#the tag is just atheism

[the-ace-of-arrows]

I don't truly experience anything

- a poem of some sort, I suppose

aromantic - I've never felt this thing that others say define us as human.

this feeling that in media seems to be the one feature that qualifies an alien or a robot as owning a soul

this one feeling that everyone seems so obsessed over

the thing behind the curtains of everything

the thing that surely, no one could ever live without, right?

I've never been with a person, thinking about how I'd love to spend the rest of my life with them and them alone

I've thought I might have, several times, with my closest friends, the ones I feel comfortable around

but it's not the same

it's not how others describe it

I've never wanted to kiss anyone

the closest I've come to romantic love is platonic

but if it is

if it turns out I'm pan- and polyromantic

if I've only ever experienced romantic love, and never platonic

then I'm still one form of love short from everyone else

I'm still less

asexual - I've never wanted intimacy the way others seem to.

I've never seen a person and felt anything like what people have described

I've never been able picture myself in a sexual setting, and I've certainly never enjoyed it when I've tried

I've never experienced an orgasm, not even sure I could if I tried

I've never felt the need to do anything of the sort

I've felt the want to, sure, but even then, not really

because I've never wanted it for it, I've wanted it to feel included

I've wanted to know what everyone else seem to revolve their life around

I wanted to understand, and to stop being so alien to the people around me whenever I just don't understand something

agender - I don't understand it

really, it just doesn't make any sense to me

never has, and tbh I just thought we'd all agreed to just go with it, because that's what everyone else did

I've never felt like a girl

I've never felt like a boy

I have yet to understand what this "feeling" is supposed to feel like

I'm me

just me

my body exists, sure

and I guess it's keeping me alive, so I'll try not to damage it too much

but it has never really meant any more than that in any way that means anything

it's a house

and you can decorate it to your choosing

and sometimes you'd like to move, but then you look at the housing market at the moment and decide that actually

the house I have now isn't that bad

and of course, you can't tear down a load bearing wall, the whole house would collapse

but otherwise, do whatever you want with what you've got, and you'll be good.

I guess in that sense I've kind of seen trans people as claustrophobic people stuck in a small attic-appartment without windows

the housing market is still horrible, and so they start by making modifications

make a window

let the air in

maybe even make a terrace on the roof out the window

doing what make them feel better

and if that so means I'll have to stop calling their house and attic, because they've expanded so much it's really a proper house now, then sure, I'll change the mailing address, why not?

agnostic - I say agnostic, but really I'm just afraid to say atheist

because I've never been able to believe

I don't even think I've ever really grasped the concept properly

but I want to

I really really do

I want to believe that there's some higher power out there

that there's someone looking out for us

taking care of us

I so badly want that comfort that others seem to get from talking into the void and somehow still feeling heard

but I don't know how

belief is such an amazing thing

belief is unconditional trust, something I'd almost call stronger than unconditional love

it's trusting that someone else will do good without any guarantee beforehand

and yet even when it comes to my closest friends, I can't do it

because I only actually believe in them if I've seen proof of it before, and that's not belief, it's a conditional trust

and I'm so incredibly jealous of the ones who are able to do so

I wish I was religious

a human - ahuman

I sometimes don't think I'm human

and I it

so much

because these are the things that everyone else call "reasons to live"

these are the traits that everyone says define what it means to "be human" or "be alive"

and so if I don't

if I never experience the reasons to live

if I never experience what it is to be human

if I never experience the essentials of being alive

then what am I?

