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[–]mainsworth 253 points254 points ago

/r/atheism

[–]walruteer 141 points142 points ago

Is leaking again.

[–]strobexp 14 points15 points ago

back to the shadow!

[–]Magnifiscent 28 points29 points ago

I remember working at Sea World in San Antonio as a lifeguard. The worst trashcans to empty at the end of the day were the ones in the "Little Gators" section of the water park (kid's pool). The bags were always full of nasty wet diapers that had been cooking in the South Texas summer sun for hours and hours.

This anecdote seems unrelated at first...

[–]bigskykb 11 points12 points ago

I took my kids to Sea World San Antonio and they got to watch Shamu hump that platform he slides up onto. Sorry my anecdote is unrelated, but I never get to tell it.

Oh, and I probably dropped a diaper or two in the trash at SW that day. Sorry.

[–]Magnifiscent 12 points13 points ago

lol.

Better a diaper in the trash than a floater in the pool...

[–]DataKeeper 0 points1 point ago

albeit, some of the posts that HAVE leaked from r/atheism (starting with the recent Innocence of Muslims crap) are suitable for r/funny.

This one is a bit much though.

Also, I'm an atheist with no issues with r/atheism.

[–]dumnezero 1 point2 points ago

Yes, check it out! It's good for you.

[–]mainsworth -3 points-2 points ago

Just another form of close minded fanaticism.

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[–]mainsworth -2 points-1 points ago

Gee thanks.

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[–]dumnezero 2 points3 points ago

The voting of these items speaks otherwise.

[–]MarneusB 130 points131 points ago

Wrong subreddit douche.

[–]cheesefalcon 74 points75 points ago

Did you know there is a brand new subreddit that could accept this? There are already tons of people there! A great place to laugh at religions, and even circlejerk! It's called r/Atheism

[–]RidleyOMalley 27 points28 points ago

I think you mean "A great place to circlejerk, and even laugh at religions"

[–]SawyerScott 3 points4 points ago

New*

[–]cheesefalcon 1 point2 points ago

oh sorry

[–]SawyerScott -1 points0 points ago

It's all good, just don't ever do it again.

[–]cheesefalcon -1 points0 points ago

I apologize for my rookie mistake.

[–]bryantheatheist 0 points1 point ago

Hey...um...atheism*

[–]ddavis014 73 points74 points ago

I have a friend who was diagnosed with breast cancer. When she goes in for treatment, they can't find anything wrong with her. Not making a religious statement or anything of that nature. Just saying, at least one doctor has said something like that.

[–]droideka9990 46 points47 points ago

My sociology professor's wife went in for a brain aneurysm. Wasn't supposed to live through the night, if she did, she was supposed to be brain dead.

Two days later she walked out of the hospital, the next semester she went back to work.

The doctors (Mayo Clinic in Rochester) that had said he should let her die told him it was an act of God.

[–]straightfaced 25 points26 points ago

My grandmother had a tumor between her heart and lung. Doctors examined it, said it was completely inoperable, and she could undergo chemo but should expect to live no more than 6 months. Her friends prayed for her, the next scan she got the tumor was completely gone. She's been cancer free for 8 years now.

[–]BlueBird518 16 points17 points ago

yeah I was about to comment, I've heard loads of stories where there have been "miracles" in a sense that someone is healed without an explanation.

[–]Lazerpig 0 points1 point ago

My friend was mauled by a bear. His head got removed from his body and the bear ate his heart. Then I prayed for him and he got all better.

Isn't anecdotal evidence the best?

[–]ddavis014 0 points1 point ago

mauled by a bear....cancer scare. While it rhymes, it does not quite compare. (more rhyming! :D)

[–]Bandage 7 points8 points ago

Cancers aren't always too sure when diagnosed. There's plenty and plenty of false positive cancer diagnoses done around the world, same goes for the different other diagnoses and such.

