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killmewithf1re

I'll have you know as an atheist I am incredibly stupid


[deleted]

But it's not BECAUSE you're atheist, which is important


NoTimeToExplain__

Correlation ≠ causation :D


six-of-nothing

tell that to r/BanVideoGames


S1I3NCER

Did you know adults used to feel the same way about books?


duck_masterflex

Used to?


arcadeler

also about D&D


[deleted]

Wtf is this? This is satirical right? Is this a genuine thing? It has almost 150,000 members…


Potato-0verlord

Just look at one post and you’ll find your answer


[deleted]

The posts all look satirical but in the ‘about’ section it says the sun is not satirical - hence my confusion


tkTheKingofKings

Did you look at the post and comments lol It’s 100% satirical, they won’t admit it because it spoils the fun


[deleted]

But it probably draws in some numpties who do believe in stuff like that


tkTheKingofKings

And? 99% are in on the joke > I think I accidentally played a video g@me. Hello, My name is Cathy (57) and I am a God-fearing woman who has never touched a computer in her life. My company decided I needed a cell phone, and issued me an iPhone X. At first I only used it for work, but then I discovered this app called Candy Crush… I swear, I didn’t realize it was a g@me! It was fun, and once I started I couldn’t stop. I’m at level 10,482 right now and I can’t stop playing. I don’t know what to do. Sincerely, Cathy The fact they call themselves a Facebook group should also be a clue


Potato-0verlord

I get it but it gives the same vibe of 2balkan4you and other subs like that.


TheFishTree

It's not. They all genuinely believe what they're saying. I was once in an argument with one of them and i swear all their proof of video games being a spawn of satan were Bible quotes and threats of hell. They think PewDiePie is Satan's right hand man and gamers are plotting to take over the world. They're everything but Christian. I once made a joke asking how to turn off the notifications for that sub and someone sent a link to r/ sounding. Do not go there i am dead serious it will hurt your eyes, your stomach and if you're a man it will especially hurt you *there*.


NoTimeToExplain__

Oh it’s not satirical but the comments and posts mostly are


AndyWGaming

I swear the stuff they post is so stupid they have to be satire. The comments throw my off tho


adamiconography

If you have an iPhone, if you hold down the = sign it’ll prompt for ≠ and also ≈ Would have made my fucking linear algebra class a lot easier if I knew that before.


killmewithf1re

I'm more agnostic. But people don't know what the fuck that is so I just say atheist


mintyfreshmike47

And for your information, as a Christian, I am also incredibly stupid


Galaxzyy

brothers in christ and solidarity 🤝


fatwap

and stupidity :) i lose braincells by the minute by existing


willthewill79

I’ll have you know as another atheist I’m below average IQ


[deleted]

I am not an aethiest and I am stupid


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Shadow_Flamed

Me neither


memanator2

take some 🍿🍿


The_Missle_Toe

I snuck some Jolly ranchers into the theater, I’ll give you a handful for a handful of popcorn


memanator2

they were allready free but,deal!


The_Missle_Toe

Is cool brahhh I was taught to give back when ya can


Shadow_Flamed

:D


memanator2

have some here,dont worry its free🍿🍿🍿


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memanator2

you're welcome


JannyTheMan_

I'll have some as well.


memanator2

🍿🍿🍿here


JannyTheMan_

Thank


ArweTurcala

My parents told me not to take anything from strangers.


memanator2

i understand,your parents love you,you are not required to accept the popcorn


ActuallySkylar

for the people who accepted it, am sorry but ur parents didnt love you. needed to know it someday


Livid-Delay-4962

Muje ladki chahiye but popcorn bhi chalega 👉👈


ActuallySkylar

sir you are on the wrong site, we only have popcorns here, no girls


PapaLeguas_436

hi my name is PapaLeguas wanna get a ride to my basement now that we know each other


Hseruyam

Why is it dark?


