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UnfairRepresent
05/10/25 7:37:59 PM
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Your son was an average scientist but a brilliant infulencer, no one else but him could successfully cause so many people to give up their faith in the supernatural. With some help from his supportive husband, your son goes around the world deconverting people to atheism and is an expert in religious deconversion, focusing on religious people of different faiths with an incredible success rate.

By the time he's 30 it's been estimated that over 1 billion formerly religious people around the world have given up all belief in God due to his work and he's made Richard Dawkins look like Ben Shapiro.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/57243146.jpg

How would you react?
What do you do?

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Raycon
05/10/25 7:38:44 PM
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Doing God's work?

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Accolon
05/10/25 7:39:18 PM
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That's fine, but he apparently looks like a douche

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archizzy
05/10/25 7:42:21 PM
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I'd be proud of him and tell him to continue until all religion is gone. It wouldn't make a perfect world and we would still have a lot of issues but it damn sure would solve a chunk of the problems we have.

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McMarbles
05/10/25 7:49:19 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
Your son was an average scientist but a brilliant infulencer, no one else but him could successfully cause so many people to give up their faith in the supernatural. With some help from his supportive husband, your son goes around the world deconverting people to atheism and is an expert in religious deconversion, focusing on religious people of different faiths with an incredible success rate.

By the time he's 30 it's been estimated that over 1 billion formerly religious people around the world have given up all belief in God due to his work and he's made Richard Dawkins look like Ben Shapiro.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/57243146.jpg

How would you react?
What do you do?
Disown him for that hairstyle.

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Kami_no_Kami
05/10/25 7:50:27 PM
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Id be proud.
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Bass
05/10/25 8:12:29 PM
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We'd be better off, tbh. Please focus on the Evangelicals in America. They suck so hard.

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UnfairRepresent
05/11/25 7:21:15 AM
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Bass posted...
We'd be better off, tbh. Please focus on the Evangelicals in America. They suck so hard.
He works all over the world

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ai123
05/11/25 7:35:13 AM
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I'm happy with people believing, or not believing, in whatever religion.

I only object when these things get forced upon others.

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kind9
05/11/25 7:40:50 AM
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Dawkins has been doing a pretty good job making himself look like Ben Shapiro with his disingenuous shit takes.

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Foppe
05/11/25 7:40:59 AM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/05b0723e.jpg

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bfslick50
05/11/25 7:46:05 AM
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archizzy posted...
I'd be proud of him and tell him to continue until all religion is gone. It wouldn't make a perfect world and we would still have a lot of issues but it damn sure would solve a chunk of the problems we have.

As someone who knows multiple atheist Trumpers, I don't think that many problems will be solved.

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ai123
05/11/25 7:50:36 AM
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bfslick50 posted...
As someone who knows multiple atheist Trumpers, I don't think that many problems will be solved.
What would change if Trump was 'converted' to atheism?

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UnfairRepresent
05/11/25 7:51:57 AM
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ai123 posted...
What would change if Trump was 'converted' to atheism?
His followers would still just claim he is a Christian and never became an atheist

Since when has facts ever mattered to them

Trump could walk up and smack them in the face with a crowbar and they would say it never happened and if it did it was an accident and if it wasn't then they deserved it.

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kind9
05/11/25 7:52:08 AM
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ai123 posted...
What would change if Trump was 'converted' to atheism?
You mean if he stopped pretending to be a Christian?

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bfslick50
05/11/25 7:54:01 AM
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ai123 posted...
What would change if Trump was 'converted' to atheism?

I can't think of a single one. That's my point. All the hate, bigotry, cruelty for cruelty sakes, scapegoating immigrants, climate denial... it's all still here in this scenario. What problems are being solved by a billion people becoming atheists?

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Rotterdammerung
05/11/25 7:56:59 AM
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It wouldnt change anything. Religion is an excuse shitty people use to be shitty to other people.

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hmnut7
05/11/25 7:57:24 AM
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I dont agree with what hes doing but as long as he isnt hurting anyone and is not forcing his beliefs on people I will support him.

But the second I see he is dressed like an asshole with a douche bag hairstyle, beard and mustache, I disown him. no son of mine would look like that.

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ai123
05/11/25 7:58:12 AM
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kind9 posted...
You mean if he stopped pretending to be a Christian?
Yeah.

And pretty much nothing would change.

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McMarbles
05/11/25 8:51:58 AM
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bfslick50 posted...
I can't think of a single one. That's my point. All the hate, bigotry, cruelty for cruelty sakes, scapegoating immigrants, climate denial... it's all still here in this scenario. What problems are being solved by a billion people becoming atheists?
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HANGtheDJ_86
05/11/25 8:58:47 AM
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Hell yeah I'd join his cult

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DoesntMatter
05/11/25 9:29:25 AM
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atta boy!

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Sephirothe
05/11/25 9:40:24 AM
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Id be super proud of him and tell him to keep up the good work

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Vengeance29
05/11/25 10:25:29 AM
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Your father was an average fighter but a brilliant scientist!
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archizzy
05/11/25 10:34:51 AM
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bfslick50 posted...
As someone who knows multiple atheist Trumpers, I don't think that many problems will be solved.