[–]ddavis014 9 points10 points ago

I would like to enlighten you of an analogy i've heard about how the universe came to be and how the cell phone came to be. I am aware that i will be torn apart for being so religious, but, idc. The universe is so perfectly set up. There is very little leeway on the way it was setup for us to sustain life on earth. And many believe it all just happened to fall into place that way by coincidence. Now lets imagine the cell phone was an accident. All of the pieces of technology just happened to fall into place in a way that a working cell phone was created. Impossible. We can all agree that it took the mind of a genius to first make a cell phone. It just might be the same with the universe. It took the mind of an ultimate genius to create it and work the way it does. I hate how people say science disproves God. Or science is the opposite of Christianity/religion. It is not. Science only proves how amazing God truly is. God is not simple. He created science, and uses it to his advantage. Now i shall be posting this to r/religion lol

[–]kthanksn00b 0 points1 point ago

So because you can't think of any other way of how the universe came to be, it must be god?

[–]ddavis014 -1 points0 points ago

Serious question. Who wrote the bible?

[–]mbcoyote 0 points1 point ago

Why god of course! And I know that god exists because the bible said so...only god could have written the bible...the bible says god exists...etc...etc...etc...

Believe it or not that is a serious answer. Your question shows a very standard form of circular reasoning.

How do you know that the bible wasn't written by a prominent period author as a work of fiction? The question you asked would be similar to someone asking 1,000 years from now "who wrote Harry Potter". Someone obviously wrote it - but it doesn't prove the existence of Harry Potter.

[–]kthanksn00b 0 points1 point ago

His posts smell like Poe's Law to me.

[–]ddavis014 0 points1 point ago

I see your point. And I would just like to say that you're misinformed. I am not trying to in an argument or anything and I apologize if I offend you in any way. But the bible was written by several different people over thousands of years. It wasn't all written at once. (in my belief system. I understand where you're coming from. Just hear me out). My point is, the how could a book (well more of a collection of letters and for lack of a better term 'journal entries' all written by different people still have the same idea and same plot over the thousands of years? This is a rhetorical question. If you'd like to continue a civil conversation on this topic, a comment thread is not the place for it. Message me if you'd like to continue. I'm interested in your point of view.

[–]blooregard325i 4 points5 points ago

I, as an atheist, will never tear you apart, but I will be rational, calm, and polite when responding.

I think the two places your analogy fails is, one, that life happened "by coincidence', as with the cell phone. The purpose of life, any life at any level, is to be alive and procreate. It will do anything to give itself an edge. As soon as life was formed, it needed to stay alive, adapting and changing to fit its surroundings, ie. evolution. Eventually, this formed more and more complex life and then finally, where all life is today.
Your statement 'There is very little leeway on the way it was setup for us to sustain life on earth' is also not entirely true. Look at the places we've discovered life. In the coldest, darkest, deepest, most inhospitable places, or even the other extreme, the hottest places. Life will adapt to fit any environment.

The second point is that a cell phone was actually designed by intelligent beings, us. And those people were quite smart, but it didn't happen overnight. No single stroke of genius thought up the idea and built it all in one go. The idea had to evolve from simple static electricity experiments to controlled electricity, circuits, switches and boards, etc, etc, to where it is today, but the key difference is that it is not alive. It cannot evolve for itself, we must make it happen. Animals, us included, can evolve by ourselves, we have been able to study this for many generations now.

So while I understand your point and reasoning, it isn't exactly sound, nor does it help your case. All it does is prove that evolution is actually real and any sort of creation fable or intelligent design is to be chalked up with the hundreds of thousands of other stories from religions past that explain the origins of life, all of which have been cast aside as 'ridiculous'.

Now, I hope I have been polite, I did try. If you would care to discuss this further, I would be happy to do so with you. But as you suggested, this isn't really the place. I would also recommend not discussing this in /r/atheism or /r/religion, bad places to hold unbiased discussions. :D

[–]Grimmsterj 4 points5 points ago

Don't understand why you are being downvoted. That was a correct, polite statement/argument.

