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[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Are we reliving the cringefest atheism memes of early 2000s?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

They won't go away as long as there are creationists trying to conform the world to their backwards worldview.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 10 months ago

A classic 13 year old edge lord from 2003 memer.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

2006, a fine vintage. Bush was still president.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Okay... if that's the difference then... Does this mean creationism is still a sharp tool with an edge, even if without a point?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

It is a man made invention.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Creationists are indeed edging to the border of insanity, yes.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

Thats more like it! :)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I love seeing memes about religion being downvoted.

Your religion means nothing to anyone but yourselves and you should keep it to yourselves because we're just sick of it

[–] [email protected] 44 points 10 months ago (1 children)

As an atheist I downvoted because it's a cringe ass meme.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

Sounds good in theory, but a) creationism isn't a religion and b) creationists and other religious folks aren't always content to "keep it to themselves." They often try to use legislation to force their religious views into public schools, for instance.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I see far more post for these types of “jokes”, that are low effort and repost far more often than I see people trying to legitimately shill for a religion. On here and on reddit.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Probably because the shilling is done IRL whereas on the internet no one gives a fuck

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Want to hear a fun fact? I grew up in a fundie family and spent every Wednesday after (christian) school, for hours in the Florida sun, wearing a suit, walking door to door trying to get people to be "saved"./ Before spending 2 hours that evening in church where we'd tive status reports on how many we'd "saved" that day. I feel really fucking guilty about that, but I blame my parents more for forcing me into that. Fuck em.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Genuine question if you don't mind answering. About how many people did you actually "save"? I feel like most people are universally opposed to door-door salesman.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I dunno, maybe one or two a month? Not that many. People in that podunk orange-grove town were already pretty religious either at the same church or similar. Generally was kids who didn't know any better that were just outside playing or teens around our age. And yes, almost all of it was "no thanks, goodbye"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

That's honestly more than I thought.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago

We also once spent a week in the far off land of heathens you might have heard of before. It's called "Canada". Pretty third world, but we definitely unheathened a lot of kids at church camp that week.

Man I feel so dirty just thinking about what I used to consider "normal" human behavior and all the churchy judginess I had. Thanks parents. At least I got out as soon as I was old enough and never looked back.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Tell that to Jehovah's witnesses

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Someone can "have a point" and still just be wrong.

Creationism has a point, it's just a point founded on archaic myths.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Why would it be weird if a God used evolution to make shit and the stories just highlight cultural values?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

Why follow someone who isn't omnipotent, all powerful, and all knowing?

And if they are all those things? Why the fuck would you follow them if they're cool with child cancer deaths and insects that burrow into eyeballs?

Fuck that noise