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Atheists & Agnostics

RussBLib

(9,666 posts)

7. I think I understand it

Reply to edhopper (Original post)

Thu May 28, 2015, 02:44 PM

May 2015

Last edited Thu May 28, 2015, 04:50 PM - Edit history (1)

It's a means of providing comfort when sad things happen (however wrongheaded it may be).

It's a crutch that people use to explain things they can't explain (or do not want to accept).

It's a crutch that people use to make them feel better when nasty shit happens (because they are unwilling to or incapable of grasping science).

It's an excuse a lot of people use for bad behavior - the devil made me do it! The devil is loose inside him!! (it keeps things very simple)

It's an excuse people use to explain their bigotry and misogyny.

It's a tool people use to exercise control over others.

I believe I understand it. It deserves to be ridiculed, bashed and banished.

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Some say we should try to understand religion and not bash it. [View all] edhopper May 2015 OP

We can easily multi-task and do both! onager May 2015 #1

I have a friend who's a much more vocal atheist than I am Rob H. May 2015 #2

That's exactly it for me. I am a recovered Evangelical Christian. PeaceNikki May 2015 #3

All too well. Solly Mack May 2015 #4

Have you taken a look at... SoLeftIAmRight May 2015 #5

What it means to believe edhopper May 2015 #9

Really? SoLeftIAmRight May 2015 #11

No edhopper May 2015 #16

Aren't you the one who said "atheist are unable to reason" and that we "bore" you? beam me up scottie May 2015 #13

The post hit the front page - did not notice the group SoLeftIAmRight May 2015 #14

Ah, that got your attention. Good. beam me up scottie May 2015 #15

This was on the front page? edhopper May 2015 #17

It might have been on the Greatest Threads page SoLeftIAmRight May 2015 #20

I wasn't complaining edhopper May 2015 #22

And have YOU ever heard the expression - mr blur May 2015 #18

Wow - what a jump SoLeftIAmRight May 2015 #19

Indeed nil desperandum May 2015 #6

I think I understand it RussBLib May 2015 #7

And we're the ones expected to put ourselves to all that trouble because ... ? eppur_se_muova May 2015 #8

I understand it better than any religious person. That's why I'm not a believer. Tobin S. May 2015 #10

May the Flying Spaghetti Monster forgive you all for not believing in It. Yorktown May 2015 #12

It's easier to claim your opponent doesn't understand you... Act_of_Reparation May 2015 #21

Many firm believers exit seminary school atheists or other non-Christian faiths Major Nikon Jun 2015 #23

And we still don't know where edhopper Jun 2015 #24

None of the canonical gospels were written by those in which they are attributed Major Nikon Jun 2015 #25

Yes decades later, edhopper Jun 2015 #26

Some or all of the cannonal gospels were originally authored in Greek Major Nikon Jun 2015 #27

Wait, your saying a religious leader edhopper Jun 2015 #28

Money and/or power Major Nikon Jun 2015 #29

and here I've been told edhopper Jun 2015 #30

The official version is the holy ghost was whispering in his ear Major Nikon Jun 2015 #31

And changed his name for some reason. edhopper Jun 2015 #32

Better call Saul! Major Nikon Jun 2015 #33

Ha Ha edhopper Jun 2015 #34