[–]blooregard325i 0 points1 point ago

Doesn't really matter to me, I was talking to ddavis014, if others like/dislike it, that's ok too. :)

[–]throwawayg53s 0 points1 point ago

A question for you. Just based on what you said "The purpose of life, any life at any level, is to be alive and procreate." How do you feel in regards to homosexuality being naturally occurring? Without moral implication, how does it make sense biologically if the purpose of life is to make more life? Not hating on Homosexuals, i just thought this was an interesting statement.

[–]NukeThePope 1 point2 points ago

It's like this: if homosexuality (in its existing numbers) was truly damaging to the reproductive success of a species it would have been wiped out of the gene pool millions of years ago. A race of non-homo apes would have out-competed the crap out of our ancestors and you'd find nothing but a few of our guys' bones.

It stands to reason, then, that a small proportion of homosexuality, as found in hundreds of species besides humans, is at worst harmless and possibly mildly helpful. In socially minded species, you often find some of the homos, while not engaged in the dangerous and costly business of procreation themselves, helping their relatives with the rearing of their children, apparently for the benefit of the whole species.

Natural selection is blind but ruthlessly effective. Some species eat (some of) their young. Some species sacrifice 99% of their offspring to predators so the 1% can go on to survive. Shocking though this may be to our tender sensibilities, it's apparently part of a successful reproductive strategy.

[–]Bandage 0 points1 point ago

The term of evolution has never been as clear as that. Animals has been studied to practice homosexuality just even as a dominant entertainment. It's also believed to be a "backup" for unsuccessful mating, to get a partner no matter the gender. Occassionally it has benefitted the animals in some different ways (for an example, two male birds has been taking care of an abandoned egg). It all is not really that simple, and everything's being studied all the time. As I don't trust in anything completely, even science, but it brings information to the table that seems the most plausible and sure. Evolution has been the best explanation for differences after tons and tons of studies, and even then, it's missing a lot that has yet to be discovered and understood. It's really not that simple, there's no "fulfilled" term for evolution to explain with, just only with what we've got now cased in the terms of "evolution".

[–]Bandage -1 points0 points ago

Gee, well that came out of nowhere, so to say. To clarify, I was just pointing out that little listed error we happen to make at times naturally, not that I'm trying to disprove God or anything. False diagnoses happen every day, and I liked to point it out here, as it's pretty relative towards cancers, even. Studies about them are still continuing, and we're making breakthroughs only at just recognizing them from the body.

As an atheist... well. I won't say much here, but I can't simply just see a link between knowledge and belief here. Go and believe whatever you want, but I don't stay on with words only. I had been "brainwashed" as a kid, but self realization for skeptisism made me open my eyes for all of this. What I see here is just words which tries to explain something in a way how Vikings did it for thunders. Sorry, but I'm not really following the plot here. We just need more time to discover and study the surroundings first.

[–]Consequence6 1 point2 points ago

I agree with your ending. God created the big bang, is my personal belief. That science and religion are not mutually exclusive. But your first point isn't the best. The universe is so incredibly vast. There's a slight leeway that there's life on earth, that's true. But life was created to suit Earth, not Earth created to suit Life.

Your point of the cellphone isn't a good one because (and this sounds offensive, but there's not really a gentle-er way to say it) of your own ignorance. The analogy comes from the lack of understanding of how we came to be, while in reality it's more like, "1 trillion cases were lain out and random bits of technology were placed in them. One of them works, all the others don't." Upvote for opinion though :)

[–]rocketcraft 3 points4 points ago

Can't someone pray for a misdiagnosis then?

[–]porchy44 -5 points-4 points ago

CONCLUSION: GOD DID THIS

[–]Consequence6 3 points4 points ago

Is that not possible?

[–]porchy44 -4 points-3 points ago

Not a chance.

[–]Consequence6 2 points3 points ago

Why not?

[–]porchy44 -3 points-2 points ago

Because no entity can magically remove matter, this case cancer, without actually encountering it. If a woman has cancer and prays to god to fix it but doesn't proceed with surgery or some kind of therapy to fight it, she will die. The only way to cure these kinds of things is your immune system and medical procedures done by doctors. I'm surprised any doctors still believe in god knowing how little a god would have on a persons destiny compared to them. And don't give me god created the doctor to heal the patient bullshit because we discovered medical advancements on our own without any higher power aid.

