A message to the Religious

[polar bear]

I am a mind rape survivor.

I can not believe how uninformed I was.  I trusted everything I heard as complete truth.  Until my pastor preached a sermon on homosexuality and how the bible clearly stated it was wrong.  I could not accept god would create someone only to condemn them.  Then out of the blue a couple of years later his daughter come out as a lesbian, fine.  Now he has a complete mind shift and says the bible is ok with homosexuality.  WTF.

The one I feel the most stupid over however is being told that the fossil record proves there is a god.  Holy shit, if I would have only done one ounce of research, I would have discovered the fraudulent statement.  I blindly accepted it and repeated it numerous times.

Stupid Polar Bear...Stupid Polar Bear....Stupid Polar Bear

[Foxaèr]

"The fact that man has to tell us that god exists proves that he doesn't."

[Minimalist]

I like melons.

[Napoléon]

You know, I totally get how some people are indoctrinated from birth with bullshit. I totally get that it's not straight forward for some people to figure out. Not everyone has access to the information. But what really grates on my tits is how certain people are so sure about their fucked up convictions that they look down on the people who don't buy into the bull. These same people command respect for their beliefs. These same people expect to be taken seriously. These same people come onto a forum like this, when they literally have access to all the information in the world at their fingertips, and choose to argue this bullshit with people who don't buy it when they could otherwise be enlightening themselves.

Now I know some people come here to 'hear about opposing viewpoints' and all this other hippie free loving shit too. But I don't buy how you can supposedly come onto a forum like this with an "open mind", read and be given access to all this information that literally puts your religion flat on its fucking arse, and still call yourself religious. There's some ulterior shit going on there.

[AFTT47]

You're all fucking melons. 

Sorry Napoleon, but that is a stupid thing to say. Isaac Newton was definitely not a melon. An asshole, probably but not a melon.

I get your frustration but it's a lot more complicated than religious = stupid. Our brains are wired in such a way that we are all physiologically incapable of pure, logical thinking. Everything goes through an emotional filter. We atheists seem to have less of a filter but that doesn't make us smarter. Even if it did, you can't call at least 75% of the population, "stupid." Well, you can but it's not a good idea. Those 75% vote and if they're all against you, you're fucked.

[Napoléon]

I get your frustration but it's a lot more complicated than religious = stupid.

I didn't say that just because you're religious you're completely stupid. Just stupid on the topic of a god existing. This filters into other things though. Regardless of exceptions like Newton, I think it's pretty undeniable that religion on the whole is in opposition to scientific progress and logical thinking. Do you really need the countless examples of this for me to prove my point? This is the kind of bullshit I'm talking about.

Everything goes through an emotional filter. We atheists seem to have less of a filter but that doesn't make us smarter.

It does make us more rational.

Even if it did, you can't call at least 75% of the population, "stupid." Well, you can but it's not a good idea. Those 75% vote and if they're all against you, you're fucked.

I'm not here for votes. I couldn't give two shits if 75% of the population don't like what I'm saying, 75% of the population are wrong.

[Longhorn]

A massage to the religious? What about the rest of us? :c

[Napoléon]

A massage to the religious? What about the rest of us? :c

I guess you can sit back and bask in your intellectual superiority. I know I am.

[Longhorn]

Great, but Imma have to get some first ._.

[Napoléon]

Great, but Imma have to get some first ._.

Hey, don't be so hard on yourself. You're already 1 up on 75% of the population (if that figure is accurate).