Justify atheism. Please

[ex-powderbroker]

surfing’s the source, man!

[AK47bp]

“Do unto others” is bullshit. If I treated everyone how I wanted to be treated I would be a complete asshole....




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[Mazderati]

Hail satan

[riser4]

And all this does is up the stakes of the game.

[subtle plague]

Hail satan

Isn't that the pledge of allegiance?

[KQ]

“Do unto others” is bullshit. If I treated everyone how I wanted to be treated I would be a complete asshole....

You want people to be assholes to you? Is this some sort of S&M thing?

[Core Shot]

How is "do unto others as you would have them do unto you" a religious statement? Well except for the "unto"s, which sound pretty religio-speak-ish.

Is "what goes around comes around" religious? It can't be, because it's common fucking sense. But it means the exact same thing, without the "unto"s. Is "mess with the bull and you get the horns" religious?

Post 666
Ötzi is satans messenger.

But yeah, do unto others doesn’t have to be Christian.

I would have thought the millennials with their karma and crystals and love each other etc would be more kind.

Having No religion shouldn’t make you a selfish dick.

[Bunion 2020]

Why not, in many cases having any Religion seems to make people selfish dicks. Maybe that is just another human trait, like eye color.

[AK47bp]

You want people to be assholes to you? Is this some sort of S&M thing?

Maybe?

I just hate the small talk chit-chat BS.

And for the talky socializer people they love that shit.

Leave me alone and stay off my lawn KQ!

My motto is “treat others how THEY want to be treated”

Of course there is a lot of speculation using that but usually in the first couple minutes I can tell someone’s personality type.


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[PNWbrit]

Why not, in many cases having any Religion seems to make people selfish dicks. Maybe that is just another human trait, like eye color.

This ^ and far more often than not having religious belief IME.

[XXX-er]

Religion is about as useful as grey hair, i rarely think of either to be quite honest

[bennymac]

Core Shot thinks people who identify as Christian are haven’t been trained since birth to answer those questions in a particular manner?

This is how I imagine a significant number of them think

[Dantheman]

My motto is “treat others how THEY want to be treated”

aka The Platinum Rule. It's a much better rule.

[highangle]

You want people to be assholes to you? Is this some sort of S&M thing?

To get asshole you got to give asshole.

[54-46]

So much Christian navel gazing

70% of the people in the world aren’t Christian

Justify atheism?

Justify Christianity

Justify one plank vs. two

Justify Redhead Friday

Justify the music of Justin Timberlake

Justify Shifts

Justify backpacks inbounds

Justify snorkels on LX470s

Justify 122 mm skis on groomed and 88mm skis in blower...

Justify LeBron over Jordan

Please

[AK47bp]

To get asshole you got to give asshole.

Gift that keeps on giving..


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[BCMtnHound]

Yup. There ain't no quicker way to dickish behaviour than fear, especially the fear of the (lack of) afterlife. And there ain't no better huckster than the god of Abraham and its religions at assaying that fear.

Altruism doesn't necessarily correlate with religion
children with a religious upbringing show less altruism/

[PB]

Core Shot thinks people who identify as Christian are haven’t been trained since birth to answer those questions in a particular manner?

This is how I imagine a significant number of them think

And, as was already mentioned, it's an inherently biased "survey" put together by christians no less, that has no direct anchor to actual action/behavior. What you say is not often what you do, especially with emotionally charged issues, and it doesn't get much more emotional than religion.

[AK47bp]

I wish I had faith, I wish I was a believer. I just can’t lower my IQ enough to believe.

I was recently at a funeral after a tragic death of a young family member and the comfort the family had thinking young Jake was now in heaven with his grandparents looking down on us was humbling.

My thoughts are he’s a rotting piece of meat deteriorating inside a fancy box in dirt.

I was jealous of their comfort.

I was also at a funeral years ago for a friend and coworker who had their house burn down. She lost 5 children, all under 7 years old (I’m tearing up) and was back at work a month later. She was super religious and her church comforted her.

The older I get I can see the value in that comfort but you have to truly believe to receive that comfort.






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[abraham]

I don't think you have to believe to take advantage of the comfort of a mourning process.

[Mazderati]

@AK Same here. There are studies suggesting religious people live happier lives.

[Dantheman]

I certainly get why some people need to believe in something, even if it's ridiculous. The reality that we have no fucking idea why we're here and where we're going is scary.

[TBS]

Religion is like a penis
- it’s OK to have one
- It’s fine to be proud of it
- It’s not OK to whip it out in public
- And it’s not OK to shove it down the throats of children

[Bunion 2020]

I certainly get why some people need to believe in something, even if it's ridiculous. The reality that we have no fucking idea why we're here and where we're going is scary.

I take comfort in the fact that when I expire I get to take a nice long nap and no matter what happens I can't do a damn thing about it except get some much needed rest..

[XXX-er]

the world is actualy empty and meaningless until you chose to give it some but why would you ?

obviously somebody decided they could control people & make bank ... whatever that was at the time