What’s up nonbelievers, doubters, and skeptics?
Did you know that what you post about on social media determines your entire personality?
If you really enjoy sports, and you post about sports, that means there’s nothing else to you besides that.
What if you take it a step further and create an account that only talks about sports.
Aha! Your ENTIRE PERSONALITY is sports.
You have no other hobbies. You have no job. You have no friends or family or pets. No other interests.
Sports would be your entire personality!
Seems fair, right?
No! Of course, it doesn’t.
Yet I get this kind of comment every single day on social media because I talk about being an atheist.
I’m constantly being told to get a life, get a job, and that this is my entire personality.
Yes, I create content in this space. I have a podcast. I write a newsletter. I make TikToks and YouTube videos.
But none of that makes atheism my whole personality.
I have a beautiful girlfriend, whom I love.
I have 2 dogs and a cat.
I enjoy reality TV, Breaking Bad, and The Office.
I love football and golf.
I love to read books (Jurassic Park, currently, and hot damn I’m loving it).
My friends and I do stupid rap battles.
There are lots of things that I enjoy and that I spend my time doing; I just happen to also love providing comedic relief for people who need it.
I do enjoy talking about religion.
Christianity infringes on our lives here in America.
Pardon me for speaking out when I see a 7 year old getting baptized on my Facebook feed.
Pardon me for having a problem with people I know posting about nonbelievers going to hell.
Is it not okay for me to talk about those things?
My girlfriend grew up in a religious cult. She was disfellowshipped. Her family completely cut her off. That kind of stuff just adds fuel to the fire for me.
I’ll definitely have her on the podcast soon to tell her story, by the way (you’ll have to buckle up for that one).
I’ve previously talked about the toupee fallacy, but I’ll let Abraham Piper sum it up in this video of mine that he stitched:
The real issue is that people don’t like what I have to say about their religion.
They take it personally. I get that.
I probably would have, too, back in the day.
So, instead of responding to my posts, many people will try to invalidate me by going after my looks, saying I was never a real Christian, or they will say I make it my whole personality.
Well, I guess it’s fine if they want to feel that way; I know the importance of talking about the harm that religion causes and the importance of making people laugh when they’re going through a lot.
Those voices are louder. Their comments mean more to me.
I think it’s important that we have voices (not just mine) that criticize religion.
Mockery of religion is one of the most essential things…one of the beginnings of the human emancipation is the ability to laugh at authority. It’s indispensable.
―Christopher Hitchens
If we put religion above mockery, then we’re putting it on a pedestal that it doesn’t deserve to be on.
If your god is real… if your faith is strong, then mockery, ridicule, and questioning shouldn’t be a problem.
Is it possible that the posts I make require you to think a little bit, so you decide to lash out about it?
Probably the funniest part about it all is that most of the people who say that atheism is my whole personality have usernames like “ForgivenChildoftheRisenSavior316” and only post about god. *shrug*
Since I already dropped a Hitchens quote, I’ll leave you with one more:
Owners of dogs will have noticed that, if you provide them with food and water and shelter and affection, they will think you are God. Whereas owners of cats are compelled to realize that, if you provide them with food and water and affection, they draw the conclusion that they are God.
— Christopher Hitchens
I thought that was fitting since I’m now a cat owner.
Adios until next time & remember: you don’t need a god to be good!
Kevin
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