I have no reason to live, so I'm meaningless

I'm not a human, so I'm alien

I'm not alive, so I'm dead

I'm a meaningless alien, dead to the world and to myself

a non-human, walking around with no purpose or light

a nothing

existing in the background

and even then, not really existing either

because what is existence without purpose or life?

a - the greek prefix for no, and the letter that seems to pursue my very being

a-being

a-thing

no-thing

I'm nothing

I'm nothing, wanting everything

staring at the rest of the world as if through the pages of a book that I'm doomed to only ever read and never experience myself

I hate it

I'm jealous

I want what everyone else has

And I'm crying

Somehow

I'm crying

because even with all the everything that I just seem doomed to never feel

for some reason the universe never thought to add sadness to that pile

#aroace #asexual #aro #aromantic #lgtbqia+ #lgbt #agender #agnostic #atheist #atheism #ace #sad thoughts #sad poetry #idk what to tag this as #i dont want to do this anymore #im tired #and im sorry #to anyone reading this who use the same labels I do #please don't feel bad about your labels or identity because of this #youre valid #im just a mess #sorry

[captainjonnitkessler]

I'm not the first to notice this but tbh from what I've seen half the time when people say "culturally christian" they basically specifically mean "culturally not [specific religion accuser is a part of]" because shocker, they also don't know about every religious doctrine ever. Of course it's fair to point out how a criticism of religion does not apply to your specific one, but also many many aspects that people on Tumblr think are unique to Christianity (e.g. proselytizing, focus on purity and guilt) really... aren't. And that's how you get the "Indian blogger complaining about Hindu Nationalism gets accused of Cultural Christianity" incident.

Yeah, a lot of people using the term have replaced "this thing you're objecting to is not universal to all religions" - a totally reasonable critique - with "this thing you're objecting to is exclusive to Christianity and Christianity alone", even when that's like . . . blatantly untrue

#and no worries about not seeing the tags #i don't mind getting asks i just may or may not publish them depending on my mood and how much potential bullshit i'm willing to deal with #atheism

[chemicalarospec]

I spent a lot of time thinking about religion 5-6 years ago because I was trying to figure out what I did(n't) believe in, and then after I settled on fully atheist (but a higher power could exist but I think it's far too unlikely for me to call myself agnostic), I spent like 4 years barely thinking about religion, occasionally using it for imagery in fanfic but very content with my own religious situation. very peaceful years. I enjoyed living like that.

Anyways religion (in real life)/atheism has been on my mind a lot lately, and well. it's definitely not an internal drive to return to thinking about it lol. There's not one big reason why, but I have noticed many small factors building up. so message to the world at large: stop assuming 1. i'm religious 2. if i'm not religious, i'm evil 3. if i'm not religious, I don't matter (I don't need community, it doesn't matter if you act like i'm invisible, etc) or else! I'm going to have to get louder about my atheism!! :)

#atheist #religion #I said this #atheism #when i was a kid 'any religion is cool as long as we teach kids some religion bc otherwise humans are EVIL' was funny in how ridculous it i #but now it's just like. fuck you that's such an evil thing to say #aspiritual #being non-religious and being atheist are not the same thing. atheists do share a belief (.... no gods) and denying that it's an option #when it comes to religious practice is just weird -- listing beliefs you support support and not including 'no belief' is just weird. #acting like it's an umbrella 'null' the way being non-religious is and therefore not able to feel alone in our beliefs? again. just weird. #(this is all basically the same thing but i needed to say it in so many words to fully paint the picture) #um... posting in the atheist tag was not supposed to be an invitation for people to start just sending atheist takes to me #but i'll be responding friendly bc i know anybody doing this just needs some connection and support <3

[spooky-dice]

“why doesn’t kristen just respec as a different class” the pedantic neurosis’s of a deconstructed believer is between her and god, man. i love you apostates i love you extians i love you agnostics i love you reclaimitory christians i love you cafeteria catholics i love you divine queerness and transgender transsubstantiation i love you blasphemers and heretics i love you people angry at god i love you nonpracticing believers i love you practicing nonbelievers i love you religious trauma havers i love you mass held solo in the abandoned parking lot of a church you’d rather die than enter, lit by streetlights at 2am

#it’s not that deep but also it kinda is? like you can criticize kristen but please familiarize yourself with deconversion first #it’s NOT atheism #it can be! and atheism is great! but it’s not the only end to that journey #dimension 20 #kristen applebees #extianity #post not targeted at anyone just a point i see brought up a lot in the tag

[ziracona]

