What are the benefits of being a Christian, /b/?

homosex with children

>>575838990

having a community that supports you

>>575839261
>having a community that supports you
you and
>>575839197
>homosex with children

>>575839261
Are you saying that there is no community to support you if you are an atheist?

>>575839575

your wow guild isn't going to help you pump your flooded basement or offer to take your kids to soccer practice

>>575839575
>>575839261

I am saying that communities and organizations world wide will not only neglect to offer you the support they offer others, but actually start to work against you, based only on your lack of faith.

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Funny, how atheists make fun Christians who worship a skyman, but at the same time pratically worship some ugly ass dude from the UK, that wrote some fucking book that is now their Bible. - From Deist Anon

>>575838990

The belief that you have an unseen supporter to assist you.

The fellowship of what is usually a majority of people.

The promise of heaven.

A get-out-of-guilt-free card. You don't have to say you're sorry. You don't even have to make amends. All you have to do, is repent.

>>575838990
>be atheist
>be dead
if christians are wrong and atheists are right:
NOTHING HAPPENS
if atheists are wrong and christians are right:
ETERNAL PAIN IN HELL

>be theist
>be dead
if christians are wrong and atheists are right:
NOTHING HAPPENS
if atheists are wrong and christians are right:
ETERNAL HAPPYNESS IN HEAVEN

>>575840114

yeah, welcome to the world we live in.

I'm not Christian but I still go to church on Sundays. Why? Because it makes my quality of life significantly better to have people locally that rally together

>>575840393
The difference there is that not every Atheist licks some dude's cunt. Christians ALL believe that there is some dude in the sky.

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if i'm an athiest and god is real and after i die i'm condemned to hell for all eternity, how can it be my fault for not believing in god when i asked to see proof he exists, but he never gave me a sign i understood as proof?

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Dear Christians.

Do you literally believe in God? Like, do you actually believe that there is an immortal being who resides in an alternate plane of existence, and this being created everything to ever exist? Do you actually believe that he is our king, or god, that we are all equal mortals living in his literal kingdom, and are bound to his laws as peasants are of kings? In b4 mockery of overuse of the word literally, but is this what you actually, honestly, literally believe to be the state of the universe?

If not, you're not Christian.

Also, Christians, answer pic related, please.

>>575840598

All our modern interpretations of hell are based on Divine Comedy, which has absolutely no basis in anything. Most proper depictions of hell simply explain it as being far from God. That's it. Nonbelievers don't want to be with God, he gives them what they want.

>>575840071

I have more faith in people I meet on Firefall helping me pump my basement than I do in Jesus descending from the heavens with a bilge pump.

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>>575841359

Alright buddy... come on... no upvotes here...

>>575840598
You have to study/read more about your religion. The place you call heaven is only a white room when you can talk with god, forever. Only you and your god.

>>575838990
ice go to church for a long time that I really didn't feel any sort of community support from anyone,as a matter of fact it seems to be the other way around like when they needed help they were always free to call me but when I ever had a problem or need help they always seem to disappear

>>575838990
church girls are the adorable white virgin waifus of your dreams

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>>575841667

When I was young it was amazing, as I got older though it got harder to believe.

>>575841541

Jesus doesn't have a bilge pump

But a member of my parish does. And he live 2 doors down.

Even if he isn't around, I'm sure one of the 8 volunteer firefighters in my parish would jump at the opportunity to help

and Dave from my parish is a contractor. He'd probably help me restore my basement for much more reasonable rate than I'd get anywhere else.

Just because that's what we do for each other.

>>575842002
every single different kind of church I've ever been to you always discourage the girls from dating younger men and always steer them toward older males who were financially stable.they're always trying to get the young men to go away somewhere to do a mission or go off somewhere and I was trying to persuade the girls they didn't need to go anywhere in life(for the most part) or at least this is definitely how it feels to me

#1 Benefit of praising God: You get to be a shiity person with a clear conscience. Just pray for forgiveness. It's like having a psychologist inside your head who already knows everything you know and tells you you're right even though you're clearly wrong. Why? Because God is a figment of your imagination designed by man for exactly that purpose

>>575842213
>Jesus doesn't have a bilge pump

Then why call him son of God?