[–]alclarkey 2 points3 points ago

So all these doctors who tell these stories are liars then?

[–]porchy44 0 points1 point ago

Lying implies you know the truth. Doctors don't know what happened, but for some reason give god credit when something amazing happens.

[–]alclarkey 0 points1 point ago

How is that particular speculation worse than the others?

[–]porchy44 0 points1 point ago

Refer to my first comment.

[–]Consequence6 0 points1 point ago

No entity we know of, yes. And maybe it didn't magically remove the matter, maybe it was teleported somewhere else, or healed, or something bigger was happening.

[–]Kadoc -4 points-3 points ago

thats nothing. i went in to the hospital with my arms and legs torn off from a car accident. it also left me severely brain damaged. but one part of my brain was functional that day, and it told me to prey to god. the next morning, i was good as new and walked right out of there.

[–]ddavis014 0 points1 point ago

but...your arms and legs were torn off? I don't quite follow how you walked out of there?

[–]Kadoc 4 points5 points ago

jesus grew them back

[–]porchy44 -2 points-1 points ago

Religious ignorance is ridiculous. Not knowing answers to questions doesn't mean you should make your own off what some uneducated peoples believed in the past. You would think after science proved the bible wrong time after time, people would give up blind faith and try and find answers themselves instead of following the pack.

[–]ddavis014 0 points1 point ago

I would just like to say in response, not representing the christain community, not trying to get in your face or anything, simply responding, that I personally believe what science has proven and I also believe in the bible. In my eyes, maybe not yours, and that's okay, but I see science as proof of how amazing god is. People think that God is simple minded and created everything with the snap of his fingers. I dont think so. I think God used science. For example, God created the big bang which over billions of years created the universe to be what it is today. I also believe in evolution. I believe first god created, and now evolution takes place. Like i said, for those that believe in God, why would God be so simple minded and stop at creation. There is proof of evolution. Evolution is real. Science is real. And I personally would like to add to that, that God is real. Like i said before. I'm not looking for an argument or a fight. I simply wanted to share that I believe in science and the bible. If you would like to continue a civil conversation, message me.

[–]porchy44 0 points1 point ago

I appreciate you keeping this civil, nothing annoys me more than an aggressive christian or even an atheist that claims they know more than any person could ever possibly know. God could very well exist in some form or another. The message I'm trying to convey is we shouldn't accept all the answers our ancestors have thought up. Rather than accept all these answers, people should apply sciences to question these answers. You're an example of a this, disregarding some things in the bible I assume, such as Noah's Ark, and the oppression of "new" ideas such as evolution. The only ignorant thing you said in my opinion was that "god is real". You're entitled to your own opinion as much as anyone else, but we cannot claim to know things that cannot be proven.

[–]Cthulhu_Bloop 112 points113 points ago

What the fuck is this doing in r/funny? Not only is it not funny, but it obviously belongs in r/atheism.

Fuck you, OP. Keep your shitty posts in your shitty subreddit.

[–]HaveTwoBananas 29 points30 points ago

Op

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[–]Convicted_Lurker 2 points3 points ago

HAHAHA CHRISTIAN STUPIT AMIRITE GUIZ

[–]PenisSizedNipples 21 points22 points ago

I have had it with this Monday to Friday r/atheism on my Monday to Friday r/funny.

[–]aeyamar 6 points7 points ago

I've had it with this monkey fighting r/atheism on my Monday to Friday r/funny.

FTFY

[–]brocksrocks 13 points14 points ago

True, because we all know Reddit karma is the one true savior!

[–]Probable_Foreigner 8 points9 points ago

No there is only one true god

[–]FranzSchleevok 2 points3 points ago

Brother in the Cage! Spread the word of the cat! Rise!

