As a Christian who doesn’t follow much of the super religious “rules”, I think it’s kind of a red flag but sometimes it’s not. Red flag because my girlfriend’s ex-friend was super devout and put it all over her bio and was very ableist and homophobic. My friend, for example, is agnostic, so he’s not sure if spirituality exists. He has a friend who’s super devout and constantly talks about Christianity. She has a Discord server about Christianity and most of her friends are Christian who just talk about Jesus and God all the time. She puts the crosses and bible verses in her bio too. She’s very nice and tries to be accepting but seems kinda judgmental or like “Oh, your non-traditional ways are… nice I guess.”
She constantly asks my friend how his relationship with God is and if he reads the Bible and what his favorite verses are, even when he says he’s not super religious.
My mom as of recent has become super religious, and while she is pretty left-leaning, thinks the only way to believe is to be Christian and you HAVE to believe in Jesus or you’ll die instead of live forever in Heaven.
As someone who’s also Christian, I know part of it is still “PTSD” from growing up around way too many Evangelicals in the Midwest (not even my family; just in the community) but I find it annoying as Hell and kind of a sign of lacking real practicality in relating to others and being able to conceive of other points of view; a sort of immaturity, I guess.
I tell them about my son’s in-laws who are proud ‘Christians’ and how my kids come over after visiting them on holidays and comment about how nice it is to be away from the racist slurs that are part of conversations there.
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What’s really LOLcringe is the actual video of which this is the thumbnail
I think they are idiots. Thats what i think about any believer of any religion anyway
I look at anyone that’s obsessive about something like they are a drug addict. And that includes religion.
I love hearing people’s beliefs, so I personally don’t mind… but that’s also because I allow myself to question them which, in some cases, goes for long until they realize they’re saying a bunch of nothing and nonsense. Jesus was straight up hanging out with ex-hookers and kissing women in public when that was mega-taboo in society at the time, so if their devoutness just makes them more needlessly judgemental and overall cuntish, what/who exactly are you following? I’m telling you, in America/the West, religion is often at best empty, illiterate, narcissistic and performative, at worst just a way to condone immorality (from cheating, going to a confession and praying a Hail Mary and feeling good about yourself to Western imperialism, Crusades included)… The only thing God ever forbade was immorality.
The more a person “peacocks” their religion the worse of a person I assume they are.
Especially Christians. Some of the best people I have known are devout Christians who simply try to act and live as Jesus instructed. They rarely bring up their beliefs, instead just trying to be kind and helpful people as an example.
On the flip side, some of the worst people I have known are “devout Christians” who will do absolutely wretched things to everyone around them while loudly quoting bible verses and “showing off” their entire wall covered in crosses.
One of the top well known examples is Mr. Rogers. Very deeply Christian on a personal level but, to the best I’m aware, he never brought it up on his show.
Absolutely. I’m a lifelong atheist, who generally hates all religion. But if all Christians acted like Mr. Rogers, then I would generally have no issue with them.
if something becomes more problematic the more seriously you take it, what does it say about that thing?
i like discussing it sometimes. i’m not particularly religious though, so it’s not in an evangelizing kind of way.
i think that’s what makes the difference. in some beliefs, convincing others is a very important part of it.
The same I think about people who can’t shut up about atheism. Fucking fanatics with nothing going on in their lives.
The atheist thing is largely due to excitement and evangelicalism, the same way born-again Christians are some of the most obnoxious people on the face of the planet.
When someone “discovers” atheism, it usually comes with a lot of excitement. They have this new truth, and it’s so obvious if you just think about it. Why wouldn’t everyone want to find this same truth? After all, this truth brings a level of enlightenment that has never been felt before. So they should try to spread this new enlightenment to everyone. Wait, why are you getting angry and walking away? Ugh, it must be because you’re too indoctrinated or stupid to recognize the truth.
And the same is true for born-again Christians who discover religion later in life. The excitement leads to evangelicalism, because “this is obviously the best thing in my life, and I want to share it with everyone I meet.”
I dont think about them at all actually. I would walk away from their brainwashing broadcast.
I instantly learn that this person cannot be trusted and is easily mislead. If I had to pick someone to save my life it wouldn’t be them.
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“It’ll be soon” said all Christians 1900 years ago.
A loving God or Gods wouldn’t care if people worshiped or believed in them. They would only evaluate people based on whether they made moral choices & the experiences they had endured when making those decisions. Nor would they send anyone to hell for eternity.
Kinky. He’s coming soon? It’s nice to get a warning so that I can prepare.
The Lord said: cone fourth, and receive eternal life.
But Peter came fifth, so all he got was a toaster.
I don’t think of them, and if they insert themselves into my circle I avoid them.
I know that they are unrepentant self abusers that will never take responsibility for their own actions. The heavens and hells they believe in and espouse only exist in their weaselly minds
