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As a christian male, This is how my reality changed after coming to /r/atheism. Thanks for enlightening me. (imgur.com)

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[–]thomyorke64 68 points69 points ago

Courtesy of MadeOfStarStuff:

Welcome to reality!

---------- Gods/Religion/Critical Thinking Videos:

Science Saved My Soul [14:59] (by PhilHellenes)

Carl Sagan on the god hypothesis [1:14]

A Universe Not Made For Us [9:15] (Carl Sagan Tribute Series, Part 1)

WiseMonkey: Atheism [11:45] (by TheraminTrees)

Bertrand Russell on Christianity [3:26]

There Are No Gods [18:30] (by TheraminTrees)

What Would Jesus NOT Do? [8:41] (by NonStampCollector)

Sam Harris on Christianity [9:35]

Christopher Hitchens - The Best of the Hitchslap [15:00]

Richard Dawkins on Religious Morality [2:31]

The Four Horsemen Discussion: Dawkins, Dennett, Harris, and Hitchens [58:05] (Part 2)

This Remarkable Thing [12:48] (by PhilHellenes)

Julia Galef on Rationality [51:25]

Greta Christina - Why Are You Atheists So Angry? [48:18]

Instruction Manual for Life [8:00] (by QualiaSoup and TheraminTrees)

George Carlin - Religion is bullshit [10:13]

Playlist: Why I am no longer a Christian (by Evid3nc3)

Who Would Start a Religion? [10:53] (by PhilHellenes)

Julia Sweeney - Letting Go of God [2:07:02]

---------- Science Videos:

Carl Sagan's Cosmos: A Personal Voyage TV Series [13 Episodes]

The Frontier is Everywhere [3:12] (The Sagan Series, Part 1)

Neil deGrasse Tyson - The Most Astounding Fact [3:34]

Neil deGrasse Tyson interviewed by Stephen Colbert [1:18:27]

Neil deGrasse Tyson - Authors@Google [1:12:38]

Richard Dawkins - Growing Up in the Universe [5 Episodes]

Richard Dawkins - The Genius Of Charles Darwin [48:10] (Part 2 and Part 3)

Lawrence Krauss - A Universe From Nothing [1:04:52]

Lawrence Krauss - Cosmic Connections [44:23]

Richard Feynman - Fun to Imagine [12 Parts]

Dan Dennett - The Magic of Consciousness [56:24]

Dan Dennett - Cute, Sexy, Sweet, Funny [7:49] (one of many fantastic TED Talks)

Scale of Earth, Sun, Rigel, and VY Canis Majoris [3:02]

A Glorious Dawn [3:34] (and the rest by the Symphony of Science)

---------- Sublime Timelapse Videos: (best viewed in full-screen and the highest resolution)

The Mountain [3:09]

The Aurora [1:55]

Timelapse Shows Earth Rotating Instead of Stars [1:37] (made from footage from the VLT video below)

VLT (Very Large Telescope) Timelapse Footage [8:10]

Welcome to Earth - Universal Timelapse - Zapatou [4:00]

Earth: Timelapse View from Space [5:00]

African lightning and the Milky Way from the International Space Station [0:23]

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[–]thomyorke64 4 points5 points ago

Thanks! I make sure to give credit to the account MadeOfStarStuff, who I think originally put this together. He said I can pass it on when he's not around.

[–]MadeOfStarStuff 1 point2 points ago

Yeah I've been busy lately. I've actually had to do work at the office =(

[–]thomyorke64 1 point2 points ago

I run computer models for work, and I could really use a faster machine, but I haven't asked because it would cut into my reddit time while I wait for them to solve.

[–]cheesycheese2[S] 12 points13 points ago

You are a gentleman and scholar. I'm glad someone took the time to put all of these videos together so that i can further my enlightenment. And doing so in such a way that doesn't force me.

its nice to see that someone cares about the future.

[–]thomyorke64 8 points9 points ago

MadeOfStarStuff is the guy who did it. It's an awesome list, I'm still only about halfway through.

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[–]thomyorke64 1 point2 points ago

There's a great clip of him going off on a really eloquent, passionate defense of science and space exploration when he was on the Bill Maher show. Everyone is so impressed and stunned at the end, and Bill Maher quips about "The Reverend Neil deGrasse Tyson." Powerful stuff! :D

[–]gneich 1 point2 points ago

I love you, just sayin.

[–]ego11_Junior 1 point2 points ago

Replying to this so I can find it later, thanks for posting these vids

[–]SaysSillyThings 1 point2 points ago

Also replying so I can come back to this! Didn't realize that the entire Cosmos series was on YouTube, that's awesome.

[–]waffleezz 1 point2 points ago

Never has a more epic accumulation of inspirational, scientific videos been created...

[–]psychorational 1 point2 points ago

Yes. Wonderful Indeed... thanks for the great compilation of links... I won't be getting ANY work done today... Oh well :)

[–]Tiwato 1 point2 points ago

Replying to save the links for later

[–]fpeltvlfxjwkqrjt 0 points1 point ago

bookmark!

[–]wake_n_bake -1 points0 points ago

  >< \m/   ....except this summer is going to be shit, i'll be a pale fatfuck since i'll be stuck in the house as a result. &#3232;\_&#3232;

[–]ariankooshesh -3 points-2 points ago

What about that holy book written 1500 years ago describing the details of childbirth inside the woman's womb down to the level only an electron microscope could see? Oh, yeah, you only read atheist books.

You guys are so dumb. The miracles are in a book describing shit science only has this century and you feel so sure...

50 years ago, muslims were the only ones with the facts this intricate about child birth and the quran was used as a reference by doctors all over the world. It literally describes how the egg becomes impregnated. Then it charts it's course through the womb. Did dawkins do that? Stop worshiping that idiot. HE's an idiot leading you astray, lawl. Stop.

I'm sorry the christians of today are so stupid but christianity isn't the only religion out there...

[–]thomyorke64 1 point2 points ago

  1. I was raised in the church. I've read the Bible cover to cover, I can still name all 66 books in order, and I can tell you what happens in each one. I've also read substantial portions of the Qur'an for a religious text as literature course.

  2. Your claim that the Qur'an describes "the details of childbirth inside the woman's womb down to the level only an electron microscope could see" is the biggest steaming pile of worthless horseshit I've encountered on reddit in quite some time. The Qur'an describes man as coming from a "drop of fluid," obviously in reference to semen, but people had long since figured out that sex makes babies. Genesis was written 3,000 years before and refers to spilling man's seed. Egyptian myths from possibly as early as the 4th millennium BC include similar content. If you're talking about the supposed embryology described in Sura 22:5, the passage specifies only a "small clot," then a "lump of meat," before a child is born. These stages were well-known from women's miscarriages and described by Aristotle a millennium before the Qur'an was written.

Electron microscopes work on magnification ranges of 5,000,000x or better. NOTHING in your ridiculous book of fairy tales mentions anything that happens on this scale, and you know it damn well. Help yourself to an actual book sometime.

[–]qostewo 1 point2 points ago

Burn!!

[–]throwaway0013 30 points31 points ago

Y'all postin in a troll thread.

http://www.reddit.com/r/circlejerk/comments/t67lr/here_is_me_le_trolling_le_ratheism_come_join_le/

[–]DarkSideofWA 7 points8 points ago

Yeah, smells of troll. A quick look through his post history seems to paint the same picture.

TLDR - TROLL ALERT!

[–]MegaZambam 0 points1 point ago

OP in the threads are different. Not entirely conclusive.

[–]mindfields51 0 points1 point ago

A failed troll. This is from what I've seen, the only success as troll he's had.

