Emo Philips:
“Once I saw this guy on a bridge about to jump. I said, “Don’t do it!” He said, “But nobody loves me.” I said, “God loves you. Do you believe in God?” He said, “Yes.” I said, “Are you a Christian or a Jew?” He said, “A Christian.” I said, “Me, too! Protestant or Catholic?” He said, “Protestant.” I said, “Me, too! What denomination?” He said, “Baptist.” I said, “Me, too! Northern Baptist or Southern Baptist?” He said, “Northern Baptist.” I said, “Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist or Northern Liberal Baptist?” He said, “Northern Conservative Baptist.” I said, “Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region or Northern Conservative Baptist Eastern Region?” He said, “Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region.” I said, “Me, too! Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1879 or Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912?” He said, “Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1912.” I said, “Die, heretic!” And I pushed him off the bridge.”
did it take him like half an hour to deliver that
Only if he tells it right!
Yes, but god, what a delivery!
About 1:20, and the text above even missed the fundamentalist/reformer step: https://youtu.be/ANNX_XiuA78
That has a name: narcissism of small differences.
Also relevant: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/09/30/i-can-tolerate-anything-except-the-outgroup/
Tell that to my parents. Dad: Protestant Mom: Catholic
But I’m the black sheep for being an Atheist
Reminds me of the Family Guy bit:
“I’m a Seventh Day Adventist! We believe all the same things you do, but the sabbath is Saturday!”
“WHAT?!”
“Hey, weren’t you the Wako guys???”
There are 95 things that I would like to say on the matter. Give or take.
Could you list the number that are alike?
I’m rather inclined to start with the 95.
Van your put them somewhere where most people can read them, like on the door of the church
I think that the ridiculousness (ridiculosity?) of other’s religions reflects the believer’s own religion’s absurdity, made especially worse, in my opinion, if it’s only recognized on a subconscious level.
Like in the movie Fight Club when the narrator says he can’t cry with another faker around.
“better a heathen than a heretic” is a refrain I have heard used without irony
Sports fans amirite?
Like, two massive fans of the same sport, but from a different city with a different team.
Competition for membership and money. People changing from say christianity to islam or to buddhism is less likely, they’re outsiders and foreign, but not direct competitors. Making your version of Christianity more cult-ish by fomenting hatred of the similar competition to prevent people from leaving or losing church benefactors does the same thing.
I think it’s more that people hate people of other beliefs that live near to them. And when politics gets mixed with religion and then there’s some violence, that’s when it becomes a real feud.
I mean would there be so much hatred between Catholics and Protestants in Ireland if the British weren’t Protestant?
I wonder if Buddhist monks from thailand look at Buddhist monks from India like that Futurama Fry squint meme?
They absolutely do.
I’m pretty sure they don’t if we define “hate” by things like Terrorism or Religious Discrimination instead of complaints at the BBQ, but sure, your local sect is so annoying.
Abrahamic religions basically
Nah it seems to apply in Asia as well. Just look at what the CCP are doing to the Tibetan Monks. And its not even the first time an emperor ordered a sect of Buddhist monks killed off.
The CCP are anti-religion, not Buddhist.
Officially, yes but at least a third of the nation is secretly Buddhist and the CCP even have their own fake Panchen Lama working for the government.
Sunni and shiite
I mean I can’t say the entire community as a whole but I know sunni and shiite people who are friends with one another
This is what I’ve been trying to convince my dad. He’s Mormon and the modern Evangelical movement behind this fucjed up government couldn’t hate Mormons more. I think because they are so similar they actually end up hating them more than people like atheists, but they are willing to work together to get rid of the other hated people before they turn on each other
Evangelicals believe in the trinity (Jesus being god) whereas Mormons believe Jesus was a prophet. In terms of religious doctrine Mormons and Evangelicals are planets apart.
Mormons and Evangelicals are planets apart.
Only from the inside. Compared to even other abrahamic religions evangelical Christians and Mormons are very similar.
Only from the inside.
Yep, as someone raised without religion they pretty all look like the same stupid shit. The differences in practice have a lot more to do with the culture of the area than the text of their books.
As a former Mormon you are wrong but arguing about what some Christians believe and others don’t is like the stupidest and most pointless type of conversation ever. My point was that they despise each other and you’re kind of proving it
I just Googled it and it does appear to confirm what I said but Google is not that reliable when it comes to religious stuff. What is incorrect?
For every person, a unique religion. However, largely they do believe in God, the holy Ghost and Jesus. Their bullshit about the Trinity is just as weird and convoluted as any Christian denomination. I’m sorry I really can’t discuss stupid pointless religious doctrine anymore, that’s about as far as I go.
My point, however, is that their stupid, hateful asses really should be more closely aligned, but they are only aligned when you look at the people that they hate more than they hate each other. The second they run out of people they hate slightly more, they will slaughter each other out of hand.
