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[–]scarecrowslayer 33 points34 points ago

What is worse than showing up for a party that is going on forever and being told you aren't invited? Showing up and being told that you are invited and that you can never leave... and the host insists on you having a good time.

  • Loose Hitchens quote.

[–]Schroedingers_gif 19 points20 points ago

To be fair if an all powerful being is throwing that party it would be pretty damn awesome.

[–]scarecrowslayer 7 points8 points ago

I'll take a night of heavy drinking, hard drugs, and whatnot over eternal worship. But, then again, maybe heaven isn't as boring as Christians and Muslims want it to be.

Edit: drinks to drugs

[–]Schroedingers_gif 2 points3 points ago

Considering the requirements to get in I would hope it is.

[–]gangler52 2 points3 points ago

I always liked the mead halls of Valhalla for that reason. Being able to spend eternity drinking with the most fun people, talking with the wisest scholars and sages, free to leave any time I wanted to go slay some giants, pursue some quest for knowledge and power, or just fuck with the living. Growing up that sounded more like paradise than anything I'd ever heard about heaven.

[–]VOMIT_IN_MY_CUNT 4 points5 points ago

you would like muslim heaven by your description. unlimited booze and money, food and clean water, 72 virgin sex slaves, 28 pre-pubescent boy servants.... unlimited riches, bla bla... hedonistic paradise. and if you want you can choose if your wife can join you or not.

christians dont know anything about what heaven is supposed to be... just that we will be with God, and that it's eternal. most believe it's more bliss than our human minds can possibly comprehend. eternal life in a perfect world sounds nice... some describe it as eden... a hippie earth fest, but clean and lacking danger, pain etc... but it's all speculation.

[–]SarcasticOptimist 2 points3 points ago

[–]helalo 3 points4 points ago

dont throw stereotypes and false info please :/

[–]VOMIT_IN_MY_CUNT 0 points1 point ago

false info?

i can site a passage from the quran or hadith for each point i made about muslim heaven. from muhammad himself.

[–]helalo 0 points1 point ago

go for it, show me anything related about 72 virgins. the other ones correct about riches and food and water.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

So why is it they can't have fun on earth if that's what's coming in heaven?

[–]Nessie 0 points1 point ago

Because Satan, that's why.

[–]VOMIT_IN_MY_CUNT 0 points1 point ago

who? muslims? i have no idea. ask a muslim.

[–]SinisterToad 1 point2 points ago

Actually Revelation 21 describes Christians living in a New Jerusalem, descended from Heaven, which is apparently a ~2,400km cube made of pure gold that's as clear as glass somehow. It's also never night there because it's lit by the glory of God and tree of life grows there which I gather allows the people to live forever worshiping God and the Lamb, or perhaps turning them into sterile super humans, I don't know.

[–]NiteShadeX2 1 point2 points ago

Why have gold, if its transparent????

[–]Pikminious_Thrious 1 point2 points ago

God works in mysterious ways. It is apparently such a pure place of gold that it is transparent.

[–]NiteShadeX2 0 points1 point ago

Imo, that would be terrifying. Living in a transparent cube made of a very soft metal. You would appear to stand on nothing, since the invisible golden floor would be...invisible. At least until its stained by our oiley ass feet (assuming we arent of divine cleanliness.)

[–]Pikminious_Thrious 0 points1 point ago

But it doesn't matter because we'll be worshiping god 24/infinity.

[–]VOMIT_IN_MY_CUNT 0 points1 point ago

revelations is an extremely figurative vision somebody had about the end of times... it's not divine scripture.

in order for it to be divine scripture it would have to be from either the first 5 books of the OT. or from the gospels.

[–]MisterLambs 0 points1 point ago

Nice name for someone who takes this seriously.

[–]schwerpunk 0 points1 point ago

So far, I can't help but read every single one of these replies in His voice.

[–]druhol 0 points1 point ago

God has the best drugs.

[–]scarecrowslayer 0 points1 point ago

but does he strike you as someone who is willing to share?

[–]Nisas 0 points1 point ago

Well he has the capability of throwing an awesome party. But it seems he refuses to do so. You'll have to settle for scrabble with the mormons.

[–]AnticScarab3 0 points1 point ago

Honestly, I don't think that would be a bad thing at all.

I respect Hitchens for the work he did, but I don't think he was being honest about how he felt about Heaven. If he believed it existed, he would want to go there. Everyone would.

[–]scarecrowslayer 0 points1 point ago

I honestly believe that if Yahweh or Allah, or one of the other dictator gods were in charge, Hitchens still wouldn't want any part of it. Totalitarianism is something he was wholeheartedly against (probably more than anything else). If going to heaven didn't require submission to another being (or any other prerequisite), then I don't think anyone would be opposed to going.

[–]AnticScarab3 -1 points0 points ago

Hitchens honestly didn't believe that there was a God or a heaven. He didn't think that his decision really mattered.

If he thought that obedience to God would have sent him to Heaven, then he would have done it. Honestly, it would take a stupid human being not to. He talked a big game about how bad Heaven would be, but I don't think he really believed it.

[–]sage_joch 0 points1 point ago

There was an absolutely hilarious Scare Tactics episode based on this concept.

[–]Squalor- 3 points4 points ago

When I die, I want to be frozen. And if they have to freeze me in pieces, so be it. I will wake up stronger than ever, because I will have used that time, to figure out exactly why I died. And what moves I could have used to defend myself better now that I know what hold he had me in.

  • Dwight Schrute

[–]NotSpiderman 4 points5 points ago

"If you guys are dead, I've been dead for weeks." -Dwight Schrute

[–]Dominoes282 3 points4 points ago

Haha when I clicked on it I got a 404 error. I assume that's what happens when you die.

[–]fani 2 points3 points ago

I guess Imgur maintenance happens.

[–]spincurrytheraver 3 points4 points ago

Ive always wanted my funeral to be a party. No sense in being sad because of the inevitable.

[–]csolisr 2 points3 points ago

And no sense in being happy. When I die I want to be dumped in a hole and forgotten by everyone who knew me.

[–]druhol 1 point2 points ago

With that kind of attitude, I imagine your wish will be granted.

[–]milojacks 1 point2 points ago

"What happens after you die? Decay." (I always like that answer for some reason.)

[–]dumnezero 0 points1 point ago

Accelerated decay. Even now we're decaying.

[–]GoodWithoutAGod 1 point2 points ago

Reminds me of the funeral when my grandfather died. Half the people showed up to pay their respects, the other half showed to make sure he was actually dead.

[–]catdoctor 1 point2 points ago

I'm sure lots of things will happen after I die. Just not to me.

[–]gif_only_mode 1 point2 points ago

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

Hate to be that guy, but.....irrelevant gif? Maybe not, but i'm not seeing the relevancy.

[–]griffcon 2 points3 points ago

False: Rainn Wilson is a Baha'i and has very silly discussions with Oprah about it.

[–]aehend 1 point2 points ago

Oh, come on. This is Dwight Schrute, not the actor portraying him. It's very funny.

And I'm a Baha'i, too.

[–]Jagyr 0 points1 point ago

This gives me a sad :(

[–]hugoguzman 1 point2 points ago

Well put. Lot's of stuff happens. You just won't be there to experience it.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

Checkmate atheists.

[–]tigerlky 0 points1 point ago

your username makes me convulse violently.

[–]NukeThePope 1 point2 points ago

I'm going to ask my GF to announce my demise to Reddit if I kick the bucket before she does. In the meantime, I pledge to continue pissing people off. Just think: the more people hate me, the bigger the party!

[–]home_star_toker 2 points3 points ago

Good for you.

[–]dumnezero 0 points1 point ago

By the time you die, you'll be able to get a chip that automatically posts video of your last minutes to reddit.

[–]NukeThePope 0 points1 point ago

Invented in China, I suspect.

[–]bob_blah_bob 1 point2 points ago

Probably in Japan, but most definitely produced in China.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

Yep. Here in Ireland we call it a wake.

