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[–]iAnonymousGuy 43 points44 points ago

Counter Strike Terrorists:

Hey, lets go bomb that pile of boxes!

YEAH!

[–]LiveToday512 4 points5 points ago

The bomb has been planted

[–]Phalkyn 1 point2 points ago

Get outta there, it's gonna blow!

[–]TheMagicJesus 0 points1 point ago

Where's the bomb?

[–]dt25 0 points1 point ago

Found it! Now how do I disarm the bomb? Quick!!

[–]FSMfan 76 points77 points ago

Stalin/Pol-Pot/Mao in 3 ... 2... 1 ...

[–]greenvox 13 points14 points ago

Maoists in Nepal and India. Albeit anti-state and not necessarily terrorists, they are not just staring at the stars.

Mojahideen-e-Khalq of Iran is Marxist.

The Baath party which lead socialist coups and bloody regimes in Iraq, Syria, Egypt and Algeria were anti-religion.

Stalin and Mao killed more people combined than anyone else in history, besides maybe Genghis.

[–]anjodenunca 2 points3 points ago

Those are important to point out, however, I sincerely doubt that a religious Mao or Stalin would have necessarily refrained from killing anyone either. The bible in particular showcases many holy killings for dubious reasons, some of those much more obscure than 'for the greater good of the state'.

[–]vainamo- 1 point2 points ago

Those are important to point out, however, I sincerely doubt that a religious Mao or Stalin would have necessarily refrained from killing anyone either.

Then couldn't you say the same for the islamic terrorists? If they were atheists, maybe they would have still bombed an embassy for political reasons.

[–]greenvox 0 points1 point ago

They still probably would. There is a real conflict over land and power over there. Although, if the Saudi brand of Salafism wasn't being exported as fast as it is, there would be a lot less bigotry, beheadings and radical militia. As a Muslim, even I realize that.

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    [–]Wylkus 29 points30 points ago

    Don't forget the French Revolution. There are plenty of examples in history of extreme atheists violently imposing their views on everyone else.

    [–]Deeviant 5 points6 points ago

    But were they imposing their atheistic views on everyone else, or just their views. If so, were they imposing their atheistic views on others because of some sort of atheistic mandate written into some sort of codified atheistic credo?

    [–]Bitingsome 4 points5 points ago

    I'm pretty sure the french revolution was not an atheism-motivated action. ..

    Unless you call being tired of being oppressed and abused by a self-serving group of elitist snobs an 'atheist thing'

    But maybe it is, in which case thanks for the compliment.

    [–]MadManMax55 11 points12 points ago

    Actually, many French revolutionaries were extremely anti-religion (especially Catholicism) and pro-enlightenment, and established the Cult of Reason to replace the church. A lot of religious leaders/believers were killed during and after the revolution and many famous churches, including Notre Dame, were forcefully converted to "temples of reason".

    [–]neoKushan 11 points12 points ago

    Help, help, I'm being oppressed!

    [–]massaikosis 1 point2 points ago

    I am your king!

    [–]bradmont 1 point2 points ago

    Come see the violence inherent in the system!

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      [–]Faaaabulous -1 points0 points ago

      Nevermind history, I've got a live example living 2 minutes away from me that's pretty hardcore about his "lack" of belief. I'm more along the lines of agnostic atheism, so I get spared. My Christian friends? Not so lucky.

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        [–]MayorEmanuel 5 points6 points ago

        Close but no.

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Shirts_(Mexico)

        [–]whatevesbro 1 point2 points ago

        Such a good call. They actually came out and think they have a point.

        [–]BretticusWins 1 point2 points ago

        The difference is that the only defining feature for atheism is that you don't believe in a god, that's it.

        [–]AnOnlineHandle 0 points1 point ago

        There's no scripture/instructions/etc for those who aren't theists. There's no priests to give command via cult like authority rather than credibility. Just because people involved weren't religious, doesn't mean that you can link the cause to their lack of religion, that doesn't even make sense. It's like astrologers linking all the problems in the world to lack of astrology because other people weren't astrologers.

        [–]rend0ggy -1 points0 points ago

        They were extremists AND atheists, not atheist extremists

        [–]squigs 130 points131 points ago

        That's not particularly extreme atheism.

        Or really atheism at all. I know religious people who'd enjoy that as well.

        [–]zunkenl33t 124 points125 points ago

        Yes, but lets put people into different groups so we can hate on them for cheap karma instead.

        [–]aabbccbb 8 points9 points ago

        No. We never set up straw men on the internet⸮ haha

        [–]zjb55446 4 points5 points ago

        Extreme Athiests: are annoying and argue everything.

