Religion is bullshit
Religion is bullshit
Hey, it's the name of the site!
"If we believe absurdities, we shall commit atrocities" -- Voltaire (1694-1778)

Throughout history, religion has been responsible for a large proportion of the suffering in the world - yet religious beliefs are based in ancient myths and legends that should have been discarded centuries ago.

The purpose of this site is to point out the errors in religious texts and highlight the problems caused by religious believers in society today. picked by 2manyusernames 9 months ago
tags christian bible inconsistencies errors scripture bullshit
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 2manyuse...
9 months ago
Disclaimer from the site:

This is not a hate site - the contributors are not inciting violence towards any individual or group because of their beliefs. Much of the content of this site however will be offensive to many believers. We make no apology for ridiculing both the beliefs and, in some cases, the believers themselves. Despite what many people think, religion - like any other system of belief or philosophy - does not automatically deserve respect.
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 Mershaul...
9 months ago
« 2manyusernames : Despite what many people think, religion - like any other system of belief or philosophy - does not automatically deserve respect.
It's absolutely amazing how many people don't understand this.
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 2manyuse...
9 months ago
Yeah, that disclaimer is the main reason I posted this site. There have been similar ones posted before, some that offered more information, but none with a perfectly reasonable and logical disclaimer.

A disclaimer that like you said, is often times misunderstood.
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 shoestix
9 months ago
I found this link there.

funny stuff
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 Mershaul...
9 months ago
« shoestix : I found this link there.

funny stuff
Yes, because every atheist worries about those things constantly. Oh, and we're all that crazy too.
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 2manyuse...
9 months ago
« Mershaullk : Yes, because every atheist worries about those things constantly. Oh, and we're all that crazy too.
Dude, it is a joke and a funny one also.
Yes, it is an exaggeration, but that is a type of humor.

look at all the jokes that play on the harshness of the laws in the old testament. It is the same thing.
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 Mershaul...
9 months ago
« 2manyusernames : Dude, it is a joke and a funny one also.
Yes, it is an exaggeration, but that is a type of humor.

look at all the jokes that play on the harshness of the laws in the old testament. It is the same thing.
I understand that it's a joke but I highly doubt that you'll find very many atheists that would make complaints like that. It's a juvenile joke at best.
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 sparklye...
9 months ago
I won't get into a theological debate here. Being a former Catholic and anti-atheist, I find it really hard to explain to people exactly what my beliefs are.

I like the no hate stance, but some people see belittling the beliefs on which they base their existence as hate. I gave the site a quick look through, so I may have missed something, but I worry that this site is primarily anti-Christian. Perhaps yes, because Christianity is one of the more vocal religions in its doctrines. And yes, taking every literal rule and dogma in the Bible as actual law is entirely impossible.

But if they expect to hold up the "religion is bulls**t debate" they ought to point out the fallacies in other religions. If they think Christianity is the only hypocritical religion they are sorely mistaken. Nevermind that a large portion of factual errors or conflicting doctrines are actually from the Old Testament which is primarily the Torah. But they don't criticize the Jews, because they Jews have had enough s**t in their existence. Christianity is at the center of the atheists crusade, yet they happily ignore the fallacies and obvious inaccuracies in several other major world religions.

A true enlightened Buddhist won't harm a blade of grass, yet in order to live a Buddhist must destroy the life of something. Hinduism uses the caste system to justify inexcusable treatment of the lower castes. And I could go on and on and on and on...

Consider this:
I take a portrait of the Virgin Mary and smear it with elephant dung. Brilliant artist with a keen social commentary, right?
But I take an image of Moses and smear it with elephant dung. I'm an anti-Semitic jerk.

All I'm saying is, if we're going to try and move society past the crutches of organized religion, let's dismantle them all equally. By singling out one major religion, we're holding in a lower regard than any other religion, which is wrong because as this website states: religion - like any other system of belief or philosophy - does not automatically deserve respect. If they replaced the word "religion" with the word "Christianity", I'd leave them alone.
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 sparklye...
9 months ago
« Mershaullk : I understand that it's a joke but I highly doubt that you'll find very many atheists that would make complaints like that. It's a juvenile joke at best.
I have to say, I think you're often very well-spoken about what you believe (and don't believe), even if I don't often agree with it. I do enjoy reading some of your debates, because you make a consistent and articulate point. But you seem very defensive about your beliefs.

