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[–]iwishihadabettername 1 point2 points ago

you should post this on /r/awww

[–]FuhQue 0 points1 point ago

I don't think you can grind up a baby in a pasta maker.

[–]Red_Vancha 0 points1 point ago

what does this have to do with atheism?

[–]Compani0ncube 1 point2 points ago

Because atheists eat babies.

[–]Red_Vancha 0 points1 point ago

more like they submit irrelevant threads in an attempt to be funny, making fun of other religions, when in fact, there being as intolerant as the fanatics are. we tolerate people we don't like or agree with, not make fun of them. but the people on this sub-reddit don't just give religion and atheism a bad name, they give the internet a bad name as well. reddit claims that r/atheism is the largest atheism community on the internet. and this is how they represent atheists? they all say that religion is stupid, and that it will eventually bite the dust in a century or two. so fine, go suck off dawkins and sagan (who has no actual affiliation with religion, yet he's on r/atheism's front page), but when people start to realise that atheists can be just as bad as some religious people are, don't come crying back to society saying that it's being mistreated, which is what so many religions have done before them

[–]FuhQue 0 points1 point ago

there being as intolerant as the fanatics are

Come back to me when atheists on reddit are passing laws restricting the rights of others, killing in the name of atheism, protesting funerals, starting wars, etc.

[–]Red_Vancha 1 point2 points ago

tolerance means to accept something you don't agree with, not killing people. yes, some religious people, such as fanatics are very bad, and not all atheists are goody-two shoes either. but more than half the posts are just making fun of what people actually believe in, and, as long as those beliefs aren't forced upon us, or causes any harm to others, why should e make fun of them?

and anyway, what can r/atheism do to stop fanatics anyway? i'm all for raising awareness, sharing stories etc., but do you think a suicide bomber is going to go on reddit one day, see a meme, and give up his violent ways?

[–]FuhQue 0 points1 point ago

We accept that they believe what they believe and don't try to stop them from doing what they want in a church. There is nothing in making fun of stupid beliefs that means you don't tolerate their right to believe.

and anyway, what will happen if /r/atheism doesn't stop making fun of the religious? Is a normal religious person going to come here one day, see a meme, and suddenly become a suicide bomber?

[–]Red_Vancha 0 points1 point ago

There is nothing in making fun of stupid beliefs that means you don't tolerate their right to believe

what if there was a genuinely kind man that believed in christianity. that doesn't automatically allow you to make fun of him and overlook his personality

[–]FuhQue 0 points1 point ago

He believes I am going to burn in a pit of fire for all eternity because I don't believe the same superstitions that he believes. I have no problem making fun of that belief online no matter how great his personality is.

[–]Red_Vancha 1 point2 points ago

where i come from, in england, most, if not all, religious groups believe that god loves us all. in fact, this is a joint statement made by religious groups on banning the Westboro Baptist Church from entering the UK: "We do not share [Westboro's] hatred of lesbian and gay people. We believe that God loves all, irrespective of sexual orientation, and we unreservedly stand against their message of hate toward those communities." Source

so, don't judge all religious people by what you hear in the media, the people you know/are in your area and by what you see on the internet

[–]FuhQue 0 points1 point ago

That is quite irrelevant. A nice old man in England who calls himself a Christian but doesn't follow the doctrine of his church (Belief in heaven, hell, and Jesus' return in glory) doesn't mean that I shouldn't make fun of beliefs held with no proof. And those nice old people who profess Christian faith help spur on the crazies who try to inject faith into science and undermine education. The U.K. isn't immune as the recent Giant's Causeway incident shows. You are more than welcome to keep silent and afraid to upset religious people. I'm willing to take up the slack.

[–]Compani0ncube 0 points1 point ago

I'm not here to defend or attack atheists, or argue the semantics of what goes on in /r/atheism.

Edit: I also do not know why I linked to /r/atheism, seeing as how this is in /r/atheism. Seems a tad redundant.