[–]cheesycheese2[S] 4 points5 points ago

"if you do not succeed at first figure out what you did wrong, then make a new hypothesis, and try again." - science

[–]Eat_Every_Vegan 1 point2 points ago

Honestly does it matter though? Sure OP might be getting some cheap lawls but look at all these positive responses. The video links alone will probably reach some people who are having doubts about religion and how necessary it is to live a full life.

[–]cheesycheese2[S] 0 points1 point ago

The laels were certainly not cheap.

[–]MegaZambam 0 points1 point ago

OP in the threads are different. Not entirely conclusive.

[–]cheesycheese2[S] -1 points0 points ago

OP in the threads are different. Not entirely conclusive.

[–]TychoCelchu 9 points10 points ago

What was the most convincing thing you read?

[–]S4nderr 7 points8 points ago

this gif, hands down

[–]TheShar 2 points3 points ago

Its all about the quotes with like a black and white close up of a face deep into thought.

[–]cheesycheese2[S] 9 points10 points ago

All those memes about the scumbag god were super witty and funny. made me see how stupid god is.

also memes are awesome

[–]t3dw4rd0 15 points16 points ago

That's dumb, obviously the rage comics are the most convincing.

[–]TychoCelchu 36 points37 points ago

Troll status confirmed.

[–][deleted] 9 points10 points ago*

http://www.ted.com/talks/chris_bliss_comedy_is_translation.html

Relevant

The funny post on /r/atheism have much more power to open ones mind over the more serious and often depressing posts.

[–]MegaZambam 1 point2 points ago

And yet there is a ton of hate.

[–]Eat_Every_Vegan 0 points1 point ago

You're right but the hate is probably coming from confirmed atheists who read this sub all the time. I bet rockadilla's ted talk is right about people who only catch glimpses of /r/atheism through the frontpage.

[–]whyAtheistsLikeThis 10 points11 points ago

  • The memes are working

[–]otakuman 1 point2 points ago

The memes are working

Of course they are! They've worked for thousands of years!

[–]otakuman 2 points3 points ago

Just in case you're not trolling (and I really really hope you aren't):

Which was the one that made you say "Holy shit, they're right!"

Nevermind, saw you on circlejerk.

[–]MegaZambam 0 points1 point ago

Well the circlejerk post was by someone else.

[–]notthatshort 4 points5 points ago

Clearly you were a die-hard Christian.

[–]Cheeky_Hustler 1 point2 points ago

I don't know if it's a good thing or bad thing memes did something useful.

[–]sapunec7854 0 points1 point ago

Stupid internet memes "opened your eyes"...?

[–]cheesycheese2[S] 0 points1 point ago

yup

[–]JaeZee88 0 points1 point ago

Really? Scumbag God memes convinced you that God was stupid? The information conveyed in those memes is just simply taken from the bible and used out of context. Any sin against an infinitely good God would justify acts of far greater wrath than anything God has done.

[–]otakuman 0 points1 point ago

Any sin against an infinitely good God would justify acts of far greater wrath than anything God has done.

But if God wasn't so good, then the sin wouldn't merit such a bad punishment, right? So, how is it that God is more cruel (with hell) when he's more benevolent?

[–]JaeZee88 0 points1 point ago

I'm sorry. I'm not sure I understand the question. Are you asking how God, being good can create a bad place like hell?

[–]otakuman 0 points1 point ago

The contradiction lies in that the punishment for sin is not proportional to the sin itself, but, according to your statement, to God's goodness.

Since God is infinitely good, hell can only be infinitely painful.

But if God were infinitely good, there wouldn't be a hell in the first place. So, why hell? Is sin more powerful than God? If sinners go to hell, either God failed to save them with his infinite power, or it was his will.

Either God is evil, not all powerful, or maybe there isn't a God at all, and hell is just made up.

[–]JaeZee88 0 points1 point ago

I think the confusion comes from a fundamental misunderstanding of what good and evil is. Evil has no inherent existence, it is simply the absence of good. Like darkness is to light or cold is to heat. Therefore hell is a place devoid of the presence of God, the only good.

[–]otakuman 0 points1 point ago

I think the confusion comes from a fundamental misunderstanding of what good and evil is. Evil has no inherent existence, it is simply the absence of good.

According to YOUR definition. But the Bible clearly states that hell is a place of suffering. Now tell me, why not reincarnation? Why does man have to spend an eternity in hell? The punishment should fit the crime. If your God does not accept that, then I know many people who are even better than him - despite your theology. Heck, why not ask the question? If God is infinitely good, why did he commit all the atrocities mentioned in the Bible? The flood, for example.

(Unless the REAL God is not the God of your particular religion... have you considered the possibility of hell being a merely human invention? That not all the Bible is inspired by the One True God?)

Speaking about hell, maybe you'd like reading the book "The formation of hell" ( http://www.amazon.com/The-Formation-Hell-Retribution-Christian/dp/0801481317/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1336033609&sr=8-1 ). We were just discussing it in another subreddit.

[–]JaeZee88 0 points1 point ago

Separation from from God is most definitely a form of great suffering. Obviously I am not able to express a comprehensive view of hell. Also, as my initial comment suggested the punishment does fit the crime. We all deserve eternal suffering and separation from God, it is only because of Christ's death and atonement for one's sins that one can be justified and made right with God.

[–]otakuman 0 points1 point ago*

We all deserve eternal suffering

No, we don't. What kind of sick person are you, thinking that of humanity?

Do you really believe we deserve eternal suffering just because we're (supposed to be) biological descendants of some guy who ate a fruit without being warned of generational consequences?

Now, let me update you on this. The fall from paradise wasn't a judeo-christian original. It was based on a Babylonian tale called The Epic of Gilgamesh. In this tale, Ekidu (Adam) was seduced by a woman (created by the gods) named Shamhat (Eve); She stayed with him 6 days and 7 nights, and due to this the animals in nature no longer felt comfortable with Ekidu. Ekidu parted from the wilderness to the city of Uruk.

While the Epic of Gilgamesh might hint at the development of consciousness and civilization, it was twisted by the biblical authors (yes, authors, in plural) to make it so that people would need to atone for a sin they did not commit.

And wait, that's not all. King Gilgamesh was on a quest to attain immortality; he finds a plant that can restore youthfulness, but it's snatched from him by guess what? A snake. Don't believe me, read the Epic by yourself.

There are other parallels between the Epic of Gilgamesh and the Bible; the most clear is the great flood, it's nearly identical (the main difference being that Gilgamesh took to his boat all the living beings he COULD FIND; not all the animals).

And while the Epic of Gilgamesh has over 3700 years old, the book of Genesis only dates to around 600 years BC. So, which did God inspire? The older book, or the changes in the blatant plagiarism? If God inspired the copy, how did an uninspired version have so many parallels?

Going back to whether we're all sinners and deserve eternal punishment, really think about it. Can an innocent child deserve hell because of some unidentified spiritual genetic disease? Have you really questioned it? Do you really believe ALL what you're fed?

Yahweh was not only (portrayed) as a ruthless, jealous God; But do you know that Psalm 29 was originally an ugaritic hymn dedicated to the storm god Baal? That numerous attributes of other gods were slowly absorbed into Yahweh by religious people? That Yahweh was originally the son of El, who was the father of all gods and king of the heavenly council? Oh yeah. El had a wife called Asherah, and before the religious reforms of King Josiah (ca 620 BCE), part of the standard ritual to worship Yahweh was to use a wooden symbol representing fertility called, no coincidence, the asherah.

After knowing these things, can you still dare to tell me that everyone is born in this thing called "sin"?

EDIT: Grammar.

[–]Nisas 0 points1 point ago

a place devoid of the presence of God

Better stop worshiping then, because it looks like you're in hell already. I don't see any god around do you?

[–]Nisas 0 points1 point ago

Any sin against an infinitely good God would justify acts of far greater wrath than anything God has done.

Take a good long time to think about "the flood" and tell me again that murdering 20 million people (about 5 million of which would be children under 15 of age) is justifiable. These numbers don't do the act justice. If the Noah's Ark story were true, it makes god a horrible monster that must be stopped. He would not be good, simply powerful.

[–]JaeZee88 0 points1 point ago

Based on my original argument, yes the flood was justified. I know that makes me sound like a horrible person, but God does not act according to the human ideal of justice. Justice comes from God. I understand how difficult it is to grasp this concept. Honestly, I believe that many Christians fail to confront this concept until it is presented by another in debate, leading to these conversions (not sure if that is how you would say it) to atheism. People tend to want to see God as a benevolent father figure, which he is, but deny the parts of the bible that speak of the wrath of God because it makes them uncomfortable. This is not a modern problem either, leading to heretical cannons like that of Marcion in the mid-second century.

[–]Nisas 0 points1 point ago

The death toll of this act doesn't do the deed justice. Once numbers get as large as 5 million, people can scarcely imagine it. If you want to get a handle on just how horrible such an act is, it must be made more personal.

Try to imagine yourself grasping the neck of a young girl. 8 years old. You lift her into the air by her neck and begin to throttle her to death. Imagine how she writhes and kicks in agony, trying to escape. But you continue to crush her trachea with all of your might. Her body eventually goes limp, her eyes go lifeless. This is just one. Let's bump it up to serial killer levels, imagine doing this 9 more times. Imagine the faces of 9 more children. Each under the age of 15. You kill one after the other and do you even think of stopping? No, they all deserve to die in your hands. Imagine each of their faces as they die. Imagine the noises they make as you strangle them to death. At this point most people wouldn't even call you human anymore. You're a monster who murders children. But this is just 10. You have to kill five million children. Can you imagine the first ten? Can you imagine the first hundred? The first thousand? Every innocent child gasping and writing until dead in your own hands.

If you can imagine this even for an instant, you can get a glimpse at just how fucking horrible this demon called Yahweh really is. There is no crime, no possible context, no justification imaginable for such wholesale slaughter of innocent children.

If such a creature existed it should be hated with every fiber of our being. We should seek to destroy such a monster.

[–]JaeZee88 0 points1 point ago

Putting your disturbing thoughts aside, your argument is again based on a human view of justice.

[–]Nisas 0 points1 point ago

It is disturbing, and that's the point. Read it again, but don't harden yourself to it. Really try and make yourself feel it. I say this not for some sick reason, but because I want you to understand what it would be like to decide to kill children. If you can't even imagine performing such an act yourself, then you are more moral than your god. If you think drowning 5 million children is in any way justifiable, you're morally corrupt to the highest degree. You have it in your mind that god is absolutely good, so when faced with this problem of him personally murdering millions of children, you try to make up excuses for god. You rush to the defense of this genocidal monster because you're so invested in the idea of him.

This is the thing that scares me about religion. It so twists people's idea of morality that you can't even admit that drowning five million children is BAD. Is there a simpler question in the field of morality?

Is god not supposed to be infinitely good? And yet he performs acts millions of times worse than our worst serial killers. If we cannot call such an act bad then in what way can we call him ultimately good? If we can't condemn such an act, what act can we condemn?

My argument is based on one fact. That murdering children is morally reprehensible. You're free to try and undermine this idea, but the moment you do, you betray even the smallest shred of connection with your own humanity.

[–]JaeZee88 0 points1 point ago

Murdering children is reprehensible. What God did with the flood was not murder because it was justified by the sins of those people. You have yet to counter the point that a sin against an infinitely good God merits these acts.