#dragon age origins #dragon age inquisiton #dragon age 2 #hey. BioWare. I just want to talk i swear. I know it’s clear I’m lying but just come outside for a minute #wait. aren’t…? *checks* ah. ofc BioWare is a bunch of white Canadians doing this 🙄 #people keep tagging this as ‘the maker better be fake too’ and sure. that’s an improvement yes. but also no. atheism is not a more #culturally woke and aware position really. not strong-armed. making the cultures based on indigenous and romani and sámi cultures gods all #fake and the fantasy Christian god be fake too isn’t actually a non-white European position at all. you guys have to see that right? it’s #not really much better. the ironclad and ordered dismissal of all religions as false is actually also a white colonial thing. it’s not good #the other god being fake too doesn’t undo the damage of this move like you see that right?

[shivasdarknight]

the way that people on this website are so quick to dunk on all religions because of their beef with the institution of christianity 😐 yes, institutions of religions have done horrendous and heinous shit. but you're acting as if religion is only the different denominations of christianity. y'all sometimes bring up judaism, very rarely islam, but you act as though the institution of one religion is now representative of how all religions - including ones without institutional power - are morally.

the fact that indigenous religions and spiritualities are totally left out of the conversation is really telling. because then you'd have to admit that religious institutions intentionally tried to wipe these beliefs out (and many were completely eradicated) due to how it ties in with culture - and if you kill a culture, you kill its people. religion itself is so heavily tied to many different cultures and is so crucial to their identities that indigenous americans risked felonies to continue their practices in secret up until the american indian religious freedom act passed in 1978. by blanket condemning all religions because of your issues with the institution of christianity, you literally fall in line with their colonizer rhetoric because to destroy all non-christian religions is their goal. and idc if you call yourself atheistic, to aid in the destruction of cultural religions places you in line with christian institutions rather than against it.

again: your issue is how major religions (mostly christianity) are used as an arm of colonization and the enforcement of white supremacist beliefs. stop dragging everybody else into your bullshit and focus your energy on the actual problem - because as it stands, secularism and atheism have become new branches of cracking down on religion because they can't do shit about christianity, but they can sure put down other religions and help in their destruction as an atheistic branch of white supremacy.

and as an aside, I am not saying "defend christianity." im saying target your energy at the institutions that are doing this damage, not the marginalized cultural religions or the people who practice these faiths and build community around them. because man, if y'all can't get behind the idea that religion can be crucial to a cultural identity, you're not at All ready to talk about how marginalized groups took christianity and made it their own (see: the black church; mexican catholicism) and how this became an important facet of communities, especially as it pertains to social movements.

#original #religion #yes im still mad about that post about mocking christianity and holding up the sun as worthy of worship because science and atheism #seeing mutuals reblog it to agree w it drove my blood pressure up #the tags are rancid and im sick of y'all #and again: IM AGNOSTIC #it's not my fkn place to tell someone that their beliefs are wrong or one set of beliefs lords over all others #im just a random white bitch from maine. not my fkn place to tell people that their gods are fake or nah #i full on stopped referring to myself as an atheist because of how it's used. just makes me sick

[stroebe2]

that satanic panic text post w like 4000 notes making the rounds on here has some of the most insane notes/replies i’ve ever seen. full on unhinged warfare. have fun i guess. i’m good tho

#everyone just making shit up and calling each other nazis and or ableist #to be clear i do not vibe with satanists #the most cringe spiritual road you could ever go down to - even worse than like reddit atheism #be a pagan or something #also the satanic panic is such a complex subject #ppl always bring it down to evangelical christians moral panic about metal turning their kids into gay satan worshippers #and i agree its stupid and qanon basically revamped that today #but i also believe kids who claim they were ritually abused and that kind of got brushed over by this whole thing #notice how i said i'm good then spent like 5 minutes typing in these tags wooops

[mornyavie]

There’s a post that’s come across my dashboard several times recently that basically has a rabbi saying “atheists were created to be an inspiration, because they choose be good,” and I hate it. I mean, it is a post for and about jewish people, not for me, it’s fine, there’s a reason I’m making a new post and venting on a personal blog instead of arguing on the post itself.