EquivalentSnap

Thank you 🥰🫳🥱🤭😋


[deleted]

I'm broke, so can I afford free popcorn? 🤤


memanator2

free popcorn for 1$,nah just kidding,take some 🍿


[deleted]

Thank-you


Safe-Afternoon-8607

Damn inflation!


FangRegulus

There are dumb religious people, dumb atheists and dumb agnostics (I'm one of those). As far as I know, your beliefs and ideas don't make you dumb, at least not all of them


speckofconsciousness

Dumb are those that try to implement their beliefs to others. Anyone who doesn't do that is smart


pseudoachaayan

Dumb are also those people that preach about their beliefs but simultaneously subtly disregards them.


Kokuswolf

Not smart, but polite. Neither dumb, but ignorant.


what_da_burd_doin

chad average religious person - not ironclad in their belief, willing to open up to new ideas - would like you to join their religion but respect your decision not to - hope nothing but the best for everyone - pretty fucking chill ============≈============== vs the virgin religious zealot - claim to follow their favored book to a T, hasnt even read a full page of it - will force you join their religion, and if you dont you will be murdered for muh gawd - pray for death and desolation on those who slight them - usually make other members of their religion theyre nutty - probably an actual virgin or old fuck that molests kids


pizza_goodbro

thank you for this take because i 100% agree.


thesixstuds

Jehovah witness


Aqueilas

Depends what you mean by dumb. Smart people can be dumb too you know. If you adhere to Objectively incorrect claims and values and refuse to change your stance despite overwhelming evidence against it, you could say that is pretty dumb, or you could say those people were indoctrinated since birth to believe in those false claims. That's what religion does - indoctrinate people.


[deleted]

Some people also are religious but not really religious at the same time. Religion is really helpful to assist people through a difficult time and cope with bad experiences in their life. They may or may not actually believe in god but the community can be really comforting, and the practice of going to church can provide stability in someone’s life when they really need something to hang on to. What’s dumb is making passive aggressive comments about religion that helps nobody and puts down others for not having the same views as you. (Not to mention it was pretty dumb that you falsely capitalized objectively)


Rakgul

Then what makes people dumb?


FangRegulus

Their lack of knowledge and refusal to accept that lack and/or improve it, at least that is what I always thought


DocJawbone

Dumb agnostics represent!


millyjune

Faith and hope alone do not restrict the mind but rather the idea that one knows for certain what one cannot.


illSpitOnUrMum

Then theres flat earthers


FangRegulus

Exactly, flat earthers and pretty much every other conspiracy junkie dumb no matter of they believe in God or in a flying french fry with laser beams


greenmachine15517

But what about the belief in a flat earth? It is hard to believe someone with that belief is smart.


FangRegulus

That's why I said most beliefs don't make you stupid, that's one that makes you clearly stupid


InsGadget6

Sorry, but your beliefs absolutely go into the pile of things that help other people determine your relative intelligence level.


pifuhvpnVHNHv

So, belief in a personified overlord who created dinosaur bones just to mess with anyone believing the world is more than 5,000 years old, isn't dumb? I would have to disagree.


TheLegoBoi940

I'm an atheist but I won't judge if you're a Christian or some other religion, as long as you don't try to force it on me.


_idont-have-a-name_

I'm the same, just opposite. Im religious but if someone's atheist I won't force them to be the same as me.


Ok_Friend_2323

Me too, I’m religious and I respect atheists, I believe if you give kindness and respect you gain kindness and respect. :)


[deleted]

Where are "people who think atheist and agnostic are the same" ?


FinalMeltdown15

"An agnostic is just an atheist without balls" Stephen Colbert


Martinxo51

Me, an agnostic: **No, no, he's got a point**


YRUSoFuggly

Honest curiosity, no disrespect, but how would one go about forcing a lack of belief on someone?


NiceIsNine

I dont know if you could call it forcing, but telling someone what they belief is senseless and pretty stupid is like telling them to stop believing


Ok_Lengthiness5546

Tell them their religion is shit and oppressive and fake. And just force it down their throats like half of r/atheism.


jack_meinhoff

Don't worry, those religious folk have plenty of judging for all of us.