[–]adamzep91 17 points18 points ago

Wow, seems this week /r/atheism has been leaking even more than usual..

How did this even get off of new?

[–]89rovi 6 points7 points ago

We need a new rule. "No anti-religious bullshit, keep that in /r/atheism."

[–]Grimmsterj 2 points3 points ago

You can't discriminate, there can't be pro-religious either. It's either all religion is out or all is allowed.

[–]tesnakeinurboot 4 points5 points ago

You should see how quickly anything religious gets destroyed around here.

[–]swanky-t 9 points10 points ago

Just another repost.

[–]straightfaced 7 points8 points ago

....i actually know someone this happened to. awk.

[–]polishedsteel 1 point2 points ago

Ay! Take a look at dis giy!

[–]Uniquitous 3 points4 points ago

Unleash the fucking butthurt. "Waaah! Go back to r/atheism!"

[–]J19A 13 points14 points ago

Don't worry it was because of the Facebook Likes that saved you.

[–]Tannon34 14 points15 points ago

Why can't r/atheism stay where it belongs. On r/ atheism. Some of us get tired of your insults and comments that we never asked for

[–]GreenFloyd84 0 points1 point ago

You're right, but r/atheism gets absolutely railed any time it's mentioned anywhere else on Reddit. I don't think it should be here either, but there isn't anyway all of this is necessary every time it happens.

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[–]Tannon34 0 points1 point ago

You know what? I've stopped caring

[–]BeautifulCheetah 5 points6 points ago

Honestly when people thank God for this stuff its not like they believe that he will magically heal them. Its like they thank him for letting everything go right and having the Doctors good work actually work. Its like if there was a risky procedure or someone had a very low chance to live where it could go either way, you thank God.

[–]M9660077 2 points3 points ago

My father was airlifted from Elko Nevada to Salt Lake City Utah on a Learjet because of a massive stroke. Every CAT Scan showed the blood pooling around his brain. Twenty minutes before surgery another CAT Scan was ordered to show the progression; instead they found no evidence of a stroke. The blood was absorbed back into his brain, clotted the bleed, and the pressure virtually disappeared. Call it what you'd like; to me it was a miriacle he's alive. :D

[–]Lots42 -1 points0 points ago

While I'm happy he's okay I call it SCIENCE.

That we don't understand.

[–]highlandprincess 0 points1 point ago

How is saying that it's science that we simply can't prove any different than a higher power that we can't prove? In both cases something happens that we can't comprehend and say "It's the work of (x)!" I understand some of the athiests out there just have to shove their non-beliefs in our face but if science can't explain something then who's to say that there wasn't an outside force? No one knows for sure.

And I've noticed that most of those with a religion on here have said "I think" "I feel" "I believe" where most of those who only follow science have stated their opinions as if they were facts. But that could just be how I percieved it.

[–]Lots42 1 point2 points ago

"How is saying that it's science that we simply can't prove any different than a higher power that we can't prove? "

Because there's evidence science exists.

[–]highlandprincess 0 points1 point ago

I'm not gunna circlejerk with you about our different beliefs. I've seen some things science can't explain and nothing you'll say to me today is going to change that unless you can explain the things I've seen with science.

[–]gman92 0 points1 point ago

Science that we can't prove yet.
A higher power that we can't prove ever.

[–]highlandprincess 0 points1 point ago

How do you know that we won't some day discover a higher power. Maybe science just hasn't discovered it yet. You don't know. What you believe to be true is not fact.

[–]gman92 0 points1 point ago

All religions take it on faith rather than evidence that their gods exist. Most religions have a clause where it doesn't matter that there isn't evidence; you're supposed to believe without empirical proof. I'm not going to believe in something that just hasn't been proven not to exist, I will keep all my beliefs firmly rooted in what has been proven to exist. If there is a higher power reading this, then please, show yourself already. All this hiding is doing nothing for your credibility.

