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What i say when people ask me why I'm an atheist (imgur.com)

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[–]Pyromaniac605 19 points20 points ago

Don't do that, chances are a lot of them will believe you, and that's not really going to help our image.

[–]AsthmaticNinja 3 points4 points ago

Agreed. A lot of people think atheists are satan worshippers, this post does mot help our image.

[–]Andy284 1 point2 points ago

I does suck when people think we are just denying God rather than not believing he is real at all.

[–]Rawrrrr- 0 points1 point ago

Well some of us are doing just that, like fairies and unicorns god is just another fairy tale idea and not real to me.

[–]BisforBM 0 points1 point ago

That's not what he means. Some people think atheist acknowledge that there is a god, but reject him. Which is always bullshit.

[–]Rawrrrr- 1 point2 points ago

Also how can you not believe in god and worship satan? If they wanna be dumb and think that well there's not a lot you can do.

[–]Pyromaniac605 1 point2 points ago

Also how can you not believe in god and worship satan?

A lot of fundies can't seems to comprehend the concept of "not believeing in god".

[–]Rawrrrr- 1 point2 points ago

So they just think we are the opposite and worship satan instead of god?

[–]Pyromaniac605 1 point2 points ago

The way they see it you're either with god or against him, so yeah.

[–]Rawrrrr- 0 points1 point ago

I just cant wrap my head around how some people think these things, its just such a weird concept in the first place then to think everyone believes or they worship satan doesn't make much sense.

Coming from a very non religious country it seems so fucking strange and i wonder whats really going on in these peoples heads.

[–]Pyromaniac605 0 points1 point ago

Being told bullshit from a young age does that to people, you've gotta feel a little sad for them really.

[–]berrics94 1 point2 points ago

Who fucking cares what they think about us? Let them think what they think. If it's a funny post then leave it. They think that atheists are Satan worshipers anyways, so does it matter? A common knowledgeable religious person would say, "Hey, the don't believe in the Bible's/Qur'an's word, God, or any religious parapsychological being. Then then they must not believe in Satan, as he falls in one of those categories!" Also, that way we can single out the brainwashed ones.

[–]ivebeenhereallsummer 1 point2 points ago

Definitely this. OP is fucking with our attempts to shed this image with their unoriginal and stupid joke.

[–]SeasofCheese 0 points1 point ago

Why do you care so much about what the fundies think of us? If they're so uninformed about atheism that they think it's devil worship they're not going to be convinced otherwise, anyway.

[–]Sweetdaddyde[S] 0 points1 point ago

It is meant to be a joke and nothing else.

[–]cogiskart 2 points3 points ago

Yeah... Don't do that.

[–]bcpond 1 point2 points ago

Now I have to.

[–]Irish_mcdick 1 point2 points ago

I do not support this type of answer to the question "why are you an atheist?". It does not help our cause. It makes us look like idiots and it's just in bad taste. However, when I see this, I'm reminded of that episode of South Park where the little forest creatures are satanists and that makes me laugh just a little bit. I'll just keep my upvote in my pocket for now.

[–]Fixer43 1 point2 points ago

I live in texas. I frequently am asked if i worship the devil and I agree every time. My image as a satanist has watered out all the true idiots in my life. I reccomend feigning satanism.

[–]abacobeachbum 0 points1 point ago

Waxing poetic showing a picture of a burning bonfire in the background. Way to add fuel to the fire, so to speak.

[–]necromundus 0 points1 point ago

Belief in Satan = theology

[–]darkrock -3 points-2 points ago

I'm upvoting your post because I disagree with what you say.

[–]serpentskiss -1 points0 points ago

idiot. Please look up the definition of atheism

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