This is a list of the top 10 memes posted on the
DR Facebook page that have to do
with religion.
The link to the post is above so you can easily see what others had to say about it or so you can share your thoughts with others who have commented. Because unlike religious pages, I encourage people who don't agree to comment and won't block those who do
(unless they are immature or obnoxious).
It is no secret that people who deny evolution can rarely explain it. It could be
that people deny evolution because creationism is so easy to learn, or they are
afraid to learn it because it may jeopardize their faith. But it is
intellectually dishonest to deny something before understanding the
claims that are being made. Creationists have to agree with the
statement that a 3 year old who can say “God did it” knows more about the
origin of life than a biologist studying evolution. This of course is absurd but if you are a
creationist you have to admit you believe it. And they wonder why they get labeled as anti-intellectuals.
Christians claim that their God can do anything, so apparently that claim comes
with an asterisk which says, “God can do anything *except create a book that is
consistent and moral so that everyone will agree on what it says and there won’t
be 1000’s of different interpretations.”
Many religious people think that their faith is correct and that all others are wrong when in reality they all lack good reasons for believing. This can only be explained by brainwashing and not being educated about other faiths and scientific discoveries. If people only know one side, then there is only one conclusion they can come to.
If a god demands people to have faith in his existence, than
gullibility would be his main requirement for heaven. Because there are
thousands of religions that require faith, so if one faith were correct, how could we possible pick the correct one? We can’t possibly make an informed decision without evidence to guide us. This means our fate would likely be left
up to hoping that our parents taught us the right faith and that their parents taught
them the right faith and so on. And where our parents lived plays a big role in
which faith they were taught. A moral god would not base whether we are sent to
heaven or hell on where our parents’ lived and what faith they taught
us.
This one was created to show how ridiculous religion is when
it’s not something we are taught as a child. If we have been indoctrinated to
believe something when we were young, it can be hard to see how absurd it is
when we grow older, but all we have to do is look at the claims of other
religions to understand how absurd it is.
And if I may go on a little rant, these claims in the meme originate from
people who thought heaven was just above the clouds, and with our technology
today, we can see billions of light years away and heaven has never been
spotted. So to still believe claims such as flying to heaven with or without a
horse is completely loony. Even if traveling at the speed of light for the last
2000 years, that still wouldn't be fast enough to get out of our Milky Way
galaxy, as it is 100,000 light years across!
Here are just a few of those verses that if followed you might find yourself in prison today.
Exodus 22:19; Exodus 35:2; Deuteronomy 22:20-21; Deuteronomy 13:7-12; Leviticus
20:13; Leviticus 20:27; Leviticus 20:9; Leviticus 20:10; Leviticus 24:10-16; Exodus
32:26-29; Romans 1:24-32
7.
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Christians seem to think that because the Bible says that
their God was the first to exists makes it a fact, but any study of ancient religions will show that there were many gods that came before their own.
Also, there is a mistake in this meme, Odysseus and Romulus
were not considered gods which was pointed out in the thread. But the rest
were and there were many more that could have been used. But even if there was
only one god that predates the god in the Bible, the point still stands.
8.
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It seems like this phrase is often used to convince people that they are trustworthy. But what is so trustworthy about believing in things without evidence?
I often think about what kind of reaction religious people would have if humans discovered a planet with intelligent life and they had 100's of different stories/religions that explained their origins and even fought each other over who was right. It obviously seems ridiculous and extremely sad that a species would kill each other over such ideas. We would think, why don't they just test each stories claims to figure out who is right? As rational as that sounds, many humans aren't willing to do that with their own claims about our own origin. So who are we to laugh at them for being so irrational when we are no different.
This
one obviously ruffled some Christian feathers. If they are going to be against
gay marriage because they think marriage should be only between a man and a
woman or because their holy book says it's wrong, fine. We can disagree, and
history will show that they are on the wrong side just as those who were once
against interracial marriage. But if they are going to be against two people of
the same sex who love each other getting married and even go as far as
protesting it, then they better be protesting when clergy members are molesting
children and demand that they are prosecuted for their crimes! But
unfortunately many say nothing because they are afraid it will damage the image
of the institution that they follow, and they still try and claim moral
superiority at the same time.
Hopefully some of these ideas will help you when debating religion. However, if you are religious and disagree with any of these, please leave a comment and
share your thoughts on why you disagree and why you think your religion/god is real.
I couldn't agree more with the first point. I've long maintained that religion is often a substitute for science. If you don't understand how something works, then it must work because of supernatural forces. Only in religion is ignorance celebrated, as meme #8 points out.
ReplyDeleteAnd I'd add divorce to the list of #10. That always gets my feathers ruffled.