My mind was more focused outside the US like the Middle East where religion is a driving force of a lot of conflict. Again its not a magic wand that would solve everything but it would certainly be a shift to the positive if religion didnt exist.

But it would also still have a big impact in the U.S. Its at the root of the hate for LGBT for one example.


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bfslick50
05/11/25 12:35:40 PM
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archizzy posted...
My mind was more focused outside the US like the Middle East where religion is a driving force of a lot of conflict. Again its not a magic wand that would solve everything but it would certainly be a shift to the positive if religion didnt exist.

But it would also still have a big impact in the U.S. Its at the root of the hate for LGBT for one example.

Im not convinced. I think the hate in the Middle East would continue along ethnic lines. I want your land is not an argument that goes away with religion. Although I could see a drop in religion helping womens rights over there.

LGTB have a shot at being treated better but the last decade shift off marriage to sports and bathrooms has me convinced they just want a scapegoat and dont give a fuck about religious backing of the argument. No religion, same scapegoat.

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divot1338
05/11/25 12:38:53 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
Your son was an average scientist but a brilliant infulencer, no one else but him could successfully cause so many people to give up their faith in the supernatural. With some help from his supportive husband, your son goes around the world deconverting people to atheism and is an expert in religious deconversion, focusing on religious people of different faiths with an incredible success rate.

By the time he's 30 it's been estimated that over 1 billion formerly religious people around the world have given up all belief in God due to his work and he's made Richard Dawkins look like Ben Shapiro.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/5/57243146.jpg

How would you react?
What do you do?
I shave that stupid fucking moustache off. Because I brought him into this world and I can damn sure take him out.

If my son is the one in the background, substitute beard for moustache.

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ai123
05/11/25 12:42:17 PM
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I don't believe bigots are secretly thinking, 'well, I'd love to be supportive of LGBT people, but unfortunately, God tells me I can't'.

They just think leaning on the Bible sounds better than 'I think it's icky'. There's plenty of ignorant hate from people who don't believe a word of religious doctrine.

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PiOverlord
05/11/25 12:44:07 PM
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Atta boy

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divot1338
05/11/25 12:45:23 PM
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I am sort of curious what combination of keywords TC searched for to get that picture.

Was it douche moustache leather bracelet?

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UnfairRepresent
05/11/25 3:46:47 PM
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ai123 posted...
I don't believe bigots are secretly thinking, 'well, I'd love to be supportive of LGBT people, but unfortunately, God tells me I can't'.

They just think leaning on the Bible sounds better than 'I think it's icky'. There's plenty of ignorant hate from people who don't believe a word of religious doctrine.
You're crazy if you don't believe religion has a hand, argubly the biggest hand in the persecution of LGBT people.

"It goes against God" is like their entire argument. Who do you think is funding conversion therapy? Bakers?

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FL81
05/11/25 3:49:32 PM
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I'd pray for his continued success.

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MyMainAccount
05/11/25 3:55:21 PM
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I would tell him his moustache looks silly.

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ai123
05/11/25 4:15:46 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
You're crazy if you don't believe religion has a hand, argubly the biggest hand in the persecution of LGBT people.

"It goes against God" is like their entire argument. Who do you think is funding conversion therapy? Bakers?
I think religion gives people the justification for bigotry. And that pre existing bigotry is the reason LGBT hate found its way into religious texts.

I do not believe that atheism is the cure for bigotry.

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UnfairRepresent
05/11/25 4:20:24 PM
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ai123 posted...
I think religion gives people the justification for bigotry. And that pre existing bigotry is the reason LGBT hate found its way into religious texts.

I think you're just making excuses to justify hatred that religion often teaches tbh

I do not believe that atheism is the cure for bigotry.

This is a completely intellectually dishonest argument

No one said atheism was "the cure for bigotry" they said a lot of predjudice against LGBT people comes from religion.

You're on par with a gun nut who responds to people who support gun control with "Oh so banning AK-47s will end all crime will it!?"


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rick_alverado
05/11/25 4:23:26 PM
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As always with this sort of hypothetical, I'd be confused at how I have a son.
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Xatrion
05/11/25 4:30:31 PM
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzItS5BmUNw

Religion is a pox on modern society and I would not be sad to see more people turn away from fairy tales.

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thenotoriouscat
05/11/25 4:35:25 PM
#39:


Rotterdammerung posted...
It wouldnt change anything. Religion is an excuse shitty people use to be shitty to other people.


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UnfairRepresent
05/15/25 7:22:12 AM
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rick_alverado posted...
As always with this sort of hypothetical, I'd be confused at how I have a son.
You had hypothetical sex with someone

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rick_alverado
05/15/25 12:29:16 PM
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UnfairRepresent posted...
You had hypothetical sex with someone

Like I said, I'd be confused.
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UnfairRepresent
05/17/25 6:08:57 PM
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rick_alverado posted...
Like I said, I'd be confused.
You put the lime in the coconut

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UnfairRepresent
05/21/25 3:07:40 AM
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divot1338 posted...
I am sort of curious what combination of keywords TC searched for to get that picture.

Was it douche moustache leather bracelet?
IIRC. It was just "Atheist" on google

Might have been "Atheist guy"

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