[–]bongsmoker666 0 points1 point ago

Lol hahahaha if there was a hell id go there for loling but there's not so i'll continue to lmao away. hahahaha

[–]jimgagnon 0 points1 point ago

"Down for maintenance" - lol

[–]Zohanasburg 0 points1 point ago

you can probably put this on r/imgoingtohellforthis

[–]AaronHolland44 0 points1 point ago

..Ironic that it came up "file not found" for me.

[–]rjnr 0 points1 point ago

If humans manage to exist for an unimaginable amount of time, who's to say they won't be able to bring all other humans back to life through a process we couldn't possibly comprehend today? Have hope!

[–]Artegan 0 points1 point ago

This kind of sounds like something GlaDoS would say...

[–]LMAO0OO 0 points1 point ago

It's a dead man's party. Who could ask for more?

[–]svenniola 0 points1 point ago

guess there is an upside to being an utter shit, instead of everyone crying at your funeral, people are throwing parties all over when you croak. :)

(interpreting the OP meme.)

im not sure there are any possible reasons for death being some fixed thing, might not be the same for everyone.

might be many worlds and who knows where your journey might lead? (waxing poetic.washa!)

might be an end to it all and might be a shithole next life. so might as well just enjoy your fucking life. ;)

might as well skip any worries too, since looking back on history, things obviously get better all the time. with intelligence come more creative and most importantly more nice people.

shitholes happen where the majority are Not nice people.

but ya cant stop intelligence, that is a fact. (well maybe with a premature meteor or something lol,)

[–]Ayer99 0 points1 point ago

If Rainn Wilson was atheist, I would worship him.

[–]Philipcha 0 points1 point ago

Jim:False, Black bears.... Beets... Battle Star Galactica. Dwight: HEY, whats going on here! Jim: Michael! Dwight: Haha very funny, Michael!

[–]CAPTAINREDDITER 0 points1 point ago

HA!!! this picture of dwight looks like he should be talking about his red stapler

[–]orthag 0 points1 point ago

Definitely having a wake with a huge whiskey fountain, not a funeral. If you're not shitfaced by the time i'm in the ground, you're out of the will. Why should people be sad? Unless I die young I plan on having a good life. Celebrate my life, don't mourn my death.

EDIT: This is totally not because i want to give my family an excuse to drink.

[–]DarKcS 0 points1 point ago

You mean a party for us so we can celebrate you died :D

[–]owlnas 0 points1 point ago

love this! i'll be throwing a few for some special people haha.

[–]Off-Topic-Lies -2 points-1 points ago

The use of cherries as a slot machine graphic was first proposed by Benjamin Franklin. He proposed their inclusion as a way of linking gambling to sexuality, claiming "The supple form of two cherries is intimately familiar to a man of the world, likened as they are to the breasts of a young woman."

[–]dumnezero 0 points1 point ago

Are you seriously doing sociology experiments here?

[–]Samccx19 0 points1 point ago

I was going to downvote you, but then noticed your username.

[–]WHINYALLCAPSATHEIST -3 points-2 points ago

I THINK THE SILLY CHRISTIANS ARE JUST SHOCKED THERE'S NO HEAVEN LOOOL BUT WHEN CHRISTIANS DIE I'LL THROW A PARTY!

[–]ZenGalactic 1 point2 points ago

Please stop posting, for everyone's sake. You're not funny or entertaining, and I can practically taste the impotent, unproductive rage through the internet.

You're only making yourself feel bad.

[–]Iazo -4 points-3 points ago

False.

If one's reality is defined by one's observable Universe, then not being able to observe it means it is ill defined and is in quantum superposition.

Therefore, some of you will be throwing a party and not throwing a party at the same time.

[–]ZenGalactic 0 points1 point ago

That's not how quantum theory works at all. :/

[–]Iazo 0 points1 point ago

It was a joke.

I actually meant to say that from your own perspective (dead person), nothing happens.

[–]ZenGalactic 0 points1 point ago

Oh, yeah.

I just assumed, since lotsa people interpret quantum theories 'observation' mechanics to literally mean that humans are required to make the universe run.