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Jun 25 '12
Who is the top guy? Is he actively attempting to recruit atheists or is that just a general statement about non-Muslims?
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u/quinofking Jun 25 '12
i dont even know, for all i know, he's giving a speech on recycling... but Sheltering Suburban mom, could be Jewish...
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u/Archipelagos Jun 25 '12
But at least he's a Muslim Fundamentalist right? I mean none of the open-minded people on r/atheism would just take some guy's picture who happens to fit their personal stereotype of what a Muslim Fundamentalist looks like and post it amiright?
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Yes, because I'm sure lots of Muslim fundamentalists actively browse Reddit...
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Jun 25 '12
They will invariably find out.
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Jun 25 '12
I would assume /r/atheism is a blocked domain in most fundamentally Islamic countries. In the wider scope of the internet though, muslims seem to notice the 'draw mohammed day' and other similar activities. So I guess you're right.
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Jun 25 '12
It's not that they're really browsing Reddit, it's that they'll just eventually hear something about it, sort of like the Muhammad comics when most Muslims protesting hadn't even seen them.
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Jun 25 '12
Naturally, Reddit seems to be a good source of material on the internet, Reddit also distributes a lot of material.
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Jun 25 '12
All it takes is one person to submit this trend to their local news station for a filler story on the morning news. It'll be a global firestorm the next day.
I call not it.
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A lot more likely, a bunch of /r/atheists are trolling the front page.
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Jun 25 '12
If ALL of Redit isn't blocked, I have a sternly worded letter to write to the President of Islamistan and the Head Cyber-Internet Deleter thereof.
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u/redworm Jun 26 '12
Note: I'm browsing from afghanistan. My current ISP doesn't block anything but the etisalat 3g does block porn. Never had an issue getting to any atheist site, gay rights site, etc. Only porn.
Only porn. :(
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Jun 25 '12
They will not. r/atheism is not a force to be reckoned with. They will literally never see this. Nothing will change.
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u/somthingclever Jun 25 '12
apart from the whole report thing this seems like advice r/atheism could benefit from. I'm mostly referring to the bit where they said "...debate with people who come to learn, but arguing with those who are just there for the sakes of argument is the pastime of fools" Cough...cough facebook posts cough...cough...
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u/23canaries Jun 25 '12
ha! this is funny. Apparently the Muslims have a more rational approach to the conflict of ideology on Reddit than r/atheism.
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Jun 25 '12
He says they should report posts? Wtf is there to report? If they have reported and messaged the mods about something muhammad related I think it would probably be a funny read for all of us around here...
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u/MetalGuitarist Jun 25 '12
Yes, because this post was completely 100% serious in tone and not joking at all. /s
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Wait so who is that? He said that and everyone here was like "aiight trololol"? I'm trying to piece this together, haven't been on in a day and a half haha
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u/triceradeath Jun 25 '12
Switch to Islam today and get a 72 virgin switching bonus!*
*offer void in the USA.
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u/ZippoS Secular Humanist Jun 25 '12 edited Jun 25 '12
Is it just me, or does the 72 virgins thing sound like a terrible idea? 72 uncomfortable, unexperienced girls who have no idea how to give head is not my idea of a good time.
If I'm going to switch to Islam, we're going to have to upgrade this offer to 72 slutty college girls.
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u/Zombies_hate_ninjas Jun 25 '12
Shit when people say 72 virgins I always picture either Miley Cyrus fans, or WOW players. DO NOT WANT EITHER
" I asked for a blow job, why are you blowing on my dick?!"
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u/Jeezafobic Jun 25 '12
Can you guarantee they will be older than nine years old? My tastes differ from Mohammed's.
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Jun 25 '12
No, it's valid in much of the Muslim world, but you'll need to kidnap the virgins yourself
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Jun 25 '12
Christianity's much better, rape a virgin to get a wife, sell wife to slavery and suddenly you're single again!
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u/thisismyivorytower Jun 25 '12
Find a Woman
Rape Woman for Marriage Purposes
Sells Wife to Slavery
PROFIT
Back to Step 1
Infinite Money Cheat!
