1246
Tacos. (lemmy.world)
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 234 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

This person is openly telling you that the only thing stopping them from being a shitty person is some myth about otherworldly punishment after they die.

Which, of course, means they’ll be juuuust as shitty as they believe they can get away with.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 149 points 7 months ago

Yeah, the "why be good if there's no God/Hell" is a disturbing as fuck argument, because it essentially says that if they decide that their god wants them to start killing, they'll do it.

I'm good because if I do something bad, I feel bad about it. It's pretty simple.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 46 points 7 months ago

exactly. i understand that doing bad things is bad because i feel guilt and shame when i do bad things. conversely, i feel good when i do good things. I also understand the broader implications of both-- not to mention that i have empathy and can see the impact of my actions upon others while caring as well.

i don't need a fairy tale to threaten me with eternal torture in order to not be a sociopath.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago

That's the problem. These people lack empathy. They don't feel happy when they make someone else happy unless they get something more than that out of it.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 16 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

because they've been taught that life is a zero-sum game: if anyone else's life improves - even just a little - it must necessarily come at the cost of someone else's life getting worse. this isn't true, of course, but they can't see life as any other way, so the ideas of equality and working together to improve society are antithetical to their worldview. they're to be fought. They have an "every man for himself" philosophy, and it's nothing but selfish, self-centered solipsism.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

And it also makes them treat their kids like shit.

Why make your kid feel good if you don't gain anything?

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

it also teaches their kid that selfish motivations and material rewards are the only things of value, and that they're worth liying, cheating, and even stealing for-- as long as you don't get caught, because right and wrong are only a matter of the consequences one may personally face. and, even then, it's a cost-benefit analysis. again, the zero-sum game.

[-] 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

If you and I have an interaction that leaves us both happy, that's socialism and GOPJesus frowns on socialism.

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

The number of murderers who claim ~~good~~ God told them to do it is non-zero.

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

who claim good told them

Was this a typo?

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 3 points 7 months ago

Yes, rather an autocorrect-o.

[-] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 7 months ago

I had a coworker catholic who both said that statement, and also argued animals had no souls, so no one should ever get in trouble for animal abuse. Along with his ridiculously heated response to any government involvement in Healthcare, and the way he got close to yelling when discussing these topics while also claiming he was just being logical, not emotional. Why yes he did call women emotional, how did you know?

People like him scare me, because it sounds like if he could use some religious context to say I didn't have a soul, he'd probably come to the same conclusion he did about dogs.

[-] NewNewAccount@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

One of those increasingly more common conservative Catholics. Disappointing.

[-] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 3 points 7 months ago

And being nice just makes your (and others) life nicer.

[-] dojan@lemmy.world 29 points 7 months ago

Yeah that's my takeaway from that argument as well. If you have to be threatened by some vague notion of a future punishment in order to not be a complete dickwad, you're clearly not a good person.

Why be good if there's no hell? Because to live is to suffer. Society sucks. Accepting that, working past it, and being kind to those around you makes everything slightly more bearable. You are to be kind to others because it's the right thing to be.

[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago

One crisis of faith away from a murder spree.

[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Happened to a relative of mine, kind of. Went on a drug and debauchery spree. Not the fun way. Hard drugs, seriously addictive. Stole from the family, we all disowned them. Ended up hitting someone while driving under the influence and killing them. Went to jail, supposedly got sober, but I'm still no-contact.

[-] Fedizen@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

also the bible says genocide is ok and its ok to do all sorts of things to folks who aren't your "neighbor"

[-] MxM111@kbin.social 1 points 7 months ago

Well, that's why this is on shitpost.

[-] gnutrino@programming.dev 3 points 7 months ago

That's for what comes after the Tacos I think.

this post was submitted on 19 May 2024
1246 points (97.3% liked)

Lemmy Shitpost

27200 readers
6186 users here now

Welcome to Lemmy Shitpost. Here you can shitpost to your hearts content.

Anything and everything goes. Memes, Jokes, Vents and Banter. Though we still have to comply with lemmy.world instance rules. So behave!


Rules:

1. Be Respectful


Refrain from using harmful language pertaining to a protected characteristic: e.g. race, gender, sexuality, disability or religion.

Refrain from being argumentative when responding or commenting to posts/replies. Personal attacks are not welcome here.

...


2. No Illegal Content


Content that violates the law. Any post/comment found to be in breach of common law will be removed and given to the authorities if required.

That means:

-No promoting violence/threats against any individuals

-No CSA content or Revenge Porn

-No sharing private/personal information (Doxxing)

...


3. No Spam


Posting the same post, no matter the intent is against the rules.

-If you have posted content, please refrain from re-posting said content within this community.

-Do not spam posts with intent to harass, annoy, bully, advertise, scam or harm this community.

-No posting Scams/Advertisements/Phishing Links/IP Grabbers

-No Bots, Bots will be banned from the community.

...


4. No Porn/ExplicitContent


-Do not post explicit content. Lemmy.World is not the instance for NSFW content.

-Do not post Gore or Shock Content.

...


5. No Enciting Harassment,Brigading, Doxxing or Witch Hunts


-Do not Brigade other Communities

-No calls to action against other communities/users within Lemmy or outside of Lemmy.

-No Witch Hunts against users/communities.

-No content that harasses members within or outside of the community.

...


6. NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.


-Content that is NSFW should be behind NSFW tags.

-Content that might be distressing should be kept behind NSFW tags.

...

If you see content that is a breach of the rules, please flag and report the comment and a moderator will take action where they can.


Also check out:

Partnered Communities:

1.Memes

2.Lemmy Review

3.Mildly Infuriating

4.Lemmy Be Wholesome

5.No Stupid Questions

6.You Should Know

7.Comedy Heaven

8.Credible Defense

9.Ten Forward

10.LinuxMemes (Linux themed memes)


Reach out to

All communities included on the sidebar are to be made in compliance with the instance rules. Striker

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS