this post was submitted on 24 Aug 2023
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[–] PatFussy@lemm.ee 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are we reliving the cringefest atheism memes of early 2000s?

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

They won't go away as long as there are creationists trying to conform the world to their backwards worldview.

[–] captcha@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago

2006, a fine vintage. Bush was still president.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I love seeing memes about religion being downvoted.

Your religion means nothing to anyone but yourselves and you should keep it to yourselves because we're just sick of it

[–] dannoffs@lemmy.sdf.org 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As an atheist I downvoted because it's a cringe ass meme.

[–] CTdummy@artemis.camp 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I see far more post for these types of “jokes”, that are low effort and repost far more often than I see people trying to legitimately shill for a religion. On here and on reddit.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Probably because the shilling is done IRL whereas in the internet no one gives a fuck

[–] dm_me_your_boobs@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Want to hear a fun fact? I grew up in a fundie family and spent every Wednesday after (christian) school, for hours in the Florida sun, wearing a suit, walking door to door trying to get people to be "saved"./ Before spending 2 hours that evening in church where we'd tive status reports on how many we'd "saved" that day. I feel really fucking guilty about that, but I blame my parents more for forcing me into that. Fuck em.

[–] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Genuine question if you don't mind answering. About how many people did you actually "save"? I feel like most people are universally opposed to door-door salesman.

[–] dm_me_your_boobs@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I dunno, maybe one or two a month? Not that many. People in that podunk orange-grove town were already pretty religious either at the same church or similar. Generally was kids who didn't know any better that were just outside playing or teens around our age. And yes, almost all of it was "no thanks, goodbye"

[–] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's honestly more than I thought.

[–] dm_me_your_boobs@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

We also once spent a week in the far off land of heathens you might have heard of before. It's called "Canada". Pretty third world, but we definitely unheathened a lot of kids at church camp that week.

Man I feel so dirty just thinking about what I used to consider "normal" human behavior and all the churchy judginess I had. Thanks parents. At least I got out as soon as I was old enough and never looked back.

Tell that to Jehovah's witnesses

[–] Mothra@mander.xyz -1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Okay... if that's the difference then... Does this mean creationism is still a sharp tool with an edge, even if without a point?

[–] YIj54yALOJxEsY20eU@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

It is a man made invention.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 year ago

Creationists are indeed edging to the border of insanity, yes.

[–] Haui@discuss.tchncs.de 0 points 1 year ago

Thats more like it! :)

[–] spiderjuzce@lemmy.sdf.org -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why would it be weird if a God used evolution to make shit and the stories just highlight cultural values?

Why follow someone who isn't omnipotent, all powerful, and all knowing?

And if they are all those things? Why the fuck would you follow them if they're cool with child cancer deaths and insects that burrow into eyeballs?

Fuck that noise