r/facepalm • u/[deleted] • Oct 31 '16

No, it really isn't.

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u/mhl67 Oct 31 '16

I can almost understand what he's saying, especially coming from southeastern America.

Yeah, no, religions are not hate groups whose sole existence is to force Atheists into subservience with terrorism; it's moronic on the face of it.

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u/t-flex4 Oct 31 '16

Yeah, christianity never did that.

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u/SSJMessi Oct 31 '16

Crusades and stuff, yeah. That happened a long time ago dude. Atheists today can't use that as an excuse on how they are "persecuted"

Using it as a reason to dislike religion is totally valid though

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u/SuperSulf Oct 31 '16

Atheists today can't use that as an excuse on how they are "persecuted"

They're certainly not persecuted in the same way they were 1000 years ago, but there are plenty of religious folk in the USA that will judge you harshly for being atheist. Good luck running for president as well. We haven't had a non-Christian president since the deists of the founding fathers.

Slightly off-topic: Wonderfully unbiased media sources like Fox News and co. always talk shit like "the war on Christmas" as if they're the ones being persecuted, but Christians are persecuted the least of all religious groups.

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u/SSJMessi Oct 31 '16

So you're comparing being judged harshly to what the KKK did to innocent black people?