public and our government.