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Christians sometimes... (i.imgur.com)
submitted 9 months ago by WhyYouThinkThat
[–]CaptainAsshole 6 points7 points8 points 9 months ago
If someone can consistently pretend to be a good person, does it really matter if it's who they really are?
If you're not sure, try the reverse:
If someone pretends to be a total asshole all the time, but doesn't really mean it, are they any better than someone who means it?
It's just something to think about.
[–]nodefect 1 point2 points3 points 9 months ago
TLDR, Batman Begins mode: It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.
[–]Patrick_Sutton_2012 1 point2 points3 points 9 months ago
Politicians,CEOs etc put on a kind facade, but are often scumbags when they don't think anyone is watching.
Btw vote for me :P
[–]In_the_East 5 points6 points7 points 9 months ago
id imagine it'd be hard to 'fake it' that long without starting to do it naturally. being kind does have its own rewards.
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[–][deleted] -8 points-7 points-6 points 9 months ago
Scumbag r/atheism:
Finally admits there are some theists who actually do good deeds...
They must only do it to get into heaven and are actually assholes
[–]MyNameIsChar 1 point2 points3 points 9 months ago
Good in the absence of "God" is better than good in the presence of him.
[–]Psy-Kosh 1 point2 points3 points 9 months ago
To be fair... people can act from multiple motivations simultaneously.
[–]WhyYouThinkThat[S] 2 points3 points4 points 9 months ago
Don't know if this has been done before...
Edit: my bad for the small image. Its hard to find a meme generator that works well on an ipod
[–]samisbond 7 points8 points9 points 9 months ago
http://i.imgur.com/pncLf.png
[–]WhyYouThinkThat[S] 0 points1 point2 points 9 months ago
Oh, damn. I see what you did there. That's good... That's good...
[–]UselessWeasel 1 point2 points3 points 9 months ago
You don't get into heaven with hate in your heart. So if they're just pretending to be kind, they don't get in, but you get the worldly rewards.
[–]CitizenPremier 1 point2 points3 points 9 months ago
What difference does it make? If they do good then it's good!
[–]the_unusual_suspect 0 points1 point2 points 9 months ago
This sums up some of my thoughts on some theists pretty well
[–]dcss 0 points1 point2 points 9 months ago
Well considering how Christianity isn't works based for salvation, they're probably just nice people.
[–]zz_three 0 points1 point2 points 9 months ago
depends on which verses you are going to cherry pick.
"The Fulfillment of the Law
Matthew 5:17 “Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets; I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them. 18 For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth disappear, not the smallest letter, not the least stroke of a pen, will by any means disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished. 19 Therefore anyone who sets aside one of the least of these commands and teaches others accordingly will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven. "
[–]E00000B6FAF25838 -3 points-2 points-1 points 9 months ago
Does it really matter? It doesn't matter how fucked up someone's thoughts or thought processes are as long as they act like a kind and decent person. I don't care what someone's motives for being nice are - they're being nice, don't take it for granted.
[–]samisbond 3 points4 points5 points 9 months ago
I find this the most horrid logic. I contest that anything done not based on logic but on blind faith is immoral regardles of its outcome. Just think of the absolute atrocities that have been commited in the past by men who believed they were doing good. I do not condone threating children with eternal damnation in hell so that they will be good in life.
In other words: no, it is not okay to brainwash kids and use fear tactics to make them good.
[–]kb151 0 points1 point2 points 9 months ago
Why is it so hard to believe that some Christians are just decent people (not just by Christianity's standards, but everybody's)? Not all Christians are out to damn people eternally for not believing in the same things they do.
You are more preachy about your atheism than most of the Christians I know are about their religion. Let nice people be nice and have a great day.
Except we preach in the atheism subreddit, not at other people's front doors, or on a college campus, or a missionary trip to some foreign country, or camped outside a planned parenthood, or in the christianity subreddit.
Edit: not to mention you clearly didn't get the point of the post
[–]samisbond 1 point2 points3 points 9 months ago
You appear to think this is an attack on Christians, which it is most certainly not; as I always say, we have friends who have Christians, we have family who are Christians, many of us have loved ones who are religious.
This is a comment on the absolute depravity of Christianity. I want you to look at it the other way.
"Not sure if actually kind and generous...
"Or just afraid of eternal damnation in Hell"
Christianity uses scare tactics to get its follows to conform to its idea of objective morality. To teach children to be good not just based on reward but through fear of absolute punishment is a cruel and sadistic act. Listen to the stories of those who became atheists here later in life; almost all of them have one recurring theme: fear. These men are terrified of an unloving god who will send them to an eternity of hell and punishment for what they have done. Not only is faith i.e. the absense of logic a horrible unstoppable basis of morality, more importantly: we should be good based on our understanding of humanism and caring for one another and a society, not an invented list through the use of reward and absolute punishment. Religion is not a choice, it is something that was indoctrinated unto us when we were children, and it is a cruel and sadistic act. Are all Christians haunted by this each night? Surely not. But the above is in fact clearly someone doing right for the wrong reasons and we have no means to attack them, but we attack the cruel and sadistic religion that has forced them into a unreal world of fear and a threat of punishment.