        [–]aabbccbb 0 points1 point ago

        (I was appreciating their POV, just in case that wasn't clear...)

        [–]bakerofroast 17 points18 points ago

        This. Atheism doesn't mean you believe in evolution (There are alternative theories, lamarckism, for example ) Or the big bang, it is not an anti-religion as people like to call it, it is just the lack of believe in a god.

        [–]xbiggiesmallsx 6 points7 points ago

        Maybe I'm wrong, but isn't lamarckism another theory of evolution? I think you're trying to say that not all atheists believe in the theory of natural selection.

        [–]speedracer13 1 point2 points ago

        Pretty sure everyone knows LaMarck was completely wrong. His theories were more precursors to evolutionary theory than an actual acceptable explanation. Basically, we should have realized immediately that if your mom loses her arm, that doesn't mean you are born without an arm (pretty simple example of LaMarck's thought process in regards to acquired characteristics).

        [–]Kygun 1 point2 points ago

        LaMarck was actually correct about epigenetic changes. For instance different forms of acquired DNA methylation can be passed on. Lamarck is used in modern texts in a sort of apologetic way.

        Source- degree in molecular biology and two years in head school.

        [–]Mogknight23 0 points1 point ago

        Exactly, I understand, atheists tend to not declare war, like others do, based on religion, but atheist extremists, if they actually were extremists, would go out and bomb the nearest church/temple/mosque/holy place they could find. We need to be honest with ourselves, extremists of any variety are awful.

        [–]PullOutBoy 0 points1 point ago

        as long as they talk about the science of iphones and not evolution or the cosmos or geology

        [–]squigs 0 points1 point ago

        Saw a fascinating talk last week by a chap from the Vatican about the cosmos. Pretty certain Brother Guy was fairly religious.

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          [–]IKnowYouAndHateYou 327 points328 points ago

          Didn't the kids that perpetrated the Combine Massacre wear t-shirts saying "Natural Selection" and shoot people who admitted to believing in god?

          Just throwing that out their, every group has its saints and loonies.

          [–]greasywiener 175 points176 points ago

          Yeah, no shit. Tired of this idea that atheists wouldn't do anything bad because they don't believe god would tell them to. I don't think religion's the problem, I think it's human nature and whack-jobs just have religion as a convenient way to justify things, and most of them would find another justification even if they weren't religious.

          [–]dat_man1 40 points41 points ago

          Thank you for saying that, I'm not atheist myself, but I respect the hell out of most of you guys, but people who mindlessly insult religion and then have the nerve to say that their group has no crazies make me really fucking mad. Once again, thank you my atheist friend for being a kind and respectful sir.

          [–]Terricz 4 points5 points ago

          Seems to be violence everywhere, unfortunately.

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              [–]DoubtfulCritic 41 points42 points ago

              That bugged me too if you form any group as it grows in size its bound to attract people who are too extreme.

              This comic is such a circlejerk it really bothers me. The bias is so strong its saturated. The last image says "Atheist Extremest"

              Here's the definition of extremest. "A person who holds extreme or fanatical political or religious views, esp. one who resorts to or advocates extreme action."

              The action of talking about outer space and drinking microbrews is in no way extreme in fact its pretty normal even for people who aren't atheists.

              It'd be like calling a Muslim an extremest because they choose not to eat pork.

              Edit: Some people seem to be confused about the point I'm trying to make. Atheists are a group like any other, they have good people in their group and bad people. The flaw I see in the comic is that it points out negative actions of people in other groups and only harmless actions of atheists. The bias is what is bothering me.

              About the pork statement I made: The point I'm making here is that what if you redid the comic and kept everything the same but you changed the part about Islamic people to "not eating pork" and the part about atheists to "kills people just for believing in god". Suddenly the double standard is apparent.

              [–]antonivs 4 points5 points ago

              Atheists are often called "militant" just for standing up for their views. I assume the comic is referring to that kind of thing. It's not perfect, but it gets at a real issue, which is that the accusations thrown at atheists are often way out of proportion with their actual words or actions.

              [–]DoubtfulCritic 2 points3 points ago

              I agree with you on that point, I can't say what the comic's author intended by the piece, but I feel a lot of people look at his and say "Those crazies fundies! We atheists are awesome we just drink bear and talk about space! While these 'believers' are murdering people for no reason!!"

              While that might not be the authors point, I think its easy to get this message from the comic.

              [–]antonivs 0 points1 point ago

              We atheists are awesome we just drink beer and talk about space!

              Well, that part is true at least! ;)

              [–]Carlos13th 1 point2 points ago

              I figured it was more to do with how people use the words than saying there are no extremest atheists. Speaking out about atheism or writing a book is often enough to be called an extremist by some.

