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created by DaFunkJunkie on 24/05/2021 at 11:11 UTC
77029 upvotes, 130 top-level comments (showing 25)
Comment by [deleted] at 24/05/2021 at 12:45 UTC
2096 upvotes, 14 direct replies
THIS. My parents often complain it feels like their church is dying because while the adult population has remained stable, they are not pulling in younger generations. So, in effect, as each church member dies of old age, the church loses members. And I'm like ... Well, I left because you told me who to love (and I would go to hell if I didn't), cut me off when I had sex as a teen (and there was no sex ed so I got an STD and had to figure that all out on my own) and used your religion to put a guy in office who respects nothing about your religion.
So, yeah, the younger generation sees you. We see you and we choose not to participate in the oppression of others.
Comment by Utterlybored at 24/05/2021 at 12:50 UTC
670 upvotes, 3 direct replies
My mother is deeply religious, but she won't discuss the specifics of her faith with anyone, including me. She considers it a deeply private matter. Drives me a little crazy, but mostly in awe of her resolve about this. Whatever the opposite of an evangelist is, that's her.
She's about to turn 96 and is super left leaning.
Comment by goatharper at 24/05/2021 at 11:16 UTC
2783 upvotes, 22 direct replies
âWhen you pray, donât be like the hypocrites who love to pray publicly on street corners and in the synagogues where everyone can see them.
But when you pray, go away by yourself, shut the door behind you, and pray to your Father in private.
Matthew 6:5-6
It's right in their fucking Bible. Their own Bible calls them hypocrites.
Comment by scha_den_freu_de at 24/05/2021 at 13:03 UTC
489 upvotes, 11 direct replies
Reminds me of the saying:
Religion is like a penis. I don't care if you have one, just don't whip it out in public and don't try to shove it down my throat.
Comment by DeepestShallows at 24/05/2021 at 11:41 UTC
224 upvotes, 5 direct replies
More Vicar of Dibley less Handmaidâs Tale.
Comment by StealYourGhost at 24/05/2021 at 15:11 UTC
40 upvotes, 3 direct replies
You forget, not just weaponized to impress but also weaponize to kill, erase or change history, and to conquer.
Comment by Greenthund3r at 24/05/2021 at 12:33 UTC
146 upvotes, 4 direct replies
Gotta love the fact that religion says,âDonât be a dick to others.â And radical religion followers are like âno.â
Comment by wonteatfish at 24/05/2021 at 13:40 UTC
113 upvotes, 3 direct replies
And donât forget the âtax free â part.
Comment by [deleted] at 24/05/2021 at 14:26 UTC*
126 upvotes, 10 direct replies
THIS. I have no problem with Christianity itself. It has good morals and centers itself around the idea that you donât have to be perfect, and never will be âperfect enoughâ, but that doesnât matter because God still loves you and wants you to be with him in the afterlife. It encourages love and acceptance and it pushes the idea that no great institution should dictate how you worship and who you worship.
I hate Christians⢠because I grew up Southern Baptist and Iâve seen church buildings breed the nastiest, most judgmental, evil people on earth.
My old pastor abandoned his wife after an early-onset Alzheimerâs diagnosis and was having an extramarital affair. He abandoned his church with no announcement and moved hundreds of miles away to be with this new woman and is now a raging alcoholic.
I read a story on here years ago of a woman being threatened with excommunication by her church to go through with a pregnancy that ended up killing her, and after she died, they hosted a memorial âin her honorâ for âbringing a life into the world at the expense of her ownâ. The baby had no fucking brain (which both she and the church leaders knew) and was stillborn and she left behind a husband and two young kids. Fucking abhorrent.
And of course, yâknow, priests, deacons, and pastors diddling 10-year-olds.