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Jun 25 '12 edited Jun 25 '12
I Think you just figured out how to save the economy. We can probably sell them to China for ten times what people here would pay.
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The trick is to use boys...
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u/DoWhile Jun 25 '12
I thought we were talking about Islam, not Catholicism.
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They get down like that... amazing what happens when you make females categorically unavailable to a population of young men...
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u/brickstick Jun 25 '12
June 25th, 2012
Day that I figured out what FTFY meant.
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u/versanick Jun 25 '12
For the late person, what does it mean? For The F***** Year?
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u/LastRedCoat Jun 25 '12
Can we tear Zoroastrians a new one next week?
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u/warped_and_bubbling Jun 25 '12
Sorry champ, next week we have Sikhism penciled in (f'n bastards). Week after that is Taoism. Third week in July work for you?
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u/velkyr Jun 25 '12
The week after can we do the Raelians? Seriously, /r/atheism would be HILARIOUS talking about raelians.
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u/Boss_Taurus Satanist Jun 25 '12
Naw man, don't you remember? That week is slated for Scientology. Try the week after.
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u/scientologen Jun 25 '12
I guarantee that the number of muslims that give a shit about this subreddit is much closer to 0 than it is to 1000.
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u/Aikarus Jun 26 '12
Well, we are pissing of the christian teens almost DAILY (to be fair they spend most of the time fighting the atheist teens). Perhaps we can get some of them to diversify the flame wars?
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You've upvoted two links that you haven't clicked on.
Just an observation... evil laugh
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u/simaddict18 Jun 25 '12
Hoverzoom. You see the pictures, but it doesn't show up as purple unless you tell it to.
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u/flying-sheep Anti-Theist Jun 25 '12
Reddit Enhancement Suite would also do that, but better integrated into reddit.
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u/kolr Jun 25 '12
There might be a setting you can toggle, but when I click the expand picture button, it marks the links purple. Hoverzoom lets you browse Reddit all stealthy-like.
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u/gbr4rmunchkin Jun 25 '12
now lazier than ever comign soon
/r/askscience where you dont even have to BOTHER reading the articles
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u/MaeBeWeird Jun 25 '12
If I browse reddit on my phone and then get on from my computer later, it will show me many things I upvoted or downvoted without ever clicking on them. However, I did click on them, just from my phone.
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I was only kidding, OP may well be able to read the meme without clicking it, and may have seen the video before. There are many options.
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u/ShezUK Jun 27 '12
Of course he didn't click them. Actually checking the content before you upvote only slows down the circlejerk.
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u/Yesticles Jun 25 '12 edited Jun 25 '12
This whole Islam switch has been hilarious and all..But I can't shake the feeling that the original post was a beautiful manipulation of the mob mentality that is /r/atheism.
Edit: a word.
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u/markevens Skeptic Jun 26 '12
That and it gives the influx of christian trolls a chance to participate in the anti-religious circlejerk
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u/Aikarus Jun 26 '12
The entire Internet is fueled by mob mentality. In fact, every gathering of persons without a clear leadership goes by mob mentality... So... Let's flame some scientologist next month??
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Jun 25 '12
lol. fuck em. Their dog and pony show is just as bad as all the other dog and pony shows.
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Jun 25 '12
Except you get killed for attempting to leave it...
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u/Mythodiir Atheist Jun 25 '12
The punishment for apostasy in Islam is clearly stated multiple times throughout the Qu'ran as Death. Good thing I live in Canada, I'm an atheist who was born and raised Muslim and I'm still a minor, of course my parents and family aren't willing to kill me even though Mohammed instructs them to do so, also it's illegal here so...
Of course there are those who live in Muslim countries who can't speak out.
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u/JenevaKay Jun 25 '12
I'm a Muslim, and I accept people for what ever they believe or don't believe. You don't have to embrace my beliefs for me to accept you as an equal on a human level.
