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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yet, amoral assholes tricking vulnerable people with tales of magic is how religion spreads.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

No it isn't you idiot. But please continue to spout 90s era New Atheism propaganda as if it will change anyone's minds at this point.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Nit: "New Atheism" was the decade after that. Gary Wolf coined the term in a Wired story from 2006.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks for the clarification. I kinda missed that entire thing online during the time.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

of course they’re one of these

how did you imagine this was gonna go?

you show up in a community you don’t participate in and post low-quality edgelord atheist horseshit that doesn’t have anything to do with what you replied to
one of the regulars calls you out on your weird bullshit
you report them for breaking a rule that doesn’t exist and I go “uhhhh ok!” and they’re the one that gets banned for some reason???

[–] mindbleach 1 points 3 weeks ago

You're right, we wait until kids have a firm grasp of metaphysics before convincing them through formal education.

And the Gideons put bibles in every hotel room to catch people when they're having a great time.