r/atheism • u/Ok-Photograph-1460 Atheist • 3h ago
Isn't it painfully obvious that there is bo god?
Said to be invisible, and in the sky, it sees everything like how does that make any sense? After you figure out santa was a lie to control people without needing constant enforcement, why would following the same logic, god be real? Theists will often say "they feel God in prayer" but that's just the placebo effect in action. Tell me: with no real evidence why do people still believe in this 2000 year old cult?
Edit: I meant no not bo the joke is getting old guys
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u/Callinon 3h ago
Indoctrination.
You'd be amazed what people will believe when they're raised from infancy with that belief hammered into them.
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u/UpperLeftOriginal Ex-Theist 3h ago
This is key. It doesn’t mean they are stupid. Brainwashing is very hard to break, especially in cases where it also can mean losing relationships.
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u/JEFFinSoCal Atheist 3h ago
Take a look at the current political situation in the US. Propaganda is a hell of a drug and highly effective.
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u/Callinon 2h ago
Same process too. Identity politics is the process of turning a political affiliation into part of a person's identity so that they consider it an immutable part of themselves. No different than their name or birthplace.
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u/JEFFinSoCal Atheist 2h ago
It almost feels as if religious indoctrination was designed to “prime the pump” for fascist political rule! What a coincidence!
/s
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u/unbalancedcheckbook Atheist 2h ago
Yes it is painfully obvious once you see it. However there is a trillion dollar industry that needs people to not see that in order to exist.
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u/Prestigious-Entry-80 3h ago
I mean I’m not stupid to believe that a figure from the sky is going to help me with my pain and suffering that’s for sure
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u/z3phyrprime1 3h ago
Ye lol like imagine that god was really would he even want us to worship him
would he accept the crimes committed in his names
would he forgive horrible people just because they believe in him
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u/SapPhic-rage4209 3h ago
Indoctrination. It feels crazy looking at it from the outside, but I was raised in a cult from birth and it just felt normal. Even as an adult, I stayed sheltered. I went to a religious school. I lived with my parents until I was 23. I didn't get brave enough to leave until I met my nonreligious best friend and realized I could be happy and fulfilled without religion too
I was taught to question nothing and that everything would make sense in the afterlife. I didn't leave religion until I was 25 and didn't call myself an atheist until 27 and an antitheist until this year at 29. I have sympathy for people stuck in cults. I wish we could eradicate them, but when you're stuck in the cult the cognitive dissonance hits you hard and if people are mean to you because you're religious it typically makes you cling to the religion harder
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u/Joebranflakes 3h ago
I’ve been an atheist for years, but now I’m a firm believer in Bo. All glory to Bo!
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u/avanross 3h ago
Theyre raised from birth to believe subservient gullibility to their rulers a positive trait, and to call this subservient unquestioning gullibility “faith”
The more obvious the lie is, the more of demonstration of “faith” it is for them to believe it
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u/Eazy12345678 3h ago
90% of people on this planet are dumb
some people need a god to just function and feel ok . people need hope that there is more than their shitty life for them.
its the carrot on the stick for some people
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u/Helios420A 3h ago
It’s just the maximalist end of people not questioning things. Sometimes it’s harmless, like believing the “swallowing gum will take 7 years to digest” thing, sometimes it turns into abuse of apocalyptic sociopolitical power
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u/righteous_fool 3h ago
Dipshits be remaking science to fit their flat earth hypothesis. Measles are back because people not only believe vaccines cause autism, but that a small chance of autism is worse than dying from measles.
People are stupid and will believe whatever without proof or reason while piles of proof and reason exists to not believe in something.
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u/ohgwm1973 3h ago
Indoctrination hits hard.
The real b!tch of it is that most people know deep down that there’s no supernatural being looking out for them. That just f**ks with their heads even harder. Poor saps.
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u/Couch_Pillow1 3h ago
How do you relate to people that engage in the world primarily with their heart/feelings instead of their mind/logic? There’s quite many people like that. Do you think that could possibly speak to the reality that you can come to truth through logic and reason but also with what is felt? Like you can SEE water being in a solid liquid or gas form but you don’t know its temperature until you FEEL it. Both are used to testify to the truth of what state the water is in.
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u/togstation 3h ago
It seems like for the average person nothing is painfully obvious.
Or maybe
[A] They find a couple of things that they are very familiar with obvious. (They can usually find the bathroom in their own house.)
but also [B] a lot of the things that are painfully obvious to them aren't actually true. (Drinking aquarium cleaner does not cure covid. Trump is not making every effort to help them with their personal affairs. Etc. Etc. Etc.)
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u/championkid 3h ago
Totally. All praise to bo!!!