[–]highlandprincess 0 points1 point ago

I'm not saying that you need to follow a religion or that anyone's beliefs are wrong. You said that it can't be proved "ever", that's kind of a big claim when we have so much left to discover that science has yet to prove. I would just wish that athiests would stop saying that there is no way there is a higher being when we don't know. I'm not saying don't believe there isn't a higher power, I'm saying don't state something as a fact that isn't a fact. "God does not exsist" is not a fact. "We don't know if God exists" is a fact. "I do/don't believe in a higher power" is your choice.

I am simply just sick of athiests putting down other beliefs on here and stating them as facts. It would be one thing to say "No, I think you're stupid because you follow a god that I don't believe exsists" but it's another to say "You're stupid because everything you think is a lie" especially when you have no possible way of knowing if you're correct. Once again, I don't care what your beliefs are, just have some respect.

[–]gman92 0 points1 point ago

I don't state things as facts, only "statements for which there is an extraordinarily large body of evidence for." If one could conceive a way to find god with science, I want to meet that person. Every religion is inherently unprovable, is what I'm saying. Science will never find god because if god is physical then we'd have found him/her/it already, and if god isn't physical there's no way to. You think eventually we'll develop telescopes that will be able to look into heaven or something? And if we do, what god will be the correct one? Allah, Vishnu, Yahweh? Or will the Greeks be right and it'll be Zeus? You can't put god in the "has yet to prove" category of science. It's in the "unprovable by its very definition" category.

[–]highlandprincess 0 points1 point ago

You also say all religions are based on faith and not evidence but that's not really true. A lot of people have had experiences that make them believe in a higher power or an afterlife of some sorts. To them that's all the evidence they need and in most cases they have no way to prove what happened so they have no evidence that science would find acceptable as proof of a higher power.

[–]gman92 0 points1 point ago

The religions themselves, not the people practicing them. People's "experiences" are enough proof for them but it's silly, vapid proof. It's not even proof. It's just them drawing the wrong conclusion about an event that, with enough data, could be scientifically explained.

[–]highlandprincess 0 points1 point ago

Can you explain why a cabinet would violently swing open then slammed closed in a house where that has never happened before in the 40 years of someone living there. When 4 people were standing there talking when it happened and all 4 people saw it happen. And it just so happens to have happened after the funeral of a loved one when they were making fun of her cooking? Because I don't think science can explain that. You can call the proof silly because you haven't experienced anything that has given you faith.

Science can't explain a lot of things that happens in this world. Hell we don't even understand how bumble bees can fly with such small wings. And to be honest a lot of things in science are still just theories that have been thought up by men. Just like religions. I'm not going to keep circle jerking with you about this, you don't believe in a higher power while I do, we will never agree with each other and neither of us will simply change our minds.

[–]gman92 0 points1 point ago

Keyword here would be "enough data." If one knew precisely the conditions by which the cabinet exhibited this behaviour, then one could extrapolate based on that why exactly it behaved that way. I live by the notion that the entire universe is governed by certain laws that cannot be changed, and have not seen nor heard of anything that contradicts this. Correlation does not prove causation, nor do I admit we know everything about everything. Some sort of supernatural imprint on the physical by those that has left us can be independent of a god/gods.

The notion that bumblebees can't/shouldn't be able to fly has been proven false based on dynamic stall producing several times normal lift for brief periods within each oscillation cycle. The outdated statements were based on old aerofoil surface area to lift calculations, and were just another thing that science eventually explained. In 4.5 billion years, your god person has not shown himself or anything indicating his existence. Eventually, as the human race learns more and more about everything, we will believe less and less in a higher power until its existence could only be justified through delusion. These are facts.

Also, circlejerking is not debate/argument. It's two or more people having a discussion where all they do is agree. Quite the opposite of what you were trying to convey.

Have you noticed that atheists are on average much more intelligent than their god/gods fearing counterparts? There's a reason for that too.

[–]tesnakeinurboot -1 points0 points ago

You see, that's what we religious folk call faith. You don't have to believe it, and have no reason too, but you do. You are the same only science is your religion.

[–]M9660077 0 points1 point ago

Well to me miracles are just scientific effect without a known cause. So, I agree.

