Anti-Christian bias on the internet

[Alienslayer2406]

I should preface this by saying that I myself am a Baptist and I have been for the majority of my life. I used to be more conservative politically, but in recent years I've realized that many aspects of modern American conservatism are incompatible with my faith. Though I'm quite active on the internet, most of my time is spent on places like Reddit which have a more Leftist focus and a large atheist demographic, so it's entirely possible that I'm connecting dots where there are none and thinking my own little bubble represents the world as a whole.

I've recently noticed that a particular portion of the internet seems to be biased against Christianity. Now, don't get me wrong, I don't want to come off as having a persecution complex - Christianity in the largest religion in the world and a large number of elected officials are Christian - but it seems to me that criticism of Christianity is more widely accepted online compared to criticism of other religions. If you criticize or show disagreement with other religions such as Islam or Judaism, chances are you'll be labeled Islamophobic or antisemitic. In other words, it seems that it's okay to criticize religion as long as Christianity is the religion in question.

Of course, I can kind of understand. Sadly, Christians have caused a lot of suffering in the world; the crusades, the Spanish Inquisition, the Salem Witch Trials, discrimination against LGBT people, etc; there are even some sects of the KKK that claim to be Christian. But all the other religions out there aren't innocent either. With Islam you have the Taliban, child marriage, extreme infringement of women's rights and persecution of LGBT people. With Judaism you have the current genocide against the Palestinians -- and I want to clarifiy: I don't support neither Hamas nor the Israeli government. Both of them have done terrible things and need to be punished accordingly. A nation's people is separate from it's government.

The point I'm trying to make is that everyone has skeletons in their closet. Surely, most major religions all have blood on their hands. We should criticize everyone equally. If we mock one group, we may as well mock them all. Why single specifically Christians out?

I'm not here to cause an argument, just thoughtful discussion.

[Lokaror]

Originally posted by mai72:

Originally posted by Lokaror:

I very much agree, its why i would like to read the Torah and Qu'ran at some point. Not to mention any other religious texts i could access. Just because i don't believe doesn't mean i cant learn and become a better person through these. Plus it would help me understand others and gain more insight into history + current events.

Read also about the Buddha. He was born 500 years before Jesus. And his life and the life of Jesus are so very similar.

Oh yeah, for sure. Obviously Buddhism is one of the things i'd love to read about as mentioned. I just need to be in the right frame of mind to do these things and truly take everything in so im very slow going.

[Alienslayer2406]

Not even two days and there's already sixty comments. I can tell this thread is going to be lovely.

[Chalupacabaras]

Originally posted by Xero_Daxter:

Originally posted by mai72:

Read also about the Buddha. He was born 500 years before Jesus. And his life and the life of Jesus are so very similar.

Did he walk on water and cured blindness too?

I dont know much about Buddha.

Buddha was born as the son of a very wealthy noble family. His father decided to raise him without any awareness of evil, suffering or ugliness in the world, and had the palace walls built too high for the son to climb for a look. Also, the father only hired the most beautiful and handsome people to work in the household, purchased only the most perfect foods and drinks, imported the finest clothes and necessities. Everything his son wanted or needed, it was given without question. No punishments were ever given, neither to him or in his sight. Lastly, the father set everything up so that his son would never need to leave the palace.

After growing up in a world where everything was perfect, Buddha became curious about the outside world and decided to sneak out of the palace. He saw beggars, sickness, poverty, the elderly and orphans, thieves and murderers, all the horrors that he never knew existed right outside his home.

So Buddha decided he'd forsake all the luxuries of his life, and live as a commoner. This went on for a few years until he sat at the base of a large tree and meditated for 49 days straight. He never moved from that spot, his eyes never opened, despite weather and hunger and thirst.

During that 49 days, Buddha eventually realized a few truths that were self-evident and achieved a state of enlightenment, called "nirvana". Afterwards, he emerged from his meditative state and began helping people who wanted to become better souls. At the end of his life, the Buddha took one last breath and disappeared in a flash of light, presumably leaving this level of existence for a higher one.

Might've paraphrased it a bit, but that's the basic underlying story. He did heal a few lepers, taught a few words of wisdom, but was overall just a really chill dude.

[Hobbit XIII]

The difference between Christianity and some other religions is a fanatical Christian will take the criticism and get on with their lives .
Some other religions will demand you are paraded before all and slandered as evil and must beg for forgiveness.
-What a nice free country England has become.

[jahpeg]

atheism should be a bannable offense

[hi friends]

Originally posted by ratpuke:

atheism should be a bannable offense

christian deserves whipping

[Eskimofo]

Originally posted by Hobbit XIII:

The difference between Christianity and some other religions is a fanatical Christian will take the criticism and get on with their lives .
Some other religions will demand you are paraded before all and slandered as evil and must beg for forgiveness.
-What a nice free country England has become.

