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Is it really so hard to believe that he might just be religious? Jesus Christ, atheists are the worst (as can be seen here in this thread). And I say that as a

by arrrg 12y ago

Is it really so hard to believe that he might just be religious? Jesus Christ, atheists are the worst (as can be seen here in this thread). And I say that as an atheist …

anonbanker 12y ago
Am I the only one that always finds it funny when athiests (myself included) use the name of a religious deity when making an exclamation? That being said, it is really difficult for most people to get past the cognitive dissonance that comes from being mass-denied "salvation" by the followers of a religion (Islam, Christianity, Hinduism) for being a homosexual, and yet, still believing in the invisible man in the sky that supposedly dictated these edicts. Disclosure: I'm LGBTQ, athiest, and will defend to the death the right for anyone to believe in things I do not.
- vacri 12y ago
  It's funny on the surface, but really a lot of it is just another form of profanity: something you say when exasperated or surprised. I have an agnostic friend, not religious in the least, who is always saying 'good lord!'. He's not actually invoking jesus in any way, it's just a saying that sound good to him. Dara O'Briain says in one of his stand-up events that "catholicism is the stickiest religion in the world. In Ireland, even the atheists are catholic". He's really talking about the cultural crossovers from the observance of catholicism, not actual belief in the religion itself. For the record, I am a strong atheist, and I think people should be able to speak about ideas freely, including ideas I disagree strongly with, but I'm not willing to actually die for someone else's right to speak a bunch of nonsense about a man in the sky and how many raisins you get for following him. :)
  - anonbanker 12y ago
    First they came for the Raisin God believers, and I said nothing, because I do not believe in the Raisin God.... I think we know the rest of it. suffice it to say that I react violently to a censorship of belief, even if I do not share them. I'm a little saddened to think that I might be in a minority.
brandonmenc 12y ago
I hate to "me too" this comment, but I agree. I don't even tell people I'm an atheist anymore so as not to be associated. Someone in the thread actually claimed this: > I am also an atheist which, today, in the US, is worst than being gay in some circles. They're not even remotely close in terms of persecution. And I use that word lightly when referring to the modern atheist.

by arrrg 12y ago

Is it really so hard to believe that he might just be religious? Jesus Christ, atheists are the worst (as can be seen here in this thread). And I say that as an atheist …

anonbanker 12y ago

Am I the only one that always finds it funny when athiests (myself included) use the name of a religious deity when making an exclamation? That being said, it is really difficult for most people to get past the cognitive dissonance that comes from being mass-denied "salvation" by the followers of a religion (Islam, Christianity, Hinduism) for being a homosexual, and yet, still believing in the invisible man in the sky that supposedly dictated these edicts. Disclosure: I'm LGBTQ, athiest, and will defend to the death the right for anyone to believe in things I do not.

vacri 12y ago
It's funny on the surface, but really a lot of it is just another form of profanity: something you say when exasperated or surprised. I have an agnostic friend, not religious in the least, who is always saying 'good lord!'. He's not actually invoking jesus in any way, it's just a saying that sound good to him. Dara O'Briain says in one of his stand-up events that "catholicism is the stickiest religion in the world. In Ireland, even the atheists are catholic". He's really talking about the cultural crossovers from the observance of catholicism, not actual belief in the religion itself. For the record, I am a strong atheist, and I think people should be able to speak about ideas freely, including ideas I disagree strongly with, but I'm not willing to actually die for someone else's right to speak a bunch of nonsense about a man in the sky and how many raisins you get for following him. :)
- anonbanker 12y ago
  First they came for the Raisin God believers, and I said nothing, because I do not believe in the Raisin God.... I think we know the rest of it. suffice it to say that I react violently to a censorship of belief, even if I do not share them. I'm a little saddened to think that I might be in a minority.

brandonmenc 12y ago

I hate to "me too" this comment, but I agree. I don't even tell people I'm an atheist anymore so as not to be associated. Someone in the thread actually claimed this: > I am also an atheist which, today, in the US, is worst than being gay in some circles. They're not even remotely close in terms of persecution. And I use that word lightly when referring to the modern atheist.