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[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Oh no, some guy said we should stop being shitty to each other and take care of the poor, and a lot of people agreed. This is literally fascism!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Did you forget the part that if you don't follow the rules to the letter you get tortured for eternity? Sounds pretty fascistic to me.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Jesus never said you have to follow his rules to the letter in order to avoid hell, just that you have to make a sincere effort. After all, he preached that sins could be forgiven if you repent, didn't he?

Meanwhile, the alternative seems to be "just do whatever makes you happy, fuck what anyone else thinks", but that always inevitably leads to violence and bloodshed. Is that really the world you prefer to live in?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

John 3:18

Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.

So I guess it's not "follow the rules or you go to hell," it's "believe in Jesus or go to Hell." In other words, the vast majority of humans who have ever lived are in Hell according to the Bible.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Perhaps, but what does that matter? Is that a good enough reason to want to join them?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Seems like it was a good enough reason for Christians to spend the last 2000 years murdering non-believers.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

So because people have murdered for thousands of years we should just continue murdering people, is that what you're saying?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Nope, I'm saying Christians have had no problem murdering unbelievers for the last 2000 years, so maybe Christianity isn't as great as you make it out to be.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

People have killed their babies by putting them in microwave ovens. Perhaps microwave ovens aren't as great as they are made out to be.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No one has done that. That's an urban myth. What a terrible attempt at justifying the horrors that Christianity has wrought upon the world.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Oh, pardon me. ONE person. That definitely makes up for the Crusades, the Inquisition, the Pogroms, etc.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

If one person can do it, so can you. Unless you prefer to stay mad about the past forever because that isn't going to change.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Sure, one or two people putting their baby in the microwave is the same as Christians killing and torturing countless Jews and Muslims for not being Christian. Totally justifiable comparison.

I'm not surprised a Christian like you would try to excuse all the murder that way though.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The point was that anything, no matter how innocent or lifesaving, can be used for murder if you really want.

But I get it, you want to stay mad about the past.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The past?

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-65034343

Christians in Africa are oppressing LGBT+ people today.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67454386

Christians in Russia too.

Now it's time for you to claim they aren't True Christians rather than admit any culpability for your religion.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Okay but they're not murdering them, are they?

As far as Christianity is concerned, gay people are living in sin. And as long as they are not repenting or seeking help with their condition, they cannot be saved.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Are you fucking kidding me?

Are you actually defending them putting LGBT+ people in prison for life because they're not murdering them?

What the ever-loving fuck? Are you that much of a bigot?

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Lots of gay sex happening in prisons, should be right up their alley, no?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

I mean come on, at some point you gotta look at this whole thing reasonably. Where has all the LGBT acceptance in the West gotten us? There's gay people in the White House, transgenders in the military, pride parades in every major city, and yet somehow we're still arguing about whether gay people are oppressed because some states won't allow them to teach children about anal sex.

At some point you have to ask the question whether gay people are living in a state of feeling permanently oppressed not because of what Christians will or will not allow them to do, but as a result of their sinful lifestyle?

FWIW, I'm not sure that putting them in prison is the right way to deal with the problem, but from a Christian perspective, there isn't much anyone can do about it as long as they insist that being gay isn't the problem, lack of tolerance is.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

This whole comment is a load of bigoted crap.

Where has all the LGBT acceptance in the West gotten us?

People being able to live their lives the way they want to without bothering anyone?

some states won’t allow them to teach children about anal sex.

You're making shit up. Mad anal sex is not restricted to homosexuals you prude 😏

but as a result of their sinful lifestyle?

Sinful to you because you believe in your imaginary friend in the sky.

lack of tolerance is

Like your entire comment and when I dive deeper it's everywhere in your comment history too

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

People being able to live their lives the way they want to without bothering anyone?

Apparently it IS bothering people enough that they're willing to go through the trouble to make laws about it.

You're making shit up. Mad anal sex is not restricted to homosexuals you prude 😏

Doesn't mean it's appropriate to teach children about it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yes. We get it. You're a bigot who thinks it's okay to imprison gay people for life. You don't need to keep telling us.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

From a Christian perspective, they are imprisoning and oppressing themselves because they don't want to give up their sinful lifestyle yet want to have the same benefits as those who do. You want to have your cake and eat it, too.

Why is it so difficult to understand that normal people don't want to constantly be bothered or have to deal with gay people insisting they be allowed to do gay stuff around their kids?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

From a decent person perspective, you're still being a bigot.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

You can call me whatever you want but if being decent means allowing children to be taught about crossdressing and anal sex then I'd rather be a bigot.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I think there is more to it than that. Many people have been killed because of that silly book and what it says. People go insane thinking all that stuff is true to the point they are willing to kill others. Also I don't think the bible really says to stop being shitty to people. Only specific people. There is still mention of slaves and women being property. Rape was ok if you pay the girls father. You can't just pick the good parts and ignore the rest like everyone who is religious seems to do.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

You're confusing the Old Testament with the New. Yes, there was slavery in the Old Testament, but Jesus never had any slaves nor did He tell people to keep them. He also didn't tell anyone to kill people in His name. If people choose to call themselves Christians but don't keep Christ's commandments, you can't really blame Jesus for that, can you?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Fantastic, then I'll blame you for all the people killed by atheists because you didn't do anything to prevent it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

Okay, I'm going to keep preaching the words of Jesus then.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Can I blame a being that claims to be all powerful, all knowing and all good for every bad thing that happens? Yes absolutely. And "mysterious ways" ain't gonna cut it. That's not an argument, it's a cop out. Your god is either not powerful, not all knowing or evil. The reality of our existence proves that your god cannot be all three of those things. Or just maybe...

The truth is that your god doesn't exist so we need to be good to each other and do the right things because they're good and right. We need to do it for survival not because of the threat of hell or whatever. It's not possible to be a moral person and be religious because in the end you're only acting well based on being threatened or rewarded for your actions.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Okay, now that's a very good point. Almost.

As long as someone is acting morally, does it matter whether they do it because they understand morality and can reason it through the way you did, or because they think an invisible man in the sky is going to send them to hell if they don't?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

It's not moral to do something only because you are scared of punishment. Having morals would be knowing not to do something because it's wrong and may hurt others and having empathy for those around you.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 11 months ago

Look, clearly it would be preferable if people are moral because they have reasoned things through, because then they won't be as likely to fall to temptation or be reasoned out of it. Now I don't know about you, but, I would prefer someone who doesn't murder me because they believe they'll go to hell if they do to someone who does because he believes he'll get away with it.

It's not immoral to believe in Santa Claus, is it?