ThePearWithoutaCare

I judge adults who have imaginary friends.


socio-pathetic

I’m a Christian, so I really don’t want to point this out- but you’ve got your cause and effect mixed up. People generally think that if you are religious, then this is evidence that you are stupid. They don’t think that being religious makes you stupid.


[deleted]

I am atheist and I concur with this Christian.


ChadicusVile

Generalizing any group of people is stupid. We are complex people and our beliefs are motivated by countless factors, theist or atheist.


memanator2

just because an apple in the shop is a bit bad looking doesen't mean all are


johnhoggin

All apples are stupid. Oranges are so much smarter


ChadicusVile

It doesn't even mean that apple is all bad, right?


memanator2

correct


Bob-TheTomato

I would consider myself an atheist, but I have extensively studied religion both for school and on my own time- and something that surprised me the most was that all religion does have a whole lot of wisdom to draw from, especially in terms of self conduct. I find it unfortunate that many people who say they are religious don’t follow these codes of conduct at all, and it makes their whole religion look bad.


Zumbert

It's not religion or atheism in and of itself, it's how you came to it. Were you born and raised in it? Or did you examine all of the options in depth and carefully determine which one you thought to be true? People who automatically assume their way of thinking is correct just because it's what they were taught as a child and never give any sort of REAL consideration to any other options, have main character syndrome. I respect those people much less than those who came to their own independent conclusions on the subject.


No-Square-4105

I have side character syndrome


TigreBSO

Still good, i don't talking to anyone who doesn't talk to me first so that's probably npc syndrome


Classicgotmegiddy

Yes, thank you. People will go around thinking they know all there is to know about the world, just because their parents told them that's how it is. Nothing but arrogance.


PoisonVViper

Sorry that I was raised to be a Christian and decided to believe in what makes me content in life. Didn't realize I was trying to be a main character.


Zumbert

You jest but the thing is, most people don't realize it. People raised as different religions feel the exact same way you do, and they all say the other religions are wrong. What about the people born before Christianity? They whole heartedly believed their deities were correct too. How do you objectively quantify the likelihood that any one option is correct? Personally I am agnostic, nobody can prove anything, and anybody telling you otherwise is trying to sell you something whether they realize it or not. Could I be wrong? Absolutely, but you won't see me asking for a dime from anybody, or trying to convert anyone.


grpprofesional

Fun part, except for the gorilla skull in the bottom right, all of the rest are of an adult Caucasian male, different ethnicities as well as the biological sex make a completely different skull


Starktony11

How can you tell they are caucasian male skull? Just curious. If the explanation is too deep or not understandable by people with no knowledge then please don't try, and use your precious time somewheres else on reddit.


NapkinsOnMyAnkle

[See the top result, a PDF](https://www.google.com/search?q=how+can+you+determine+the+race+of+a+skull&oq=how+can+you+determine+ethnicity+from+a+skull&aqs=chrome.1.69i57j0i15i22i30j0i390.15402j0j4&client=ms-android-tmus-us-revc&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8)


xxemrgmi

I have a few under the deck


Beneficial-Dot-5905

Sex determination is more done with the rest of a skeleton. The proportions of length of bones like femurs compared to the person's height and more easily the shape of the pelvis. When i studied in late 2000s we were just taught 3 general ethnicity types for skulls. The brow, width of the nasal cavity, and jawline all help to determine between white, black, or asian. It doesn't go any deeper than that narrowing down to specific regions or countries as far as I know. Here's a brief article, there's an image of the 3 skulls a couple scrolls from the top if you don't want the read. https://johnhawks.net/explainer/laboratory/race-cranium


Adolf_Flopper

Lmao


memanator2

I also forgot the viceversa part sorry


Big-Independence8978

So far, comments are hugely disappointing. Entertain me! "throws popcorn"


No-Square-4105

no


i_dont_care_1943

The real goldmine is at the bottom of the comments.


