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I thought this would fit better here, but check out r/heavymind were it came from if you liked it. (i.imgur.com)

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[–]WeaponsGradeHumanity 18 points19 points ago

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I'm sure this has been posted before.
I keep a copy of this in my atheism folder with the title 'bookends'.

[–]lieksdamudkipz[S] 4 points5 points ago

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Terribly sorry about that. I've never seen it, but never meant to just do a simple repost. It's very fitting here, but I really wanted was to see if some other redditors would go to r/heavymind and you can find that same photo in there and a lot more images like it, but it isn't a very populated subreddit. I'm sure it can get a big amount of subcribers and with more of them, more images like those. Again sorry about reposting.

[–]WeaponsGradeHumanity 4 points5 points ago

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Oh I'm not complaining or telling you off or anything, don't worry about it :)

[–]harabec01 2 points3 points ago

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Oh don't worry about reposts, that is the majority of reddit. If it gets upvotes then someone appreciated it.

This really is one of the strongest images I have seen regarding religion and it doesn't use a quote or meme or even any words to make the message clear.

[–]ab57 1 point2 points ago

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At least once. Its something you don't easily forget.

[–]XandarsMeteor 4 points5 points ago

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Definitely a repost, but one of my favorites, so have an upvote!

[–]Killzark 4 points5 points ago

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Reminded me of Coraline.

[–]AppleGods 1 point2 points ago

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And again, terrifying.

[–]whilst 0 points1 point ago

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Capping day.

[–]keeblur 0 points1 point ago

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Seen it many times, although it is kind of funny, because a couple of days ago I was looking around for it. Coincidence?! yes.

[–]harabec01 0 points1 point ago

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Nope. God did it.

[–]error1954 0 points1 point ago

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Reminds me of Doctor Who in A Good Man Goes to War, with the headless monks.

[–]slorebear 0 points1 point ago

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wow i hate those little eyeballs!!

[–]09112001 0 points1 point ago

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Reminds me of Jeff Goldblum's The Fly... oh god, nobody ever watch that.

[–]MsLippy -1 points0 points ago

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Now I wanna go watch it. I haven't seen those creepy eyes outside of a nightmare for years. Maybe watching it as an adult will just be funny. Perfect wake-and-bake idea.

[–]PatronofSnark 0 points1 point ago

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Watching The Fly dead sober will mess you up. Doing it at a [6] is just madness.

[–]nkarch 0 points1 point ago

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Monthly quota fulfilled.

[–]skullybones 0 points1 point ago

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Does anyone have the pic of the baby being branded by the doctors?

[–]peterhobo1 0 points1 point ago

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I'm sorry Reddit, but its not fair to say Christians always force religion on their children. They do what you would if you are/will be a parent: Teach their kids what is right and what they believe, because to them its right. Making that seem bad isn't fair, as this is a large part of a parents job. Your not going to teach your kids about every religion, your going to teach them science (which is a good thing), and if they ask about religion you will probably teach them what you know and your opinions. It is unfortunate that their are crazy Christians out their, but to generalize is just unfair.

[–]WeaponsGradeHumanity 2 points3 points ago

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To generalise would be unfair except for the fact that so many Christians are exactly described by the generalisation.

The salient difference here is that an atheist will tell their child all the options and let the child think about it while the theist will teach their child only about their personal religion. Or at least, that's the best approximation to the truth that I can see, not being anywhere near America.

[–]peterhobo1 0 points1 point ago

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They claim to, but every atheist parent I know does give them the choice, but not before portraying theists as horrible people and idiots.

[–]WeaponsGradeHumanity 0 points1 point ago

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I'm not sure that's an unfair portrayal. I mean, I know that not all theists are horrible idiots but they believe things without reason even when those things are horrific.

[–]peterhobo1 0 points1 point ago

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That's a very fair point, but I think its irrelevant to my original post. My point is that its not fair to judge them for teaching their children about Christianity, and you are saying they are naive for believing without asking themselves why they are for their religion when their religion is full of horrible things.

Edit: If that is what you are in fact saying at all, I agree

[–]WeaponsGradeHumanity 1 point2 points ago

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I'm not sure we have any disagreement remaining except that I do think it's fair to judge people for passing on their religion.

[–]peterhobo1 0 points1 point ago

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You would be correct, and may I say this has probably been the most pleasant debate I have had on the internet where no profanity has been used or use of empty retorts used to due to lack of a strong retort.

[–]WeaponsGradeHumanity 1 point2 points ago

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Well I'm glad to have been a part of it :)

[–]doneitnow -3 points-2 points ago

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Kill it with fire!! Seriously, it's creepy as hell, /r/nosleep no less.

[–]Trondolay 1 point2 points ago

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Why do I always go there to read the stories when I'm about to go to sleep? Every time!

[–]arbitrary516 -1 points0 points ago

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*where

[–]Sheepolution -1 points0 points ago

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I like it.

[–]Wahrheit -1 points0 points ago

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Reminds me of this.

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