I Don't Like Religion

Just a couple blasphemous things I've been thinking recently.

1) You tell me you have faith in God. I tell you I have faith that this glass of water isn't poisoned. Now drink it.

2) The only way to believe that Satan is evil is if he punishes good people. Because if he punishes bad people, he's basically a police officer doing a REALLY good job. So if Satan is evil, God sends the wrong people to Hell.

3) My religion is right because My religion is right because My religion is right because My religion is right because My religion is right because My religion is right because My religion is right because My religion is right because My religion is right because......

4) I wonder if people believe in God only because they don't want to believe their parents would lie to them.

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SW-User

Satan isn't perceived as evil because he punishes good people, he's perceived as evil because he corrupts them. At least that's what I thought.

RoboChloe · 26-30, F

The problem with Satan is he has about as many interpretations as the number of religions squared.

SW-User

@RoboChloe: Still, I named a common one.

RoboChloe · 26-30, F

And I envoked another common interpretation. Since both are bullshit, it doesn't really matter which one people believe in.

SW-User

@RoboChloe: I wonder how many people have ever interpreted Satan as someone who punishes good people? 🤔 I don't think many.

RoboChloe · 26-30, F

I meant as someone who punishes bad people.

SW-User

@RoboChloe: [quote]The only way to believe that Satan is evil is if he punishes good people.[/quote] Did you really believe that? Even after I mentioned the actual reason most people see him as evil?

RoboChloe · 26-30, F

This is religion we're talking about. Do you realy want me to put *asterisks after every word explaining that different religions interpret things differently?

SW-User

@RoboChloe: No, but maybe acknowledge that your interpretation was just stupid.

RoboChloe · 26-30, F

I'm a vocal atheist who actively dislikes religion. And you think I'm going to say that? No. You're almost as mistaken as religious people are aboout God. Sometimes atheists say stupid things. From where I'm sitting, what I said wasn't at all stupid. It is valid for some interpretations of that particular fictional archetype.

SW-User

@RoboChloe: It's stupid because it doesn't make sense. The only reason we need police officers is because Satan apparently made the world that way. It doesn't matter how good he may be at that job, we wouldn't need it if it weren't for him. He's still very evil. I'm agnostic, but I think anyone with sense can see how dumb your interpretation was.

RoboChloe · 26-30, F

Just because you disagree with me doesn't mean my interpretation is dumb. That's why it's called an interpretation, and not the TRUTH. Since the truth doesn't work on religious people, all that us people with sense have left is situational ridicule of religious people themselves.

SW-User

No religion makes sense when you get down to it, but they can at least attempt to. You couldn't even manage that much. When you try to ridicule religious people in such a stupid way, it doesn't make me laugh at them, it makes me laugh at you.

RoboChloe · 26-30, F

Frankly I just think you didn't quite understand what I was trying to say, and so I'm just going to suggest you read my point again, carefully. If you did understand it, then please stop telling me I'm stupid and have no sense, and just go. I don't like deleting comments, so I won't delete yours, but just please, stop. I won't stop you from commenting rude things to me, but this is the last time I respond. When I talk to peole, it's with the hope that a mutual understanding can be reached, even if that mutual understanding is that we disagree. You can't send a message without saying something insulting to me it seems, so I'm done with you.

SW-User

@RoboChloe: It must be rough, having people judge you like you judge them. But it's alright when you do it, right hypocrite?