Has his face. Has his name. Is required for someone to bypass all vetting and do business/live/gain citizenship in the United States. And the Christians are welcoming him with open arms.

‘Member the fires, hurricanes, quakes etc. sent from god to wash away sins and the gays? These people are the worst hypocrites. Not to mention their anointed sinner leader. Not serious people.

This has to be the funniest conservative argument I have ever seen, Not only do they not understand what race actually is, as it was originally synonymous with clades during Darwin’s time, but this is also an instance of “Tu quoque” since they absolutely go ballistic whenever a confederate statue is taken down, whenever someone properly describes the treatment colonists gave to the natives as a genocide, or whenever someone points out that black history is being taught incorrectly in red states. People who think the amount of melanin in your skin can determine if you have an affinity for eating cats and dogs shouldn’t be the ones lecturing you on if you’re racist or not; Nor should these idiots lecture you on the scientific method because they think a Scientist being corrected for an error in their study is like a conservative influencer who makes ad revenue lying to people getting called out for their bullshit. They do not understand that idiots like Fred Hoyle and Richard Dawkins, who made actual advancements across the scientific community, are not in the same boat as dumber idiots like Ray Comfort and Kent Hovind. Evidence doesn’t rely on the opinions or reputation of the person who discovered it in order to be true, that’s the literal opposite of how they do work.

The former Christian’s will likely appreciate this the most. If Answers in Genesis isn’t comedy for Atheists I don’t know what is. Ken Ham attempts to explain using logic why the verses that say the earth is flat in the Bible…don’t actually say the earth is flat 🤣.

If we're going by Christian logic, God created everything. So that means he created:

- Cancer. Including DIPG, which is a form of brain cancer that affects young children. Only 10% of kids with it survive more than two years after diagnosis.

- The human reproductive system. Humans are shitty at giving birth, due to a small birth canal and narrow pelvis. He chose to make humans give birth this way. Childbirth was, and still is, incredibly dangerous, and often a death sentence.

- The infant mortality has been higher than 50% in some places throughout history.

- Miscarriage. Such a truly heartbreaking experience, and God CHOSE to make it happen in 10-25% of pregnancies.

- Natural disasters.

"Oh, but God created life, so he can choose to end it if he wants."

That isn't compatible with the idea of an all-loving God. An all-loving God wouldn't go out of his way to create such atrocities.

new to the subreddit so I don’t know if this has been established before but why is Christianity literally a textbook cult in the way their lingo goes. their vocab scares the shit out of me and Christian’s use it like its nothing. Like for example I’d see a post regarding a person doing something and the comments would be like REPENT TO GOD. Like what the fuck do you mean repent? that word sounds so superficial and scary like theres no way they’re serious. it’s like the equivalent of saying BEHOLD in a more cultist manner which im sure they use unironically too. they are literally acting like those fictional cultists like what the hell. how do they think what they’re saying is normal and believable? “turn to god and he will save you” and shit like “he is coming” “confess your sins and be saved” im sorry are we in a fucking thriller psychological horror movie i am always so astounded at how these people expect us to take them seriously when they say batshit ridiculous stuff like that

I was born into an Islamic household after my mother, who was raised Irish Catholic, converted to Islam at the age of 18. She found something mystical and unique in the religion. One of the things that stood out to her was how Irish Catholics would say, "Oh Jesus Christ," when annoyed, while Muslims would say, "Muhammad, peace be upon him," with reverence.

That contrast drew her in. Before her conversion, she was married to an Irish Catholic man my biological father but they divorced when I was four.

By the time I was five, we had moved to the UK and settled in a predominantly Islamic community. Growing up in that environment, being white and having an Irish accent made me quite popular, which naturally made my mother popular too. She was deeply involved invited to every event, every meeting, and every Friday prayer.

I spent my childhood fully immersed in Islamic culture and teachings. I wasn’t exposed to much of British culture. The only TV allowed in the house was Al Jazeera or Quranic recitations. I didn’t watch movies.

During school lunch breaks, while other kids played, I went to pray. I wasn’t allowed to make friends outside of our Islamic circle. My social world revolved around the religious groups we attended. I could recite the Quran from Surah Al-Baqarah to Surah Al-Fatiha, and that skill made me a bit of a star in the community. Because I could recite so perfectly in Arabic.

I lost my Irish accent but I still was a contrast in the community by being white and wearing a hijab Over the years, my mother married four different men in Islamic ceremonies. My entire life revolved around religion.

From the moment I woke up to the last prayer of the night, everything was structured around Islam. I wasn’t allowed to shorten my prayers with just Surah Al-Fatiha.