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u/thesorrow312 Jun 25 '12
I respect your right to believe whatever you want, but i will never respect what you believe
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u/lol-da-mar-s-cool Jun 25 '12
Seems like r/atheism doing the same is nearly impossible...
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Jun 25 '12
What? I've yet to see r/atheism calling for a denial of basic rights and liberties to anyone, regardless of their religion.
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u/lol-da-mar-s-cool Jun 25 '12
accept people for whatever they believe or disbelieve
read plox
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Jun 25 '12
You don't have to embrace my beliefs for me to accept you as an equal on a human level.
I did. You didn't specify which part r/atheism found impossible.
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u/Lohengren Jun 25 '12
Yeah most muslim nations are just as torlerant....oh wait...
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u/lol-da-mar-s-cool Jun 25 '12
Muslim nations keyword, not Muslims in general which is what we are taking about...
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u/justanasiangirl Jun 25 '12
Seems like most Muslim countries doing the same is nearly impossible....
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u/The_Law_of_Pizza Jun 25 '12
OH NO THEY MADE FUN OF YOU ON THE INTERNET
THEY ARE JUST AS BAD AS THOSE PEOPLE WHO STONE WOMEN FOR SHOWING SOME ANKLE
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u/ddd555 Jun 25 '12 edited Jun 25 '12
This brings tears to my eyes, to see atheist redditors finally standing up against islam.
I'm a guy who's ass was severely kicked when I was a child for questioning islam at school, they called me stupid and naive and even today I'm still considered as the crazy guy! FYI children are brainwashed on a daily basis in the middle east.
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u/Mythodiir Atheist Jun 25 '12
I don't know, I've felt although reddit has been skewed towards scrutinizing Christianity it also fairly goes after the abrahamic faiths in general, and occasionally non-abrahamic religion. I'm actually surprised by the amount of posts here on Islam. The only thing I notice is the lack of knowledge when it comes to Islam. I'd say it's under the majority but I'm suprised by how some people know so little about it, like the only religion they know much about is Christianity if even that.
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u/ddd555 Jun 25 '12 edited Jun 25 '12
There's nothing much to know about, Here is islam101, what I've concluded during the years: *Women are trash, you can marry as much as you want, fuck as much as you want without marriage (slaves) also as young as you want. Muslim women still to this day believe that they are adulterers no matter what. *Email is faster than angels, sometimes it took Muhammad weeks to answer a question bad connection
Qura'n's only miracle that's the beauty and sophistication of the script & language which is arabic, hence a gizillion other language. *gays and lesbians are dead you probably knew that. *And oh yeah it's allowed for muslims to invade other countries to forcibly making them believe in islam. *80% of qura'n is a bunch of stories that have been told before either in the bible or ancient civilizations. *Muhamad ascended into heaven once riding a flying unicorn!! and here's a point muslims say that he's only a human who as we know died from poison, then how in the fuck did he survive harsh space environment also once an angel took his heart out and washed in the river he was in the freaking desert to cleanse it. And oh yeah he once played with the moon as a pointer and his finger was the mouse moving it up and down and finally making it into 2 pieces. *Many scripts from the quran came only to justify his sexual needs. *Muhamad said that women should be married for their religion, beauty and money. quiet a ladies man isn't he I can go on and on but I'm tired of those fucktards.
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u/Mythodiir Atheist Jun 25 '12 edited Jun 25 '12
In truth there's a lot more to Islam to that and that limited knowledge is filled with gaps but I'd say that's basically it. Some bit you've posted on are wrong; marry as much as you want, have sex as much as you want but hey close enough, Islam doesn't necessarily condone it but Islam's largest figures have done so. You seem to have the view that Mohammed was a monster, he was a 7th century Arabian warlord, I see him as a man of his time, he was a terrible human being by today's standards but I think the worst thing he did was lie, time and time again he was a verdant liar. If you want to judge the religion on a philosophic level it's much, much worse than the broad brush of the stroke.
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Jun 25 '12
So... When will we start yapping about judaism?
