I told a street preacher to go f**k himself.
He crossed the line.
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People think that just because I’m an atheist, that means that I hate Christians.
Or that they shouldn’t be allowed to practice their religion.
It’s quite the opposite, actually.
I see some atheists say stuff like “Abolish all religion!” and I just am not on board with that movement.
Some people “need” religion, for lack of a better word.
They beat addictions by leaning on something spiritual. Something bigger than themselves.
I generally have no problem with that.
I really don’t even have too much of a problem with people standing on sidewalks and talking about their religion.
After all, part of Christianity is spreading the gospel.
However…
They should understand that if they put themselves in a public setting, telling others how to live, many people won’t like that, and we also have the right to tell them exactly how full of shit they are.
Here’s what happened yesterday…
My beautiful fiancee and I decided to go for a walk downtown, unsure of exactly where we’d end up (we ended up at SoKno Pride, btw).
We were making our way toward the river when we saw a gaggle of Christians holding their bible tracts.
Oh boy.
This is nothing new, though. We see Jehovah’s Witnesses standing around their carts downtown all the time.
Despite what people might think about me, I’m not an instigator.
I try to be kind, empathetic, understanding, cordial.
Until I have a reason not to be those things.
As we passed them, one of the men asked us if we wanted a Bible tract; my fiancee and I both said “No, thanks.”
Then he asked if we knew Jesus, and we said no.
His response? “You will one day.”
That shit set me the fuck off.
I’m fine with you offering me a tract and even telling me that Jesus loves me.
Whatever.
But when you start threatening us with hell fire, I will not be cordial any longer.
Also, he kinda directed that comment toward my fiancee, which pissed me off even more.
So I told him to go fuck himself.
Double birds. Multiple times.
As I had my middle fingers in the air, we passed another few people who were with that group.
They were children. I felt bad for them and would never use expletives or try to insult them, but I did tell them that Jesus died a long time ago when they said he loves us.
I also made sure to loudly proclaim “You don’t have to be like them,” referring to the asshat who told us we’ll know Jesus one day.
There’s no doubt that he’ll go back to his church to talk about that awful atheist who said curse words while he was spreading the word.
He’ll call it persecution.
I call it FAFO.
Comments From Christians
There’s a chance that one of these comments is from that dude who threatened my eternity lol
Isn’t “do what I do and believe what I believe” the Christian motto?
They always say that I’m telling people what to believe. I don’t do that.
What do you think she’s getting at?
“Explain which book we banded.”
Um, here’s a whole-ass list of books banned from public schools, including Nineteen Minutes, which is about a school shooting.
Is that why it’s banned? Nope. There’s one page that talks about date rape and uses proper anatomical terms. That’s it.
Is that reason enough to ban a book?
“Your account is based on Jesus, so you really believe” is one of the most asinine statements that I get on the reg.
That’s like telling FuckCancer.org that they really love cancer because it’s in their name.
Poor God. He doesn’t have the master key.
They get so mad about my content that they say I’m not even a real person.
I made a whole-ass post about this MFer:
I’d never expect a comment like this from a guy with a fish as a profile pic.
They make a living out of complaining. Is this guy serious?
This person is most likely a child, but the point remains—the worst comments on the internet come from people with cross emojis or bible verses in their bios.
It’s funny, but it’s also sad; they live in so much fear.
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these fuckheads showed up at the no kings protest like they were invited. it was gross.