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[–]newmobsforall 143 points144 points ago

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is there a word for someone who is a theist but doesn't believe God is worth worshiping?

[–]Keegan- 199 points200 points ago

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Absolutely. It is called Misotheism.

[–]gradivus22 137 points138 points ago

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I thought that was the cancer you get from asbestos.

[–]appealtoprobability 94 points95 points ago

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No, that's Mesothelioma. Misotheism is the process by which cells divide.

[–]Amagineer 90 points91 points ago

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No that's mitosis. Misotheism is the hatred of women or girls.

[–]Lampmonster1 88 points89 points ago

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No, that's misogyny. Misotheism are the things that live in Jedi's bloodstreams.

[–]throwmeaway76 80 points81 points ago

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No, those are midichlorians. Misotheism is a type of Japanese soup.

[–]FistyFist 78 points79 points ago

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No, that is miso soup. Misotheism is the girl from the Pokemon cartoon.

[–]Nictionary 69 points70 points ago

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No that's Misty, misotheism is a Magic: the Gathering card from the Unhinged set.

[–]flippingarefun 62 points63 points ago

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No, that's Miss Demeanor, misotheism is a spell from D&D.

[–]puaCurveBall 12 points13 points ago

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No, that's Mise. Misotheism is the hatred of marriage.

[–]Icsifil 31 points32 points ago*

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No, that's midichlorians. Misotheism is a type of Japanese soup.

Edit: THROWMEAWAY76 IS AN UGLY PLAGIARIZER WHO STOLE MY POST FROM MY MIND.

[–]throwmeaway76 5 points6 points ago

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Great minds, uh?

(Check the post above yours).

[–]Icsifil 2 points3 points ago

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Da fruck? I need to refresh more. Grats ^ ^

[–]uptheaffiliates 0 points1 point ago

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No, that's Miso soup. Misotheism is a generalized distrust or hatred towards humanity.

[–]walrusbot 0 points1 point ago

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No, that's theism (most of the popular ones)

[–]LightSwarm 36 points37 points ago

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TIL

[–]Kx2hunter 5 points6 points ago

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That's more of a religion where you want to weaken the god... I think by "worth worshiping" he means its unnecessary

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago

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Deism is such a concept, so something from that category would fit. Creator deity, but he/she/they is/are secure in their status as a powerful being and don't need reassurance. But on Misotheism, it's not a religion just like theism and atheism aren't religions. You can be a Christian misotheist judging from the wiki article. Just have to believe in that god and not worship him because you think he's a jerk and you don't like him at all.

[–]newmobsforall 0 points1 point ago*

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Well, by worth worshiping I mean that the guy isn't evil, but apparently useless, which would be the most logical conclusion in a cartoon world where we regular see God or Jesus but they never seem to do anything useful or good.

[–]SuddenDeth 1 point2 points ago

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What about an Agnostic Misotheism? is this something too?

[–]ShrimpCrackers 2 points3 points ago

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Maltheist works too.

[–]redpandabear 0 points1 point ago

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I thought a maltheist was of the belief there is a god but he is only an angry/vengeful god?

[–]ShrimpCrackers 1 point2 points ago

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... and thus not worth worshipping.

Matheists also include people that feel that god is a general a-hole.

[–]studioartstudENT 2 points3 points ago

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Apatheism or Practical Atheism means the question of a deity's existence is irrelevant to living life.

[–]Waking_Phoenix 6 points7 points ago

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You can potentially be a deist, as well.

[–]hrgilbert 4 points5 points ago

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I thought deism was the belief that, there was once a God (or perhaps, there may may have once been a God) but that it has since left us alone?

[–]geckahn 14 points15 points ago

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Deism is the belief in a non-interventionist god. As in god (or gods) created the universe and stepped back. You don't even really need to call them gods, just that some external entity set the universe in motion.

This would be the different than saying there once was a god. Presumably he, she, they, it are still hanging out beyond or realm of existence.