[–]Nisas 0 points1 point ago

What crime could have warranted such slaughter of young children? What did they do? What could they have done? You really think every last one of those children deserved to die? Every infant, toddler, and child? The children were innocent. They did nothing and yet god still slew them without mercy.

You have yet to counter the point that a sin against an infinitely good God merits these acts.

If a god really was infinitely good, it would not commit mass genocide of innocent children. This should be so obvious it shouldn't need to be said. God could have simply changed the people, or killed only the truly wicked ones. But he didn't. He decided that each and every one of those children deserved death. You have yet to show your god to be anything other than an immoral monster of grand proportions.

You claimed that even a single sin warrants acts worse than global genocide. I don't know how you can live with yourself and say something like that or even imply it.

[–]nermid 3 points4 points ago

People are saying this is a troll thread, but I don't care.

That gif is fucking awesome.

[–]cheesycheese2[S] 0 points1 point ago

thanks man

[–]m1a1tanksauce 2 points3 points ago

how would it have changed as a christian female?

[–]cheesycheese2[S] 5 points6 points ago

Putting myself in the females underpants, i would have probably not been able to post this or read. Since i can't read. I am just a babymaking, house cleaning machine.

P.S. their panties are really comfortable.

[–]cheesycheese2[S] 0 points1 point ago

/sarcasm

[–]saqeeb98 0 points1 point ago

interesting......

[–]godlesscitizen 3 points4 points ago

I wonder how many people switch to atheism because of this subreddit, as opposed to those who switch to christianity because of r/christianity.

[–]speedstickguy 6 points7 points ago

Long time lurker of /r/atheism, this gave me the courage to make an account and agree with this guy. Man, Christianity is so silly.

[–]Roxasnraziel 4 points5 points ago

Your life suddenly had 1000% more lasers.

[–]immarried 1 point2 points ago

I think I am having a seizure....

[–]HandsomeAssNigga 4 points5 points ago

I think I am having a seiAHSJFOEIIRRNEVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV

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[–]Godssheep 0 points1 point ago

And this post, and the many like it over time, should convince you that you are are quite wrong.

Don't let that stop you from considering other ways of presenting a subject though.

[–]waffleezz 1 point2 points ago

I was a christian for years... The Sunday before my 18th birthday was the last time I set foot in a church. Since then, I've become a happier, better person. Every single day of open-mindedness is worth the years of conflict with my family over my change of beliefs. Hang in there, man.

[–]CremDeLaCrem 3 points4 points ago

/r/atheism shouldn't be the cause of your conversion, you should ponder life's questions on your own to determine your beliefs

[–]godlesscitizen 4 points5 points ago

As a forum for the discussion of these ideas, why shouldn't it be the cause of a conversion? It is just one big collection of ideas and arguments, is it not?

[–]Khephran 0 points1 point ago

well even I as an atheist haven't stopped questioning my beliefs nor have I stopped pondering lifes questions. I am just fairly certain that there is no bearded man in the sky, and I don't believe that there is some great conciousness behind the universe (although it's possible)

[–]mindfields51 0 points1 point ago

Thanks for that, I don't know why but that title paired with the image had me laughing my ass off. Seriously, there were tears. I'm sure many would not find as funny as I did, but fuck em. Have an upvote.

[–]LuckyCharms307 0 points1 point ago

Thank you for being rational. I know how it feels to have bs injected into your ears like the Bible... I was born to an Irish family

[–]zythan47 0 points1 point ago

I was already agnostic, and started reading this Reddit about a week ago. Now I'm just about another week off from being atheist.

[–]emethias 0 points1 point ago

another revert joins the folds.

[–]Dewmeister14 0 points1 point ago

Best GIF ever

[–]Organs 0 points1 point ago

Nice gif!

[–]PatchesDaHamstr 0 points1 point ago

I too am a convert. Maybe not full atheist, but I am certainly questioning my 10+ years of Catholic education. Kudos to you r/atheism.