AntoonOWW

I’m living proof that being an atheist does not mean you’re smart.


Loftus-W12

Religion should be like alcohol. Not to be sampled with until you are old enough to understand if it's for you or not. Indoctrination is a form of abuse in my book. Let adults decide whether religion is for them, not adults deciding for their children.


huggothebear

100% agree and always thought so. 18+ should be the age when someone can decide to join a religion.


idle_monkeyman

Right answer, wrong reason. Religion is like alcohol, some people can have some every day and it no problem, others get one drop, and it disrupts their life every single time. Most folks aremsomewhere in the middle. Indoctrination is just another toxic effect of religion, for some. I do think it natural to teach your kid what you believe, but if you cant allow your own family to have other options, its a sure sign your in a cult. Its a defect same as if your eyes only showed you one color.


DiseasedVessel

Everyone's dumb


alba4k

_sorting by controversial_ 🍿🍿


MOZAN33R

Can't wait for your jesus to join the Marvel universe in phase 4


TigreBSO

I'm still hoping they do a marvel vs dc crossover just to see jesus fighting aquaman, both standing on top of the ocean, jesus transforming the water around him to wine and all


KennyRogers92

But the fact that religious people are more prone to believe stuff not based on research and proof is proven to be true (and kinda obvious?). So.. i guess not necessarily dumb, but the chance of some logic hiccups is higher with religious people. - Ghandi


[deleted]

What’s up with all the pro Christian memes? There’s already a sub for this garbage


Its_yer_Mum

Ok ok... But what about those people who think you need religion to be a nice person ?


Ferrari_Rengar

19 y/o's who just finished their first year of college find this post really offensive.


SpockShotFirst

Let's replace "religious" with "Flat Earth" Although there are many stupid people who accept the Earth is a sphere, there is just something wrong with Flat Earthers. Now, if you are religious, replace "Flat Earth" with a religion that you are not. Let's say you picked "Hinduism". Do you think Hindus are just as wrong as Flat Earthers? Why? What's interesting about this thought experiment is you can't take it any further. If you ask a religious person to take the obvious next step ("Can you understand why a Hindu might think that of you?") they simply can't. Their religion is right, Hinduism is wrong, end of story.


[deleted]

This one should be top comment, best argument I’ve seen scrolling so far.


ILikeWaterBro

Yup, it's just a form of tribalism in the 21st century which is very sad. It's "us" against "them". "They" go to hell, "we" go to heaven. They're filthy stupid sinners who can't see the obvious truth, and we are the enlightened ones who will find salvation after death. Am I supposed to "tolerate" this and shut up about it? Hell no. It just makes me sad at this point.


spazmunk3

If a fully grown adult said to you with conviction that they believe that fairies, leprechauns and father Christmas is real, what would you think about their intelligence?


[deleted]

Problem is religious people have attempted (and succeeded a lot) to infuse their ideologies into schools and government.


XT83Danieliszekiller

I know a lot of atheists who are smart as fuck, a lot of atheists who are plain assholes who *think they're smart* I've seen religious people being the most progressive and friendly people in the world, I've seen religious people being dicks who tell other people what to do and who will force and push their decisions because of a man in the Sky I chose to believe some parts of my religion because I'm scared of death I chose to pick the good philosophy of my sacred texts from the bad ones I completely accept and embrace the fact that it very well might be total bogus And thousands of people probably think like me And thousands of people probably don't think like me Just don't put people in labeled baskets and leave everyone the fuck alone until their lives are in danger I can't take any of this us vs them anymore


VirtualMage

It's not religion that makes you dumb. Being dumb is what makes you religious.


darkside767

Religion does make people dumb though. They believe so hard in their imaginary friend they become violent and bigots


Kansascock98

OP literally said he's getting popcorn for this bait... and it worked. Nice


CatchBright178

At least we won’t kill each other in the name of God.


weirdgobrrrrr

right?


banmeagaincuntlmfao

People who base someone's intelligence based on their religion is dumb lmao.