[–]Captainpatch 5 points6 points ago

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Or in some cases god is portrayed by a deist as an architect and an observer. The supreme being set creation in motion in a self-sufficient way and is an observer of the results and never (or rarely) interferes or violates the natural laws. Creation is his masterpiece, if he interferes at all it is through the tiniest ripples of fate. God is more respected, rather than worshiped. Deism is more a philosophy than a single religion, as there is no single central text or any teachings.

Deism can pretty much be summed up as this: "I think there is a god, but why make such a big deal about it? I think he created a pretty awesome universe, so I'm just going to live in it, learn about it, and enjoy what there is to enjoy and be a good person by my own best personal morality to try to make the world around me a little closer to the ideal I believe in." A Deist is functionally like an Atheist, but with a belief in god.

[–]kochipoik 1 point2 points ago

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Thank you for such a good description! I never knew there was so many different names and definitions (I suppose that's philosophy for you). I always assumed I was agnostic but I'll have to go and look up all the definitions

[–]Captainpatch 0 points1 point ago

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Well, a person can be an agnostic deist.

[–]Mystery_Hours 0 points1 point ago

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You don't even really need to call them gods, just that some external entity set the universe in motion.

Devil's advocate: How can any atheist be confident that this isn't the case?

[–]flood6 1 point2 points ago

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An agnostic might say that you can't ever be sure. An atheist would say that there's no reason to believe this is the case and either offer an alternative explanation, keep searching for an explanation, or just not give a shit.

[–]Waking_Phoenix 1 point2 points ago

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Deism basically says "God made all this and he doesn't care anymore". In deism, God is rarely worshipped.

[–]HiddenSage 6 points7 points ago

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Deist here, and you're correct. My concept of the divine is basically that of a Prime Mover, or Newton's Watchmaker. God started the system (wrote the laws of physics that allow our universe to operate as it does, and started them moving a la Big Bang), and then sat back to watch his creation tick.

My God is a retired programmer sitting in his Laz-Boy, eating a potato chip so good mortals haven't invented it, watching his afternoon soaps. Humanity is one of those soap operas.

[–]DiscordianStooge 2 points3 points ago

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God eats salt and vinegar potato chips. This is not up for discussion.

[–]colloquy 1 point2 points ago

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You can't eat just one!

[–]Dekar2401 1 point2 points ago

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Fuck you Reddit for making me want chips.

[–]HiddenSage 1 point2 points ago

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I said the Deity eats a GOOD Potato chip. Pay attention.

[–]SpiralSoul 0 points1 point ago

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I say God eats only Barbecue-flavored Baked Lays. Now I'll wage a holy war against you and all your followers for over two thousand years.

[–]DiscordianStooge 0 points1 point ago

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Heathen!

[–]newmobsforall 0 points1 point ago

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I could potentially be a lot of things, but I am an atheist. Deism might qualify for the cartoon though.

[–]Waking_Phoenix 1 point2 points ago

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Sorry, I thought you were speaking about yourself.

[–]newmobsforall 0 points1 point ago

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It's cool, no harm done.

[–]Riku98523 1 point2 points ago

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Deist maybe. Believes God created everything then stopped caring (just threw everything into motion but doesn't have opinions on humans or how things should be).

[–]brad_the_rad 0 points1 point ago

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can apethiesm be a word?

[–]LokiTheSkeptic 0 points1 point ago

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Or Deist

[–]Oiiack 185 points186 points ago

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So? Kyle has met Jesus several times, even killed him once, and is still Jewish.

[–]BickusDickus 528 points529 points ago

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Doesn't killing Jesus make him more Jewish?

[–]PoniesRBitchin 121 points122 points ago

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You win this round, Dickus...

[–]ArcticSpaceman 34 points35 points ago

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Was "BigusDickus" taken?

[–]3point14R8 19 points20 points ago

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I have a vewy good fwiend in Wome with the same name!

[–]vcaylor77 3 points4 points ago

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This seriously made me laugh way more than it probably should have.

[–]colloquy 0 points1 point ago

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He hath a wife you know.

[–]AfroKona 12 points13 points ago

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Jews think Jesus lived, they just don't think he was the messiah.

[–]-xCaMRocKx- 2 points3 points ago

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But in South Park Jesus actually was the son of God.