[–]50percentJoe 4 points5 points ago

I've never actually met a doctor that discouraged praying for a speedy recovery when it comes to treatment though. While its true that whenever a person heals its, "A miracle!" instead of the doctor being thanked or what have you, and we should by all means be more ready to thank our doctors, I can't say hoping or having faith that someone will get better is a bad thing.

[–]BlueBird518 4 points5 points ago

also if prayer makes the person happy then there is no reason why they shouldn't pray. Just keeping a person happy while they are ill can have a very positive effect on how quickly they recover.

[–]Seib-Moz 0 points1 point ago

So I read the title in the voice of the Professor from Futurama and was sadly disappointed.

[–]StuffedDolphin 2 points3 points ago

While everybody is arguing about religion, I would like to point out that one of these doctors is Walter White.

[–]sturmey 0 points1 point ago

Actually I know a doctor who has proof that a young girl was in need of surgery to fix a broken ear drum or something like that. the girl in question had an ear issue that would require surgery every 3-5 years so that she could hear. Had the problem on both side, and after her last surgery, they were planning on setting a time for the other ear and at the checkup the doctor said he couldn't find a problem.

It was there 6 months earlier when they did one side and then it was healed without scars and as good as new. Also there are scans that show previous surgery scars and estimates when they would need to do surgery again.

I don't remember all the details, but my wife knows the family.

[–]Lots42 0 points1 point ago

Call me when missing limbs regrow.

[–]tesnakeinurboot -3 points-2 points ago

I'm just paying you a visit everywhere you post this condescending buttfuck of an argument.

[–]Lots42 0 points1 point ago

The truth hurts, don't it?

[–]tesnakeinurboot -2 points-1 points ago

Not when you don't even try to prove a point. Stealing from the front page here, much like you do with you opinions; but I could go eat some alphabet soup and shit out a better argument.

[–]Lots42 1 point2 points ago

A real medical miracle would be an arm regrowing. Deal with it.

[–]tesnakeinurboot -2 points-1 points ago

So a mass of rapidly multiplying cells suddenly disappearing with no treatment isn't a medical miracle?

[–]Lots42 1 point2 points ago

No.

[–]tesnakeinurboot -2 points-1 points ago

You seem to not even understand your own definition of a miracle. You are stating that it is something that can not possibly happen. A mass of cells that are rapidly multiplying and spreading that suddenly disappears fits into that category. Did you know that limbs can be regrown (albeit not easily) by using stem cells to create the individual bones, muscles, and nerve structure?

[–]Lots42 0 points1 point ago

"Did you know that limbs can be regrown (albeit not easily) by using stem cells to create the individual bones, muscles, and nerve structure?"

What the fuck?

We cannot regrow arms.

[–]originalunoriginal 1 point2 points ago

i read this in a professor farnsworth voice...

[–]wubwubwubwubwub1 8 points9 points ago

go home r/atheism your drunk....

[–]fan_22 1 point2 points ago

you're

[–]LeeroyJenkins11 4 points5 points ago

A friend's friend was diagnosed with cancer, after all of her treatments, she was given a moth to live by her doctors. My Youth Group at the time prayed for some thing amazing to happen. 4 months later she was declared cancer free. Think what you want.

[–]greatunknownpub 0 points1 point ago

she was given a moth to live by her doctors. Think what you want.

I think you should thank the living shit out of that miraculous healing moth.

[–]Lots42 1 point2 points ago

I'll believe it was god when humans start regrowing limbs.

[–]kthanksn00b 3 points4 points ago

I do find it odd how all of the anecdotal stories seem to be about conditions that the body can fix on its own.

[–]LeeroyJenkins11 -1 points0 points ago

No, you won't.

[–]tesnakeinurboot -2 points-1 points ago

Hello again, you are not very original.

[–]munchy508 -1 points0 points ago

I think this is hilarious because I've heard of this happening literally dozens of times. A supposedly "untreatable" disease has miraculously disappeared. EXPLAIN IT WITH SCIENCE MOTHERFUCKERS.