[–]TheTurkey5689 -4 points-3 points-2 points 9 months ago
Just think of the absolute atrocities that have been committed in the past by men who believed they were doing good.
These same acts could be justified through logic. The old line "The End justifies the means."
Was it logically more reasonable for us to bomb Nagasaki and Hiroshima with nuclear weapons to save the lives of our soldiers then risk a costly ground invasion? Yes, was it logically thinking and good to say we wanted to save the lives of our soldiers? Yes.
Put that together, and you have several citizens obliterated in moments by a nuclear bomb for a act of good, for one side.
Good and bad are not concepts so easily defined. Nor does being based on blind faith or logic change outcomes. Whether the person does a good act because of the promise of rewards, the thought of generally doing good, a mixture of both, or even complete apathy to the situation, the act itself is still good, and should be looked at in the same light.
But saying any good act done for a reason you disagree with is immoral is a short-sighted and selfish response. "I refuse to acknowledge the good, when I can so easily sidestep acknowledging it to reassure my world view"
[–]samisbond 1 point2 points3 points 9 months ago*
President Truman drops the bomb on Nagasaki and Hiroshima.
"This was has gone on enough. Million of lives have been lost. Today we take the lives of more innocent men, but as horrid an act as we commit today, we will save millions more of innocent lives tomorrow. This war has gone on enough."
"I have spoken with God. He has told me to end this war. Today we take the lives of more innocent men, but as horrid an act as we commit today, it is God's commandment".
Decisions based on logic and decisions based on blind faith should not be looked at in the same light. One of these comment I disagree with I think allowed a horrible act, one of the comments is batshit crazy. To teach people to be good not just based on reward but through fear of absolute punishment is a cruel and sadistic act.
Edit: Also, I didn't realize you were saying that the bombing of Nagasaki and Hiroshima were in fact justified due to the atrocious line "The End justifies the means." No, I do not agree that they were in at all justifiable and generally the ends justifies the means is an immoral basis of logicalal reasoning which religion also entirely flies on, but that doesn't change the point.
[–]TheTurkey5689 -1 points0 points1 point 9 months ago
Yes, but through the act you label as horrible and disagree with did save countless millions of lives, isn't that a good result?
We try to paint things black and white, irregardless of religious orientation, and it doesn't work like that. I find it hard to get away from myself, but what is good for someone, usually comes at another's expense. Find 20 bucks on the street? Awesome, thats a good thing for you, but remember, someone else is looking in their pocket for 20 dollars that isn't there, that is bad.
If someone does something that brings a little good into the world, that costs no bad, through goodwill and generosity, religious convictions, or a mixture of both, should it not be celebrated regardless? Too much bad and ill will is done for us to second guess what little good we get to see in our lifetimes :(
[–]samisbond 2 points3 points4 points 9 months ago
It should not be celebrated. We should not celebrate the mind warp these people have to put into: to live a life on constant fear for their actions. Listen to the stories of those who became atheists here later in life; almost all of them have one recurring theme: fear. They are sad victims or religion. Apart from the fact that no, we should not applaud faith based actions for the luck of their righteous outcome, we are talking about an immoral fear tactic that is sad and cruel to its followers who did not choose their religion but had it thrust upon them at birth.
[–]thrawnie 1 point2 points3 points 9 months ago
I agree with this one. I personally don't care what motives people have as long as the consequences of their actions are beneficial.
[–]singularperturbation 1 point2 points3 points 9 months ago
Preference utilitarian - consequentalism ftw!
[–]thrawnie 0 points1 point2 points 9 months ago
Yes! A fellow utilitarian-consequentialist I take it? My motto - the road to heaven can only be defined by good consequences :) (metaphorical heaven of course - gotta use the language we're stuck with ;))
[–]WhyYouThinkThat[S] 1 point2 points3 points 9 months ago*
I don't necessarily disagree. But think about it this way... Instead of acting kind and generous because they want to help other people, they are acting kind and generous to help themselves (so they will get into heaven). This, in turn, contradicts the whole idea altogether because how do you get let into heaven for being generous or whatever when you're really not. Its just a joke anyways guys, don't take it too seriously. To clear things up, I don't really care if someone's being nice to get into heaven, I'm just trying to point out the contradiction.
[–]thrawnie 2 points3 points4 points 9 months ago
No worries, I get that part and I do agree with the inconsistency :).
[–]samisbond -1 points0 points1 point 9 months ago
I don't believe is raising people with the fear of hell so that they'll do good.
Neither do I. That would have bad consequences for them, which are not beneficial. My agreement is very specific - to wit: if someone does a good thing for any reason whatsoever, I will applaud that action and the consequence of that action. I fail to see how this constitutes an endorsement of religion on my part.
[–]FuckAtheism -2 points-1 points0 points 9 months ago
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[–]PaleBluDot -8 points-7 points-6 points 9 months ago
lol hay do a RAEG comic next those are so FUNNY11!!!!
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