#vivalacrista

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

Some user with a blank, disposable blog sent me an Ask ranting about how I was “hateful” and telling me I should behave like some rando I’ve never heard of. I responded as follows:

LOL

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Some time later, the following was spewed at my private messages, and I was then immediately blocked. So let’s take a look, shall we?

vivalacrista god is éternel he existed since time began and will always exist

The Invisible Pink Unicorn is eternal. She existed since time began and will always exist.

Casper the Friendly Ghost is eternal. He existed since time began and will always exist.

My fictional characters are equivalent to your fictional characters.

What’s interesting is that you could never harm or injure an eternal creature. You could never take away from it, and therefore it could never have cause to punish you, and you could never add to it, therefore it could never reward you.

What’s also interesting is that claiming to know that it’s eternal eliminates your ability to defer to its mystery.

Have you ever actually sat down and considered the qualities you ascribe to this creature? Cause it doesn’t seem like you have.

vivalacrista You can’t deny you are hatful

Actually, I can. I don’t own or wear any hats.

If you mean “hateful,” then I beg to differ. You don’t even know me.

I won’t deny that I hate bad ideas, false ideas. I feel no self-consciousness or discomfort about that. Pretty proud, actually.

vivalacrista Go look at nateislame to see how atheists should behave [URL deleted]

Ah, I should sit at the back of the bus and be silent for your convenience. I should moderate my behavior to suit your sensibilities and preferences. I should genuflect and defer to you and your paper-thin feelings.

I don’t give a shit about some atheist I’ve never heard of. I am me. I will atheist my way, and no other. And I will not be dictated to as to how I “should behave.”

I am not your house atheist. I will not be told how and when and on what I may speak, least of all someone as narcissistic and entitled as you.

vivalacrista You call yourself rational but are more bigoted then any chrstian witch is irrational and manipulating a 16 year old is wrong

It’s really hard to take seriously someone who is either borderline illiterate or still struggling through their Eighth Grade remedial English class.

It’s further hard to take seriously criticism of my rationality by someone who seems to be determined to demonstrate that they are not. If you had a rational argument to make, you could and should have made it. Instead, you did all... this.

I have no damn clue who you are or why you’re even in my private messages. The “bigotry” you speak of is merely your personal discomfort with the fact that I am not afraid to say what’s on my mind.

If me posting on my page is “manipulating” people, then you’re really going to have a hard time with the rest of Tumblr, not to mention the entire outside world beyond your bedroom.

There are many, many people out there who are going to say things you don’t like, and many of those things will be true. And none of them are obliged to lie for your comfort or convenience.

Your problem dealing with this is your problem, and yours alone.

vivalacrista What's rhe

What’s The matter did I take the wind out of your sail, you also Uniroicly belive gender is not a real thing and just stereotypes so who’s the idiot nowand no i’m not still scared of you But I a, willing to die to stop you from hurting other people of faith, you are no different from people like kenneth copleland

No, I have a life and you’re some random nobody in my private messages. You are not the center of my world. I don’t even know who you are.

Also, no, you’ve clearly not been paying the slightest attention to anything I’ve said. So, I don’t feel particularly invested in defending myself to someone who don’t bother to read what I have to say.

Since I’m not harming anyone, merely criticizing ideas, such as your superstitions about a magical spaceman living in the clouds granting you wishes, I wish you all the luck in the world. Being “willing to die to stop” me from doing something I’m not even doing is kind of like taking a bullet for Bigfoot, or risking your life to cut up the Loch Ness Monster-capturing nets. That don’t exist.

Go nuts. Or more so.

vivalacrista Most atheists are very kind people who are accepting but you are certainly a acception, i’m not asking you to be chrstian but only to tolerate other people

I am a very kind person. Which is why I give believers the dignity and respect to challenge their primitive, juvenile beliefs. One of the most loving things you can ever do for someone is to tell someone what they need to hear, rather than what they want to hear. Unfortunately, your personal fragility appears to make this untenable, as your babbling seems to be a demand to support your comforting lies, so you can avoid painful truths.

If that’s what you wish, then you can construct your confirmation bubble around yourself by yourself. Block me or something. It’s not that hard.

vivalacrista And if you don’t belive in the bible why do you use it for arguments

Seriously? This... this confuses you? Are you really this foolish?

How about because you do. If you get to quote the bible to justify your beliefs, then I get to quote the bible to show that you’re wrong. It’s your book. If you didn’t keep shoving it in our faces, insisting it’s the only moral guide for humanity, or justifying your imaginary blood-god with it, we wouldn’t have to keep pointing out the bits that are gross and immoral.

And it’s false. We actually already know this. We know when it was written. We know how it was written. We know it wasn’t written by anyone who was (supposedly) there. We know that it says things that are known to have never happened. We know how it was edited. We know pieces were cherry picked for inclusion, selected for exclusion, embellished, elaborated, and stories were crafted wholecloth.

It’s a book of public concern. I can say what I want.

And I’m willing to bet I know it better than you.

If I don’t get to use the bible, you don’t get to use a science book. Any of them.

Considering what a controlling, arrogant, toxic person you come across as, it makes me wonder whether this is the poison of your religion - providing more reason to decline and avoid it - or it’s a pre-existing personality disorder - in which case, I’m not inclined to put much stock in your personal judgement.

Maybe next time have an actual, logical argument to be made, rather than just behaving like a whining child.

[godlesssuggestions]

so I dint know this was a suport blog far athists, I just found that out and want to say you are doing great. while I am christian myself I belive in freedom of religon as well as religion. also i'm sorry for any bad memories I reminded you of

i appreciate your kindness. have a great day.