[–]TopHattedCoder 0 points1 point ago

Name one.

[–]Lots42 3 points4 points ago

Call me when missing human limbs grow back.

[–]tesnakeinurboot -3 points-2 points ago

This seems to be your only comeback.

[–]Lots42 2 points3 points ago

Pot, kettle.

[–]makubex 8 points9 points ago

Prayer doesn't work but email chains do. Please forward this on to everyone you know.

[–]Toastfighter 4 points5 points ago

Can't we just flood r/atheism and get to the bottom of where this darned leak is?

[–]meowmaster 0 points1 point ago

not funny

[–]TheKagestar 3 points4 points ago

Nearly 2 years on Reddit and you can't even put this in the right subreddit.

[–]bryantheatheist 2 points3 points ago

Actually, this is really funny. You don't have to be an atheist to appreciate it. I know plenty of Christians and Jews who hate those 1 like=1 prayer posts. It might be more appreciated in /r/atheism but it still is funny and deserves to be here.

[–]HeWhoPunchesFish 0 points1 point ago

ಠ_ಠ

[–]Confucius_says 1 point2 points ago

every single /r/athiem post in /r/funny is full of just comments (like mine) that simply say "this shit belongs in /r/athiem". If Everyone hates these kinds of posts so much who the fuck is upvoting them? what the hell is going on?

[–]jinjalaroux 3 points4 points ago

As an atheist, I did not find this funny. Why is it on /r/funny if it's not funny? And if you did find this funny, would you please tell me why?

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[–]Lots42 -1 points0 points ago

Yes, imagine having friends and family making a paitient feel more relaxed helps with healing. SHOCK.

[–]leaflard -1 points0 points ago

however the phrase "It's a miracle" has been used more than once by doctors.

[–]ilikethepoopoo -1 points0 points ago

It's kinda stupid because, when most doctors operate, and are successful they often say "it's a miracle!"

[–]wshs 1 point2 points ago

My beliefs are superior to yours, rawr! Take this to another subreddit!

[–]Elnumer5 0 points1 point ago

Most people here in the comments are forgetting this is r/funny. Please take your religious debates elsewhere.

[–]pastemaker1 1 point2 points ago

Where is your god now!?

[–]Nivlac024 -1 points0 points ago

r/atheism is leaking again.

[–]uofmike -2 points-1 points ago

"I'm very pleased with how atheists/non-atheists have come together in this post to call this guy a douche" -every doctor ever

[–]XFraggerX -1 points0 points ago

The OP is a regular in r/atheism. In other words, he's trolling

[–]LordSlayne -2 points-1 points ago

Downvoted. I hate leakage.

[–]MinnesotaMadMan86 -5 points-4 points ago

ASSHOLE

[–]TRAUMAjunkie -4 points-3 points ago

/r/atheism is leaking again

[–]djveneko -3 points-2 points ago

Of course they wont tell you that... They want your money!!!

[–]EnterTheWayne -1 points0 points ago

I think you took a wrong turn. /r/atheism is back the other way.

[–]malevolent_moose -3 points-2 points ago

I didn't unsubscribe from /r/atheism for this shit.

[–]Natv -3 points-2 points ago

DAE le stupid skytheists?

[–]darthjon -3 points-2 points ago

Most reasonable people of belief are actually praying for the doctors to be exceptionally brilliant

[–]cardinalwolsey -5 points-4 points ago

LOL NO GOD LOL AWESOME LOL HE DOESN'T EXIST NEIL DEGRASSE TYSON SAID SO LOL AWESOME. STUPID FUNDIES LOL HAHA RIGHT GUYS!?

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[–]Jadunka 6 points7 points ago

You are such an inspiration. You tell that theist bastard.

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[–]Jadunka 6 points7 points ago

So he bashes Christians and yet you tell him to pray his headache away? Makes sense.

[–]spammeaccount -1 points0 points ago

cHRISTIANS? feel persecuted much, the word christian didn't appear once in that pic.

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