[–]Dazing 16 points17 points ago

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Don't you allways stay Jewish? Jews are a kind of people, not just a religion. If he converted to Christianity, he would be a Christian Jew.

[–]chetnrot 42 points43 points ago

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Jewish can both be a nationality and a religion. I'm a Jewish atheist.

[–]terriblehuman 16 points17 points ago

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ethnicity, not nationality

[–]Kelvara 10 points11 points ago

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You can be an Israeli Jewish Jew though, that's like extra extra Jewish!

[–]anotheroneofem 7 points8 points ago

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At that level of Jewish, your mom's OB/GYN has to refer to foetal you as a motzah ball.

[–]ChineseImmigrants 0 points1 point ago

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I thought Hebrew was the ethnicity, Judaism was the religion? Guess I'm wrong, TIL.

[–]chetnrot 4 points5 points ago

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Hebrew is a language

[–]thebutcherswife 2 points3 points ago

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High five!

[–]redpandabear 6 points7 points ago

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This is true, yes. Judaism as a bloodline is passed down the maternal side.

[–]AlexTheTitan 1 point2 points ago

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Even if only your father is Jewish you are still Jewish because of your ethnicity.

[–]lethal_weapon_five 0 points1 point ago

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But not a true Jew.

[–]AlexTheTitan 3 points4 points ago

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To an orthodox Jew no, to a Reform Jew yes. Religious beliefs aside someone with Jewish genes is an ethnic Jew.

[–]radbrogoff 72 points73 points ago

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God is actually portrayed as an existing deity in Family Guy so Brian is actually wrong.

[–]codeki 57 points58 points ago

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Depends on your viewpoint. In that universe, most of the other gods exist too, so Christianity would be wrong too.

This wouldn't be a "There is no God" atheism, this would be more of a "They're just people with magic powers" atheism.

[–]ProjectD13X 13 points14 points ago

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Wouldn't someone with magical powers make science fundamentally flawed. Also are we actually having this discussion right now?

[–]Vadoff 12 points13 points ago*

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Why would the existence of someone that can use magic make all of science fundamentally flawed?

Science never made the claim that magic doesn't/can't exist, nor is it so rigid as to become fundamentally flawed when presented with something that goes against our current knowledge. In fact, it's in the very nature of science to welcome new facts that may disrupt or falsify the current understanding of our universe - in that way, science is constantly seeking to improving itself and become more accurate.

If a "magic" user was observed, science would simply seek to understand it.

[–]flying-sheep 9 points10 points ago

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our science surely the science in said universe would explain magic there as it explains everything existing here and i won’t answer your other question and also make no punctuation deal with it

[–]yesimquiteserious 1 point2 points ago

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No. It would just be another thing science needs to find an explanation for.

[–]brad_the_rad 1 point2 points ago

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[–]skankinstephen 6 points7 points ago

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If you're an atheist, and there are gods, you are wrong. Regardless of what other religions are wrong with you. Also, I'm pretty sure Brian flat out doesn't think they exist.

[–]morpheousmarty 0 points1 point ago

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If you told me Hiro from Heroes was real, he would be god-like, but I would remain an atheist. It's kind of like this philosoraptor from another post, once a god becomes real, it kind of undoes the magic unless his omnipotent, benevolent and omniscient. Then it might make sense to be theist. Anything else and any other reasonably powerful person would deserve the same respect.

[–]carbondate 2 points3 points ago

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Also, talking dog atheism.

[–]spicy_jose 14 points15 points ago*

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Jesus is quoted saying in one episode that all the religions are wrong: "Six of one-they're all complete crap."

edit: quote

[–]NovaDeez 2 points3 points ago

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Followed by Brian shouting "Thank you!" from the other room.

[–]Icyyy 1 point2 points ago

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Well, since they are all aware of the fact that they are "filming" the show, as they make clear several times, God must be just another "human" character.

[–]buckybone 0 points1 point ago

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With the power to cause plagues...

[–]sgtpppr 2 points3 points ago

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Brian is also a contrarian that believes the opposite of what is popular. He got all into Rush Limbaugh once he felt like conservative politics was a minority.