You can be the most amazing, helpful person and devote your life to helping others and making the world a better place...but at the end of your life, if jesus exists, he goes "Whoa. Good job. You never did anything wrong in your life, opened schools and hospitals for underprivileged children, cured cancer, and provided 3-week seminars for the OT community on how to talk to women...oooo...but you didn't do it in my name. Well, off to eternal damnation with you. Maybe next life."

What a loving culture.

[xDDD]

Originally posted by Eskimofo:

...oooo...but you didn't do it in my name. Well, off to eternal damnation with you. Maybe next life."

What a loving culture.

I mean, to be fair, the Bible arguably doesn't actually say nonbelievers get eternal damnation.
It's more like they get annihilated and cease to exist (which is, incidentally, what atheists typically believe)

[Vince ✟]

Originally posted by Alienslayer2406:

Not even two days and there's already sixty comments. I can tell this thread is going to be lovely.

Why did you make the thread then? I find it strange you pour out the bait, and then comment at the ones who come to nibble on it. I find the real question is what was it you wanted with this thread, and are you finding it?

[hi friends]

Originally posted by :D:

Originally posted by Eskimofo:

...oooo...but you didn't do it in my name. Well, off to eternal damnation with you. Maybe next life."

What a loving culture.

I mean, to be fair, the Bible arguably doesn't actually say nonbelievers get eternal damnation.
It's more like they get annihilated and cease to exist (which is, incidentally, what atheists typically believe)

I'm pretty sure jesus himself didn't really give a ♥♥♥♥ about what bible actually says these days, and would be either pissed or laugh at it.

[sus]

Originally posted by Eskimofo:

but at the end of your life, if jesus exists, he goes "Whoa. Good job. You never did anything wrong in your life ... but you didn't do it in my name. Well, off to eternal damnation with you.

What a loving culture.

Matthew 7:21–23

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers."

[Hobbit XIII]

Originally posted by Eskimofo:

Originally posted by Hobbit XIII:

The difference between Christianity and some other religions is a fanatical Christian will take the criticism and get on with their lives .
Some other religions will demand you are paraded before all and slandered as evil and must beg for forgiveness.
-What a nice free country England has become.

You can be the most amazing, helpful person and devote your life to helping others and making the world a better place...but at the end of your life, if jesus exists, he goes "Whoa. Good job. You never did anything wrong in your life, opened schools and hospitals for underprivileged children, cured cancer, and provided 3-week seminars for the OT community on how to talk to women...oooo...but you didn't do it in my name. Well, off to eternal damnation with you. Maybe next life."

What a loving culture.

That is one way to interpret him and certainly an incorrect one.

[NW/RL]

Online atheism is almost always just anti-christian instead of anti-theist

[apathy]

Originally posted by Insomniac Jack:

Forgive them as the prodigal son forgave humanity for their most heinous transgressions.

Whoa whoa whoa, where does it say Jesus was the prodigal son that blew through daddy's inheritance?

Most people take from that story that he was the elder son who was bitter the younger went away and left him with his work to do and mess to clean up.

Pray for them to see the err of their perverse ways, and for their lost souls to find peace one day in god's holy embrace.

Better to not exist than to be born. Those who never exist will never feel pain. Those who exist know joy but also know suffering that is unbearable and outweighs any pleasure.

If non-existence is the rightful default state, where no pain and suffering can ever exist, then this reality is an abomination, an unending nightmare we cannot wake up from.

Originally posted by :D:

Atheists/Satanists are rebelling against THE Father. It isn't out of character for them to rebel against their earthly fathers as well.

Disagree, but why do you call him "father" anyway? Why not THE Estranged which is more apropos. He hasn't sent you a single email, or paid a single visit to your household.

I have a biological father, and it ain't nor ever will be magic man.

Originally posted by Chalupacabaras:

I'd love to see the look on Satan's face when I darken his doorstep.

Isn't seeing an angel, even a fallen one, the last thing you want according to the mythology? One has to wonder how god made anything at all when he destroys anything he touches. Maybe he outsourced or delegated the job to other safer-supernatural less-incomprehensible beings?

Originally posted by yesskillch:

‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers."[/i]

How can someone who is omniscient say he doesn't know who a group of people are.

Bible? More the book of the Holy Contradictions.

[Eskimofo]

Originally posted by yesskillch:

Originally posted by Eskimofo:

but at the end of your life, if jesus exists, he goes "Whoa. Good job. You never did anything wrong in your life ... but you didn't do it in my name. Well, off to eternal damnation with you.

What a loving culture.

Matthew 7:21–23

“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers."

....so....are you agreeing? I can't tell. When people use quotes from that bibbles and do not follow up with interpretation or context, that is no answer. And people wonder why christians argue amongst themselves over the meaning of their own scripture.