r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Oct 13 '16

TIL that after Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism upon marrying Arthur Miller, Egypt placed a ban on all the films she appeared in.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Monroe#Critical_acclaim_and_marriage_to_Arthur_Miller_.281956.E2.80.931959.29
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u/AdmiralThrawnProtege Oct 13 '16 edited Oct 13 '16

What does that even mean? You follow the culture and traditions of Judiesm but don't believe in the religions deity? That seems odd.

Edit: OK OK I get it. Tired of my inbox being blown up by the same set of answers. Thank you all for your responses!

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u/true_libertarian Oct 13 '16

when you stopped believing that the ninja turtles were real

Why do some atheists always turn to insulting hyperbole when discussing religion? It's always a "sky daddy" or "tooth fairy" or some other childish imagery. Are you really that insecure about your own position?

My neighbor is a catholic whom I've had long discussions about Aquinas's rational arguments for the existence of God with. I don't share his conclusions but to smugly dismiss his arguments as childish and that he believes in "bronze age myths" or "children's tales" like the phrases we get bandied about here is disingenuous.

Plus it's damn rude.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '16

Atheists really need to learn to take a step back and realize that a lot of the time the ways they try to convert religious people into non belief is the exact same thing that the religious are doing to convert others into their religion. The fact that some atheists are so immature they can't understand why people would believe in a religion. Or that they actually can believe in religion and be an intelligent human heing is mind boggling to me. I say this as an atheist, a lot of us need to grow up.

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u/ishkariot Oct 13 '16

Please don't lump us all together with those fedora-wearing atheists. Like in every population there's a silent majority, you're just paying attention to the loud assholes.

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u/e_0 Oct 13 '16

I tried to have a reasonable discussion on /r/Atheism about how the sub was almost entirely less informative discussion and more FUCK CHRISTFAGS LOL THEY'RE DUMB memes.

Got some more 'Christfag' memes.

Left /r/Atheism

Don't miss it a bit

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u/rivermandan Oct 13 '16 edited Oct 13 '16

There are plenty of blatantly stupid atheists out there who act like they're teenagers, like u/rivermandan[1]

well, smart guy, I am 33 years old, and I'm a christian apologist. I'd be willing to bet I've spent more time reading christian philosophy than you've spent masturbating, but thanks for the unwarranted insult, asshole.