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>>575841359
*sob*

>>575842405

He bestowed HIS bilge pump unto us.

>>575842213
Do you fuck Dave in the ass every weekend too?

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>>575842213
I've never ever gotten any kind of help like that from a fellow Christian my whole life.feel free to go to church and Bible study but when you need help everyone just kind of disappears that's been more my experience.also they talk like a big game about fellowship and how we should all be super involved but its like they never want to really be friends or hang out they just want to go to Bible study and then that's it they're done

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Daily reminder that Buddhism is objectively the best religion. No gods, just meditation to generate concentration and insight that leads to the end of suffering.

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pow

>>575842583

I don't know, man. MY messiah would have a bilge pump. And he'd drive a smart car forfour. He'd be sensible on fuel, AND have the space to help me move my shit to storage while my basement dries. He'd even bring some fans over to help.

>>575842978
Fuck yeah. And when was the last time a buddhist started a war? Like 3000 years ago?

>>575843263
What war was this?

>>575842659

Yeah. Churches vary.

I went religion shopping for a bit when I moved into town.

The local Protestants were pretty shitty but the Catholics were a good bunch. Great schools and a large parish. Surprisingly, they were pretty secular. Not big on the whole fundie stuff. I'd estimate about 15-20% are agnostic or even atheist.

They had more of an "exclusive community" vibe

So yeah, joined them

>>575842995
no but dude right he is describing how Christians should treat each other and ideal environment whole message of Jesus about just not judging people and helping each other read a book by Leo Tolstoy its called what I believe. it condenses the entirety of the gospel to Jesus and Sermon on the Mount

>>575842995
My messiah would give me money. Why can't an almighty, benevolent, all-knowing god make fucking paper with ink on it?

>>575843558

See: Judaism

>>575842995

You god sounds like Bill from Accounting

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>>575841165
That's an interesting one. I suppose it has to do with brain development; we're by far the most adaptable species on the planet, and part of it is the sheer amount of energy that goes towards brain growth and use. We have a food source that doesn't require teeth (milk) until they grow in, in which we can eat food that is prepared for us or is extremely soft. Not to mention that the concept of tooth rot is fairly new, considering we weren't meant to eat sugars and other enamel melting substances. Some instances of entirely isolated communities have no work done on their teeth but they are just fine, considering that their diet is near immaculate.

Hope this clears it up, if not opens more intelligent discussion.

>>575843323
That shit with gang-green khan in China.

>>575838990
You have the advantage of getting away with being a delusional numbfuck that can't use logic or resoning or listen to facts.

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>>575843263
15 year old kid who's read about Buddhism on wikipedia detected
http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/expert-8000-rohingya-flee-myanmar-26446748
>In the last two years, attacks by Buddhist mobs have left hundreds dead and 140,000 trapped in camps, where they live without access to adequate health care, education or jobs.

>>575843687

My messiah would do my taxes, yes.

interested

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>>575840393
I'm an atheist who has never read any of the new atheist books.

>>575843687
it's possible his God is bill from accounting he could just be a worshiper of Mammon with no like real thought the afterlife and how he should treat others ojust kind of narrow minded

>>575843870

Just find an office job

You'll find at least 4 Messiahs there

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>>575843687
>See: Judaism
The old testament God was a cunt... If the Jews weren't successful, then they'd be struck with a bolt of electricity from the sky.

>>575843759

It's not just sugars that erode enamel. Dozens of fruits and vegetables slaughter your enamel. Or even just biting a piece of mastadon and chipping your tooth on the bone.

>>575843837
OP is asking about Christians, not Atheists.