              Of course my interpretation could be wrong.

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                [–][deleted] 21 points22 points ago

                For the sake of accuracy, the whole story about the girl who said she believed in God and was then shot for it has been debunked by witness testimony. Just throwing that out "their."

                [–]gazzawhite 0 points1 point ago

                Yes, she was shot before she mentioned that she believed in God.

                [–]mookler 18 points19 points ago

                I mean just last week I said to myself "Fuck it, there's no God, why have morals?" and ate a baby.

                [–]Lots42 0 points1 point ago

                But babies smell bad.

                Seriously though, they smell awful.

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                  [–]Victorious_Oppositio 4 points5 points ago

                  It's like you've heard about Columbine but didn't learn anything. Columbine wasn't an act by an atheist it was an act by a sociopath. Believing in God =/= rejecting Natural selection. Edit: I accidentally a word.

                  [–]Hyperian 3 points4 points ago

                  atheism is not a group. that's like saying non-stamp collectors are a group of people and that certain person do bad things because they don't stamp collect.

                  [–]ElKaBongX 9 points10 points ago

                  these?

                  [–][deleted] 9 points10 points ago

                  That was a horrible time, we didn't have wheat for weeks.

                  [–]MayorEmanuel 3 points4 points ago

                  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Shirts_(Mexico)

                  [–]mkelley 1 point2 points ago

                  asking if they believed in god was a rumor.

                  [–]gazzawhite 0 points1 point ago

                  One person was asked. However she wasn't shot afterwards (she had already been shot).

                  [–]MeloJelo 8 points9 points ago

                  True. I'd be interested in seeing what percentage of atheists/agnostics commit acts of violence in the name of their worldview compared to what percentage of various religious groups commit violence in the name of their worlview.

                  [–]ZebrajustZebra 15 points16 points ago

                  ... Please /r/atheim, be a place of enlightement, and don't spout dishonest lies. Atheist extremists within the communist party killed more than one priest.

                  [–]jesustaint 1 point2 points ago

                  Communist extremists killed priests because they challenged the Party. The Ortho's are a bunch of loonies themselves. It's not like they were killed by an atheist militia

                  [–]ZebrajustZebra 0 points1 point ago

                  Well, yes they were.

                  Religion, according to Marx is the opium of the masses. It keep the masses apathetic toward their own plight by a promesse of eternal reward if you satisfy the system. I definitely agree with him.

                  But the extremists among the party though that since religion was evil and there was definitely no god, killing priest was ok. And that make them atheist extremists, targeting religious peoples for their religious sentiments.

                  [–]Nincro -1 points0 points ago

                  Their is no such thing as a 'Atheist extremists', The policy behind the Stalin party was Socialist Marxism.

                  Can Atheists do complete evil? Of course, Stalin was an Atheist and he did evil.

                  Did he do evil because he was an Atheist? No, It doesn't even make any sense, Atheism is just a category people are put into for not believing in god.

                  Atheists can't be Extremest, but they can be Assholes.

                  [–]jamstight 6 points7 points ago

                  ...I'm pretty sure the first commenter who pointed out the Columbine kids killing people who said they believed in God)\ is a pretty valid point that Atheists can be extremists.

                  [–]Nincro 1 point2 points ago

                  You need to realize that Columbine has been a set example for SO many political views it's ridiculous.

                  It's obviously been used to advocate for gun control, Video games were also blamed as it was believed that Harris created levels of Doom that were similar in design to his school, Creationists blamed Evolution because they thought Harris and Klebold were trying to filter out the week and needless in humanity. Their were accounts of them 'playing games' with victims before they shot them. Such as saying 'peek a boo' before kneeling before Cassie Bernell who were hiding underneath a table before shooting her in the head with a shotgun. Wouldn't asking someone a question of 'Do you believe in God' be one to include with Toying with someone? According to reports ONLY ONE person was asked the question, Whom of which was Rachel Scott who was asked by Harris before she was shot in the head. The cause of them committing such a atrocity's in school was most likely a case of extreme bullying, According to most former peers of theirs, they weren't the 'Popular' guys of the school and were constantly bullied along with a very probable case of them having Mental Problems. They were also thought to be targeting 'Jocks' in their shootings.

