You got confused. You’re an anti-theist as in against theism. Atheism simply means without theism. Anyways happy I could clear that up for you. Try to be nicer in the future.
even if you just take the overarching themes of it without looking too much into detail about it, you have one deity saying to commit genocide, then later on the same deity (purportedly) says to not be violent, turn the other cheek, yadda yadda. then a few pages later you get some rando coming in and writing fanfic about the deity’s son that he never met and somehow changes most of the fledgling religion.
The book is a bunch of non-sensical, contradictory fairy tales written and rewritten by a million dudes, a thousand times over, to manipulate others.
True, but one of the few things it isn’t unclear or downright self-contradictory about is that the main dude said to help the poor and otherwise marginalised people.
I love it when people pretend to know what “the book” says better than Christians
As an atheist who’s actually read the damn thing rather than just gotten the perspectives of conservative preachers and politicians, I’m not pretending. I do in fact know better than some so-called Christians what their stupid book says.
I also follow the more empathetic parts of it better than anyone on the “Christian Right”
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Honestly the r/atheism type angry mocking atheists sure seem to have an axe to grind with someone they say doesn’t exist.
Like, most people aren’t going into religion with ill intentions, and god doesn’t exist, who you mad at bro?
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Oh no I was talking about the other commenter not you. I was agreeing with you.
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You got confused. You’re an anti-theist as in against theism. Atheism simply means without theism. Anyways happy I could clear that up for you. Try to be nicer in the future.
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Brilliant deduction. I’m sure you’re very smart. One day you might learn that being smart and being correct are not mutually inclusive.
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You sound like the perfect mutually exclusive example, though. Talking with you is also just as intolerable as talking to a religious nut.
There’s no pretending. Most christians have never actually read it, and a lot of atheists are atheists exactly because they have.
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even if you just take the overarching themes of it without looking too much into detail about it, you have one deity saying to commit genocide, then later on the same deity (purportedly) says to not be violent, turn the other cheek, yadda yadda. then a few pages later you get some rando coming in and writing fanfic about the deity’s son that he never met and somehow changes most of the fledgling religion.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_theorem
True, but one of the few things it isn’t unclear or downright self-contradictory about is that the main dude said to help the poor and otherwise marginalised people.
As an atheist who’s actually read the damn thing rather than just gotten the perspectives of conservative preachers and politicians, I’m not pretending. I do in fact know better than some so-called Christians what their stupid book says.
I also follow the more empathetic parts of it better than anyone on the “Christian Right”
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Was it in the gospels?
No?
Unlikely Jesus said it.
Not today, Satan. Not today.
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Get thee behind me, Satan.
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Yeah. Sure thing. Not today.
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Show us all the verses that contradict the help the poor message, then, since you’re so smart.
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What does genocide have to do with contradicting the message of helping the poor? Explain your whole thought process and logic.