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>>575842390
Not necessarily. Some denominations are real shit about it, like Calvanists, who believe that as long as you're in God's book you can do what the fuck ever and you'll still go to Heaven. Catholics on the other hand, what I interpret to be one of the more 'true' representations of actual Christ-like practice, believe that it is your good deeds that help you into heaven. The rites of confession are often accompanied by requirements that you right the wrongs you confessed to, pay penance in the form of prayer, and work actively on improving yourself. It's beautiful in a way, knowing that God forgives you and wants you to be happy by having you right your wrongs.

>>575843860
Not him, but judging the whole religion/philosophy based on some "Buddhists" from fucking Myanmar is like judging Christianity by the Westboro Baptists. 99% of PRACTICING Buddhists are peaceful.

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>>575838990
Other than your soul being cleansed of sin by the blood of jesus christ?
hmmmmm

is eternal salvation of your soul not good enough. Embrace the word of jesus christ and be born again in the grace of the lord

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>>575844153
And Hamsters can get stepped on. Shit happens, we have nerves for a reason (to avoid those sorts of scenarios). And since most people didn't live off of a diet of extremely sugary fruits (since fruit as we know it in 1st world countries didn't exist in that form) then their teeth would have been ok for the amount of time that they lived.

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>>575844508

>>575843860
>In the last two years, attacks by Buddhist mobs have left hundreds dead and 140,000 trapped in camps, where they live without access to adequate health care, education or jobs.
Buddhists know you can't sleep next to a muslim rabid dog.

>>575843860
Good grief. Those sound like some top-tier educated people right there.

Top-tier, educated Buddhists are good. Top-tier, educated Christians are rapists.

So, in your opinion Christians, you think Atheism is bad?

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>>575844574

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>>575844018

whoever you are, you're pretty weird

and not like, 4chan weird. just IRL weird.

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>>575841667
Right?

Logic on /b/ hahahahahahahahahahahhahahaahhahahhahahahahaahahahha

It's almost as funny as common sense or logic on /b/

>>575840598
This makes me want to be more Christian

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>>575844675

>>575838990
It helps me not be afraid of things.

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>>575844890

Atheists how would you justify procreation in absence of God?

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>>575844625
Not even Christan, currently a Deist/Agnostic. I was raised Catholic and I'm very accepting of different beliefs, Atheism included. The problem that we face is that people are absolute assholes, Catholics and other Christians included. You find assholes everywhere, in every group, and there's no way to escape it all. I hate assholes. There are some Atheists I refuse to talk to because they're irrational and condescending. There are some Catholics I refuse to talk to because they're disgusting and hypocritical. It's about finding people that are genuine in their beliefs that's a challenge, but when you do find them they can be friends for life, regardless of what they believe.

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>>575838990
You don't have the burden / excitement of figuring out the universe because you already know what happens.

But in reality no one knows, and they're not supposed to know. That is the point of life, to re-learn everything over and over and over again.

This is why we do not take memories with us when we die... Memories are stored in your neurons.. which are physical and die with your body.

Faggots.

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>>575845001
Some people want children? You know...
Dick goes in vagina, sperm comes out, fertilizes egg, gets big over nine months and then emerges through an intensely painful experience to the mother.

>>575845250
>This is why we do not take memories with us when we die...
So what the fuck is the point in going to heaven then?

>>575838990
free wine

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>>575845496
>So what the fuck is the point in going to heaven then?
He's saying there isn't one, why is /b/ fucking retarded?

Also

>>575845250
/thread

and fucking sage this shit

Having something to reassure you about death even if it is just a lie it helps people feel better about the end of their lives.

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>>575840598
Pascal's Wager much?

>>575845989
I wish this could be posted faster. Got me hooked.

>>575845793
Then they should have lived better lives.

>>575845725
Question was "benefits of being a Christian". Reply states "This is why we do not take memories with us when we die... Memories are stored in your neurons.. which are physical and die with your body."

?

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>>575846196

>>575841165
Prime example of evolution, however, who can throw whom 100 ft into on coming traffic

Check mate rodents

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Depends on the Christian.

