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hugyoursadist: stickingupforsammy: doublecrossingdame: This is absolutely disgusting. Don’t hate on others belief. I am absolutely shocked that this came up on my dash and am utterly heartbroken that someone went to all the effort of creating this image.  This isn’t hating on beliefs. In ALL OTHER ASPECTS OF LIFE, truth seeking is accepted and normal…yet if we apply the same logic to religion, it is somehow considered hate. By this logic, suggesting that the earth isn’t 6 thousand years old is hating on Fundamentalist Christians. Study after study have PROVED that prayer is ineffective. If finding out that something you believe in or support offends you, you should probably take a good, hard look at yourself.  This image doesn’t say a single thing about religious people. It doesn’t call Christians bad, evil, mean, horrible, stupid, etc. It it not offensive at all, nor is it hateful. Frankly, I am sick of seeing anything that challenges the idea of religion being labeled as such. We are allowed to challenge each other’s political, social, and philosophical ideas. Religion shouldn’t be exempt from this. Imagine what would have happened to this world if scientists stopped researching certain things in the name of “not being offensive to the beliefs of others”.  Can we stop holding religion to some crazy standard and just treat it like another belief system? Something that SHOULD be challenged and explored so long as one is not personally attacking those who believe in it.  As for those “offensive” scientific studies proving that prayer does not work Power of prayer flunks an unusual test - Health - Heart health … Long-Awaited Medical Study Questions the Power of Prayer - New … Largest Study of Third-Party Prayer Suggests Such Prayer Not … BBC NEWS | Health | ‘No health benefit’ from prayer  Tumblr. If the truth is offensive to you, you are doing it wrong. If you are so obsessed with your belief system that you attack ANYBODY who disagrees with you, you are doing it wrong.  I couldn’t have said this any better, kudo’s to stickingupforsammy. I’ve had this fight constantly with people.

hugyoursadist:

stickingupforsammy:

doublecrossingdame:

This is absolutely disgusting. Don’t hate on others belief. I am absolutely shocked that this came up on my dash and am utterly heartbroken that someone went to all the effort of creating this image. 

This isn’t hating on beliefs. In ALL OTHER ASPECTS OF LIFE, truth seeking is accepted and normal…yet if we apply the same logic to religion, it is somehow considered hate. By this logic, suggesting that the earth isn’t 6 thousand years old is hating on Fundamentalist Christians. Study after study have PROVED that prayer is ineffective. If finding out that something you believe in or support offends you, you should probably take a good, hard look at yourself. 

This image doesn’t say a single thing about religious people. It doesn’t call Christians bad, evil, mean, horrible, stupid, etc. It it not offensive at all, nor is it hateful.

Frankly, I am sick of seeing anything that challenges the idea of religion being labeled as such. We are allowed to challenge each other’s political, social, and philosophical ideas. Religion shouldn’t be exempt from this. Imagine what would have happened to this world if scientists stopped researching certain things in the name of “not being offensive to the beliefs of others”. 

Can we stop holding religion to some crazy standard and just treat it like another belief system? Something that SHOULD be challenged and explored so long as one is not personally attacking those who believe in it.

 As for those “offensive” scientific studies proving that prayer does not work

Power of prayer flunks an unusual test - Health - Heart health …

Long-Awaited Medical Study Questions the Power of Prayer - New …

Largest Study of Third-Party Prayer Suggests Such Prayer Not …

BBC NEWS | Health | ‘No health benefit’ from prayer

 Tumblr. If the truth is offensive to you, you are doing it wrong. If you are so obsessed with your belief system that you attack ANYBODY who disagrees with you, you are doing it wrong. 


I couldn’t have said this any better, kudo’s to stickingupforsammy. I’ve had this fight constantly with people.

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2 years ago on March 11, 2011 at 11:41pm
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    FINALLY!! Somebody agrees!!
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    Why do people think now is the time to religion bash? Prayer alone doesn’t help as much as donating time, money, and...
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    I’m not really religious but you know what? When someone says they’ll pray for me, it does help a little bit. I don’t...
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  11. iconoclast-a reblogged this from fuckreligionn and added:
    FACT.
  12. sandsarellas reblogged this from waretote and added:
    “Also less chance of non-believers like me feeling awkward as shit.” pretty much.
  13. therevoltion reblogged this from setosnicegirl and added:
    Good lord this pisses me off! Do people not stop to think about why people pray after traumatic events? It’s not just a...
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  15. alekibutt reblogged this from fanfaluche and added:
    The only one assuming anything is you by saying that this image, or my comment says anything like ‘people who pray are...
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  17. fanfaluche reblogged this from alekibutt and added:
    Thank you for assuming there is only one point and that people cannot view things by different povs and cannot be...
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  19. setosnicegirl reblogged this from alekibutt and added:
    Ah I kinda vented my frustration after seeing simlar things (and fights) on my dash all day yesterday. I apologize.
  20. creativityprocess reblogged this from alekibutt and added:
    Yeah, okay, pretty much this. If you’re gonna pray, I can’t stop you. If you pray you have to give money too though,...
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    Ohmygosh, seriously? I’m not religious, but I don’t believe it can be PROVED that prayers don’t work. When I passed my...
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    La pura verdad.
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    but japan said: no help plis… u_u