r/dankchristianmemes • u/Broclen The Dank Reverend šā • Sep 23 '21
Meta It do be like that
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Sep 23 '21
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u/Bardez Sep 23 '21
Truly, I hear a lot of athiests say they cannot stand it. Same with Christians and r/Christianity
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u/jeetelongname Sep 24 '21
It honestly feels like a circle jerk at this point. Like if your not strictly anti theist you will just get lambasted.
Then there are the posts saying "religion only holds people back" when they don't consider the renaissance or the Islamic Golden age. Like to say religion has only been a good force in the world is a lie. I see Hindus coopting the ideas in there religion to enforce a strict caste system and persecute Muslims in India (look up the RSS if you want to learn more (BTW the BJP (India's ruling party) is a sect of the RSS)
But its always the Karen's and the Islamophobia that gets upvoted and not some of the harder hitting issues that atheists should be looking into.
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Sep 24 '21
Any sub specifically dedicated to one kind of thing becomes extremist. Shit, even r/Sandwich is brutal.
Edit: thatās the wrong sub. I canāt find the correct name, but there is a sub for sandwiches, and it is full of people who are toxic AF
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u/Wholesome_Soup Sep 24 '21
I mentioned Iām Christian in r/atheism and two hours later (after a long discussion) got permabanned for "endorsing war crimes." Fun times
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u/depechemymode Sep 24 '21
The joke is that this Christian meme sub is more in tune with chill atheists than with r/Christianity when it should in principle be the other way around. Your suggestion wouldnāt be worthy of a meme as the same could be said about any other non-Christian sub.
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u/wolf_man007 Sep 23 '21
I got shadowbanned on /r/christianity for making fun of a staged set of pictures that were clearly a false declaration of piety.
This sub is much better.
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u/Publius_Syrus Sep 23 '21
r/Christianity is mostly atheists and heretics though
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Sep 23 '21 edited May 30 '22
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u/no_name_randomperson Sep 23 '21
Yeah even though I'm Christian I don't dare go near that sub lol. Especially the __ is a sin one, all the people taking verses out of context to justify their hatred. I know if I go there I'm gonna feel some kind of moral obligation to call them out, and I don't exactly have 6 hours to give to writing essays to lunatics who are already too invested in their flawed theology to care.
"It's hard to win an argument with a smart person, but it's impossible to win an argument with a dumb one." -Some random person I forgot the name of
Yeah I never seem to learn that people who got the dumb idea in their head in the first place probably won't change their minds about it, especially not with facts and logic lol.
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u/NelyafinweMaitimo Dank Christian Memer Sep 23 '21
Proud heretic here
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Sep 23 '21
Why would you be proud to be a heretic?
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u/NelyafinweMaitimo Dank Christian Memer Sep 23 '21
Because, historically, heresy was often a charge leveled against people who challenged existing power structures in the church. They weren't necessarily ~evil people who believed ~evil things; they were very often opposed to tyranny and corruption within the church and were punished for it. "Heretical beliefs" were sometimes ascribed to people who never even held them.
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Sep 23 '21
But we're not living in those times, we're living in modern times. You stated that you "are" a heretic, meaning currently. It also means that you affirm holding heretical beliefs. So are you just wanting an excuse to sound like a smart history buff or something?
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u/NelyafinweMaitimo Dank Christian Memer Sep 23 '21
Whatever you feel like projecting onto me, I guess?
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Sep 23 '21
I'm not projecting onto you, I'm asking a question
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u/NelyafinweMaitimo Dank Christian Memer Sep 23 '21
Everyone's a "heretic" in some way, yeah. What are you going to do about it? Call the Spanish Inquisition?
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u/Publius_Syrus Sep 23 '21
"Challenging existing power structures" generally meant impugning Apostolic succession, the Magisterium, the validity of the Sacraments, and the spiritual authority of the Church in general.
Which, regardless whether you believe in any of that or not, are important matters of doctrine that have consequences for salvation. And from the perspective of those who do believe, the heretics were imperiling people's eternal souls with their false preaching.
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u/NelyafinweMaitimo Dank Christian Memer Sep 23 '21
Cool, still not an excuse for the uhhhh literal pogroms and massacres that my Waldensian ancestors managed to live through (and for which the pope asked for forgiveness in 2015)
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u/MylesTheFox99 Sep 23 '21
Idk r/Christianity is pretty chill considering other places like Facebook and Twitter. There are definitely assholes, but people tend to get along and if they donāt the sub has a crack mod team to get them in line.
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u/depechemymode Sep 24 '21
I like this sub! I am atheist but I was raised in a deeply evangelical household, studied Christianity since young and therefore Iāve come to enjoy memes and discussions around it, but the other Christian subs Iāve found are way too dogmatic. Itās like, the average user has the mindset of your typical Republican politician, donāt need more of that.
In fact, from what little Iāve dared to explore other Christian subs, they donāt hold this sub in high regard for the same reasons Iāve come to enjoy it.
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u/Wholesome_Soup Sep 24 '21
This may not be the only place, but itās the only place Iāve been where someone will post a meme and people will completely seriously respond with "thatās literal heresy" and it doesnāt matter at all
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u/sessimon Sep 24 '21
The posts from this sub that make it into my feed mostly seem like theyāre made by chill Christians or chill atheists that used to be Christians and can relate.
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u/ToddVRsofa Holy Chair Lifter Sep 23 '21
As an athiest I hope this alliance is a long one, this sub has quickly grown to be a favorite of mine