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If christians (or any religious folk) were capable of asking questions, they would not stay religious
It all falls apart under the slightest scrutiny, because it's all bullshit
Trump is a vile, reprehensible excuse for a human being. He's cruel, mendacious, narcissistic and petty
There's no need to invoke fairytales
He's just a piece of shit, and he exemplifies what is wrong with 'Murica
Love me militant atheists pretending they're smarter than all religious people. I mean believe what you want but thinking that the universe is a coincidence doesn't make you smarter than Einstein.
Do you have a point?
You're not saying anything remotely close to a rebuttal
Religion is absurd, the very idea of an omnipotent god is a logical fallacy a la the omnipotence paradox, and it doesn't add anything to humanity
All it does is divide people
You're not saying anything remotely close to a rebuttal
I did.
If christians (or any religious folk) were capable of asking questions, they would not stay religious
-You
My rebuttal is this: Most of the people who built modern civilization were religious one way or another, and the proposition that someone like, say, Isaac Newton was incapable of asking questions is frankly ridiculous. The very ideals of inquiry you're espousing now were thought up and developed by Christians.
Religion is absurd, the very idea of an omnipotent god is a logical fallacy a la the omnipotence paradox,
All it does is divide people
I mean I obviously disagree, but either way that is a completely different point than the one you made previously and I responded to.
Blasphemy was a crime in England during Newton’s time. He was literally forbidden from asking questions.
If you think blasphemy laws prevented Renaissance and Enlightenment Europeans from questioning Christianity then... uh... yeah.
So if we banned religion and then bragged about how all the greatest people of our time are atheists, you’d be ok with that so long as a few people keep their faith anyway?
If I then tried to imply all atheists are dumb and only enlightened religious people are smart, yes "all the greatest people of our time are atheists" would be a great rebuttal in that situation. I never said that, though, so that's a moot point.
It's not a belief that it's a coincidence.
It's an understanding that it's a coincidence.
For values of "coincidence". It's not at all a coincidence that we live in a universe that's capable of having us live in it.
Hi, im an atheist who got over his militant phase and accepts people for believing what they want as long as it doesn't harm others.
You're a dumbass.
I'm still pretty militant about forcing others to live according to your religious beliefs though. But you can HAVE them just fine.
Far as im concerned that counts under "harming others"
Should that be "not forcing others"?
it’s not pretending
The Bible praises intelligence and knowledge, and condemns those who reject them.
Questioning and scrutiny and deconstruction is exactly the path many grow in faith.
On the topic, trump may not be "The Antichrist", that's not even something with much biblical basis; he certainly is "an Antichrist" both in the sense of being the complete opposite of Christ, and in the sense of replacing Christ.
Man Id be so disappointed if he was. Not at just the quality of the villain in the story but that means God gave us such a low bar to pass and 60% of Americans said meh. If I was the creator God I would checking the parameters of my creations right now.
Yep I'm right here with you on this one. Like, are you fucking kidding me. This is all it took?
No, nor is Trump Sauron, or Darth Vader, or Freddy Kruger or any other fictional badguy.
He's a real-life badguy, which is far worse.
Christian dogma is, itself, extremely anti-Christ by design. So this tracks.
"But he says he's not the antichrist." - Christians
If they asked questions, they wouldn't be religious.
Related article that came with references. could American evangelicals spot the antichrist?
My favorite part about this article is that he first wrote it around 2021, and then had to update it constantly during the 2024 campaign as more passages from the Bible started lining up.
Then Trump was almost assassinated, and that lined up perfectly with yet another passage in the Bible about the antichrist "suffering a mortal blow to the head, but then rising back up appearing fine."
I believe he stopped updating it after that, as he already showed how 35+ passages from the Bibles book of "Revelations" fits Trump almost perfectly.
I find it hilarious Christians aren't reading this article, because it's quite possibly the best "proof" the Bible is real (if you're inclined to believe that).
NO! It's all stupid religious fiction.
Yes, those racists are real christians. That's what christianity is. Stupid fiction to enable bigots.
If you support a hate religion, but pretend the hate isn't real - you're just supporting a hate religion. Do not pretend these bigots aren't christian, they are core christianity. Always have been.
Is water wet?
Yes, due to cohesion.
Not when it's a fucking ice cube. Dumbass religious idiots calling everything a part of their dumbass religion.
Define your terms.
Is that like Christ's aunt? the auntychrist?
I don't believe that shit but that being said the guy who correlated all the biblical stuff he fit perfectly with was interesting to read. Heck the fact he had two separated terms sorta adds to it. Especially given how bad he is gunning to make it and that the last ended in plague.