[–]KeswickPinhead 11 points12 points ago

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I might be getting this wrong, but it's my understanding Brian was the neighbour of Jesus....and a very naughty boy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjz16xjeBAA

[–]Nosirrom 0 points1 point ago

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I love how the mother is clearly a dude. Thank you sooo much for the monty python link.

[–]KeswickPinhead 0 points1 point ago

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I tried to find the first scene in the movie, with the three wise men knocking on the wrong door.

[–]buckybone 1 point2 points ago

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Here's the first scene.

[–]jsb9r3 11 points12 points ago

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Isn't that kind of a running character theme for Brian? They often point out ways that his reasoning isn't sound or he is being hypocritical.

[–]morpheousmarty 1 point2 points ago

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It's kind of a running theme of humanity.

[–]splein23 31 points32 points ago

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I've had Jesus in my classes quite a few times. Odd how he always looks Mexican though.

[–]elusiveallusion 5 points6 points ago

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I take it you mean had in the Biblical sense.

[–]splein23 0 points1 point ago

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No I was making a joke because many Mexicans that I went to school with were named Jesus.

[–]elusiveallusion 0 points1 point ago

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I figured, but I also figured it could go further.

[–]Gracksploitation 7 points8 points ago

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He was there when Stewie triggered the Bing Bang so...

[–]jared1981 0 points1 point ago

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Bing Bang Theory?

[–]coreycubed 42 points43 points ago

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Brian Griffin is the worst person I know. He constantly hits on his best friend's wife. Peter pays for his food and rescued him from certain death, and this is how Brian repays him? And to add insult to injury, he defecates all over his yard. He's such a sponge. He pays for nothing. He's always like, "Ooh, I'll get you later," but later never comes. And what really bothers me, is he pretends that he's this deep guy that loves women for their souls, when all he does is date bimbos. Yeah, I date women for their bodies, but at least I'm honest about it. I don't buy them a copy of Catcher in the Rye and then lecture them with some seventh grade interpretation about Holden Caulfield as some profound intellectual. He wasn't! He was a spoiled brat! And that's why Brian likes him so much.

[–]Gracksploitation 10 points11 points ago

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How's the steak, though?

[–]Zorgius 4 points5 points ago

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He agreed to give his both kidneys to peter. He ain't bad, just an atheist pervert.

[–]DiscordianStooge 2 points3 points ago

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But the worst thing about him, is his textbook liberal agenda.

[–]buckybone 0 points1 point ago

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Classic example of an author avatar.

[–]u6h1 4 points5 points ago

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Quagmire?

[–]ayemvee 0 points1 point ago

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Peter said he picked him up for dinner when he was homeless, but in another episode Brian made them watch a home movie where he was a pup and Peter's hands clearly put him beside a tree. I am confused :(

[–]Zorgius 25 points26 points ago

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I think it's retarded. If i'd met jesus then i will obviously convert to Christianity because that had be the only god i could actually see and witness performing miracles (which brian did when jesus enlarged lois's breasts).

The whole point of atheism is that there is no reason/evidence whatsoever to believe in any sort of deity. If the evidence presents itself and we still cling to atheism, then we all are retarded.

I think this is what /r/atheism (and the general atheist culture) is most confused about. People say "LOL why does god let 15000 children, under 5 die in single day? So he must be evil and thus i'm an atheist." A BIG FUCKING NO. The correct reasoning is "There is absolutely no evidence supporting the existence of your particular god and thus i'm an atheist.". Get your mind straight /r/atheism and then may be people will not think us as arrogant pigs.

[–]Terazilla 5 points6 points ago

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Well, keep in mind that just because you met Jesus doesn't mean he's a god. And his existance wouldn't prove the Christian God either.

[–]Zorgius 0 points1 point ago

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I mean i would ask him to show some miracles. Not chris angel miracles but those miracles which would actively defy known physics. U know something like "water into wine" or "taking me into space without a spacesuit/oxygen tank and me still surviving". Or me flying.

But his existence will definitely prove the existence of god he says exists. Which i'm assuming is a christian one. But jesus doesn't exists, so this won't ever happen.