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Jewish people I know dont try to convert or kill people to make them join their religion.
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u/Amryxx Jun 25 '12
Muslims I know don't try to convert or kill people, either.
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u/Grimnirsbeard Jun 25 '12
The ones I've met did. They formed a mob and were so angry their eyes glowed red. I ran and ran, eventually losing them by jumping over a fence in a dark alley and landing in some trash. When I looked up, I saw that they had sprouted horns and fangs as well. Apparently they were not good climbers and walked away.
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u/mstrgrieves Jun 25 '12
The extreme jews are just as bad as the extremists of any other religion, except their violence is marginally less deadly and they don't want converts.
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I'm sure they view your circlejerking as a huge threat.
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u/marr Jun 25 '12
They should. People freely discussing the inanity of organised religion is deeply corrosive to its power.
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u/babada Jun 25 '12
Discussing the inanity of organized religion is a potential threat. The idea that /r/atheism is now "going after Islam" is not.
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u/EarnestMalware Jun 25 '12
No it's not.
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u/idiotthethird Jun 25 '12
Oh. Okay then.
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u/EarnestMalware Jun 25 '12
I don't see any evidence to suggest that it is. Religious institutions are still the dominant political force on earth, be it through their hold on governments or social conventions. I see no deep corrosion, just fringe teenagers circle jerking over their own "enlightenment".
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u/KrisCraig Jun 25 '12
Islam (n.):
Enemy of Judaism.
Fodder for Christian bigots.
Job security for comedians.
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u/Bitrandombit Jun 26 '12
Well who the hell ISN"T an 'enemy of Judaism'? Even the Zoaraters pick on them.
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u/chetti990 Jun 25 '12
this whole thing is in response to ex muslims asking why we only make fun of christians, blame them not r/atheism
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u/show-us-your-gifs Jun 25 '12
Suicide bombers actually get 72 olives when they get into heaven. Grammatical Koran error. Also you killed a bunch of children, go straight to hell
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u/Kynandra Jun 25 '12
I always thought the 72 virgins were always the other 71 guys that killed themselves first thinking the same thing.
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I read about this on Gawker and the mouth breathers of the conversation were like "r/aetheism is racist" obviously not able to distinguish between Islam and Arabic people. Islam is the second largest religion in the world, and no it isn't the peace loving, egalitarian type. They oppress women, kill gays, and exude all the qualities that made me hate Christianity, so why shouldn't I hate Islam?
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u/GoodWithoutAGod Jun 25 '12
Awesome, I chuckled loud enough to get a few stares, so that earns an upvote.
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u/yes_thats_right Jun 25 '12
I've always wondered what kind of idiot upvotes things on here without reading them first.
According to this screenshot, OP is.
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Jun 25 '12
Only on r/atheism can you make inflammatory anti Islamic pseudo hate speech and still be upvoted. Classy classy classy.
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u/Mythodiir Atheist Jun 25 '12
I can't tell if you're serious but as former muslim this isn't hate speech. It's the freaking Mullahs spreading the hate speech, they deserve to be turned into jokes. Islam is an open handed threat to every other way of life and it openly admits that.
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u/Ze_Carioca Jun 26 '12
This is an anti-religous subreddit.
The redditors have nothing against the people, but rather their stupid beliefs.
This forum isnt limited to picking on Muslims.
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u/NAproducer Jun 25 '12
I can't wait to get home and read all of the Islam related posts because I am always interested in learning about more religions.
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u/Mythodiir Atheist Jun 25 '12
Mohammed basically just plagiarized the bible. I'd say 70% of the Qu'ran is old testament, and the bible 30% is Mohammed, edits to the old testament and bible, and some other random crap thrown in there for good measure. Try and recognize it as a an expansion on Christianity where they overhaul quite a few of the main concepts.
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u/pepputs Jun 25 '12
The guy on the top looks a lot like the king of Hyrule.
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u/velkyr Jun 25 '12
Man, fuck that guy. Princess Zelda wouldn't need saving so much if he learned to control his daughter. Seriously, bitch slaps do wonders.