But the implication that my personal beliefs were thrust upon me by some outside power as a nothing more than teaching moment for people who know better is incredibly insulting, actually!

#atheism #about me #vent post ignore me #if that post is nice for you that's fine! it's really fine you can keep it there can be things in the world that upset me! #I just hate how condescending it is. #well you see :) these people are totally wrong about everything :) but they were created that way to be a lesson to us :) #let me know if you want this tagged something

[angstydevil]

Christ is the population of the world,

and every object as well. There is no room

for hypocrisy. Why use bitter soup for healing

when sweet water is everywhere?

originally by Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī, quoted from The Essential Rumi translated by Coleman Barks

#poetry #quotes #mysticism #cw religion #cw christianity #cw islam #not everyone likes coleman barks’ translations but I do not yet speak Arabic :( #i’ve been obsessed with this quote this morning #christology has caused wars! #it had caused wars in rumi’s time #and this sufi mystic has a hot take #(a hot take that a lot of nondenominational christians tend to instinctively agree with btw) #it was this quote that finally ended my system’s christianity back in 2016 #after that we became atheists #but atheism was just part of the mystic journey #not me posting my thoughts in the tags again!

[mbat]

ok im gonna be a little critical of religion here so if you dont like that dont read. also im pulling this from the weirdest of places but

earlier i watched a video that was talking a lot about christianity, specifically protestantism and its influences on american culture, how theres this whole thing about how everything you do should only be for god, not your own pleasure or any of that (extreme simplification and paraphrasing), and so all of that was still on my mind basically.

and now im rewatching the steven universe movie. hear me out, we already know the diamonds hold deep authority, theyre practically gods of their kind, i dont think that i need to explain why. and they definitely let that get to their heads, they treated their subjects like things that only existed to serve them and their wants and needs, and their subjects needed to be loyal or else.

and im not going to get into all the ways that could reflect my point, but im just thinking about how spinels story reflects my point.

she was in love with pink diamond, not romantically, but in the way one worships, because she was made to. everything was for pink, about pink, she was excited when pink got what she wanted (her colony) even when pink clearly didnt want her to be a part of it, she would do everything pink wanted of her.

even standing in place unquestioningly for several thousand years, waiting, not moving even when she questioned because surely pink would come back for her?

(but when the rug was pulled out from under her it changed her irreparably.)

and i guess my point is how people will do anything that they think that their god wants, even if it causes them the utmost misery, even when it ruins their whole life, all for that approval, the possibility of a reward. the only difference is that spinel at least knew pink was real, had felt her touch, spoken to her.

theres a lot of reasons im not religious, but that one is a big one that i just cant get over. i cant imagine spending every day of my life wondering if im doing right by someone ive never met, who i have no proof exists, and whos rules arent even agreed upon and only told to me by other humans.

i cant imagine being the person who is told to stand in place for 6,000 years, and i dont move an inch because im hoping for a reward that isnt guaranteed to ever come.

#and yes by religion i mainly mean christianity because its the one i know the most about and its affected me more than other religions #i try not to be critical of religion too openly cause i know it upsets people and ive been a dick in the past about it #but i never changed how i feel about it. i just learned to be quiet #i know its personal to people even if i dont understand the feeling #but that doesnt mean i cant be critical of it #i could literally talk about it for hours idk i have a lot of thoughts. i could go on more about this subject but i wont for now #i mostly just wanted to get the thought out and continue the movie #ALSO THE VIDEO I WATCHED WAS MEANT TO JUST BE TALKING ABOUT HOW CHRISTIAN VIDEO GAMES ARE USUALLY BAD? #WHY DID IT GIVE ME A FULL ON LESSON OF PROTESTANTISM AND SHIT AHFBSBFB #my post #su #i probably shouldnt tag su much cause i dont need fans of it coming here like what the fuck is wrong with you sjfjsjd #atheism #religion critical #idk why i said fans of it as if im not a fan of it ajfjsjd i literally am its my favorite ever