[–]joeflux 1 point2 points ago

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What if it was just an advanced alien?

[–]Zorgius 0 points1 point ago

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Then why would he be even a human and why would he speak english?

If they come then that means they are atleast a Type-2 civilization in which case we are as good as dead.

[–]joeflux 0 points1 point ago

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Why would aliens be interested in killing us?

It would seem to make more sense for them to just pose as our God then turn us into slave labor.

[–]americaishere 5 points6 points ago

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Most atheists give the "LOL why does god let 15000 children under 5 die in single day?" example to simply point out how the Christian God cannot exist as described (all loving and all powerful).

The idea of Yahweh seems to contradict itself. This is a good starting point for a lot of theists on their path to realizing there is no reason/evidence to believe in God.

[–]h00pla 1 point2 points ago

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Most atheists give the "LOL why does god let 15000 children under 5 die in single day?" example to simply point out how the Christian God cannot exist as described (all loving and all powerful).

I never understood how that was supposed to prove anything. How does the existence of things we see as bad mean that a God described as seeing the biggest picture of all entities can't exist? I've frequently heard the response, 'It's all, ultimately, temporary and for our good in "the long run"' and I don't remember ever seeing a response to that.

[–]TokenMac 4 points5 points ago

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How does the existence of things we see as bad mean that a God described as seeing the biggest picture of all entities can't exist?

God is often described as all powerful and all loving, if he loved the children he would not want them to suffer, if he is all powerful he would have the power to stop it or never let it start.

As for the "seeing the bigger picture" or "in the long run" arguments, God in this case would be the one drawing the picture because he is the all powerful creator. Nothing should be in the picture that he didn't place there himself.

Note: this is only an argument against an all powerful creator of the universe that is also all loving, this argument is not meant for gods like Zeus or Loki, who were assholes.

[–]Zorgius 1 point2 points ago

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Most atheists give the "LOL why does god let 15000 children under 5 die in single day?" example to simply point out how the Christian God cannot exist as described (all loving and all powerful).

This argument only justifies that god ain't all "all loving and all powerful" but that could still mean that there could possibly be a god.

The only logical argument to refute god's existence is to say "bitch u ain't got no evidence in yo side!".

[–]americaishere 1 point2 points ago

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Yes, this argument is specifically for those who believe in Yahweh. There could be an evil god that loves killing babies.

Often times, Christians want to focus on "evidence" like personal feelings and logical fallacies. Tell a Christian there is no evidence and they might just say "well I just know it in my heart to be true." But once a Christian starts to see how a God that is supposed to be all loving and all powerful lets 3 year olds suffer and die all the time, it may make them start to think about how loving this god really is.

It's a starting point that works for some people. Once their god starts to seem bit less likely, then they are more open to the realization that there is really is no reason to believe a god exists.

[–]Zorgius 1 point2 points ago

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It's not the correct reasoning but a good starting point nonetheless. So yeah we kinda agree.

[–]DaGooglist 1 point2 points ago

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I don't know. I've met Jesus, but I didn't convert. He mows my lawn every week.

[–]Bacon_Cats_And_Tits 0 points1 point ago

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I'm going to take it as a metaphor for real life. Christians are often given evidence the bible is true, but refuse to believe it isn't.

[–]Zorgius 1 point2 points ago

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Is there really any evidence that the bible is true? I mean a jesus like character could have existed in history but bible certainly ain't the word of god as christians claim it is.

The church only manipulates the facts and chooses what reality to tell to it's followers. A great example is about evolution. They tell that "we evolved from chimps" in the church about evolution. Fucking retards don't know how evolution works.

[–]thegavin 0 points1 point ago

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This. A million times.

[–]kochipoik 0 points1 point ago

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Other religions believe in Jesus too, not just Christianity. Bahai'i's do, so do Jews and Catholics don't they? They just don't think he was the messiah

[–]Rancor22 1 point2 points ago

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ಠ_ಠ Catholics are christian.

[–]kochipoik 1 point2 points ago

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So they do belive in Jesus!