I had to recite long passages for at least an hour out loud or in group prayer, often led by one of my stepfathers. From the outside, we looked like the perfect religious family pillars of the community. I could quote hadiths from memory, list every sin and its corresponding punishment.

But inside the four walls of our home, there was a much darker reality. Daily beatings. Mental torture. Constant fear. I was forced to learn about the punishments of the Day of Judgment in excruciating detail.

I was shown videos radical, terrifying ones about hellfire. One of those videos haunted me for six months straight with nightmares. It was shown over 100 times in a girls’ Islamic group I was part of, and I didn’t learn the truth about its origins until I was 22.

I'm unable to find the original one but this is the one that's similar to the one that debunked it https://youtu.be/Coqv_7rGQ-c?feature=shared

I was constantly reminded that Allah knows what’s in my heart, and if I wasn’t praying “correctly,” I was headed for hell.

At the same time, I loved the praise. I loved being known as the white girl who could fast during Ramadan at just 10 years old. I wore hijab at 12, and by 16, my mother was trying to get me to wear the full niqab.

A big part of me wanted that too. I loved my religion, I loved reading the Quran for hours and hours because it stopped me getting beatings. If I was reading the Quran I wasn't getting punished.

When I would come with a hadith and discuss it and hear the oh wow you learned that wow that's so amazing I would feel phenomenal not just from the praise but from the knowledge that Allah was going to send me to the highest paradise because I was such a good Muslim.

Talks of marriage were daily. I was told I was created to serve a husband. But every night, I prayed to Allah to let me die in my sleep.

I wasn’t afraid of death I welcomed it. As I knew I was not a sinner I knew Allah was not going to send me to hell because number one I was a child a number two I was a devote Muslim! I cried silently, begging God to take me. Suicide wasn’t an option. The punishment for that was even worse.

Yet deep down, something told me this wasn’t normal.

I still went to school with other British kids. I had a bright personality, a sharp sense of humor.

Sometimes I’d joke about the beatings, and people’s shocked reactions reminded me this wasn’t okay.

By 16, I had a plan. My mother had plans too marriage. I stole money from my stepfather and bought a cheap phone with email access. I applied for a job as an au pair. Just after turning 17, I packed a small bag and got on a coach. I disappeared for two years, working for a Muslim family, still praying daily, still asking to die. I kept contact with my mum, but she didn’t know where I was.

I was legally an adult, so she couldn’t force me home. I didn’t see them for two years out of fear they’d send me abroad to marry. When I finally did see them, the reunion lasted less than three hours. I broke down emotionally, and it ended with me getting headbutted.

I left again, this time for Ireland. It was in Ireland that I began to unravel. The real me started to emerge, and it was painful. I’d cry to Allah, asking why He allowed Shaytan to whisper these doubts. I prayed so hard my knees were bruised.

Then, one day, I just stopped. I came out as a lesbian. I took off my hijab. I was 19. At 20, I returned to the UK and reconnected with a friend from my Islamic group. We planned a quiet dinner at her house. She knew I no longer wore the scarf but didn’t know I was gay. When I arrived, there were 20 women waiting. They pinned me down and read Quranic verses over me like an exorcism. I screamed, begged them to stop—but to them, it confirmed a jinn had possessed me. After about 15 minutes, something inside me snapped. I fought back punched, kicked, even bit someone. I was hysterical. But I got away. The bruises lasted weeks.

I stayed in contact with my mother and siblings until I was 23 and then I cut them off completely I haven't seen to them in over 12 years. I haven't spoken to them in 10 years.

As I got older, I learned to laugh about some of it, or at least to say, “It wasn’t in my control.” I’ve managed to move forward without the lasting psychological damage many endure.

I’m lucky I have a strong mind and a light heart. I have an amazing job, a home I love, and a life I’m proud of. But there’s one thing I can’t shake. The fear of hell. It lives in me. It disables me. I believe in God because I can’t not. He’s my inner monologue, the one I talk to when I’m scared or grateful. But I don’t believe in Islam anymore. I don’t believe in the pain I was taught was holy.

I’ve talked to British friends about childhood abuse they can’t relate. Muslim friends (who practice more culturally than religiously) and I laugh about beatings with sticks and belts to ease the trauma. But at night, my heart sinks. What if I’m wrong? What if Satan tricked me? What if I’m deceived? I don’t want to be punished. I don’t want to feel fire under my feet. I don’t drink. I don’t use drugs. But I’m a lesbian, I have tattoos, I don’t dress modestly by Islamic standards.