[zibah-ho]

my brain is itchy and the only way to make it stop is Wikipedia jumping about schools of Islam and the like but also I’m a coward who is scared of hell sometimes and this isn’t helping

#I just wanted to read about Shia persecution and the religious guilt got me #ugh what am I Catholic #zh.txt #muslim tag #I guess #I’m doing atheism but like a chihuahua who got left out in the rain

[entropyvoid]

#judaism #christianity #islam #atheism #religion #there are obvs more religious tags than that but I jnow tumblr stops giving a shit after 5 so. #asking bc I’m from the north and just moved to the south and people keep Doing This and I hate it every time #people don’t. do that where I’m from. it’s not normal and I’d consider it insanely fucking rude #but I’m not entirely sure if this is an actual cultural difference or a me thing or what #pls no one bitch abt me shortening things to Xtian or rolling people raised in it in there I can only include so many variations #hope I haven’t set rabid dogs on myself with this one 👍🏻

[miliamin1]

“What is it now?” Wednesday asks gravely, still standing over her.

“I lied.” Enid answers wetly.

“You’re disabled and pay too much for the college tuition to feel guilt over-”

“I lied to my mom about having a girlfriend.” Enid sniffles.

“...and?” Wednesday tenses for a moment.

“So when I come home for Christmas alone she will restart the ‘Enid isn’t really gay’ agenda.” More tears again so she rubs at her eyes.

“How much did you lie?” Wednesday asks sitting down.

“I- just mentioned last June in a phone call fight that I’m dating a woman to prove a point. Somehow. I don’t know.  I think she got too sick to continue so I didn’t elaborate. And I-” Enid swallows heavily” I might have mentioned going on a date to cut a call short. Or being on a date. Maybe once when you were hearable in the background. Oh god.” She hides her face in hands.

“Only me?”

“Yeah I say it when I’m home, when I’m out I use going to a class excuse-”

Wednesday interrupts her in a contemplative tone “Do you need a perfect partner or a menace to make her regret budding into your dating life?” When Enid looks up at her the goth is looking far into distance, hand loosely over her mouth.

Enid squints at her before shaking her aching head and wincing “I- perfect partner I guess so she would shut up that only being with a man would make me happy. Or something. I don’t want to remember specific-”

“I can do that." 

“What?” Enid mumbles, rubbing her forehead.

“Play a perfect partner.” Wednesday's head turns to stare.

“... what?” Enid repeats faintly, with fingers to her temples.

Wednesday’s voice is casual but her eyes are intense. “I can be an objectively perfect romantic partner. We’re the same age, I’m attractive, more than able bodied, I have a successful career although I would have to reveal my pen name for that but even otherwise I’m independently wealthy anyway, well educated and I know etiquette to mask well enough. I can’t do anything about the inescapable impression of inhumanity but with my perfect manners complaining about that while sounding sane isn’t achievable. Then there’s atheism and Mexican heritage which could be problems according to your family. I doubt I can pass off as religious but if anyone asks I can just start speaking fluent French and talk about my European immigrant mother. Depends on how racist your family is.”

Pressing with fingers onto the head to make it work didn't help. She's been holding her breath too. “Wens- what- wait.”

“You stopped crying. Good.”

“You were joking to make me stop crying?”

“No. My offer is serious. As long as you won’t cry at me about it again.” Wednesday raises an eyebrow momentarily.

-----

Hi, may I interest you in a pretend relationship Christmas fic a month after? Just don't expect them to actually respect christianity.

Christmas Eve(L) (24096 words) by miliamin Chapters: 6/? Fandom: Wednesday (TV 2022) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Wednesday Addams/Enid Sinclair Characters: Wednesday Addams, Enid Sinclair, Enid Sinclair's Brothers, Esther Sinclair (Wednesday), Murray Sinclair Additional Tags: Fake/Pretend Relationship, Christmas Fluff, Alternate Universe - College/University, Alternate Universe - No Powers, Angst, Oblivious Enid Sinclair, Bisexual Enid Sinclair, Autistic Wednesday Addams, Enid Sinclair Has ADHD Summary: Lying for months about having a girlfriend so that her mother will stop her biphobic comments is close to blowing up in Enid’s face as she's about to leave for her Christmas break alone. But her hot, spooky roommate really loathes her tears so a plan to prevent her from admitting to lying is formed.

