Euphoric atheists

[Muh_Soggy_Knee]

Found this on Facebook.

 

[Dr. Tremolo]

This "God" twitter account (probably popped up here a few times but I can't be bothered looking at this whole thread) has always been pretty annoying but I'm amused that it's another unfortunate victim of TDS. My two favorite things in one!

 

[Cosmos]

So there's a recent thread on Reddit about a case of nuns abusing children in Colombia, and it's filled to the brim with euphorics smugly talking about how it's just proof that religion is evil and a blight on humanity. What happened to those poor children is fucking horrific and shameful, and the nuns deserve to be thrown in prison, but come on. Don't act like billions of people are evil just because they happen to be religious. In particular, people are acting like the Catholic Church has mandated child abuse.

Here's just one conversation:

 

[UnsufficentBoobage]

http://archive.is/RcAzw#selection-369.0-373.129
It's in Russian, and it's technically a funny quotes site, but this gem of smugly said "Umm, there is NO original Bible, only handwritten 'copies' wth none being older than XVI century" that can be disproved in a 2 seconds, got into the top (as #10, but still).

 

[Krieger]

So there's a recent thread on Reddit about a case of nuns abusing children in Colombia, and it's filled to the brim with euphorics smugly talking about how it's just proof that religion is evil and a blight on humanity. What happened to those poor children is fucking horrific and shameful, and the nuns deserve to be thrown in prison, but come on. Don't act like billions of people are evil just because they happen to be religious. In particular, people are acting like the Catholic Church has mandated child abuse.

Here's just one conversation:

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Euphorics are such incels to boot that they won’t recognize/admit that if they were in charge of a cult, it’d be like Scientology with far more rapists.

 

[Cosmos]

I actually like this approach quite a lot. You don't have to think that religions are "true," but it helps to remember that they do say a lot about the human condition and teach good values. Just because something is fiction doesn't mean it doesn't have meaning.

 

[GethN7]

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I actually like this approach quite a lot. You don't have to think that religions are "true," but it helps to remember that they do say a lot about the human condition and teach good values. Just because something is fiction doesn't mean it doesn't have meaning.

This ties into a common fallacy I notice euphorics tend to espouse, what I call the "packaging" fallacy.

According to them, you don't NEED religion to learn ethics and proper ways to regard one's fellow beings.

They have a point, but if that's the case, I should know a present is a present if it's handed to me in a moldy box just as well as I would be able know a bright wrapped box under a pine tree is also a present.

That established, let's take their premise religion is superstitious, unprovable bullshit as fact.

Even if that's the case, if said bullshit comes in the packaging of teaching universally good ideas like loving one's neighbor as you would yourself, not becoming a glutton or a drunkard for the sake of your own well being, and giving aid to your fellow man so that they might never hold hate towards you and refusing to return hate when it is directed at you so you don't spread more, then who gives a shit how the morals in question are packaged?

Even if the packaging for said morals is bullshit, at least people are believing in things that cause them to be a net positive to others instead of negative, so I personally see no harm in believing in a higher reward promised by a divine being so long as the path to said reward means practicing belief that does other people right.

If people don't need to believe in a divine being and a holy book to reach the same path, that's well and good too, but if the path to other people doing things we can all agree are good ideas involves believing in what might very well be a fairy tale, then so be it, so long as the result ends in the betterment of humanity.

 

[Zaragoza]

Not surprised that an OP focusing on Islamophobia with a tl;dr being that we (r/atheism) should tackle islam more as much as they do on Christians and the very first response is that by doing so would enable more evil Christians politicians to take over their rights.

https://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/8p805c/islamophobia_an_honest_observation_and_opinion/

 

[Pikapool]

Not surprised that an OP focusing on Islamophobia with a tl;dr being that we (r/atheism should tackle islam more as much as they do on Christians) and the very first response is that by doing so would enable more evil Christians politicians to take over their rights.

https://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/8p805c/islamophobia_an_honest_observation_and_opinion/

Wow that's pathetic

 

[CattleKing]

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Christains can’t be capitalists

I want to shove a Max Weber book right down the this retard’s butthole

 

[Pikapool]

So a few months ago I found a Twitter iamathiestgirl well low and behold she has a YouTube

Lol can't even make a video with a damn quote

 

[Pikapool]

 

[ChurchOfGodBear]

Because when you're planning a vacation, the most important thing is making sure you're surrounded by other people who share your (lack of) belief system. Forget the destination or what you want to do or see.

 

[lechatnoir]

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Because when you're planning a vacation, the most important thing is making sure you're surrounded by other people who share your (lack of) belief system. Forget the destination or what you want to do or see.

I can't help but envision a cruise full of nothing but Yudkowskyites.

 

[Pikapool]

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Because when you're planning a vacation, the most important thing is making sure you're surrounded by other people who share your (lack of) belief system. Forget the destination or what you want to do or see.

The buffet is nothing but mountain dew, Doritos and pizza rolls

 

[c-no]

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Shit like ghost sex, giants, super babies, and demons sound pretty cool tbh. Sounds better than what you could get in LoZ and GoT.

 

[ChurchOfGodBear]

Shit like ghost sex, giants, super babies, and demons sound pretty cool tbh. Sounds better than what you could get in LoZ and GoT.

If we made laws based on Game of Thrones, would that be a bad thing? Seems like "Don't fuck a relative" and "You must be this tall to run the country" would be prudent anywhere.

 

[c-no]

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Because when you're planning a vacation, the most important thing is making sure you're surrounded by other people who share your (lack of) belief system. Forget the destination or what you want to do or see.

Truly religion and the lack of it must play an importance in a cruise. It's not like this could be a marketing gimmick that could take some money out of the wallets of the ever rational euphoric.

If we made laws based on Game of Thrones, would that be a bad thing? Seems like "Don't fuck a relative" and "You must be this tall to run the country" would be prudent anywhere.

True but compared to laws on ghost sex and demons, those can't be beat.

 

[AnOminous]

Truly religion and the lack of it must play an importance in a cruise. It's not like this could be a marketing gimmick that could take some money out of the wallets of the ever rational euphoric.

It's not like most of the wonders of the ancient world have some religious significance to them.

 

[wellthathappened]

And I thought the local Unitarian church that welcomes atheists once a month would result in cringe.