• Flying Squid
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    1517 days ago

    It doesn’t matter. Even if every single atheist recanted on their deathbed, it wouldn’t change the fact that there is simply no empirical evidence for any deities.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      317 days ago

      You and I know this, but this video was for people dealing with that smug ‘you will change your tune when it is your time’ BS family loves to end this conversation with.

      • Flying Squid
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        317 days ago

        I suppose, but I think those people need to understand that “you will change your tune” says nothing about reality.

  • @[email protected]
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    917 days ago

    Of the several times I have brushed death, none of those times included a chant to a god.

    My typical response in my head was “Ah fuck. This is going to be a fun ride.”, or a variation of those words. It usually involved some dark sarcasm, now that I think about it.

    (Working on an aircraft carrier flight deck is extremely dangerous and sailors can delop some morbid humor as a result. I ain’t saying it’s right, but that it’s just a thing. Stress response is weird.)

    • @P00ptart
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      216 days ago

      For me it was always “huh, so this is it” only later would I freak out how close I was.

  • @jordanlund
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    617 days ago

    True story… I’m an atheist and I apparrently “died” back in January… I didn’t know.

    I was in the hospital with a heart attack waiting on stent surgery.

    I wake up around 6 AM and am fiddling around with Lemmy, such as you do.

    Nurse comes in:

    “Hey, were you asleep about an hour ago?”

    “Yeah, why?”

    “Your heart stopped for 8 seconds.”

    “Um… thank you? I’m not sure what you want me to do with that information…”

    • @[email protected]OP
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      617 days ago

      My father just had his heart monitored for a couple weeks and the doctor pointed out pauses in his rhythm of about 5 seconds occasionally, and said ‘those are not worrying me’. Then showed him pauses 8-10 seconds long and said ‘these do’.

      Glad you’re okay but you’re about to be prescribed a diet of sawdust (joking, it’ll probably be the Mediterranean diet which is not that bad) and frequent doctor visits for tests.

      • @jordanlund
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        417 days ago

        Oh, I know, I have a heart monitor implanted checking to see if I need a pacemaker.

  • FuglyDuck
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    316 days ago

    “based on what sources?”

    “We take it on faith!! HAH GOTCHA!”

    (Also… lego brick dude’s neck needs to be braced. Just saying.)

    • @[email protected]
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      114 days ago

      It’s also super weird like if these Atheists speak for all atheists, then every pedo priest speaks for all religious people?