[–]frankgrimes1 0 points1 point ago

what the naysayers dont get is that r/atheism is incredibly cathartic. cant speak for everyone but when religion surrounds you and you constantly hear that you need to be saved because you are a sinner. And even if you were to get saved it still wouldnt be good enough.

Coming to r/atheism its nice to know that there are others that also know that religions and god beliefs are nonsense. I have no qualms about calling people out on religious bullshit in person or online, but for those that are not comfortable come to reddit to feel normal, and laugh at what we think is ridiculous. Some of is stupid some of it is clever. Overall it makes people think and that all I reall want, for the believers to think about the nonsense that comes from their mouth at times.

[–]king_of_the_universe 0 points1 point ago

Well, that's just how a major aspect of the method of science works:

The attempt to falsify a hypothesis/theory. It is either strengthened, or it is adapted, or it is disproved.

Even for religious believers, skepticism is a tool.

[–]fohalin 0 points1 point ago

replying so I can come back also, awesome thank you.

[–]KamiKagutsuchi 0 points1 point ago

So this is what christians do on the internet? Make cool gifs? We need more christans..

[–]Darqion 0 points1 point ago

Welcome to the dark side

[–]KillerOfGods 0 points1 point ago

Watch this gif while listening to holier than thou by metalica it syncs

[–]jarred0809 0 points1 point ago

I read this as "As Christian Bale,"

[–]cheesycheese2[S] 0 points1 point ago

I'm not the troll atheism deserves... i'm the troll it needs.

[–]lelolcj 0 points1 point ago

AHAHHAHAHAHAHHA

[–]keystonemike 0 points1 point ago

So... this is what a "persecuted" majority does in its free time, eh?

[–]photogirl1221 0 points1 point ago

Thank you for your insight. It is much appreciated. You have helped open my mind as well. :)

[–]AbacusFinch 0 points1 point ago

NSFE [Not Safe For Epileptics]

[–]Bad_assness 0 points1 point ago

You're very very welcome. Visit anytime, memberships are available. ;)

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[–]randorolian 0 points1 point ago

Combining it with the title of the post makes it pretty relevant though...

[–]Fatsanta23 -1 points0 points ago

youre welcome

[–]Tm0 -1 points0 points ago

Read his other threads, this is a troll throwaway...

[–]djstangl -1 points0 points ago

So you're easily influenced?

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[–]cheesycheese2[S] 11 points12 points ago

Instead of being an ass, why dont you be happy that someone else listens to logic instead

[–][deleted] -5 points-4 points ago

The fact that subscribing to religion is illogical does not make everything an atheist says logical, or right.

[–]cheesycheese2[S] 5 points6 points ago

Find something on here which is not logical

[–]Godssheep 0 points1 point ago

Who ever pretended everything on r/atheism was logical? Or that it needs to be? Or that it cannot make religious people consider their position?

[–]ariankooshesh -5 points-4 points ago

How is it logic? I can prove that macs had viruses but most of my atheist friends didn't listen. Now go look at oxford, getting slammed by mac malware because they thought "mac viruses don't exist"

If you don't see the allegory here then there is no help for you.

[–]sleepyj910 6 points7 points ago

Are you saying you can prove God exists?

Viruses are not Gods. There is scientific evidence for viruses, and the lack of curiosity from your friends is irrelevant. You could have given them concrete evidence. You can not do so with the supernatural.

[–]t3dw4rd0 3 points4 points ago

Yea man, I was born an atheist, fuck all these converts.

[–]s-mies 1 point2 points ago

Damn right. I was atheist before it was cool!1one

[–]swampskater 2 points3 points ago

s-mies: Hipster Atheist

[–]cbelt123 0 points1 point ago

Nope, that would be comments like yours.

[–]t3dw4rd0 0 points1 point ago

Yea, this guy doesn't like ragecomics! WTF?

[–]Godssheep 0 points1 point ago

I think the part where it call people "trash" is the issue here.

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