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[Corai]

Kaijyuu, I think my mom and your mom are the same people. That was my mother's exact same reaction to when I told her I was agnostic.

Expect it was various teachers instead of a therapist.

[The Scout]

Whatever you do, don't agree to stop looking at pornography or getting help from Jesus.

...Permission to sig?

[MetalSlimeHunt]

Fortunately I brought an extra. New one's up. I'll print out a couple more too~

Printers are so wonderful. If you find out who it was, give them a couple hundred thousand copies.

Oh, and a fun minor anecdote:

Mother: What did your therapist say about your... new lifestyle?
Me: He was very supportive!
Mother: *dismissive huff*
Me: Well he is a therapist. He also scoffed at you guys being unhappy about it.
Mother: Well, what parent WOULD be happy with it?
Me: Lots, mom.
Mother: Yeah right.

You should remember to make it clear that this isn't actually new, this is just you being honest.

Whatever you do, don't agree to stop looking at pornography or getting help from Jesus.

...Permission to sig?

You hardly need my permission.

[GoombaGeek]

Kaijyuu, I think my mom and your mom are the same people. That was my mother's exact same reaction to when I told her I was agnostic.

Expect it was various teachers instead of a therapist.

But that's like the least offensive religion possible

[kaijyuu]

I dunno. We agnostics can be pretty smugly superior.

[GoombaGeek]

I dunno. We agnostics can be pretty smugly superior.

The reddit page for atheism made me sad, though Behold the witticisms of the Internet's best!

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"Science is sooo awesome, it let me waste my time making this witty jpeg image! Thanks, science!"

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"Behold the wit of this anonymous Facebook user! Wait, you suggest I'm shamelessly trying to self-promote my subtle skill at compiling a dozen Bible verses into the same message? How dare you!"

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"I get confused over whether we're bashing those evil Muslims for having anti-American radicals, or if we're yelling at Christians for causing the Crusades while defending the innocent Muslims! Let's flip-flop incessantly!"

Okay, it's very hard to replicate the air of sheer pretentiousness contained within the group in just three samples (they seem pretty lukewarm and possibly funny alone, but seeing a hundred in a row deadens the mind), but I tried my best So don't feel left out, now we have stupid people too!

[MaximumZero]

Ugh. Why is it always the assholes who are the loudest?

[kaijyuu]

Because they're self assured that they're better than other people and want to make sure they know it.

[Thecard]

Ugh. Why is it always the assholes who are the loudest?

Where better to spew hot air from?

[Glowcat]

I'm sorry, but what's so horrible about those?

What's obnoxious is GoombaGeek's misrepresentation of that image as "I get confused over whether we're bashing those evil Muslims for having anti-American radicals, or if we're yelling at Christians for causing the Crusades while defending the innocent Muslims! Let's flip-flop incessantly!", as if the opposition could only be based on some simplistic tribal notions instead of the primary issue being religious extremism on both ends. At least try to understand where the other person is coming from before deciding whether it's appropriate to bash them over the head with accusations of dickery.

Going over it, I can't even see why you find the other image and facebook excerpt to be negative besides that they're outspoken about their beliefs which may or may not be appropriate given the context of circumstances. Making a statement about the positive effects of religion versus those produced via the scientific method is hardly the height of assholery... The facebook thing is questionable but if the originally statement was intended as a public declaration / challenge then it's entirely reasonable to engage that person over whether or not their belief is logically sound (in that case, because the responder felt it was impossible to find the entire bible to be true without encountering contradictions).

Is there any actual substance behind your feelings or is this just a typical attack on "militant atheists" / opportunity to feel smug? Because that's what it's coming off as to me.

[GoombaGeek]

You've got me, I'm a smug atheist in disguise. It's all part of my elaborate triple bluff to bring the colonial British government back in power.

[kaijyuu]

Okay, calling and end to this particular derail. I'm cool with derails so long as people stay civil about it. This has fallen out of civility territory.

There are threads in GD you can bump to continue this if you like.



On topic:

Poster was covered up today when I got to work. I uncovered it, and will be asking questions later.

[Scelly9]

Enact plan C: Spy camera.

[Flying Dice]

Sub plan C-5252.76: Predator drone. 

[kaijyuu]

HOSTILE TARGET APPROACHING POSTER. RETREAT IF YOU VALUE YOUR LIFE.