                  Even regardless of them being Atheist or not, The word 'Atheist extremest' doesn't make any sense, an Atheist is simply a group people are placed into for not believing in a deity. It's not a religion or a system of beliefs it's only a category people are placed into, The only thing held by all atheists and the only thing that atheism is, is the belief that 'I don't personally believe in a deity', I'm NOT saying that Atheists can't be evil, They can be extremely radical. It's improper to categorize an evil atheist as 'extremest' simply because it doesn't make any sense in the English language, You can't become an extremist on 'I personally don't believe in a deity' Someone going around killing people who believed in god and purposely saving those who don't wouldn't be an Extremist Atheist or Agnostic, the proper term would be a 'Radical Anti-Theist' As Anti Theist are against religion. While a large amount of Atheists are Anti Theist, It still isn't proper to say 'Extremist Atheist' it IS however proper to say 'Radical Anti-Theist'

                  Thank you for your time.

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                    [–]Super_King_ 5 points6 points ago

                    The combine massacre?

                    Gordon...Gordon Freeman?

                    [–]Lots42 0 points1 point ago

                    In Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, one of the missions is stealing a farm combine. You can use it to run over people and their goopy, bloody remains shoot out the back.

                    [–]tempe85 0 points1 point ago

                    Atheism isn't a group. No more than people that don't believe in the tooth fairy is a group.

                    And before you say: "BUT why do you have organizations/discussion groups for atheism!" Well, it's pretty obvious why we do, but I'll spell it out for you. If tooth fairy believers tried to take away people's rights, stigmatize people for having different belief systems, and in any way impair the lives of non-believers, then you can bet your ass there would be groups of a-fairists (or what have you) that would band together out of mutual necessity.

                    [–]atheos 1 point2 points ago

                    Those kids had the same thing in common with the abortion clinic bombers and suicide pilots. Religious indoctrination.

                    [–]jesustaint 0 points1 point ago

                    That was hardly some organized atheist militia, it was high schoolers

                    [–]Nincro 1 point2 points ago

                    Not so much a motive, as the above pictures...

                    They shot up the school due to an INTENSE amount of bullying, Obviously they weren't the most healthy mentally, but it's not like they were 'Hey, Lets progress evolution by killing a bunch of people'

                    Also

                    Evolution and Natural Selection =/= Atheism

                    From what I heard both came from semi religious family's.

                    Well so did I am I'm an atheist, the point being that Religion or Lack there of had nothing to do with Columbine.

                    [–]Eeizbee 1 point2 points ago

                    i would have gone with all the church burnings but to each his own.

                    [–]MrImmoli 0 points1 point ago

                    That was caused do to satanic video games, DnD, and rock 'n' roll, not atheism.

                    [–]koalahugger 1 point2 points ago

                    I feel the need to clarify that while the shooters were both atheists, the story/stories about them shooting people based on their belief in God is completely untrue. The closest thing that happened to the famous Cassie Bernal story is that one of the shooters asked a girl named Valeen if she believed in God, made fun of her for saying yes, taunted her about unrelated things, got distracted and then shot her like 5 minutes later, most likely not because of her answer but just because they were going to shoot her anyway.

                    [–]gazzawhite 0 points1 point ago

                    She was shot before they asked her if she believed in God. She was not shot afterwards.

                    [–]PazingerZ 1 point2 points ago

                    It sounds like you're referring to the Cassie Bernall ("the girl who said yes") story. It's fake. She was shot without asking questions, without time to say anything. Like many Christian stories, they made something up to turn a random act of violence into a meaningful martyr tale for everyone to rally around.

                    [–]gazzawhite 0 points1 point ago

                    It wasn't COMPLETELY made up. Another student heard them ask somebody if she believed in God, and he mistakenly attributed it to Cassie.

                    [–]no-cake 0 points1 point ago

                    I don't remember any religious or anti-religious motives. The ones that were targeted were because of their bullying. Not that i dont believe you but please provide some evidence. Thanks.

                    [–]MrHappyMan 0 points1 point ago

                    It's a response to the militant atheist label. I've been called militant before. I call religion stupid in public that isn't militant. We all know what a militant Christian or a militant Muslim is.

                    [–]PullOutBoy 0 points1 point ago

                    NO! this is false and a lie! the columbine kids did not shoot people for believing in god! there is no evidence for that and it isn't even true!

                    [–]LibertariansLOL -1 points0 points ago

                    over the 40 years since roe v wade, 8 people have been killed in the US due to anti-abortionists

                    extrapolate that to a couple million years and you'll come close to the soviet union's extremist atheist kill count against the orthodox church

                    [–]why_do_l_bother 0 points1 point ago

                    shoot people who admitted to believing in god?

                    That didn't actually happen.

                    [–]Lots42 0 points1 point ago

                    I thought they shot anyone they could. I thought the 'targeting God believers' was just some made up stupid nonsense.