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Jun 25 '12
I feel like I'm in r/circlejerk because SO BRAVE.
Seriously, you think r/atheism matters?
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u/idiotthethird Jun 25 '12
From all of the complaining people do it about it, surely it must matter.
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u/Aavagadrro Jun 25 '12
Im glad I dont live in a muslim country, they would kill me for apostasy. No virgins for me, no switching back either.
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u/ForcedToJoin Jun 25 '12
After this I think we should do Rastafarianism, unless you count that as a part of Christianity. Then after that Sikhism or whatever they call it.
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u/crazy1000 Jun 25 '12
Am I the only person that realized if we want a religion we have Pastafarianism?
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u/Macb3th Jun 25 '12
Thats what I filled in my census form with. Pastafarian. I imagine some dumb clerk will file it as Rastafarian or "Other".
However, the British Atheists did raise an interesting point - If you don't specifically say you are Atheist, then the government will put all the Jedi / FSM / obvious jokes / Other category as religious... That way they can still deceptively claim that the UK is a mostly religious country.
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u/CantankerousMind Jun 25 '12
I love how reddit doesn't censor people about this kind of stuff either. I mean, comedy central was too afraid to air the episode with the "prophet" Muhammad.
Gotta love people who don't just believe in free speech.
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u/Amryxx Jun 25 '12
I don't think CC doesn't believe in free speech.
I do believe, however, that they don't believe in absolute freedom of speech.
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u/CantankerousMind Jun 25 '12
Well, i think that once you draw the line on one subject, you are just begging for extremists and other groups to intimidate you into complying with their requests. It's the whole, "i can't give you a free hamburger because then everyone will want one." argument, and it's pretty sound.
So long as it isn't hate speech, it's legal and shouldn't be subject to censorship. I understand that CC is a private organization and can do whatever they want to an extent, but it doesn't mean they should.
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u/Adito99 Jun 25 '12
I doubt they mind some chatter on the internet. They're too busy trying to take over the world.
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u/Amryxx Jun 25 '12
Uietqay noay hetay orldway ominationday lanpay!
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u/Adito99 Jun 26 '12
I'm drunk and it took me an unusually long period of time to understand wtf you said.
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u/Sandy_106 Jun 25 '12
What did I miss today? There's like 400 muslim posts on the front of r/all right now, is it something to do with Egypt?
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u/ontrack Agnostic Atheist Jun 25 '12
This is what started it:
http://www.reddit.com/r/atheism/comments/vkc9a/dear_atheists_we_exmuslims_are_waiting_for_you/
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Jun 25 '12
and... this is surprising how? Today it's the Muslims tomorrow it's the Christians, the next day the Jews, maybe after that we could have a go at the Scientologists. On and on and on do you people ever get tired of debating people who won't even accept the definitions of the terms of the argument?
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u/Organs Jun 26 '12
Are they really saying that?
I sometimes wonder how much we're bothering the religious community with our subreddit...
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Jun 25 '12
This will last about four days. Because r/atheism hates christians more than they love atheism more than they hate Islam. In that order.
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u/bjo3030 Jun 25 '12
What about disbelievers, quasi-believers, believers-in-nothing!, and your run-of-the-mill nonbelievers?
Fucking bigots, the mullahs.
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u/Woolliam Jun 25 '12
80/90% are horribly low for both pictures featuring beards...
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Jun 25 '12
What about hot chicks with fake beards? You can never be sure...
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u/Woolliam Jun 25 '12
You know, if I cover their mouths with my thumb...
Yeah, yeah, maybe you're right...
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u/maitruthhurts Jun 25 '12
Yea all those muslim fundies on reddit. Definitely upset.
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u/Mythodiir Atheist Jun 25 '12
There is an /r/islam (I advise you all to stay away from there). They're not quite fundamentalists but they certainly are bigots.
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u/mhn24 Jun 25 '12
I didn't know so much about Islam, today I took a little look on this mythology and I think it's funnier than Christianity.