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Why so many Christians become atheists... (imgur.com)
submitted 7 months ago by DerpStains
[–]crazyeddie_farker 40 points41 points42 points 7 months ago
Upvote for Bert. Long live the unibrow!
[–]mecrosis 8 points9 points10 points 7 months ago
All hail the Unibrow!
[–]8Bitsblu 8 points9 points10 points 7 months ago
Heil unibrow!
[–]djaglet 2 points3 points4 points 7 months ago
Hale un bro
[–]kragmoor 2 points3 points4 points 7 months ago
hallunbroo
[–]mecrosis 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
That too
[–]verynayce 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
Berts brow gets all ze frau's.
[–]BoomHedshot 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
All glory to the unibrow!
[–]spacecadet06 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
[–]faultydesign -2 points-1 points0 points 7 months ago
SO BRAVE
[–]Ecnalyr 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
Is this in mockery of the recently created SO BRAVE guy?
[–]mtldude1967 16 points17 points18 points 7 months ago
Because their "partners" laughed at them?
[–]OmegaArcadia 5 points6 points7 points 7 months ago
Ernie's a deist.
[–]DeathbySociety -14 points-13 points-12 points 7 months ago
It's the Bible, you idiot.
[–]DerpStains[S] 7 points8 points9 points 7 months ago
Temper...
[–]mtldude1967 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
It's a joke, you idiot.
[–]runtotheabyss 19 points20 points21 points 7 months ago
Ok let's make this clear, people don't become atheist because they read the bible. It's because they have a greater understanding of the world with a post-Enlightenment grasp of the scientific method and an education that gave them knowledge derived from said method. They then read the bible and see that it just doesn't comply with what is known about the universe and observed morality.
TL;DR Epistemologically the Bible just doesn't stand up to scrutiny. Reading the Bible is just another way to say that you have scrutinized the bible.
[–]girldinosaurs 7 points8 points9 points 7 months ago
You're absolutely right, but I think "they read the bible" is often used as a short-hand for what you said. At least, I hope it is.
[–]Genericname42 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
It is for me. Imagine explaining what runtotheabyss said to a fundie? Do you really think he/she would understand any of that?
[–]girldinosaurs 2 points3 points4 points 7 months ago
One does not simply explain to a fundie.
[–]runtotheabyss 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
Nope, I've tried and when I realize that someone can't wrap their head around the concept I just leave them alone. If they're that trapped in their paradigm... you can't argue with crazy.
[–]hotbowlofsoup 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
I hardly understood what he said. Thank God for google chrome dictonary. (Or whatever it's called)
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[–]Saggingpeach 8 points9 points10 points 7 months ago
I'd like to learn more, could you put this on a pamphlet and hold weekly meetings with singing, and threats?
[–]embrigh 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
Are you inferring that reading the bible doesn't make one leave Christianity? I can understand that it wouldn't necessarily make you an Atheist since you may believe in perhaps another religion, but I'm interested in a clarification.
[–]runtotheabyss 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
To answer your question simply, yes reading the Bible doesn't necessarily make one leave Christianity behind.
I don't really understand where you need clarification. In a religion people use their religious texts to educate and indoctrinate people into the religion. This is why you don't see Jesuit priests or nuns becoming atheist when they go to Seminary to learn about the Bible. To leave Christianity or another religion behind you need information from a different pool of knowledge. So when atheists say "reading the Bible cover to cover is sure to make you an atheist" which is what this OP is implying, that isn't true unless the person has a different well of knowledge to pull from and compare the Bible to.
[–]xoites -1 points0 points1 point 7 months ago
I can't read the title of the book he is reading. All i can see is that he is reading. Expanding your data base and processing information is what gets you beyond superstitious nonsense.
[–]tongshilaoshima 8 points9 points10 points 7 months ago
I know this is how I turned from that terrible religion. After three books I started doubting. After five, I was all, "Fuck this shit".