I get pretty confused about all the Christian sub-religions. Like what the hang is a protestant, what is an anglican? All I know about catholics is that they think Mary is better than Jesus, right? Or that they're not worthy to worship Jesus directly so they do it through her? I grew up as a Bahai'i and have never quite got my head around it all.

[–]Rancor22 2 points3 points ago

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  • yes they believe in jesus
  • The Christian religion has three Major subsets. the First of which is the Roman Catholic church, i only list it first because it is the oldest. the Second are the Eastern Orthodox churces like the Russian and Greek orthodox. (they are sometimes refered to as catholic though usually the term is reserved for the roman catholics) They split off from the roman catholic church in The Great Schism. The Third are the Protestant denominations (which include Anglicans, Lutherans, Baptists, Presbyterians and many more) they split from the Roman Catholics in Europe during the Protestant Reformation.
  • The three subsets are separated by numerous theological differences, including the position of pope and saints.
  • Catholics revere the saints and especially Mary since she is the mother of jesus and said to be without sin. you have it kind of right, its not that they worship the saints. They offer prayers to the saints and ask for guidance from the saints or prayers on their behalf from the saints to god. The saints are more role models than anything as they are as close to jesus like as a human can become.

I apologize i did assume that you were a westerner. I was raised catholic and pretty early on got sick of Protestant christians telling me that catholics were not christian. Even though i am no longer christian it still irks me just because it is false on the simple basis of history. if you don't mind my asking, where are you from?

[–]kochipoik 1 point2 points ago

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Oh I am a "westener", I'm a New Zealand Pakeha. I'm not actually sure how my mother got in to the Bahai'i faith but my closest brother and I grew up with it until I was 13 or 14. The thing I had to do with the Christian faith was occasionally going to friends' youth groups (one time I got tricked in to going to Catholic church, I was pretty annoyed and super awkward).

Ohh okay so when you say "Protestant" isn't not a separate group like Anglicans are, it's a...heading, for lack of a better word. That makes things make a whole lot more sense!

[–]FxChiP 0 points1 point ago

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Catholics have a strange hierarchy within the Church, i.e. several layers to the organization, including dioceses, bishops, ultimately leading up to the Pope, who is supposed to be the ultimate religious authority within Catholicism -- i.e., the man "closest to God." Protestants have no such illusions, as far as I know.

Another difference, if I recall correctly, has to do with differences in how they perceive the concept of "transubstantiation" -- i.e., is the bread and wine actually the body and blood of Christ, or do they merely represent the body and blood of Christ?

[–]kochipoik 0 points1 point ago

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Yeah I find that last one really odd - fair enough to think they represent the body and blood of Christ (which I find strange enough) but to believe that as you eat it, it listerally transforms into the actual body and blood? ಠ_ಠ

[–]FxChiP 0 points1 point ago

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It's kind of a poetic thing; the idea is that by taking the body and the essence of the lord and savior, you can become (for a while) like him, and be freed of your sin. They kind of gloss over the whole basically-cannibalism thing, or possibly skirt around it by Jesus also technically being God (so you're not eating a human, you're eating the essence of a god -- or alternatively that god's gift to you).

[–]Rancor22 0 points1 point ago

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I've honestly never seen someone list the "problem of evil" as an argument for atheism. It is either used as an argument against religion, or for antithiesm. Neither of which are a prerequisite for atheism, but they are related enough that they belong in this subreddit.

[–]buckybone 0 points1 point ago

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If I remember right (haven't watched Family Guy in years), Jesus didn't demand any kind of worship in Quahog.

[–]Zorgius 0 points1 point ago

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Bu he exists right? So technically brian can't be an atheist.

[–]buckybone 0 points1 point ago

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[–]ihuha 8 points9 points ago

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jesus doesnt prove god.

[–]therealsylvos 4 points5 points ago

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Shit if I met the actual jesus today I'd start having doubts, wouldn't you?

[–]BrendanFraser 1 point2 points ago

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If I met the actual Jesus today I'd pay him for maintaining my lawn. Even on his day off, what a great guy.

[–]ihuha 1 point2 points ago

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if my wife was pregnant, told me that she was still a virgin, and some freak came and told me it was the son of god, i'd call shennenigans.

