The overall purpose of religion is to propagate itself like a mind virus. Institutional velocity.

I wouldn’t care at all if these people were able to keep their delusions to themselves. As a whole, past and present, these people have proven themselves incapable of doing so.

Paradox of tolerance.

I find it extremely offensive and presumptuous when a religious person tries to use God talk with me. When somebody tells me to praise Jesus or thank the Lord I feel the same level of discomfort that I’d imagine they would feel if I said hail Satan or let Satan guide us or whatever. I don’t consent to having any of those intentions towards me and it’s very selfish and narrow minded that they assume everyone would agree to those things they say.

Does anyone else feel irritated when deeply religious people

Yes

Thank god the tornado destroyed my neighbor’s house and not mine.

Thank god those kids in poor countries are starving and not me.

Thank god for killing kids with cancer.

They never attribute to god the things that a god could prevent, or in fact deliberately willed to happen, but they’re sure happy to strip someone of their accomplishments and effort by attributing them to god’s will.

Omg! God told me I would see this post! Praise him!

I’ve been told the same thing, they said god gave me my strength, but realistically if this “god” did give me anything, it would be my weaknesses and hostile social environment, where I was forced to find my own strengths that a god couldn’t give unless they wanted me to face some sort of mythological nepotism.

I wouldn’t be irritated if they didn’t insist on it incessantly

Around monsoon time i will admit it bother me, epic keanu chungus OP

Reminds me of a couple of joke/stories.

• A flood came and an owner was on top of the house. A boat came by to save him and he said “That’s okay, God will save me”. Then a helicopter came by to save him and he said the same thing. He drowned and went to heaven and asked God why he didn’t come save him and God said “I sent you a boat and a helicopter!”.
• A very famous, powerful rabbi stopped at an inn and the owner was out, but the staff treated him terribly. The rabbi cursed the hotel and stated that it will burn down the following day at noon. The next morning the rabbi got up to leave and the owner, who was now back, begged and pleaded with him to remove the curse. The rabbi eventually agreed. The peasants were watching the inn to see what would happen and when noon came and went, and the inn did not burn down, everyone exclaimed “It’s a miracle!”.

Comedian Daniel Sloss said something about thanking god after surviving cancer: No, it was the doctors, stupid. (We have tickets to see him soon. Check if he’s in your area, he’s awesome.)

“God” is the greatest cause of murder and war. It’s fucking stupid. In the old testament, he’s a fucking dick. Seriously, what an asshole. But “christians” who know nothing about the book they proselytize pretend they have a moral obligation to be assholes to people they don’t like.

I’ve studied and read more historical and educational books on early christianity than any right-wing republican asshole (I live in the USA), I guarantee it. I was on a serious mission for about 18 months after years of casual Wikipedia browsing. But it’s not just christians.

Any person who makes their religion known to strangers is a weak piece of shit. Wear a cross, a burka, a kippah, whatever. You suck. It should be private. Advertising your beliefs shows how insecure you are about them. I don’t need to prove a goddamn thing to anyone because I’m confident that I’m morally correct. You know why you need “god above”? Because you’re not sure what to think without someone telling you what’s right and wrong.

they can wishfully think themselves into anything as long as it makes them better than other people and they can play victim

I especially feel irritated when they credit god over actual people that made something happen, like thanking god over a surgeon that just saved your life

Yeah, but these days I’m more tired than irritated.

Yeah, you’re to blame for everything bad and God gets credit for everything good.

I’m part of a religion and annoyed by most religious people (I’m not Christian brcause I’m converting to another religion that aligns more with what I personally believe). Irl, you’d never guess I was part of any religion because I know how to STFU. Sadly, a lot of religious people don’t do that. I really hear you and it is frustrating to deal with.