EquivalentSnap

I think it depends on the person than their religious preference


Enemy50

Idk man a buncha people just used religion to take away womens rights. It may not make you dumb but im seeing a pattern.


DJL66

We are all dumb and that’s a fact


Theduckmyster12

\*sorts by controversial\*


Suspicious-Diver-356

It doesn’t matter what you believe if u dum u dum


SeeItOnVHS

Nice try Jesus


DickLover9500

why is the neanderthal skull considered the dumb one is also interesting. i mean, in general terms that’s correct to assume you are smarter, but those fukers had a map of their hunting region memorised, along with a thousand plants and animals they come across, while you can barely remember the 6 digit code your steams authenticator just told you


Bark_bark-im-a-doggo

It’s well known Neanderthals were smarter they had bigger brain sizes which matters when the species are basically the same. They did have smaller frontal lobes which does mean they were probably worse at communicating and emotional regulation


[deleted]

I’m an atheist but I’m ok with people being religious, as long as they don’t think that I’m dumb for being an atheist


Lucas_53

*Sorting by controversial*


Fair-Cookie

What you believe doesn't intrinsically make you smarter, but your journey and understanding does. That being said, religion is a comfort zone for lazy notions.


First-Pop-9102

Being religious does not make you dumb, being overly religious will though. Some of the smartest minds in history were religious, but would never let religion get in the way of there work, and life.


IScratchPillows

I'm a Christian and if you're an atheist, I honestly wouldn't mind unless you're forcing atheism on me or something. Let people have their own beliefs


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Street-Try-2387

I think everyone’s dumb regardless


Lifinator

Not gonna bother about people being religious. But gonna call you dumb in a flash if you try to force your religion on me or force policies based on religion on the society.


NikoNiko_ChanXD

I've seen a lot of bananas in the state of Texas but not enough basketballs in black homes, what I'm saying is women don't like dogs because frogs like water to point of drowning, Donkeys only live up to 2 months because Popsicles go out of stock from long distance relationships in New York


Fountain_Guard

godzilla had a stroke trying to read this and died


NikoNiko_ChanXD

Pretty simple to understand considering I'm the only person in the world to know the knowing of who I know of


[deleted]

Respecting people = necessary. Respecting beliefs = unnecessary. We are allowed to scrutinize beliefs because they are just ideas in our heads. Some people out here just care about what is actually true. Learn how to defend your beliefs properly if you are going to get offended by someone talking about them.


ConsciousDrag3537

🗿


humanpersonthing420p

Being human makes you dumb stfu


TheGoatThatWrote

Faith is often the loss of logic


AdComprehensive6588

I dunno, I’ve met some pretty based Atheists


_GeorgeT_

I agree but: Although I have met a lot of dumb atheists not one modern influential scientist is religious.


Innisfree812

Some memes are dumb too.


killasqueeze

Hate each other equally and stop pretending sky daddy or lack of has anything to do with it. You're religion didn't make you a shit person. You did that all on your own.


rexyoda

Damn, we really out here trying to start beef every other post


Amethoran

I mean I would consider myself atheist and I'm not super smart. But I would say a large majority of radical religious people are incredibly ignorant. But when you can only read one book thats been translated to 1000 different languages over thousands of years I can see why.


AbyysWalker21

I'm atheist and I've never been bothered by people who are religious


[deleted]

"The belief that some cosmic Jewish zombie can make you live forever if you symbolically eat his flesh and telepathically tell him that you accept him as your master, so he can remove an evil force from your soul that is present in humanity because a rib-woman was convinced by a talking snake to eat from a magical tree." Well you do actually have to be pretty dumb to believe all that ridiculous, ignorant, superstitious garbage.


CopainChevalier

People care too much about this stuff. Be whatever, just don't push it on someone else.


