Nobody said anything about realism. Realism and religion are not the only two options.
Nelots
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"Trump isn't hateful or racist or anything, he just says it like it is. That's why I love him. If that bothers you then you're just a snowflake."
"No no, you're taking him too literally. He was obviously being sarcastic, haven't you ever heard of a joke?"
God’s vision for humanity
Translation:
Our cult leaders' vision for humanity
I think the intended idea was that she freezes mid-sentence in shock after fully comprehending what was said. Shrunken iris, mouth half open... I personally think the reaction makes sense.
Left to right. The two big panels are the first and last panels respectively.
What a cute picture. God, I fucking love goldens.
I still don't see any reason to believe in things I don't see any evidence for. If you want to believe in ghosts or spirituality or Bigfoot or whatever, have at it. I don't agree with you, but I don't really care either. I only take issue with people that have, and act according to, beliefs that cause direct harm to others. Religions, crystal healing, antivaxxers, etc.
Sure, a community based around not believing in flying pigs might not make sense to you. Why build a community around not believing something? But you're missing the same point a lot of religious folk do when they say, "why do you hate god if you don't believe in him?" See, what if you lived in a world where 90% of people believed in either flying pigs, flying sheep, or flying cows, and all around the world, people in power are making laws based around these things that directly hurt, suppress, and ostracize the lives of others? Suddenly, making a community around it makes more sense.
What do we get out of it? Well, we get a sense of community and belonging for one thing. We all have something in common, and many of us have even been directly hurt or oppressed by the beliefs we stand against. And besides, we're not perfect human beings—sometimes it's just fun to poke fun at things we find ridiculous with a group of like-minded individuals.
If the amount of people that just put up with ads currently instead of switching to Firefox is anything to go by, I think the number of people who truly care is less that you might think. Especially when YouTube is such a monopoly.
I mean, I agree completely. I'm an agnostic atheist myself. I believe it is highly unlikely a god exists, but outright claiming absolutely no gods exist is a positive claim that also requires evidence if you wish to convince others. It's not a stance I'm willing to take.
That said, I'm very willing to make the positive claim that certain gods do not exist. The christian god, for example, at least as described in the bible, is so logically inconsistent that I am willing to take a hard atheist stance on its existence and say outright I believe it does not exist.
when science doesn’t have an explanation or evidence either
The difference is that we're willing to admit we don't know, while the religious think they do. We don't have a burden of proof here because we're not claiming anything.
A true scientist would acknowledge that there is possibility of interference-based creation based on our current understanding of physics.
Most people do acknowledge that its possible. Its just very, very, very, (...) unlikely to be the case. Everything else we've ever proven to be true has been caused by natural causes. Why should it suddenly be different? I'm open to being proven wrong when the time comes, but in the meantime I will continue to ignore wild ideas that contradict everything we know and are brought forth without any evidence. That's not arrogance.
Seems like I did. I don't think I'd call realism a religion, though I don't know much about the viewpoint. In what way is realism more harmful than other religions?