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                      [–]Morbert 25 points26 points ago

                      This cartoon is ridiculous. Militant atheists have regularly committed anti-clerical atrocities throughout history.

                      [–]newaccountnumber500 0 points1 point ago

                      probably true but I still find it funny when someone calls a person like dawkins a militant atheist.

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                        [–]ThinkRationally 140 points141 points ago

                        Good comic, but is there a reason why this couldn't have linked directly to The Oatmeal instead of copying the work to imgur?

                        [–]Lord_Herp_Derpington 20 points21 points ago

                        Yeah, this isn't Funnyjunk or 9gag!!!

                        [–]rubbsdecvik 14 points15 points ago

                        I came here just to say exactly that. Why are we re-hosting webcomics now?

                        [–]ThinkRationally 9 points10 points ago

                        Yes, I was thinking that Mr. Inman has shown himself to be a good guy recently, and credit should go where credit is due (whether you like this particular comic on not).

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                        [–]Lots42 0 points1 point ago

                        KARMA!!!!

                        [–]ThinkRationally 0 points1 point ago

                        Apparently so. And to think I've been wasting my time commenting on the actual content of posts.

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                          [–]TrailMix1939 26 points27 points ago

                          I believe that a real atheist extremist, by a better criterion of extremist, would decry religious culture and subsequently use this decrying to initiate violence against them. I actually could imagine a Nietzschian extremist who talked about the "slave morality" of Christians, who also followed books such as "Might is Right" by Ragnar Redbeard (not a real name, but a pseudonym), who had no problem killing off Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, and any other social democrats, even if they are other atheists. It is pretty likely, actually, that such people actually exist but have not been able to acquire the political power or ideological support necessary to reach their ends.

                          [–]FSMfan 10 points11 points ago

                          I think the bottom line is that we are 7 billion people crammed into a small space with limited resources. We're going to fight and kill no matter what.

                          [–]controlmath 1 point2 points ago

                          I don't think Nietzsche was too concerned with violent actions either way, but more so the mindset of the individual.

                          He wrote a lot though so if someone knows more so please inform me.

                          Also if lurkers haven't read Nietzsche later works you should. They are quite masturbatory.

                          [–]unknown_poo 0 points1 point ago

                          Humans prone to violence will always seek justification for it. That is their inherent bias. You are right though, it is the mindset of the individual that is most concerning since that determines the way they perceive and interpret the world. For example, I find that Extremist Muslims have more in common with Extremist Atheists than they do with moderate Muslims due to the way that they think and approach the world. Because of a similar mindset, their interpretation of doctrine ends up being the same despite coming from opposite sides. Even though they are enemies, their positions complement and support one another.

                          [–]controlmath 0 points1 point ago

                          Are you comparing antitheist arguements and wahabbi? Islam?

                          Rhetorical I can see it although I would say that most antitheists seek to get rid of ideas rather than people, although I'm sure there are some that are more extreme than that.

                          [–]bojang1es 1 point2 points ago

                          Also, make sure to buy a companion to help understand what he's saying. Then make sure to read, reread, then read at least one more time.

                          [–]AltToCommentOnTrees 0 points1 point ago

                          No, that would be an anti-theist. Not an atheist. Another one of 257 reasons why this subreddit should be renamed antitheism.

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                            [–]johnny107 7 points8 points ago

                            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Terror_%28Spain%29

                            [–]nowrongwrong 8 points9 points ago

                            Because I'm sure no atheist has ever done a bombing.

                            Oh, wait

                            [–]Maventi 16 points17 points ago

                            It's a good thing that Atheists are MAGIC and therefore aren't subject to basic human nature like the rest of us. And in case I'm being to subtle, let me rephrase: The thing I hate about Atheists is the same thing I hate about Theists, Agnostics, Republicans, Democrats, Jets Fans, Soccer Hooligans, and douchebags of every stripe and nature: Their innate belief that the group they choose to identify themselves with makes them inherently better people than everyone else.

                            [–]Lots42 -1 points0 points ago

                            Yes, those who believe in science and reason and logic are better then those who do not.

                            [–]PopPopInAttic 0 points1 point ago

                            You're doing that thing again.

                            I know plenty of people who don't believe a good many things that science says, but I would consider them better than some people I know who do. Maybe their intelligence is a bit lower, but that doesn't make them any less "better" than someone else. Character makes you a better person.

                            [–]Lots42 0 points1 point ago

                            I didn't say 'Better in all respects and religous people should be made into slaves and should dance for our amusement'.

                            Take two people with locked cars and locked houses. If one person runs around kicking things and throwing rocks in anger while the second person knocks on a neighbor's house to borrow a phone...the second person will be better for they will be doing the more logical thing.

