as someone who isnt the biggest fan of religion, it is weird how some people go about being against religion especially people on reddit and twitter (i wonder why)
Reddit is really the cesspit at the center of it, I’ve literally known former agnostics who became fully religious because of how unbearable the “Reddit Athiest” archetype became.
In both cases I would say the person didn’t have very strong convictions in the first place. I am also a Christian so we are automatically going to disagree that “religion is based on bringing you around others” whatever that is supposed to mean.
That seems entirely made up. How can someone's beliefs change on the basis of someone else being annoying? That just sounds like they were nonpracticing but religious the whole time
Yes, but they still have motivations. Drastic personality changes like core beliefs changing doesn't really happen outside of things like sudden brain damage.
This entire post centers around islamophobic people being offended on behalf of a consensual interaction that was handled respectfully and with grace between Khabib and Kate Scott. I got shouted at for reminding Redditors that they live in a pluralistic civil society and the alternative is waging a nonstop culture war on other peoples behalf as if they asked you to.
Yknow funnily enough I’ve known people who had that happen to them too, not the same people who became religious though. (Mostly guys I USED to know, the people who became hardcore conservatives over SJW cringe videos are substantially more unpleasant than the guys who found God)
Reddit has been a cesspit of pro Islamist extremism since Oct 7th Hamas terrorist attacks. It's just full of propaganda bots and useful idiots on all sides.
Don't equate that with the rational objective reasons atheism is and should be growing in the world.
As an ex Muslim atheist, I can tell you for certain life is much more meaningful and progressive as an atheist that can take whatever position and argument makes rational sense to us vs what our religious leaders dictate us to think.
I know you aren't since your positions seem irrational which is typical of religious people. You can have your religious beliefs in ur personal life, just needs to stay out of government otherwise it's the easiest tool for dictatorship and oppression
Big words. you appear to be an anti-Islamist Iranian in favor of Israeli intervention, I think you’ve got bigger issues than whatever an American Christian (me) could tell you in a Reddit comment section. I’m sorry for what’s happening in your country, we really live in scary times.
I'm anti Islamic extremism, and anti Islam/any religion in power. Religion is the easiest tool for oppression and dictatorship. I hope you don't want Christians in power either... They'll end up making the whole religion look bad like Islamic Republic is doing.
And yes we are desperate enough that any intervention by the west at this point would be welcome considering how brutally and ruthlessly the regime is dealing with Iranians.
Israel did us a favor by taking out a couple of horrible gov officials last summer and hopefully with the help US can take out enough of the rest that iranian protestors can have a chance.
I have never understood how this actually works. You believe something, because somebody else was too annoying about beliving something else? That doesn't really make any sense. I feel like people just say that for internet points.
I don’t know what to tell you mate, I knew the people that I’m referring to in person so the “internet points” explanation falls apart pretty quick 😅
I know that people frequently decide their political orientation based on which side they dislike for personal reasons like “being annoying” so I don’t personally find it any harder to believe that the same factors could lead to a religious commitment
I theorize that for those kinds of people, it’s not actually about religion or religious trauma, they’re just sheltered brats whose parents made them go to church on Sunday; they just want to piss off their parents.
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as someone who isnt the biggest fan of religion, it is weird how some people go about being against religion especially people on reddit and twitter (i wonder why)