Topic: Do religious professionals know they are full of shit?
Anonymous A started this discussion 4 months ago #129,472
An x professional is a person who gets paid for doing x. So religious professionals get paid to talk about religion. Imagine if someone got paid talking about how plants were conscious and didn’t like being cooked or eaten. Crazy, right? Science cannot answer one question. How was this universe brought into existence. We’ll probably never know. But imagine we knew. People would still be in gods, demons, that sort of thing. Religious professionals rely on the gullibility and hopes of people to pay the bills. Seems kind of sad.
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 4 months ago, 8 minutes later[^] [v] #1,393,046
What if God does exist?
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Anonymous B replied with this 4 months ago, 16 minutes later, 27 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,393,050
What is dark matter made from, why is there dark energy, why is there more matter than antimatter, etc.
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Anonymous A (OP) replied with this 4 months ago, 8 minutes later, 59 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #1,393,055
@1,393,050 (B)
Great questions. We don’t know the answers. But maybe, and just maybe the Koran and the Holy Bible are fictional works.
Great questions. We don’t know the answers. But maybe, and just maybe the Koran and the Holy Bible are fictional works.
boof joined in and replied with this 4 months ago, 16 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #1,393,058
I think I'd rather hang out with someone who talks about faeires a lot and we'd walk in the woods looking for evidence of faeries, instead of the constant god talk
Anonymous G joined in and replied with this 4 months ago, 14 hours later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,393,137
Religion is the best money maker in history. You sell an invisible product. People buy it out of belief, the allure of a community of believers, or just in case. If the prayer works, you’re in good standing. If it fails, your faith was wanting or it was “part of the plan.” There is a rebuttal book for everything , such as why we no longer have prophets or miracles or direct demonstrations of Almighty power.
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 4 months ago, 1 hour later, 17 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,393,149
Dianetics, it's science.
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Anonymous I double-posted this 4 months ago, 11 minutes later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,393,160
@1,393,055 (A)
> Great questions. We don’t know the answers. But maybe, and just maybe the Koran and the Holy Bible are fictional works.
Given the history of Israel and the Roman Empire, I don’t think this idea that the Bible is entirely fictional makes much sense.
> Great questions. We don’t know the answers. But maybe, and just maybe the Koran and the Holy Bible are fictional works.
Given the history of Israel and the Roman Empire, I don’t think this idea that the Bible is entirely fictional makes much sense.
Anonymous I triple-posted this 4 months ago, 8 minutes later, 19 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,393,163
If Jesus and Muhammad are fictional, you’d have to explain St. Peter and Muhammad’s children.
Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 4 months ago, 39 minutes later, 20 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,393,170
why do trannies think they are allowed to post on minichan?
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Anonymous L joined in and replied with this 4 months ago, 11 minutes later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,393,176
Being homophobic and frequenting a purple site is an odd choice.
Anonymous L double-posted this 4 months ago, 1 minute later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,393,177
But seriously though, it is really strange racist homophobic white dudes all hang out on a site that looks like it could be a damn LGBTQ+ forum. Who picked the color scheme? This is ridiculous. The only worse colors they could have chosen are hot pink and neon brown.
Anonymous L triple-posted this 4 months ago, 3 minutes later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,393,179
And it’s 2025, and we’ve got no dark mode? Come on. Hitler hated blacks and even Hitler knew black was the coolest color. That’s why he made all his uniforms black.
Anonymous M joined in and replied with this 4 months ago, 37 minutes later, 21 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,393,184
Patched together Bronze Age legends still command billions of dollars. Why change a thing? And for those of alternative faiths, they can enjoy being financially and orifice hosed by their guru.
Anonymous N joined in and replied with this 1 week ago, 4 months later, 4 months after the original post[^] [v] #1,417,582
Oatmeal Fucker !BYUc1TwJMU joined in and replied with this 1 week ago, 2 hours later, 4 months after the original post[^] [v] #1,417,601
I hear that plants scream when they're being cut down
Oatmeal Fucker !BYUc1TwJMU double-posted this 1 week ago, 40 seconds later, 4 months after the original post[^] [v] #1,417,602
@1,393,179 (L)
You know you can change the colours and even use your own custom CSS on this site right? We used to have lots of them maintained with dark modes.
You know you can change the colours and even use your own custom CSS on this site right? We used to have lots of them maintained with dark modes.
Anonymous P joined in and replied with this 1 week ago, 1 hour later, 4 months after the original post[^] [v] #1,417,608
Both are true. Plenty of conversion/deconversion stories, people jump in and out all the time after their revelation. Some maintain the grift even after losing faith - see occasional posts on confession sites.
Anonymous Q joined in and replied with this 1 week ago, 20 minutes later, 4 months after the original post[^] [v] #1,417,609
@previous (P)
> Both are true. Plenty of conversion/deconversion stories, people jump in and out all the time after their revelation. Some maintain the grift even after losing faith - see occasional posts on confession sites.
Belief lights up parts of the brain and releases endorphins. Pneumonia gains feelings of superiority and of being in league with some ultimate truth. Conversion can be part of this.
Of course I have some Midwestern family members who readily bounce around churches based on community and business affiliations and for marriage.
> Both are true. Plenty of conversion/deconversion stories, people jump in and out all the time after their revelation. Some maintain the grift even after losing faith - see occasional posts on confession sites.
Belief lights up parts of the brain and releases endorphins. Pneumonia gains feelings of superiority and of being in league with some ultimate truth. Conversion can be part of this.
Of course I have some Midwestern family members who readily bounce around churches based on community and business affiliations and for marriage.