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                              [–]Chrlez 10 points11 points ago

                              This post exemplifies what is wrong with /r/atheism.

                              Lets go bomb an abortion clinic.... come on. That is the problem with christianity? Repeating this argument is the equivalent of Christians labeling atheists satanists that could shoot up their school at any moment.

                              This is worth a few laughs but getting upvoted this much scares me.

                              [–]appleman94 4 points5 points ago

                              this is the same as the hitler and Stalin were atheists argument made by theists. funny yes, a valid argument no.

                              [–]Rehosted_Comics 12 points13 points ago

                              http://theoatmeal.com/comics/extremists

                              [–]thenorthwinddothblow 3 points4 points ago

                              Unintentionally copied from this one: http://www.atheistcartoons.com/?p=955

                              [–]rasputine 0 points1 point ago

                              Heh, oatmeal has a nice apology on the bottom of his page. Classy.

                              [–]mrescape 18 points19 points ago

                              This comic is terrible. It's a huge circle jerk. Those are atheists, not extremist atheists.

                              [–]Robotochan 25 points26 points ago

                              What even makes them atheists? Can you not enjoy drinking beer and talking about space if you are religious?

                              [–]mrescape 10 points11 points ago

                              Good point. I can't believe I made that simple mistake. Thanks for mentioning that.

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                                [–]SmallHandsT-Rex 9 points10 points ago

                                Actual Atheist Extremist: Hey let's go kill everyone we don't like at school! Well ok then!

                                [–]AMPROLLED 2 points3 points ago

                                The atheist topic presented has nothing to do with atheism at all, its completely irrelevant.

                                The author also conveniently forgets about Mao Zedong, Joseph Stalin and Pol Pot. Whoever made this comic, and anyone who can agree with it never went to grade school apparently, as i thought this was common knowledge.

                                [–]redditgolfer 3 points4 points ago

                                This is near Mitt Romney-level delusional thinking.

                                [–][deleted] 10 points11 points ago

                                You're right.

                                All atheists are literally PhD scientists, engineers, sophisticated, people who only talk about outer space and shit.

                                As well as all religious people are literally Hitler with the intent to bomb infrastructure.

                                These two groups, literally only do those things. [Le]terally.

                                [–]Lots42 0 points1 point ago

                                LITERALLY!!!

                                [–]that-guy-gets-it 4 points5 points ago

                                you know science created those bombs

                                [–]newaccountnumber500 1 point2 points ago

                                therefore end all science! Agreed! Good work sir!

                                [–]shteeeeeve 2 points3 points ago

                                Yes, but are they EXTREME micobrews?

                                [–]malcatrino 2 points3 points ago

                                Like this?

                                [–]sultanblender 1 point2 points ago

                                Naw, I would hope most atheists would drink GOOD beer.

                                But this is reddit, and it says bacon... Hmmm.

                                [–]malcatrino 2 points3 points ago

                                It tastes horrible but I can say I've had it.

                                [–]rasputine 0 points1 point ago

                                Aw, was it really that bad? Rogue usually makes good beer, and I never had a chance to try that one.

                                [–]cypressgreen 1 point2 points ago

                                Yeah, let's go get bombed!

                                [–]manitoadlet 1 point2 points ago

                                This was the punchline I was expecting.

                                [–]malcatrino 0 points1 point ago

                                Hey hey hey motherfucker! I'll have the occasional Sam Adams.

                                [–]csolisr 0 points1 point ago

                                Curiously enough, I've never heard about a single secular asking their fellows to deconvert people at gunpoint. Except perhaps antitheists. Those are the extremists of the secular world.

                                [–]rasputine 1 point2 points ago

                                Presumably the various communist regimes did this. However, they did this because the church was competition for power, not for "extreme atheism".

                                [–]iheartlungs 2 points3 points ago

                                I dont know if its just the app Im using but i see no credit or watermark for the oatmeal on this...

                                [–]lagerdalek 0 points1 point ago

                                .......aaaaaaaaaaaand

                                [–]Lots42 -1 points0 points ago

                                Goooooo fuuuuuck youuuurseeeelf.

                                [–]lagerdalek 0 points1 point ago

                                OK

                                [–]j4z7y 0 points1 point ago

                                lol - communist dictators

                                [–]Luepert 0 points1 point ago

                                When was the last abortion clinic bombing?

                                [–]211winner 4 points5 points ago

                                Wow this isn't bias at all

                                [–]yakshamash 4 points5 points ago

                                Some credit to The Oatmeal please... no funnyjunk for us...

