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[–] tomatoisaberry@lemmy.world 88 points 3 months ago (2 children)

There are no actual atheists who write, let alone visit, this website.

Master with a capital? Seriously?

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 31 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah first I’ve seen the atheist straw man in the wild. Maybe he DOES need a little Jesus lol

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I knew a conservative atheist. I didn’t realize he was conservative when I met him. But when he started attacking a progressive Christian friend of mine on a Facebook post I made, talking about the “woke mind virus,” I unfriended his ass real quick.

There are people from every ideological background who are suckers and fall for shit. Atheists are not some perfect paragon of intellect and virtue.

[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 3 points 3 months ago

Certainly, the whole idea is that theistic belief is separate from morality after all.

And yet examples are remarkable. The one you met wouldn’t have been memorable otherwise. At a guess, it’s rare because atheism is the kind of hair-shirt or “kick me” sign that actual assholes rarely choose, as it tends to require a fair amount of introspection.

But I have known a handful of assholes who go around telling everyone they’re an asshole, as if the negative attention is the point. Usually I associate that behavior with baggage related to abandonment and rejection.

In that case, conservatism and other socially maladaptive ideologies might be secondary to unresolved trauma, shame, fear, and self-hate. And for that, therapy is the only solution I know, not religion.

[–] Hupf@feddit.org 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)
[–] scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.tech 70 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I met so many conservative rural people who were convinced that universities were just liberal indoctrination centers. Never put two brain cells together that by being around other people from different backgrounds and cultures you learn to respect those differences - you know - liberal values.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 44 points 3 months ago (1 children)

And being forced to back up your arguments with actual evidence, not whatever idiocy your friends and social media are telling you.

[–] Aganim@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Evidence is just a fancy word for opinion, right?

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No, evidence is evidence. Not all things are a debate between two or more legitimate interpretations.

Saying "climate change is real and caused by humans" or the "sky is blue" are statements of fact, and not up for debate.

[–] Aganim@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Guess I should have used /s.

It's, in my experience, the 'universities are liberal/woke indoctrination centres' folks are also the ones whom have issues with grasping the difference between evidence, facts and opinions.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Aganim@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Haha, guess so. Ah well, no harm done.

[–] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 47 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This isn't real. More propaganda from the right.

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 20 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I mean it may be but I know a guy who considers himself a militant atheist and proudly parrots all of those points. He's been screeching about the evil Democrats on Facebook for months. Absolutely insufferable.

[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 39 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

If you call yourself an atheist conservative, you are basically just telling everyone that you are evil. You don't hate trans people because you fear eternity in hell or some shit, you are just trash.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago

Welcome to the 90s and 00

[–] Astronauticaldb@lemmy.world 30 points 3 months ago

Anyone calling a politician's rise to power a "glorious victory" is a walking, talking red flag

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 months ago (1 children)

the one above the blue is too funny.. '...government appointments will be selected according to merit'.

by what criteria? who gives better head? who has putin on a 1-button speed dial? or actual qualifications and successful experience?

[–] seaQueue@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago

Merit $$$$$

[–] Zier@fedia.io 22 points 3 months ago (1 children)

'Atheist Conservatives' are as mythological as a petrohyherodron.

[–] Chekhovs_Gun@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

But you must admit, it's definitely easier to say 😓

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 17 points 3 months ago

As an atheist, you can be an atheist and a complete moron, as evidenced by conservative atheists.

All being atheist does, is mean you do not believe in one of the most obvious bullshit scams in the world, but it doesn't mean you are some 5D enlightened guru.

[–] Bobmighty@lemmy.world 15 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Looks like a group of frauds and liars.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 8 points 3 months ago

The Master has come home again

The stupid fucker is an atheist only because he can't lick god's boots, but he can lick trump's asshole

[–] Liome@pawb.social 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Trump is the Master! that explains everything!
Can anyone call the Doctor before we get another paradox machine?

[–] SanctimoniousApe@lemmings.world 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Sorry, no - Trump's strings might be pulled by The Master, but he's just too effing dumb to actually be The Master.

[–] Clevererhans@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 3 months ago

Precisely. The Master had style.

[–] BobbyNevada@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 3 months ago

We should ask them "what does the boot taste like"?

[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

It hurts my brain to read

[–] PunnyName@lemmy.world 5 points 3 months ago

What a dumbass, lol

[–] slurpeesoforion@startrek.website 4 points 3 months ago

Reminds me of the North Carolina Black Republicans.

[–] WeUnite@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

From the Wikipedia article about "Agenda 47" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agenda_47#Education

This is one of the items:

"Freedom to Pray", i.e. "we will support bringing back prayer to our schools".

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 1 points 3 months ago

Looks like there's gonna be a whole lot of kids with irregularly healed fractures and complications of tonsillitis.