#wenclair #wenclair fanfic #my writing #og post #fake dating xmas au

[fanfic-lover-girl]

Anti Tagging is a Broken System

So there was this anti Zutara post that I saw a while ago that was tagged as both 'anti zutara' and 'zutara'. As you can imagine, zutara bloggers were mad and the OP claimed they tagged the post as 'zutara' as payback for zutara fans bashing kataang in the 'kataang' tag.

There was also a jedi critical post that was considered to be insulting to someone's religion or culture or some other nonsense. The person asked (**demanded**), the post be tagged as 'anti jedi' because seeing it in the 'jedi order' tag was causing real-world harm.

It confirmed my belief that the tagging system is severely broken and lacking.

These are two issues at play that I notice:

Villain vs Hero Double Standard

What's interesting is that this issue is mainly relevant for protagonists. If I want to bash Ozai, Palpatine or Joker on Tumblr, I don't have to tag my posts as anti. Maybe their fans would prefer it but we all know that these men are villains and the lowest scum in media. It's not bashing - it's the cold hard truth.

So why is it that my calling Ozai a bad father is not Ozai bashing, but me calling Aang a bad father is Aang bashing?? Why the double standards?? Sure, the hero will likely be more sympathetic because we are meant to root for them. But at the end of the day, just like Ozai, Aang played favourites and this left scars on his kids even in their fifties. If you are an Aang fan you can try to justify it, but his actions still hurt his kids no matter how you spin it.

What Does 'Anti' Even Mean??

There are too many ways to be anti character, anti ship etc which makes things murky.

Let's use Kataang as an example. Are you anti Kataang because you objectively looked at the ATLA show and you think how it is presented makes it a bad ship? Are you anti KA because you genuinely like the ship but you think it was not developed properly or did not go the way you thought best? Are you anti KA because you are just emotionally repulsed for whatever reason even though canon may give you reasons to support it? Are you anti KA just because it may be popular to be so in your circle?

That's the problem. Theoretically, the first two scenarios could be classified under the general 'kataang' tag. Because people who hold those opinions are not just bashing it for no reason but have objective truths that they have observed about the ship. Saying that Aang kissed Katara without her consent is an objective truth. Why should that be labelled as 'anti kataang'? It's the truth about the ship.

How would I address this?

The general tag should not be treated as a safe space. If you want a safe space, stick to a 'pro' or 'anti' tag. The general tag should be treated like a neutral zone where everything is laid on the table for debate and discourse. So if I browse the Jedi Order tag, I should see metas about cool Jedi powers and master-padawan relationships but also metas about the separation of families and the social harm it causes kids.

People need to stop being babies and grow up. If someone posts a critical meta about the Jedi order, it does not mean they are attacking whatever religion you have or calling for genocide in real life. Do you know how much witchcraft, paganism, atheism and other kinds of Christian bashing posts I see in the Christianity tag?? If you don't like something, just scroll past it like a big kid. Don't send death or rape threats to someone if you disagree with them.

I think if someone does not have substantial or accurate reasons for hating something, they should stick to the anti tag and avoid the general tag.

What do others think?? Tagging is hard because it's up to the discretion of the poster but I hope my arguments here made sense.