                                [–]JSlayerz 4 points5 points ago

                                extreme atheists: "let's go on reddit and talk about how much better we are then everyone in r/atheism."

                                [–]guitar_vigilante 2 points3 points ago

                                See Soviet Union http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persecution_of_Christians_in_the_Soviet_Union

                                Edit: See also China during the cultural revolution.

                                [–]Ogel6000 3 points4 points ago

                                Extremist Buddhist: meditates, saying nothing, happily observing the world around him

                                [–]controlmath 29 points30 points ago

                                Extreme Buddhist: Commits genocide and religious repression

                                [–]Mrbrute 1 point2 points ago

                                I've always wondered what extremist Hindus does?

                                [–]controlmath 7 points8 points ago

                                Kill Muslims mostly

                                [–]robin1125 2 points3 points ago

                                I think a Hindu extremist killed Gandhi...

                                [–]kent_eh 1 point2 points ago

                                Send each other to their reincarnation?

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                                  [–]agmcleod 2 points3 points ago

                                  Fuck yea, microbrews!

                                  [–]The_Yar -1 points0 points ago

                                  Don't make me Godwin on reddit.

                                  [–]estavon42 0 points1 point ago

                                  cuz KGB...

                                  [–]anonymau5 -1 points0 points ago

                                  Where's the source? Why would you think it's ok to post this without the source? Have you no morals?

                                  [–]Lemonanyway 1 point2 points ago

                                  Drinking and talking about space actually does sound like fun ...

                                  [–]songmaster 0 points1 point ago

                                  Actual Atheist Extremist: Atheist 1:Hey lets hate every body that believes in religion to keep them from alcohol/drug abuse! atheist 2: Sure dude sounds logical and scientific!

                                  [–]massaikosis 0 points1 point ago

                                  dat oatmeal nigga cray

                                  [–]YaroLord 1 point2 points ago

                                  What you did is as cancerous as 9gag or funnyjunk. Link to the original source instead of rehosting.

                                  [–]Turok1134 0 points1 point ago

                                  Microbrews? Fucking beer elitists.

                                  [–]epitomeofhappiness 1 point2 points ago

                                  You should really credit Matthew Inman for that...

                                  [–]flingingfrogs 0 points1 point ago

                                  repost

                                  [–]zimbabwe7878 0 points1 point ago

                                  I think he would actually suggest talking about how the other two panels are dumb and wrong for the one millionth time

                                  [–]PazingerZ 0 points1 point ago

                                  I feel like the least they could've done was portray what real "militant" atheists apparently are.

                                  "Hey, let's go write mean things about religion on the internet!"

                                  Still not the least bit extreme, but I hear my religious friends and family refer to that as 'militant' and 'extremist' quite often.

                                  [–]Sparkvoltage 0 points1 point ago

                                  Once again, people confuse atheists for scientists.

                                  [–]AppleBlossom63 0 points1 point ago

                                  Must be that time of the week again.

                                  [–]bobcat_08 1 point2 points ago

                                  Atheism panel continued: "and talk shit about religious people's intelligence!"

                                  Which isn't so much violent as annoying. So by comparison, I'm okay with it.

                                  [–]canadianIBslave -1 points0 points ago

                                  R-R-R-R-REPOST!!!!!

                                  [–]Hayes92 -1 points0 points ago

                                  Man i'd sure love to see this comic again next week! oh wait, i will.

                                  [–]i_like_space 0 points1 point ago

                                  Space? I like space.

                                  [–]Skitzomalice 0 points1 point ago

                                  I'm an atheist but I couldn't care less about space and im not into sience either. I don't really know where they idea that atheists are all into that came from.

                                  [–]Lots42 0 points1 point ago

                                  'sience'.

                                  Oh, you are just delightful.

                                  [–]Skitzomalice 0 points1 point ago

                                  I'm Sorry I misspelled a word, english isn't my first language.

                                  [–]Iamchrisbrown209 0 points1 point ago

                                  To be fair:

                                  Stalin, Jeffrey Dahmer, and others were atheists. There are evil people of all religions/lack thereof.

                                  [–]Phaazoid 0 points1 point ago

                                  Please credit the oatmeal

                                  [–]Nachofiesta17 0 points1 point ago

                                  Looks like the op didn't see the south park episode go god go Science be praised!!!!

                                  [–]alex8280 0 points1 point ago

                                  Atheists are perfect human beings who only drink nice beer and talk about science, I'm so glad I'm without religion so I can be brilliant and perfect with the most upstanding morals in the world. Fuck, they should have just nailed me to the cross I'm so fucking perfect and better than religious people! Lol our extremists aren't militant just geeks Lol!

