I always find it amusing that atheism is normally anti-christian first. Then, afterwards I have to amend it to, oh yeah, all religion is fucking stupid.
For me it was universal from the get go. My parents told me there’s a whole lot of religions all around the world and I thought “Well then all of them must be wrong.”
It’s expressed as anti-Christianity because that’s the one that affects my daily life.
Yup, affects stem cell research, women’s rights, climate change, creationism … a lot of the US right wing is completely enamored with religion and controlled by it.
If it the Judeo-Christian-Islamic religions didn’t have as big of an impact, there’d be more attention to Russell Brand’s weird cult and a lot of other crap.
It couldn’t possibly be the nutters took over the hero’s journey and made it about something else entirely by losing a bunch of books on purpose and taking everything literally.
There’s atheists all over the world with literally hundreds of Gods to not believe in. I guess Christianity is the most popular so it would have the most atheists though.
I’m an athorist. I don’t believe in Thor God of thunder. No comment on the definition you were talking about. :P (Psst, I do believe in a diety, but I can’t talk about it here!)
If you want to get technical, its the abrahamic god, and 2/3 of the worlds religions can trace their roots to the old testimate/torah. Having no horse in the race and throwing that line into a room of people with multiple faiths is a funny thing to watch them graple with.
“Yall follow the same magic dude in the sky (he’s a dick) and read the same books with diffrent patch notes, stop being dicks to eachother”
[Sits down in the corner with a bucket of popcorn]
Oh yeah, I once pointed it out to my deeply “christian” FIL and it was fun watching him boil inside and outside. We’re very Jewish friendly country in general so he didn’t care, but oh boy was it a hard pill to swallow with muslims.
The meme here is anti-christian. In this context it’s a narrow scope of atheism. It could’ve been posted by anyone from another religion and still work. We Western atheists are predominantly exposed to Christianity so it makes sense we use it as a default position of critique.
Of all the major organized religions I really think Islam is the most deserving of criticism. But it seems like a lot of “atheists” from the US were raised among Christians from whom they are rebelling. As part of this, they align themselves strongly with left/progressive ideals. Those same ideals are to be inclusive and tolerant of different people and cultures, which includes Islam. So opposing Islam goes against this, and likely aligns with the prejudices of those same Christian’s they hate so much.
I mean, look what Christians do in the US. I think it really depends on the region you live in. Here in Europe, the most immediate religious threat is probably islam, while in the US it’s definitely christians. And don’t be fooled into thinking they don’t try they shit here as well. A woman in Poland might have a very different opinion than me or you about what’s more immediate threat to her.
I always find it amusing that atheism is normally anti-christian first. Then, afterwards I have to amend it to, oh yeah, all religion is fucking stupid.
For me it was universal from the get go. My parents told me there’s a whole lot of religions all around the world and I thought “Well then all of them must be wrong.”
It’s expressed as anti-Christianity because that’s the one that affects my daily life.
Exactly. I think you see a lot of antichristian stuff from the US because that’s the religion that affects them the most.
Yup, affects stem cell research, women’s rights, climate change, creationism … a lot of the US right wing is completely enamored with religion and controlled by it.
If it the Judeo-Christian-Islamic religions didn’t have as big of an impact, there’d be more attention to Russell Brand’s weird cult and a lot of other crap.
It couldn’t possibly be the nutters took over the hero’s journey and made it about something else entirely by losing a bunch of books on purpose and taking everything literally.
Not only in the US, Christianity is a huge topic in many countries around the world.
Source?
There’s atheists all over the world with literally hundreds of Gods to not believe in. I guess Christianity is the most popular so it would have the most atheists though.
I’m an athorist. I don’t believe in Thor God of thunder. No comment on the definition you were talking about. :P (Psst, I do believe in a diety, but I can’t talk about it here!)
All religion is dumb, but I was raised Christian, and it’s still the Christian God I’m shouting at when I hammer my thumb.
Trying to remove religious shit from your daily language is God damn difficult btw
Like “thank God I got this thing today” or “oh my Fucking God this is so bad”
The sad part is, I subconsciously use the religious versions when I’m trying to lighten it.
JESUS < FUCKING REALLY?
JESUS CHRIST < THIS IS FUCKING EXHAUSTING!
JESUS MOTHERFUCKING CHRIST < I’m coming out the MOTHER FUCKING BOOTH!!!
Because the atheists you see a lot in internet have grown up being brainwashed by Christian bullshit, it builds a special hatred.
Don’t get me wrong I think most other religions are the exact same bullshit, but for Christianity I have deep hatred for
If you want to get technical, its the abrahamic god, and 2/3 of the worlds religions can trace their roots to the old testimate/torah. Having no horse in the race and throwing that line into a room of people with multiple faiths is a funny thing to watch them graple with.
“Yall follow the same magic dude in the sky (he’s a dick) and read the same books with diffrent patch notes, stop being dicks to eachother”
[Sits down in the corner with a bucket of popcorn]
Oh yeah, I once pointed it out to my deeply “christian” FIL and it was fun watching him boil inside and outside. We’re very Jewish friendly country in general so he didn’t care, but oh boy was it a hard pill to swallow with muslims.
You’re right! But in this instance, Jesus as God, is the Christian variant.
Wdym 'anti christian first"? this is Lemmy and people here are mostly from the US… I’m not ex-Christian…
The meme here is anti-christian. In this context it’s a narrow scope of atheism. It could’ve been posted by anyone from another religion and still work. We Western atheists are predominantly exposed to Christianity so it makes sense we use it as a default position of critique.
Not all religions are theistic. Buddhism is an atheistic religion, for example.
No. There’s a bunch of stupid supernatural stuff.
“Atheist” means “disbelief in a god or gods.” That’s it. Other supernatural stuff isn’t covered by the term.
It started that way but it didn’t last very long. Most groups have lots of demons and stuff now.
I mean, all Abrahamic religions share similar story beats.
Well, we’re English.
Of all the major organized religions I really think Islam is the most deserving of criticism. But it seems like a lot of “atheists” from the US were raised among Christians from whom they are rebelling. As part of this, they align themselves strongly with left/progressive ideals. Those same ideals are to be inclusive and tolerant of different people and cultures, which includes Islam. So opposing Islam goes against this, and likely aligns with the prejudices of those same Christian’s they hate so much.
I mean, look what Christians do in the US. I think it really depends on the region you live in. Here in Europe, the most immediate religious threat is probably islam, while in the US it’s definitely christians. And don’t be fooled into thinking they don’t try they shit here as well. A woman in Poland might have a very different opinion than me or you about what’s more immediate threat to her.