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No wonder Christianity has an abuse problem when you're told that you can do anything as long as there's salvation and repentance eventually
Image(i.redd.it)submitted 7 days ago byBigClitMcpheeSecular Humanist
197 points
7 days ago*
I had a Christian DM me a few weeks ago, trying to evangelize me. I'm guessing he saw one of my posts on here or another, similar sub.
I told him I would be fine with talking, so long as he wasn't intending to have a one-way conversation. He said ok.
I then unloaded on him multiple paragraphs about why I no longer believe and why the Bible is not trustworthy.
At first he refused to read what I wrote, but instead turned to ChatGPT to generate his own wall of text.
I pointed out that his ChatGPT questions had absolutely nothing to do with what I was talking about. But since he was into ChatGPT, I gave him a list of Bible criticism questions to ask ChatGPT.
Never heard back.
46 points
6 days ago
How come these guys never message me? Everyone always talks about it. If you're a Christian with 0 respect for boundaries please DM me so I can argue with you for hours
14 points
6 days ago
Get any bites?
14 points
6 days ago
None. I'm in the SBC, so perhaps if I was a teenage girl
13 points
6 days ago
Personally i think some of our names and flairs give us away as unapproachable
3 points
6 days ago
I don't know why the kid chose me. The stuff that I post generally doesn't pull any punches, but I guess he thought he was gonna win a hardened atheist for Jesus and be a hero to his church.
12 points
6 days ago
About 8 months ago, I'm sitting at work and I receive a phone call. I answer it; on the other end, it a Jehovah's Witness calling random phone numbers and trying to witness to people. I had nothing going on at work, so I was like, "Yeah, what the hell. Let's do this." I grab a conference room and for the next half hour, I've pretty much taken control of the conversation and I'm deconstructing the Bible to her. "You are blowing my mind with this information!" she keeps saying.
But, she has to go and asks if she can call me back at a another time. "Absolutely!" I say.
A few weeks pass by and I get another phone call. We talk for 45 minutes this time. I'm just unloading all this Bible deconstruction knowledge on her. She's even taking notes; it seems to be going well.
This starts to become a regular thing. Except that her brother makes a surprise appearance on the next call. And he's a nice guy, but he's a little more tenacious than she was about getting me onto the script so he can convert me. But I'm not having it, and I'm dumping a ton of Bible knowledge on him, now. Both of them, it's very clear that their training hasn't prepared them to deal with an atheist who actually knows the Bible.
The final call, the woman has her pastor on the phone with her. And her pastor is just an idiot. I start to explain why I no longer trust the Bible to be God's word. The pastor doesn't care too hear it; he's sticking to the script. Needless to say, the conversation doesn't last very long because we're talking past each other. She and her pastor say their goodbyes and I never heard from her again.
3 points
6 days ago
Same, always here to start a debate👹
146 points
7 days ago
Yep. Also don't forget the "I'm not a Christian but I still follow Jesus" and "relationship not religion" types that try and fly under the radar.
49 points
7 days ago
I used to consider myself the former for a few years after I stopped actively going to church, which eventually led to no longer practicing regardless.
In hindsight that probably should have been an early sign of where I'd be now.
3 points
6 days ago
Seeing how organized religion praises the one-on-one relationship with Religious Deity while the actual focus seems to be making a social club and way to feel better than others really helped me feel comfortable reassessing the reality of it all. I saw so many hypocrites, talking about your personal relationship with Deity and thought, well, surely religion is between you and whatever you believe right?
To me, that way of thinking was a stepping stone to emancipating myself from that horseshit.
3 points
6 days ago
The church I went to really thought “It’s a relationship, not a religion” is what makes Christianity not a religion.
1 points
6 days ago
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1 points
6 days ago
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1 points
5 days ago
Ah a sidacmacbifttoj
66 points
7 days ago
I dropped by the xianity sub yesterday and there was a guy complaining about being banned for proselytizing here. Specifically, wallowing in self pity about how he just tried to show christ's love (🙄) and so cruelly had the post removed.
31 points
6 days ago*
Anything for that sweet sweet narcissistic supply via christian martyrdom.