                                  [–]Jokrmein 0 points1 point ago

                                  But wait, the last panel wasn't making fun of christians on facebook. FAKE, FAKE!

                                  [–]Lycanthropes 0 points1 point ago

                                  I can't tell the character in the last frame is an atheist. He's overweight.

                                  [–]markshark17 0 points1 point ago

                                  Actually, I once saw an atheist here advocating genocide. http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/w7mjs/fuckin_religion/c5e1xyh?context=3

                                  [–]rieldealIV 0 points1 point ago

                                  I like the atheist's shirt, "Tesla > Edison". Tesla is indeed better than Edison.

                                  [–]FUK_JESUS_N_ASS 0 points1 point ago

                                  NO! Comic or not, this is poison.

                                  [–]mbyrd42 0 points1 point ago

                                  Religious fanaticism killed thousands of cats in Europe, which led to a huge spike in the rat population, which led to the Black Plague wiping out a THIRD of Europe's population. Religious extremists win again.... Or lose.... Not sure how to call that one.

                                  [–]whatevesbro 0 points1 point ago

                                  Damn, is r/atheism being constantly trolled by anti-atheists?!

                                  [–]Munnky 0 points1 point ago

                                  if they were extremist's wouldn't they choose to target their main detractors? so wouldnt they go bomb a church or something? Im not saying an atheist would but extremists in my mind dont normally follow the "main views" of that culture and think that everyone should be like them (and bomb those that arent

                                  [–]Impulse3 1 point2 points ago

                                  When do Christians bomb abortion clinics?

                                  [–]Perkele1985 0 points1 point ago

                                  As a home brewer, I couldn't have said better my self.

                                  [–]koavf 1 point2 points ago

                                  It's funny cuz false equivalency. Also, please link to the original rather than re-hosting it.

                                  [–]Lots42 0 points1 point ago

                                  Why did you have to go and be a dick and rehost on Imgur?

                                  [–]Shitty_GNUIMP 0 points1 point ago

                                  Fixed: http://i.imgur.com/DZPzr.jpg

                                  [–]Dralic 0 points1 point ago

                                  And thats why Matthew Inman is the most awesomest dood evar!

                                  [–]POOPAGANDA -1 points0 points ago

                                  I'd like this a lot more if it didn't make atheists looks like hipsters.

                                  [–]BenSherwood -1 points0 points ago

                                  And what happens one day when they become as extremist as everyone else? Will we class all atheists as Church bombers?

                                  [–]rasputine -1 points0 points ago

                                  Reading comprehension is hard.

                                  [–]CollinsFreedom 1 point2 points ago

                                  You know what the worst part of this comment debate is? I can no longer tell who is being sarcastic about "extreme atheists" and who is genuinely wants to contribute.

                                  I would say Goddamnit but I'd be too afraid of losing what little comment karma I have to massive downvotes.

                                  [–]Lots42 0 points1 point ago

                                  You worry about your comment karma?

                                  [–]CollinsFreedom 0 points1 point ago

                                  Yea....

                                  [–]rtfactor 1 point2 points ago

                                  Most non peaceful protests I have seen were mostly from Atheists!

                                  [–]Yist 1 point2 points ago

                                  This is absolutely stupid, atheist extremism would be "hey lets shoot up a church" or something like that. Drinking beers is not extremism

                                  [–]joeshmoe16 1 point2 points ago

                                  give it a decade, idiots will soon start to become an even greater contingency of your group and you will have some extremist that think that religion is so bad and evil that the only option is to bomb a church.

                                  [–]__anonymoose 1 point2 points ago

                                  This is stupid.

                                  [–]bradythemonkey 1 point2 points ago

                                  Or 'hey, let's shoot up a high school!' I.e. columbine.

                                  [–]hehetymen 1 point2 points ago

                                  Atheist extremist: cry on reddit about how much they hate theists

                                  [–]thrawaay2 1 point2 points ago

                                  Sorry to rain in here, but this is simply incorrect.

                                  Exhibit A. Exhibit B.

                                  For those not understanding it: Hitchens was one of those people that advocated extreme violence without prejudice against Iraq, pretty much because they were muslim.

                                  [–]Lots42 0 points1 point ago

                                  Well, if true then Hitchens is a stupid idiot.

                                  [–]thrawaay2 0 points1 point ago

                                  I can't find the exact video clips (with second markers), and honestly, I don't like even hearing him speak so I'm not inclined to search more; sufficed to say he is a fucking hawk under no uncertain terms.

                                  Yes, I too think he's a fucking stupid idiot and I'm actually glad he got cancer. Among other things, he was an unabashed supporter of torture.

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