r/atheism - General - Facepunch Forum

[QUOTE=Cone;37006386]nice generalization there bro[/QUOTE] The point is you will find people from every belief who feel superior because of there belief.

[QUOTE=Sir Whoopsalot;37001782]Except feeling superior to everyone else.[/QUOTE] Hello irony.

[QUOTE=BananaFoam;36996251]You guys realize that this video also pretty much encompasses Facepunch in various ways, right? Most of us are no better.[/QUOTE] The worst we do is rejoice over the deaths of the religious and/or the religiously affiliated. Other than that we usually don't have circlejerks over our personal beliefs.

[QUOTE=Garik;37002050]That can apply to pretty much everyone. "I'm a Christian, hah, I get to go to heaven, unlike those Muslims."[/QUOTE] As someone who has looked at hundreds of different places on the internet, I can tell you I have seen about 1000+ examples of atheists going around putting their beliefs on a mount as if they're some scientifically proven treasure that they tell tons of obnoxious stories about to visitors. And at the most about 8 examples of religious people obnoxiously taunting others for not believing them.

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFBIoDxPO8o[/media]

I have a simple philosophy: [I]everyone[/I] is dumb, including me.

/r/atheism is a bigger Reddit circlejerk then /r/gaming. Why the fuck is it a default subreddit.

[QUOTE=SockFC;37009062]/r/atheism is a bigger Reddit circlejerk then /r/gaming. Why the fuck is it a default subreddit.[/QUOTE] r/atheism has a page dedicated to telling you how to unsubscribe.

[QUOTE=Rebi;37007972]As someone who has looked at hundreds of different places on the internet, I can tell you I have seen about 1000+ examples of atheists going around putting their beliefs on a mount as if they're some scientifically proven treasure that they tell tons of obnoxious stories about to visitors. And at the most about 8 examples of religious people obnoxiously taunting others for not believing them.[/QUOTE] Well if you look outside of the internet you could say the opposite. I am not trying to generalize but you really don't see atheists going door to door telling you about there belief.

[QUOTE=imasillypiggy;37012392]Well if you look outside of the internet you could say the opposite. I am not trying to generalize but you really don't see atheists going door to door telling you about there belief.[/QUOTE] I know, I'm not saying the religious side is totally innocent, doesn't make it any less annoying when people (of any belief) act like hypocrites, both sides of the argument do it, but I'm just saying, I've seen many more examples of online throat-shoving being done by atheists than any other.

[QUOTE=Garik;37002050]That can apply to pretty much everyone. "I'm a Christian, hah, I get to go to heaven, unlike those Muslims."[/QUOTE] A Christian following the examples Jesus set in the bible wouldn't think like that.

[QUOTE=Swiket;37008988][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFBIoDxPO8o[/media][/QUOTE] Both of those replies are annoying :v: Then again, it depends on the belief of the OP. I'm sure he wouldn't mind if he was Christian also.

[QUOTE=No_Excuses;37014310]A Christian following the examples Jesus set in the bible wouldn't think like that.[/QUOTE] Luke 19:27. The Jesus you have conjured up in your own head and the Jesus that's actually in the Bible are two wildly different characters. He wasn't this lamb of God pacifist that the dogma makes him out to be. He contradicts himself constantly, and he's equal parts Ghandi and Hitler. Most Christians just tend to ignore or rationalize the "kill them in front of me" parts, despite the fact that Jesus also wasn't too kind about people trying to 'interpret' the shit he said as anything but literal. Fact is, Christ preached a heavy dose of 'conversion at the end of a sword' kind of messages, what with the whole "sell your cloak and buy a sword" thing there at the end. Actually following Biblical example leads to people like the Westboro Baptist Church. Say what you want about them, they actually [I]know[/I] the scripture and don't just pretend it contains no vitriol. Of course, they don't follow it to the letter because serving the scripture suddenly doesn't seem so important when it means going to bum-fuck prison.

I actually sort of like reading posts in r/Atheism :(

[QUOTE=imasillypiggy;37012392]Well if you look outside of the internet you could say the opposite. I am not trying to generalize but you really don't see atheists going door to door telling you about there belief.[/QUOTE] I'd bloody well hope there weren't door to door atheists telling me about their beliefs considering the point of atheism is a lack of belief. Can you see where you went wrong in this post now? A common misconception is atheism is a belief, it's not, and shouldn't be compared to a theistic belief. Which is also where r/atheism to wrong, but they're all imbeciles anyway.

[QUOTE=zeldar;37007155]The worst we do is rejoice over the deaths of the religious and/or the religiously affiliated. Other than that we usually don't have circlejerks over our personal beliefs.[/QUOTE] What the hell? Why should we rejoice over anyone dying?

[QUOTE=markfu;37019738]What the hell? Why should we rejoice over anyone dying?[/QUOTE] Wouldn't be the first time, atleast. [img]http://lifeasahuman.com/files/2011/05/508837-americans-celebrate-bin-laden-039-s-death-550x309.jpg[/img] [img]http://img.timeinc.net/time/photoessays/2011/obl_celebration_dc/obl_dc_07.jpg[/img] [img]http://disinfo.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/KidsCelebratingOsamaBinLadensDeath.jpg[/img]

[QUOTE=markfu;37019738]What the hell? Why should we rejoice over anyone dying?[/QUOTE] Wow, took long enough for someone to catch on.