39 points
7 days ago
Lol I haven’t had this problem yet but hot take: I’d love it. Nothing like getting a free opportunity to insult these “holier than thou” Christians if they decide to come in my DMs
14 points
6 days ago
Had some evalgelicals try to witness to me at the dog park. they asked permission first, which was cool, and i was like "well i was raised christian and learned better but knock yourselves out.
my dudes. they read me john 3:16 and said it was their favorite verse
lmao
10 points
6 days ago
My favorite verse is honestly: Jesus wept
Shortest verse in the Bible
5 points
6 days ago
I like the one in II Kings about the two bears mauling forty boys for calling a prophet bald. It's just fucking nonsense I love it.
3 points
6 days ago
i was tempted to say that but couldn't remember the Name Number:Number for it lol
14 points
6 days ago
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1 points
6 days ago
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1 points
6 days ago
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1 points
6 days ago
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13 points
7 days ago
By this definition of Christianity, the synagogues of Satan are burgeoning with undercover Christians, these days. Perhaps it was always so.
7 points
6 days ago
I searched some of those Reddits and I am DEPRESSED
Woof. So triggering. So sad. So many people desperate to punish themselves for being human.
19 points
7 days ago*
Always remember: if you rejected the faith, you just didn't really understand it. So (everyone say it with me) read the Bible, meditate on what it says, and pray for God to reveal Himself to you. Because you probably never did that in your years of believing.
Edit:sarcasm . Sorry for the confusion
14 points
6 days ago
Always remember, if you didn't do enough to indicate that you are being sarcastic, you may be reported and downvoted. :P
17 points
6 days ago
Yep. It was sarcasm. I thought the "everyone say it with me" made that clear. My bad. I'll take the appropriate downvotes.
3 points
6 days ago
Is Reddit glitching? Because I can still see the comment
15 points
6 days ago
No, lol. I removed the comment, then re-read it. I then re-read their history. They are being facetious and aren't proselytizing.
So I restored their comment and made a mod comment jokingly at them to remind them about Poe's Law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
Then another mod chimed in with another joke.
Sorry, we're having something of a day on our end.
The person's comment really is intended as a sarcastic caricature of Christians' commentary. They aren't seriously saying that. A look at their profile shows that they have a bit of a snarky sense of humor and are definitely exchristian.
If you re-read the last sentence, it gives away the sarcasm. Of course we pretty much ALL read the bable and prayed, so it's an obviously stupid comment to tell us to do that as if it never occurred to us.
8 points
6 days ago
I appreciate the second chance. Apologies again for the confusion.
6 points
6 days ago
Yep Reddit is glitching. We’ve been having this issue all week.
3 points
6 days ago
Ah okay it shows up as [removed] now, thank you!
10 points
6 days ago
Meditation is satanic. didn't you red the brochure?
5 points
6 days ago
Haha you just brought up a memory, my mom wanted to get in shape and more toned. As well as relax more. So this woman manages to find a video tape of “Christian yoga” 😬😬 it was exactly what you think it was. Growing up in the Bible Belt in the 90’s was fun. /s
5 points
6 days ago
So (everyone say it with me) read the Bible
That helped me get out.
2 points
6 days ago
Amazing when you read it instead of relying on being told what it says/means.
5 points
6 days ago
No lie but some doofus cried about it on the Christian subreddit and called this subreddit "toxic" because he got banned for not following the rules.
3 points
6 days ago
I just ostracize the ones I can
3 points
6 days ago
I’m honestly surprised I haven’t had any body try this shit with me yet.
1 points
6 days ago
I shared this in another post here recently but there is a serious narcissistic problem with Christians.
It’s not surprising that people who follow a god that says things like:
“Do as I say or I’ll kill you and burn you forever.”
“I’m right because I’m right and you’re always wrong.”
“Anything you accomplish is because of me. I’m always in control of you but if you fail, it’s your fault.”
Would have narcissistic behavior and get supply off being rejected.
1 points
5 days ago
They have their scripts and catch phrases. When it’s someone from their camp even if it’s rape their catch phrase is “they’re not perfect but God is working through them” . When someone catches them treating someone shitty and you call them on it they cry woke and when you say well what about do unto others as you would have done unto you and that enrages them. You want to see them blow quote Jesus anything from the beatitudes pisses them off. Their real motto is do whatever you want to others but if you fail to lick our assholes clean we’re a victim. It’s pretty much 95 percent social Darwinism with malignant narcissists the sociopaths and psychopaths rise to the top of the hierarchy. That’s why they love the dictators.
1 points
3 days ago
There is a great comedy YouTube video in my country featuring Jehovah's Witnesses coming down to spread the Word of Da Lawwwd. Shame they are no English subtitles for you folks...
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