Atheist enraged because her christian neighbors tried to be friendly and invite her/him/it to social events

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[–]jet199 6 insightful - 3 fun6 insightful - 2 fun7 insightful - 3 fun -  (10 children)

I think it's likely this happened.

It's pretty normal to invite everyone to a church bazaar.

And it's pretty normal for people on reddit to be rude freaks who think they are a righteous victim for no reason.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (9 children)

yeah it might be fake, a lot online is, but this isn't outside the realm of possibility, neighbors inviting a new person to a church, probably happens all the time.

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (8 children)

I mean when my mum moves the first thing she does is join the local church to get to know people.

And she's an atheist.

This is why I ended up going to evangelical church when I was a kid even though I'm British, it was just the nearest one to our house at the time. I had kids in my church who died in Waco.

[–][deleted] 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

Me too I'm agnostic not atheist but anyway years ago I had been in college and I volunteered with a catholic group and met good people, since then I attend a church, don't believe in the religion just like the people.

[–]jet199 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

Frankly I think non believers joining Christianity for the mental benefits is going to increase massively over the next few years. Jordan Peterson is starting a trend in the young. Tom Holland (historian not spiderman) is making the idea fashionable as well.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (5 children)

I liked that Tom Holland's documentary about Islam.

I suspect most people that go to church don't really believe. I don't understand how onecan really believe in religion because if you pray to jesus you don't hear anything back, unless in rare circumstances where one is hallucinating and I don't think the majority of humanity, billions of people, are all mass hallucinating. It's like the emperors new clothes though, not as many people feel the need or are brave enough to question it publically. Those that do, brash atheists like Dawkins, do it because there is a niche field there where you can make money selling books or giving lectures.

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 3 fun3 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Apparently some people have a gene which effects their brain and makes them constantly feel the presence of God.

That don't run in my family, neither side.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

that makes sense, other mental issues like schitzophrenia are genetic and I can definitely believe they think they hear voices.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

Our minds' perceptions play all kinds of tricks on us.

/s/Illusions like pareidolia (incorrect perception of a stimulus as an object, pattern, or meaning to the observer, such as seeing shapes in clouds, faces in inanimate objects or abstract patterns, or hearing hidden messages in music), phantosmia (phantom odor), prosopagnosia (face blindness), etc.

Some people find far fetched meanings in magic numbers. Some believe in horoscopes. Some find connections where no conspiracies actually exist - and others refuse to believe conspiracies ever exist outside of movies.

There are many terms for the affectations and "signs" people attribute to their religious dogmas and spirituality.

[–][deleted] 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

it's easy to see why religion originated in the desert. When native americans go on vision quests they don't eat or drink, that leads to hallucinations. Not to mention dreams, which are not fully understood by science. I have talked to Jesus in my dreams.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

I have talked to Jesus in my dreams.

I talk with Jesus on SaidIt.