It's a joke, lighten up! Of course no atheist is gonna leave a half-naked women because of the cross around her neck (which, by the way, is a subtle dig at hypocritical Christians). Don't take yourself or your beliefs to seriously, that's what's wrong with religious zealots in the first place.
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 2manyuse...
9 months ago
« Mershaullk : I understand that it's a joke but I highly doubt that you'll find very many atheists that would make complaints like that. It's a juvenile joke at best.
You won't find any atheists that think like that. You also won't find any ______ that think the way that the joke about________ says.

Tell any joke and chances are that it will offend someone and that it doesn't accurately reflect they way people behave/think/feel at least not the majority of said group.
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 mahler87
9 months ago
Too bad Voltaire was not an atheist.
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 Mershaul...
9 months ago
« 2manyusernames : You won't find any atheists that think like that. You also won't find any ______ that think the way that the joke about________ says.

Tell any joke and chances are that it will offend someone and that it doesn't accurately reflect they way people behave/think/feel at least not the majority of said group.
I'm not saying that it offended me. It takes quite a lot more than that to offend me. I'm just saying that it wasn't very funny.
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 Mershaul...
9 months ago
« sparklyeyedgal181 : All that.
I agree. All religions have fallacies. This site does claim that "religion is bulls**t", yet doesn't go on to talk about anything other than Christianity. I wouldn't say this is because he are afraid of being labeled anti-Semites. Either he knows more about Christianity and therefore decides to debate that subject or he just hasn't gotten around to the countless others. Considering the age of the site, I would go with the former. If this is true, I do agree that he should have then named the site "Christianity Is Bulls**t."
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 Mershaul...
9 months ago
« sparklyeyedgal181 : I have to say, I think you're often very well-spoken about what you believe (and don't believe), even if I don't often agree with it. I do enjoy reading some of your debates, because you make a consistent and articulate point. But you seem very defensive about your beliefs.

It's a joke, lighten up! Of course no atheist is gonna leave a half-naked women because of the cross around her neck (which, by the way, is a subtle dig at hypocritical Christians). Don't take yourself or your beliefs to seriously, that's what's wrong with religious zealots in the first place.
I think the lack of emotions I can display over the internet has portrayed me as something other than what I meant to yet again.
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 BaraneyF...
9 months ago
Correct me if I'm wrong but from an atheistic point of view there is no right or wrong because we are nothing more than random chance applied to fish. Thus our actions cannot be right or wrong. To suggest that there is a right or wrong assumes that something created a standard. How can you say that religion has done so much wrong if there is no such thing? By saying they have done wrong means you are applying your own standards, or faith, on other people. Everyone has a faith. Some believe in a supernatural being, some believe in life springing from nothing. Neither can be studied scientifically. Evolution is just another religion based on unverifiable beliefs.
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 Mershaul...
9 months ago
« BaraneyFife : Correct me if I'm wrong but from an atheistic point of view there is no right or wrong because we are nothing more than random chance applied to fish.
Actually, yes, you are wrong.

Thus our actions cannot be right or wrong. To suggest that there is a right or wrong assumes that something created a standard.
Once again, wrong. Humans have developed a moral core due to the billions of years of evolution that we have gone through. If you look to the Animal Kingdom you will see many species doing kind things to many other species. Ever heard of Mutualism?

How can you say that religion has done so much wrong if there is no such thing? By saying they have done wrong means you are applying your own standards, or faith, on other people.
I'm not even sure how you came to that conclusion.

Everyone has a faith.
Once again, nope.

Some believe in a supernatural being, some believe in life springing from nothing.
From nothing? Hardly.

Neither can be studied scientifically.
Oh, really?
Evolution is just another religion based on unverifiable beliefs.
No... just... no.
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 sparklye...
9 months ago
« BaraneyFife : Neither can be studied scientifically.
Well, I wouldn't go that far. While there is no undeniable, absolute evidence for evolution, it makes a pretty compelling case for itself through the fossil record.

Meanwhile, the Flat-Earth society still can't prove the Idaho doesn't exist.
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 ZebraHDH
9 months ago
Why does this site not have a donate button.
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 Mershaul...
9 months ago
« sparklyeyedgal181 : Well, I wouldn't go that far. While there is no undeniable, absolute evidence for evolution, it makes a pretty compelling case for itself through the fossil record.
Actually, I would venture to say that the fossil record is undeniable evidence. I have yet to read a report from any major science site that says otherwise.
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 sparklye...
9 months ago
« Mershaullk : Actually, I would venture to say that the fossil record is undeniable evidence. I have yet to read a report from any major science site that says otherwise.
There are a number of gaps and inexplainable inconsistencies that beg to differ. I'm not saying it's not a very strong case, but it (like any other scientific theory) is not absolute proof.

Any good scientists knows not to go looking for white swans.
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