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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Now it makes sense! God indeed did exist, but he was too dumb to realize that by committing suicide he can't go back to heaven.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

Was it the first recorded suicide by cop? Maybe not, but it’s the most celebrated…. Don’t ask, I don’t get it either.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Jewish politician gets the natives a little too restless and the rest of us have to feel guilty about it forever. No thanks.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It is not easy to have a reasonable confrontation with a cultural practice that by definition bases all its guidelines on a self-imposed dogma born out of the "subjective interpretation" of a book of old oral myths transcribed, mistranslated and heavily altered throughout history.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Hahaha.

I love this. Gotta be old as time and I’ve never heard this said.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

That‘s what Nietzsche wants you to believe!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Good riddance to bad rubbish!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

No, it wasn't God that killed himself, it was the Romans. Not not the same Romans who started spreading Christianity to the world. I mean yes, the same Romans, but it was not their fault. It's the Jews' fault.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

atheism=cool

atheism without knowing anything about the religion(s) you're "against"=not cool

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

You don't really need to learn about beliefs, to not believe in them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

100% agree. And if the atheism community was just about sharing in their lack of belief, that would be fine.

However, atheist communities on the whole seem to be more focused on critiquing or mocking religion (probably because it's hard to make content around a lack of something): fundamentally you should have some knowledge of the religions you're criticising to not just seem uninformed.

As an atheist myself, such content just seems very cringey.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Its ex Christians who are now atheists expressing their trauma.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What's the fun in that? There is something about being able to meet them on their ground and know more about their stuff than they do. You don't have to really do anything in life but fun is fun.

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

You're implying that the OP contains errors or mistakes. Could you explain what you're referring to?

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"you made god kill himself" is pretty far away from what's the belief in the bible. The bible says that God sends the son of man to die by the hands of man. Not saying that that's true or whatever.but that's how the story goes

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah no. Paul is quite clear that it was to remove Original Sin from the world and usher in the end. According to Mark it is for the general sins of the world (ransom) and to provide humans direct access to skydaddy. Matthew adds to it the New Covenant. To Luke it was mostly about forgiveness, instead of ransom. To John it was a demonstration of love and future Kingdom of Skydaddy.

Ransom and forgiveness aren't the same thing. If you get someone to pay me money that you owe me that is ransom. If I say forget about it that is forgiveness.

The first 3 generations of Christian thought was dealing with the given. The given was that their supposed Messiah died. The question was why.

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

Yeah but Paul never met the historical Jesus. He was a convert and if there's anything I learned from going to church the converts are the most zealous, also preaching to Jews instead of Gentiles like the Gospels.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Seen the same thing. A convert is something else. Most of us were only mildly infected, a convert has their life sucked out of them.

As for Paul the more I study his letters the more I feel bad for the guy. That dehydration delusion broke him. Go back in time and give him Prozac.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't say anything about the reasons? I just said that "you made god kill himself" is factually wrong when talking about the bible. You answered a different question?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Right except the Gospels show Jesus going to his own death willingly, especially in Luke.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

even that is not "killing himself". that is accepting the sentence dealt upon him.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

He put himself in that situation knowing he was going to die. That's killing yourself.

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

You really are reaching here. Want to just be "right"?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago

Am I? I might be.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

It might not be the most charitable way of describing Christian beliefs, but it is accurate.

Jesus is supposed to BE god. And it's god who demands blood sacrifices in payment for sin. Humanity sins, and god killed himself in order to allow himself to forgive us.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No. God didn't kill himself in the story. Again: I'm not arguing over any real part. Just the story. Clearly the Romans crucified Jesus. Also he/god decided that path. So no "you" didn't "make god kill himself"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Every Christian I know thinks Jesus died for their sins.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Suicide by cop is still suicide. If you willingly perform an action that you know will get yourself killed, you are committing suicide.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I think it depends on how you define suicide. If god is omnipotent and guides everyone’s fait and Jesus (god himself) dies, isn’t it only due to god making that happen? Admittedly, this suicide is a more complex one, but in the end, it is still suicide, as the actions taken willingly result in Jesus‘ death

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Not knowing atheism has nothing to do with being "against" anything = cringe af