[QUOTE=RaxaHax;37020060]Wouldn't be the first time, atleast. [img]http://lifeasahuman.com/files/2011/05/508837-americans-celebrate-bin-laden-039-s-death-550x309.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE] Celebrating the death of someone that was pretty much a dick =/= celebrating death of some random dude because he beleived in god.

[QUOTE=legolover122;37020208]Celebrating the death of someone that was pretty much a dick =/= celebrating death of some random dude because he beleived in god.[/QUOTE] Hey everybody let's rationalize our bullshit because we want to have the moral high ground and still be able to jack off whenever someone we don't like dies.

[QUOTE=legolover122;37020208]Celebrating the death of someone that was pretty much a dick =/= celebrating death of some random dude because he beleived in god.[/QUOTE] That's not exactly what I was getting at, it more just celebrating death in general. but a'ight

[QUOTE=Lankist;37021314]Hey everybody let's rationalize our bullshit because we want to have the moral high ground and still be able to jack off whenever someone we don't like dies.[/QUOTE] "Guys! Some dude that killed thousands of people/instructed people to kill thousands of people and was a major terrorist just died! We shouldn't feel any happiness whatsoever!" Yeah no.

[QUOTE=legolover122;37022346]"Guys! Some dude that killed thousands of people/instructed people to kill thousands of people and was a major terrorist just died! We shouldn't feel any happiness whatsoever!" Yeah no.[/QUOTE] The fact that he died didn't change anything about the thousands killed and the people still being killed today.

[QUOTE=Lankist;37009323]r/atheism has a page dedicated to telling you how to unsubscribe.[/QUOTE] Hardly the point. For one, r/atheism currently has the lowest new user retention rate out of any default subreddit, so what does that tell you? People are unsubscribing en mass from that subreddit, most of those unsubs come from new accounts. By that alone, r/athiesm has no buisness as a default subreddit. Secondly, I think it is inappropriate for any website, especially one that prides itself on "free speech," to automatically subscribe its users to any subreddit with a specific political, ideological, or theological viewpoint, let alone only one viewpoint. Reddit should not be assuming (or "forcing") every new user's political, religious, and ideological beliefs.

[QUOTE=RaxaHax;37022483]The fact that he died didn't change anything about the thousands killed and the people still being killed today.[/QUOTE] No, but it would probably result in a lot less people dying now. THATS why we celebrated.

[QUOTE=SPESSMEHREN;37022556]Hardly the point. For one, r/atheism currently has the lowest new user retention rate out of any default subreddit, so what does that tell you?[/QUOTE] That atheists are a minority.

[QUOTE=legolover122;37022709]No, but it would probably result in a lot less people dying now. THATS why we celebrated.[/QUOTE] How? Al-Qaeda is just going to put another man at the top, possibly someone more brutal and ambitious than bin-Laden. As long as Al-Qaeda/Taliban still exists, they'll still be killing people and terrorizing. JFK's assassination didn't end the Vietnam war, Lincoln's Assassination didn't bring back slavery (As hard as Johnson [I]tried[/I] to make it that way.)

[QUOTE=SPESSMEHREN;37022556]Secondly, I think it is inappropriate for any website, especially one that prides itself on "free speech," to automatically subscribe its users to any subreddit with a specific political, ideological, or theological viewpoint, let alone only one viewpoint. Reddit should not be assuming (or "forcing") every new user's political, religious, and ideological beliefs.[/QUOTE] Why don't you blog about it. [editline]31st July 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=legolover122;37022709]No, but it would probably result in a lot less people dying now. THATS why we celebrated.[/QUOTE] Except Osama was inactive by the time he was killed and Al Qaeda as a whole had been all but obliterated and replaced by other groups. Stop rationalizing. You condemn someone for cheering death and then you justify your own death cheers. It's hypocritical as all fuck. You think you're the only one who can come up with flimsy justifications for that kind of bullshit? The people you're admonishing can come up with just as many excuses, and you would summarily dismiss them just as I'm summarily dismissing your weak rationale. By the time Bin Laden died, Al Qaeda and his role in terrorism had been completely marginalized. His death was vengeance, nothing more. Your initial response proves that, and it's only when you got called on it that you changed your tune.

[QUOTE=Lankist;37022797] Stop rationalizing. You condemn someone for cheering death and then you justify your own death cheers. It's hypocritical as all fuck.[/QUOTE] Well I am deeply sorry that I am happy that some dude that killed a bunch of other people died and I am even more sorry that I think celebrating the death of one person that all he did was beleive in god is pretty stupid. I am even more sorry for even having an opinion.

[QUOTE=legolover122;37022885]Well I am deeply sorry that I am happy that some dude that killed a bunch of other people died[/QUOTE] See? That's it. You're a vengeful, cold-blooded, spiteful onlooker. Stop pretending you're any better. You aren't. You're a hypocrite whose ethics can be thrown out the fucking window the moment you taste blood. Good people don't say "it's wrong to kill, unless we REALLY don't like them." Good people just say "it's wrong to kill." Your morality is nothing but a facade that you use to shield yourself against criticism, but drop the instant you want some good old fashioned biblical vengeance.