@caripr94

@tragicfantasy-girl

@sokkastyles

@the-badger-mole

#tumblr discourse #fandom etiquette #tagging #shipping discourse #character discussion #atla aang #aang vs ozai #character bashing #atla #anti tagging #jedi order #jedi order critical #toxic fandom #star wars discourse #star wars #atla discourse #anti kataang

[blubushie]

your post about the antitheist guy in your tags got me thinking and I thunked too hard and got mad despite not personally subscribing to any documented belief system

Antitheism (which is NOT the same as atheism and it pisses me off that people thing it is) is probably one of the most western centered ideals I've ever come across. It doesn't take into account the many indigenous cultures that are woven with their belief systems, or if it does they've just decided these aren't "real" religions because??? idk. I've never seen an antitheist address this. Ever. I see them skip over a lot of south East Asian religions too, I feel like that's evidence they either don't view certain belief systems as religious for whatever reason or they haven't done research into them before deciding to proclaim they hate the belief that there's a higher power and the concept of religion is inherently bad. Which is what Antitheism is.

Either way the whole concept feels very gross and ignorant of the many cultural aspects of various religions and I hope the weirdo guy in your reblogs starts being a better person who respects others cultures lol

SAY IT LOUDER FOR THE FOLKS IN THE BACK

My culture's word for "religion" is also the word for:

Customs

Manners

Culture

Law

Ceremonies/ceremonial songs

Message

News

#blu whos #bibleposting

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

You are an evil person, generalizing all religious people. Religion isn't a mental illness. Atheism is. Just wait until you die and stand before God.

Just wait until you die and stand before Kahless, the Unforgettable, who denies you entry to Sto-vo-kor and condemns you to Gre'thor on the Barge of the Dead for your lack of warrior honor.

Just wait until you die and stand before Santa Claus, who makes you dig coal for eternity, to fill the stockings of bad children on Christmas.

Just wait until you die and stand before Anubis in Duat for the Weighing of the Heart, to be eaten by Ammit, the Devourer of Souls.

If all that sounds stupid, that's exactly how you sound to me. "Since you don't believe in my pleasure palace, maybe you'll be afraid of my torture chamber." All of that nonsense you regurgitated is part of the same fictional universe. You might as well threaten to push me into the lava pit of Mount Doom.

Apparently, it's evil when I say it, but it's good when you do. That sounds about on-brand for religious hypocrisy.

Do you even think about these things before you vomit them up?

Despite my repeated requests for believers to justify the existence of their god(s), the best you have is "I'm going to report you to my imaginary manager, who'll deal with you when you're not around." Thanks, Karen.

What you're telling me is that you can't. You can't show me your god, and more devastatingly, you have no reason to believe in it yourself. If my "mistake" can't be shown to me until after I'm dead, you can't know it either, and your assertion and belief in it is inherently unjustified.

Your god's displeasure at my lack of belief in his existence is between him and me, just like Zeus' displeasure at your lack of belief in his existence is between you and him. So why does this have anything to do with you? Why are you in my inbox sending me threats? Why is your god so feeble or so non-existent that he can't get things done without you? Or, why do you think so little of him that you feel you need to step in and fix his great cosmic plan that he has for everyone?

Not only that, but you're not really making a very good case against the generalization you claim to object to, since you're doing the classic Xian trope of threatening people with fire and torture for not doing what you want them to do. For not subjugating themselves to your nonsensical mythology. I literally have a tag for that. You're doing the stereotype right here and now, but the problem is me? How does that make sense? Don't claim you don't want to be treated as a cliche, and then go and behave like a cliche. The same kind of Xian who insists that their religion is about love, not fear or hate, will also send you threats of torture, to show you they were lying about the first thing.

If a loving, all-knowing god exists, then I'm pretty sure you've pissed him off more than me, since I never threatened anyone with violence, I just explained my lack of belief in the unbelievable. But you certainly did.

Thanks for demonstrating the damage your religion does to people's mentality and morality. You really undermined your claim that it's not a mental illness, didn't you? "Religion isn't a mental illness, and me psychopathically looking forward to your eternal torture and suffering proves how good and mentally healthy I am." And this makes sense and feels good to you.

Evil is wishing eternal suffering onto a complete stranger for not believing the thing you do, for finding it unconvincing. I didn't do that. But you did.

I'd really rather not end up any place you are, anyway. That really would be torture.

Your religion needs new salespeople. No wonder people are leaving in droves.

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