[–]sinenominex 6 points7 points8 points 7 months ago
I'd say that being scared as fuck of post-death oblivion is part of human nature.
[–]CoryJames 5 points6 points7 points 7 months ago
When human's became self aware, we were faced with the fact that we are going to die. We got scared. So we made up god. the end.
[–]sn1p3rb8 2 points3 points4 points 7 months ago
That's all well and good, but a larger part of being human is using intelligence and willpower to ignore our baser instincts. We should be updating our worldview, not suppressing it though centuries old dogma.
[–]blastovore 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
Ignore... You mean "keep [our baser instincts] check". Instincts be there for a reason.
[–][deleted] 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
That's a bad study and you should feel bad. What a load of masturbatory bullshit.
[–][deleted] 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
No, that's just a really bad study. It's not good science at all. Just because something is put out by a university doesn't make it good. It didn't have a control group at all - kids whom had never heard of god.
No, but they were exposed to religion and grew up in religious families.
[–]kingcaptcha 2 points3 points4 points 7 months ago
Or "The Day Bert Decided to Shut Up Ernie For Good."
[–]brienbrien 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
BERT STARE
[–]Gecko99 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
I've seen this gif many times before. Now I'm curious. What's the context behind it? What was going on here?
[–]Nonamus 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
Too tired to discuss atheism or religion right now, so upvote for one of my favorite gifs. Also, unibrow.
[–]Atheist_Simon_Haddad 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
Screw this, ima go feed some pigeons.
[–]Juz16 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
This is the best use for that GIF.
It makes it funnier.
[–]saviorOfKings 3 points4 points5 points 7 months ago
The only reason he seems to look away from this Book (presumably the Holy Bible, King James Edition XVIXV) is that he is tainted by an ungodly presence of the room. Ernie's rabid masturbation, a dastardly sin (as told in Psalms 3:14), is subliminally placing impure thoughts into Bert's head. The mere sight of another man's Penis is a sin, (Psalms 9:36) and the sight does not have to be visual: contact with another man's Penis via any of the 6 senses (being touch,taste, smell, hearing, sight, prayer) is Homosexual and you will burn in Hell. Do not take these things out of context. I do not take these things lightly. Amen
[–]bebobli 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
blah blah effort blah
[–]XK310 1 point2 points3 points 7 months ago
Because Burt looks up from a book?
[–]seventh_skyline 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
because they found out the subliminal truth about Bert & Ernie?
[–]jakb001 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
More like http://rgifs.gifbin.com/g600616996.gif
The church should have never allowed writing in the vulgar tongue. Look at all this rampant doubt and revelation.
[–]GrayStudios 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
Because they decide Bert and Ernie should be allowed to marry?
[–]Steinhauser 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
Wop wop wop waaaahhhh....
[–]iaoth 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
Opened this while listening to Zebra Katz "Ima Read". Fortuitously appropriate in message and tone.
http://vimeo.com/34982652
[–]mcsjenkins 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
Look at Ernie Derping in the background.
[–]buckeyegold 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
So you went ahead and used a gif that everyone has seen over & over & over again, to make a post that everyone has seen over & over & over again?
[–]AtomicSamuraiCyborg 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
Because Sesame Street is Satan indoctrinating our kids?!
I KNEW IT!!!
[–]iamaravis 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
Yep, that was pretty much my experience!
Actually, this is why so many people become atheist.....FTFY
[–]i_love_younicorns -2 points-1 points0 points 7 months ago
we became atheist because we read? read what?
[–]i_love_younicorns -1 points0 points1 point 7 months ago
ah. 'twas not clear.
"the god delusion"? "the extended phenotype"? "the origin of species"? a science book?
[–]i_love_younicorns 0 points1 point2 points 7 months ago
yeah, or i just think your ripped off .gif is shitty. also, i'm a recovering addict so that's no longer my issue.
PSAs are kind of my thing
all it takes is a username and password
create account
is it really that easy? only one way to find out...
already have an account and just want to login?
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