Jul 17, 2026 at 10:38 AM

Most of the religious people in my family are some of the most hypocritical and mentally ill people I know. They never practice what they preach, they are manipulative, sin on a daily basis, and so judgmental to others. Christians specifically, they pick and choose what’s in the bible.

 

Jul 17, 2026 at 1:17 PM

I believe in God but also a lil bit of Gnosticism so while I consider myself Christian I’d ironically prolly be burned at the stake any time before the 1900s

I grew up Protestant, became atheist at 12, started kinda having general spiritual vibes in my early 20s and the combination of certain interesting concepts (like someone mentioned the flood just being a ripoff of the epic of Gilgamesh, when there’s proof the Middle East had once-in-a-millenia flooding around the time the Bible states that incident took place) and literally every significant powerful person in the world either believing in an abrahamic religion or occult/satanic ones has led me to believe there’s far more truth to these religions than the baseline modern nihilist atheist lets on

 

Jul 17, 2026 at 2:37 PM

Grew up Catholic. Went through catechism when I was a kid due to my grandparents but very quickly recognized I wasn’t religious. Since like my teen years I’ve been atheist.

I do think there are some positives that come from religious practice though. In particular the creation of community & being a space outside of work & home to socialize. I tend to feel like those kind of spaces are increasingly disappearing in American society.

 

Jul 18, 2026 at 11:02 AM

Ive learnt its all just how they interpert things lol so they can twist it around to be any narrative they want

 

Jul 18, 2026 at 11:23 AM

The bible is full of tales that a man had written from other transcripts. If you believe other than that I'd just let you carry on with your delusion as everyone is entitled to believe what they want.

And the times of Gilgamesh predate Mesopotamia so I'm sure you're right lmao we're talking thousands and thousands of years.

I wouldn't support anything that tries to make out the bible is factual lmao. Beware of them dragons now buddy. Don't forget the giant bow and arrow today.

 

Jul 18, 2026 at 12:11 PM

The bible is full of contradictions. Funny thing is Jesus Christ name wasn’t even that. The letter j didn’t exist, nor was he white. In fact the real Jews god name was Yah, but Roman’s changed the text. Israel history been altered intentionally. Most of the bible is full of stories. Religion is so funny, how everyone is convinced thier god is the right one. Go to India, go to Japan, go the South America. They all just use faith as a way to cope with life.

 

Jul 18, 2026 at 12:24 PM

There’s a lot more depth and nuance than that but you seem like ur in that condescending Redditor phase so it’s probably not worth the trouble, I’ll just say yes I believe some things are entirely metaphorical and no the entirety of the bible is not just rehashes of older stories there is just a concerted effort to engage w Christianity in bad faith and say things like “well Gilgamesh had a big flood too so even tho the epic of Gilgamesh and the writings about Noah were further apart than 2026 from Julius Caesar, it’s actually all just the same event”

 

Jul 18, 2026 at 12:27 PM

I already said that the Sumerian Tablets shouldn't be trusted just like all transcripts but they were the first ones so I'd take them over the bible any day of the week and I think they're mostly bs lol. Reddit phase, I don't even use reddit buddy lmao.

 

Jul 18, 2026 at 12:29 PM

Yup the bible should be thrown in the bin. For me I don't believe any religion I just choose to believe that we weren't the first ones here on this planet and possibly has other species here now... Maybe. We still don't know what's at the bottom of our oceans.

 

Jul 18, 2026 at 12:41 PM

Have u heard of Gnosticism and the Demiurge?

John the Baptist (book of John, book of revelations, very significant to Christianity) wrote “the book of gnosis” which is very interesting and gives a whole new pov to Christianity, stating that the REAL be-all end-all god (the Monad) created the god of our world, the one we know as the Christian god, in her image

but like how we’re supposed to be pale imitations of gods image, the god we have is a pale imitation of actual godly figures. And Jesus wasn’t sent by our god but by the Monad


Very interesting stuff and I grapple between that gnostic interpretation and a more traditional interpretation

Either we have a flawed god or the struggle is the point and we’re flawed beings for wanting anything other than that. Like, bad things happen to good ppl as the spiritual equivalent of going to the gym.

Not that I expect this to be some sort of compelling argument convincing u to believe, I’m just pooping on the toilet so I had the free time to type all ts

 

Jul 18, 2026 at 12:44 PM

It’s extremely redditor-coded to make an entire reply to say “heh, I’m not convinced. Oh, and I’m also not a redditor”

sure thing pal

 

Jul 18, 2026 at 1:04 PM

You dumb MFer carry on being a raving addict u slow spastic.

Ok pal?

 

Jul 18, 2026 at 1:05 PM

Left out murderers and pedos lmao

 

Jul 18, 2026 at 1:23 PM

I would have labeled them first then r--ists and then added the etc. Come on Michael my man.

 

Jul 18, 2026 at 1:29 PM

Did you bring your poker face, Michael? If not listen to Lady Gaga in the toilet quickly before you play.