I don’t feel ashamed but I’m absolutely terrified of God. I know so much about religion. I studied the Quran, the Torah, the Bible. I know the beauty in all of them, and also the pain. I want to believe there’s a reason I survived 17 years of physical, emotional, and the kind of abuse no describable. I don’t want to believe life is just suffering, and then nothing.

I spent years trying to learn about other religions such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Mormons and so many others but I can't relate with any of them as for me personally I can just see too many fakeness in them and that's from my Islamic upbringing of the way I was taught that if Jesus was god's son and God loves he's children so much how is he going to let him die.

Do I want to believe in Allah? No. Not as I was taught. I don’t want to follow any religion or ideology. I just want to be at peace with my God whoever He or She is because I know He knows me. I’m tired of being afraid. The fear controls my life. I avoid risk. I watch my health obsessively, terrified something will happen to me.

I live in a diverse community now. Every day I see Muslims, and I wonder is this a sign? I’ve had therapy for my childhood trauma, and it’s helped. But I can’t bring myself to go to therapy for the fear of hell. Because at the end of the day, there’s still that question: What if…?

My freakin 33 years old brother had a valuable insight, literally said "This life isn't even worth a mosquito's wing to God. If it was of any worth then God wouldn't allow unbelievers to get a drink of water"

I dunno about anyone, but my immediate reaction is "yikes, you're sick", put mildly. It makes me sick to my stomach how it pushes people into the mentality that this life's worthless and meaningless, like this shit is the root motivation of things like suicide bombers, just go kaboom and you'll wake up to 72 eternal virgins (spoiler: he's Muslim)

Sigh

The Christian God may just about get a free pass because it is claimed that Jesus came for both Jew and Gentile, although this would surely make God somewhat fallible as he seemed to have an extreme personality transplant between the Old and New Testaments.

And the God of Judaism has no such escape door. I find it hard to understand why an omnibenevolent creator God would have a favoured race to whom he promises land, children, wealth, protection and general prosperity. It has been suggested that the Israelites were used as a mere channel for God to extend blessings to all other nations, but why would he need to use a nation or group of people to do this, couldn’t he just go ahead and do it? And why would the murder or displacement of the Caananites, Amorites, Midianites, Philistines and Amalekites be needed if the Israelites were meant to be used to bless all nations? These groups were literally already in Israel and didn’t necessarily need to be “destroyed”.

I rarely see this point made, but I believe it to be a valid reason to subscribe to protest atheism. Although I personally don’t believe God exists at all, so I have no reason to protest.

I was watching this Arabic superhero movie—honestly, not the best, but curiosity got the better of me. There's this scene where a guy is about to jump off a building. Our superhero shows up to "save" him. The man says he's useless, and the hero responds with something like: "How can you say you're useless? Why would God have created you then?" And just like that, crisis averted. All wrapped up with a neat little social message, of course.

It’s wild how often the answer to deep existential despair in media boils down to “God has a plan.” No nuance, no real discussion—just divine purpose as a quick fix.

Growing up I was Hindu, which has its own issues, but I've never seen the level of hate and vitriol as Abrahamic ones (I suppose also me being in the West now), but even still, it never seemed that Hinduistic ones ever cared about other religions. The only time that they really seemed to care was when Buddhism came onto the fray, and even then, they incorporated the tenets into Hinduism itself, where the Buddha became an incarnation of Vishnu. I truly cry for the rest of Southeast Asia such as Indonesia where they still have blasphemy laws and most are indoctrinated into the Islamic way of life, whether historically by trade or otherwise.

Edit: honestly, they're all shit, I just think some are more shit than others, namely what I've seen in Abrahamic religions have not necessarily been eclipsed by Eastern ones, but I'd love to be proven wrong.

How do you make these people realized they're being taken advantage of? Obviously this applies to Trump, but encompasses many other bad faith actors in the US. Is it easier to just say, "Oh, it's out of my hands, God's got it," and then astroturf everything that happens to you as a test of faith? Is it lower intelligence? I've tried to be tolerant and take a live and let live attitude with everything but it's at the point where it's genuinely interfering with my way of life.

This is so unbelievably destructive. They've taken a behavior that is perfectly natural and normal and turned it into a 'sin'. As if seeking pleasure in a manner that, by definition, hurts or impacts nobody else is somehow a betrayal of 'God'.

All this attitude does is breed destructive emotions in people who are feeling perfectly normal and natural urges.

Everyone’s answers were either “pray to god to help us survive” or “bring good vibes”. Then they all bragged about how well we would do under “his protection”.

We’d be so fucked 😂

It’s a mix of pseudoscience, misinformation, and pure arrogance.

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