Linguist Gone Foreign 🌏Interesting how religious folks treat the street like a marketing channel for their god. We heathens don’t go around handing out atheist stickers. Missed opportunity, maybe?
SuperIlu@linguistgoneforeign "Haetten sie ein paar Minuten Zeit um mit uns ueber die Nicht-Existenz von Gott zu reden?" 🤣
Michael S.@dec_hl @linguistgoneforeign Jenseits einer kreationistischen Weltsicht sollte das eigentlich ein No-Brainer sein.
Edwinek@linguistgoneforeign
We don't need to, do we? Atheism is the default, that's how we are born, gods need to be marketed.
We don't need to, do we? Atheism is the default, that's how we are born, gods need to be marketed.
One would think that atheism is the default, but sometimes religion is so widespread that it becomes the norm, unquestioned. I wish I had been given some atheist flyers back in the day. It would have sped things up considerably.
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There's something in that. I still remember the feeling of liberation when I realised (quite young, age 11 maybe) that it's all made up
There's something in that. I still remember the feeling of liberation when I realised (quite young, age 11 maybe) that it's all made up
Pxl Phile@linguistgoneforeign tbh not a single day goes by when I pass a Free Bible Training ©®™ Mormon? stand that I think of having my own stand with excellent titles like
- 10 Great Ways to Live Life without God
- Nietzsche was an Ass but Right
- Cool Math for Beginners
- Free Ethics Training
- Cool Trains Illustrated
Love those titles.
Let's add "We have science now, bitches". 😁
Jules she/her@linguistgoneforeign I doubt it would be any more effective or less annoying if atheists did it than when religious people do it. I'd be very surprised if anyone had ever sincerely overturned their entire worldview on the basis of a leaflet they were handed on the street
Gustavo@linguistgoneforeign I wonder why there are so few criticisms among Christians about that and many other themes.
The only times I remember public criticism among Christians are pastors condemning a pastor that was filmed wearing panties in public (probably trying to pass as a trans prostitute) and made up a really bad excuse for that (he said he was doing an undercover investigation, it was in my city) and evangelicals criticism of Catholics with weak arguments.
Well, private criticism among Christians is often worse than that: cheating is so common, corruption too.
Too much corruption, abuse and crimes to waste time criticizing each other, need to cover up instead! 😩
@linguistgoneforeign It hurts my feelings when people suggest the existence of a personal God in my presence.
Furthermore, I consider missionary work to be a criminal offense. It violates the freedom of/from religion.
Alex@linguistgoneforeign maybe normalize some kind of social interaction on the street regardless if religious or not.
We share this earth and its under threat and I know for most of us we have ills in the political realm. I'd rock a sticker for those kinds of causes.
There’s a difference between genuine social interaction and agenda-driven interaction. I’m all for casual, mutual conversation, but I take issue with outreach that’s focused on pushing beliefs onto others. The exchange there is asymmetrical and treats people as targets, not individuals of a community.