[–]Noname_acc 0 points1 point ago

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Presuming that you mean the biblical Jesus with 100% biblical accuracy it would due to the fact that Jesus=God=Holy Spirit in Christianity.

[–]ihuha 0 points1 point ago

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jesus has nothing to do with the bible. jesus definitely existed, all that blah blah in the bible is nonsense. obviously.

[–]Noname_acc 0 points1 point ago

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I think you missed the OP's picture. Bare minimum you have never actually seen Family Guy.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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anyone else find it increasingly difficult to like a lot of the characters in FG?

[–]StallordD 2 points3 points ago

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Well Jesus himself said that all religions are a load of crap in a family guy episode.

[–]Gruekiller 2 points3 points ago

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Peter: "So which religion is right?"

Jesus: "Six of one, they're all total crap."

Brian: "Thank you."

[–]nacobnacob 2 points3 points ago

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Is a talking dog in a cartoon

Is still used as an argument for atheism

[–]Fake_Trivia 14 points15 points ago

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In episode 115, it was actually shown that the Jesus depicted in most Family guy episodes was not actually Jesus, but the unmasked version of the chicken Peter fights in many episodes.

[–]necroforest 10 points11 points ago

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queues up episode 115

I'll be back to call bullshit on this in 20 minutes.

[–]annath918 22 points23 points ago

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Username is fake trivia, bro.

[–]necroforest 5 points6 points ago

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well, now.

at least it's a good episode.

[–]tashtrac 0 points1 point ago

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It's been 14 hours already.

[–]rekked 2 points3 points ago

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[–]onlyhaveone 7 points8 points ago

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You realize Brian is a complete douchebag hipster, right?

[–]Datdus 18 points19 points ago

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I think he's a dog.

[–]onlyhaveone 5 points6 points ago

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and dog backwards is...

[–]Kiziaru 3 points4 points ago

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Brian is also an asshole.

[–]matt1776 4 points5 points ago

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An asshole who went to Brown!

[–]Tinkerboots 1 point2 points ago

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Stiill

[–]Onefortwo 1 point2 points ago

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[–]Happy_Humanist 1 point2 points ago

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Jesus pointed out that all religions are crap in an episode and you can hear Brian going "Thank You" in the background.

[–]yourfaceyourass 1 point2 points ago

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When was Family Guy creative enough to make sense?

[–]ForgettableUsername 1 point2 points ago

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Even if one could incontrovertibly show that Jesus actually existed and could actually perform miracles, it wouldn't prove Christianity or the existence of any sort of god. It would be pretty weird, and worth a significant amount of investigation, though.

[–]kochipoik 0 points1 point ago

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Even with irrefutable evidence for a god, it wouldn't prove Christianity

[–]Levy_Wilson 1 point2 points ago

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What about this god?

[–]YakMan2 0 points1 point ago

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anthropomorphic personification

[–]XxXNightstalkerX 1 point2 points ago*

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If you MEET Jesus himself and you're still a atheist, then you're doing it wrong.

[–]DayspringMetaphysics 1 point2 points ago

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wouldn't that mean he is an idiot?

[–]SgtSmackdaddy 1 point2 points ago

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If I met Jesus I wouldn't be any more compelled to worship him. Respect and admire definitely (if what they say is true about his selflessness) but not worship.

[–]openforum2011 7 points8 points ago

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But he has also met other religious figures from different religi.... oh wait no, he hasn't, because they're too afraid to depict Mohammad or Buddha or whoever else. Fox fail.

[–]RockemSockemBrobots 27 points28 points ago

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I'm pretty sure vishnu was in one episode.

[–]Airazz 26 points27 points ago

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With Jesus at the same time, no less.

[–]Biologos101[!] 2 points3 points ago

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[–]Dazing 5 points6 points ago

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Mohammed was in the Family Guy episode inside the South Park episode. Doesn't count i guess.

[–]Deaume 0 points1 point ago

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which episode is that?

[–]whiterabbitobj 14 points15 points ago

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Why would anyone be afraid of Buddha? More like Seth McFarlane just doesn't care or hasn't written any jokes about it.