I'm a Christfag, but I don't regularly go to church because of how dense people are down here in the bible belt. I'm huge into science, and firmly believe that the bible was a scripture written for the retards of the era, who were not capable of understanding that time has been going for billions of years.

And regardless of my belief, scientific progress must always come first; a society cannot advance if they remain content with their current life, which is what a religion can do to a person. I'm always open to new ideas, new concepts and new doctrines. If someone tells me that my faith is wrong, I'm not going to throw a fit and start a fight, I'm going to listen to whatever points they have and make logical counterpoints where I can, and concede where I cannot.

Thanks to this line of thinking, I have many friends who are Christian, and many who are atheist.


Science is power, yo.

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>>575846484

>>575838990
HAH EPIC
IF GOD EXISTS I GO TO HEAVEN YOU TO HELL
IF NOT, NOTHING HAPPENS
HAH 1;0

>>575846484
NOOOO IT CAN'T END

NOT LIKE THIS

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>>575846231
we're all slaves to captchas I'm afraid..

>>575846616
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>>575846821

>>575846603
If not, you spend your whole life following the rules of something that never existed

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>>575846945
>following the rules not just belivieng

gj m8 being braindead, god understands

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>>575847089

>>575846945
Rules that kept you contained. Docile. Subservient to everyone around you.
Fuck that. Live the life you want. Live so that when you're dying in your bed or dying on the field, the life that flashes before you makes you smile.
And if there is an afterlife, kick ass there too.

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>>575846261
Let me make it simple for you

>benefits of being a Christian

You don't have the burden of figuring out the universe because you already know what happens when you die and what the universe is.

>Reality

No one knows

>My two cents

No one is supposed to know. That is the point of life, to re-learn everything over and over and over again.

This is why we do not take memories with us when we die... Memories are stored in your neurons.. which are physical and die with your body.

This information (neurons, atoms, stars, etc) was not known to people who created the religions we know of today, yet it was meant to explain those things because they were unexplained at the time

Religion back then is basically an explanation of the universe at a time where science wasn't around to actually explain it.

Religion today is pseudoscience aka "traditions" that help ease people with extreme psychological issues like life after death, birth, etc.

TL:DR if the people who created religion had the scientific tools and knowledge we have today, almost all religions would be dramatically different.

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>>575847559

The one thing that really keeps me from completely laughing at religion is, how did so many ancient civilizations (that supposedly had no contact whatsoever) come up with the ideas of living deities and divinity? It's a really weird coincidence, people forget that it wasn't just a basic human instinct to think of actual individual beings with names.

Then again, a lot of those civilizations had a LOT in common. Maybe they really were all in contact with one another, and we just don't know it.

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>>575847724

>>575847492
If the people who created religion had the scientific tools and knowledge we have today, EVERYTHING would be dramatically different.

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>>575847825

>>575847056
So as long as I believe your bullshit, I can steal and kill, and I'm instantly going to heaven? Deal

>>575840598
What happens if there's a god who favors atheism, or what if both Christians and atheists are wrong? (For example, let's say the Hindu gods exist, but the Christian god doesn't.)

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>>575847881
I wouldn't doubt that we'd be at least 100 to 200 years ahead of what we are now.

Most technological advancement in the middle ages were suppressed by religion.

They actually killed people who tried to progress our species.

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>>575848532

right I'm done... carry on gents/ladies

>>575848695
great comix. saving it right now

>>575848695
That was amazing sir. Thank you.

>>575846484
>Wow vikings were so cool!

They were basically a bunch of thieving niggers.

>>575848695
Damn, thanks for posting that comic, it was an interesting read.

>>575848695
Thanks man. Cool story.
>>575848973
Yup. And in 500 years there will be comics about the rebel nigs fighting heroically against the law in the USA, with thrilling adventures of internet piracy, and the days you could still call a woman a nigger for the lulz.

>>575848695
thank you, kind sir.
you are a gentleman and a scholar.

Not being a beta loser that society looks down upon.