Edit: if you have the time and want to trash on new-age fundamentalist Christians check out r/fundiesnarkuncensored for a good time
Comment by Pencil_ at 24/05/2021 at 14:23 UTC
45 upvotes, 1 direct replies
I mean, if you're gonna do all that the least you can do is pay taxes
Comment by CollegeAssDiscoDorm at 24/05/2021 at 16:05 UTC
13 upvotes, 1 direct replies
People feel less personally and politically threatened by Satanism and Witchcraft than Christianity. Is it a wonder one is dying while the other grows? The Catholic church seems to have forgotten that it was so named because âcatholicâ means universal, and the church was founded to be all inclusive.
Comment by CharlieDarwin2 at 24/05/2021 at 13:05 UTC
65 upvotes, 6 direct replies
I've often wondered how religious people know what parts of the bible to follow and which ones to ignore.
Comment by [deleted] at 24/05/2021 at 13:46 UTC
27 upvotes, 3 direct replies
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Comment by [deleted] at 24/05/2021 at 12:41 UTC
121 upvotes, 17 direct replies
Iâm not a history scholar, so Iâd love to hear a more knowledgeable personâs thoughts on my opinion: I see 2021 America being very similar to 1970s Iran before the Iranian/Islamic Revolution. Except America has Evangelical Christianity instead of Islam. Is America on a downhill slide to becoming ruled by Evangelicals?
If so (More importantly), how do we prevent it?
Comment by RepeatDTD at 24/05/2021 at 14:25 UTC
8 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Thatâs a Texas-Sized 10-4, Big Shooter
Comment by caleb-crawdad at 24/05/2021 at 15:30 UTC
8 upvotes, 0 direct replies
They missed: To dodge tax and horde wealth while crying out for everyone to help the needy.
Comment by Random-Mutant at 24/05/2021 at 12:05 UTC
123 upvotes, 5 direct replies
While broadly true, Iâm more of a subscriber to Hitchenâs view that religion poisons everything.
Iâm not a Hitchens fan, he was an arsehole at times, and racist as well. But those are ad hominem; he also made some solid critiques of religion.
Religion is the ability to believe things without evidence, to take things on faith. And that means you can do things without wanting to properly think about them. And that is not a good way for society to work.
Comment by chanebap at 24/05/2021 at 12:55 UTC
23 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Agree 100% with her tweet but it is absolutely criminal her handle isnât @Godlizz
Comment by dragon2777 at 25/05/2021 at 03:06 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
I donât believe in religion or god but when someone says god bless you when I sneeze I say thank you. When someone says they will pray for me when something goes bad I say thank you. However when someone says abortion should be illegal because god says so I say fuck you stay out of the government. See the difference
Comment by FutureRush8736 at 24/05/2021 at 14:21 UTC
10 upvotes, 1 direct replies
Faith is a relationship between people and God, religion is the non faithful masses version of control and conformity. religion most always has an anterior motive. as the saying goes "if you stand for nothing you will usually fall for anything"
Comment by jr8787 at 24/05/2021 at 13:28 UTC
21 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Christian here: Religion belongs outside of government, mainly because the âChristiansâ in the government are fucking phonies who are bastardizing it to their agenda much like the Catholic Church of the Middle Ages (or all ages...). Bunch of selfish and egotistical schmucks trying to appeal to the masses by spitting convenient interpretations that only apply when they want it to.
Comment by loookovathair at 24/05/2021 at 13:21 UTC
9 upvotes, 3 direct replies
Many religious people including myself have a problem with this also. This is not a battle of a religious vs nonreligious. It's a battle of corrupt vs uncorrupt.
Comment by [deleted] at 24/05/2021 at 14:23 UTC
5 upvotes, 1 direct replies
We went from an opioid crisis to an opiate for the masses crisis.
Comment by kyleofdevry at 24/05/2021 at 16:07 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Any politician who publicly invokes the name of God or says God is speaking or working through them should be laughed out of office.
Comment by Cheddar_Poo at 24/05/2021 at 18:44 UTC
4 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Omg yes. Iâm seriously running out of patience with religious nut jobs. I donât care what religion you are but when youâre calling for the execution of your perceived enemies youâre not a good person. Some âChristiansâ are just as bad as al Qaeda in their crazy beliefs. Like just change a few words they use and theyâre the fucking same.