[–]snipawolf 8 points9 points ago

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They did.

"Why can't they portray mohammed?"

JESUS: I'm pretty sure it is because he is a religious figure. [pause] Hey buddha! Stop doing so much crack!"

BUDDHA: It's no where near as bad as your internet porn collection, Jesus!

edit: sorry thought we were still on South Park.

[–]Lunar_Sunrise 4 points5 points ago

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Why would they be afraid to depict Buddha?

[–]xct 8 points9 points ago

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Militant Buddhists.

[–]malakies 10 points11 points ago

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Careful everyone, THEY'RE LIGHTING THEMSELVES ON FIRE! Ruuuuun!

[–]Nasir742 0 points1 point ago

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not enough pixels on screen

[–]AfroKona 0 points1 point ago

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Buddha isn't even a god, and Buddhists depict him all the time in statues and such. It's just Mohammad.

[–]bathoryfan86 0 points1 point ago

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Jesus mows my lawn.

[–]BloodFlavor 0 points1 point ago

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He prayed.

[–]dboy999 0 points1 point ago

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what about when he started praying when everyone thought a black hole was about to destroy the world? theres some kind of belief in there

[–]skyclown 0 points1 point ago

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i don't like his act but he's right innit?

[–]dumpsztrbaby 0 points1 point ago

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Brian hasn't met him several times. Only once, the rest were all cutaways with jesus jokes.

[–]TheThingISentYou 0 points1 point ago

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Familiarity breeds contempt.

[–]beec23 0 points1 point ago

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hahahaha that is one stubborn dog.

[–]Binesman 0 points1 point ago

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I'm sure if anyone met the REAL Jesus, they'd question their faith too.

[–]Jayge 0 points1 point ago

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Kyle: most convinced jew

http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/36fdyw/

[–]Zintao 0 points1 point ago

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Knowing and believing are two different things... Even if god did exist I still wouldn't believe in him, and for that I think if he did exist he would respect me... Too bad he's fake...

[–]HuhConfused 0 points1 point ago

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STIILL

[–]BrokenSunLostMoon 0 points1 point ago

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That is actually Apatheism.

[–]InstaBonch 0 points1 point ago

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What if Jesus existed, but wasn't the son of god? He's just another dude.

Brian's never met god, so he has no reason to believe god exists.

[–]Ameisen 0 points1 point ago

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His religion is whatever is most convenient for the episode. Same as Meg's attractiveness, Peter's level of stupidity, Chris' level of stupidity, Adam West's competency...

[–]Cervantes3 0 points1 point ago

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No, that's just Seth McFarlane being a terrible, terrible writer.

[–]beetrootdip 0 points1 point ago

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that's not athiest, that's anti-theist.

[–]JonnieGoodboyTyler 0 points1 point ago

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Well. He met Jesus, he didn't meet God. Though his abilities are quite compelling

[–]YvesSch 0 points1 point ago

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If there were evidence that Jesus infallibly exists and is truly the son of God, I would not be an atheist. But I am an atheist.

Put together the pieces.

[–]Arrogant-Basterd 0 points1 point ago

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And funnily enough he also a cunt.

[–]4everalone08 0 points1 point ago

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I hope sombody tell this to seth mcfarlane

[–]lains 0 points1 point ago

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He's also a talking dog.

[–]NicotineReed 0 points1 point ago

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Yet he still went to heaven and got to hangout with Kurt Cobain, Ernest Hemingway and Van Gogh.

[–]powatom 0 points1 point ago

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pedantic response incoming!

I'm pretty sure that the Family Guy universe is not continuous. You don't necessarily know where on the 'time-line' each episode happens, with a few exceptions.

The Simpsons basically operates on the same idea. Every episode's universe is independent of any other episode except where some comedy can be extracted from having it otherwise.

This helps to explain why Brian is not yet dead and Stewie is still a baby...

[–]Rolten 0 points1 point ago

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Depends on how he met Jesus, but you could meet the person himself without being in god. I'm an atheist, but I'm fairly certain that Jesus once existed. He just didn't have any divine powers / was not the son of god / didn't walk on water.