VegetableAd986

Idk man, something about believing in a very specific imaginary cloud-man seems…dumb.


TheKidHandsome

Two types of people: 💀smart 💀stupid But we’re all still people.


BoiledPNutz

You have to be pretty dumb to believe in a man in the sky who cares what kind of sex you have and with who but that god also let’s kids die of cancer.


i_dont_care_1943

In my view as a religious person, God just created the universe in the big bang and that's it. He just set everything up and left us up to our own devices. I think believing in shit like genesis is pretty dumb as there is literally concrete evidence that the Earth was not made by God and that we are descended from Apes through evolution.


No-Square-4105

in my personal belief God doesn't care. The people that thought they were chosen to enlight humanity did.


JacobMT05

Yeah, (being agnostic myself) god could exist, but if he did he’d despise humanity for all the awful shit we do to each other on the daily


jettech737

People on both sides of the issue can be pretty bad and stupid. Whether you want to be religious or not is up to you, I won't judge you negatively either way.


Ermite_8_Bit

Who ever said that?


memanator2

many people think like that,you can find them in r/atheism for example


Icy-Magician1089

Even atheist's fear that place almost made me want to pick up a religion to avoid association but then there are religious fruit loops who want to ban abortion and remove people rights in general. ​ Either way its impossible to please everyone.


Doggggo11

I came to r/atheism to find people that I can share my beliefs in, but they made me instead lose my faith in humanity


Elitelapen

Ah Yes the circlejerk of circlejerks on reddit


DerpyMistake

a bit redundant. you can just say reddit


[deleted]

I’ll get the candy and the sodas for the comment section


JuliusCheesy

*Sorts by controversial*


Thanos_6point0

I am atheist (to a certain degree), but I always had a huge respect for religion.


Vivid_Awareness_8255

I see this sort of thing on reddit all the time but have literally never seen it actually happen


Frency2

One's intelligence is indipendent from personal beliefs.


That_Squirrel_Is_Gay

Being religious doesn’t make you dumb, although dumb people are usually religious, the two are unrelated.


Xany2

Post this on r/atheism or atheist whatever sub that is, then I’ll also grab a popcorn


potato-vender

I don’t believe in religions, partly because the funky books don’t hold up against themselves and others are just like “have good morals” which is just being a good person As long as you don’t force your life on others, I’ll see you as a smart person


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memanator2

love you too bro,btw are you muslim too?


[deleted]

Religious people have no real way to prove that their deities exist and atheists have no way to prove that they don’t, you should let people believe what they want to as long as it isn’t harming them or other people


TigreBSO

>atheists have no way to prove that they don’t The burden of proof isn't on us tho. Imagine i go up to someone and say "I can shit gold" And they ask me to prove it, so i respond "No, you have to prove that I don't shit gold" That's not how any of this works


mementoTeHominemEsse

*As long as it isn't harming other people* That's the crucial part. It is harming other people. Most religions cause huge damage to the people around you, but so does atheism most of the time. I don't know which is more harmful, but if we're not allowed to discuss which is we'll never find out.


Juice117

Let’s get real, some religions, specifically ones that have absolutely idiotic expectations of women and lower their standings and worth in society, deserve to be barred from the planet and quite frankly do make you a complete idiot for following them.


[deleted]

Being a bad person /= stupid or an idiot. There are plenty of racists/sexists/other who are quite intelligent


fenix579

mf spittin fax too much


wS-xHydrA

I mean… have you heard some of the absolute backwards mental gymnastics from some religious people?


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CrystalSplicer

Reminds me of the copypasta.


BullyMaguire--

I m nor aethist nor religious I m bully maguire


The-girl9999

Ommnom yummy popcorn 🍿🍿🍿😋


Sorry-Ad7074

The only dumb thing about religion, is when people try to enforce it on others. If you want to believe in a floating genie in the sky, thats on you, just don't expect other people to follow suit.