• Random_Character_A@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Never personally met an atheist that had found religion or heard about one, other than in American evangelical stories, but I’ve met a few non-religions people who have later in life found religion. Although I live in a quite atheaistic country, so there is a lack of peer pressure or need to talk about such things.

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      Never personally met an atheist that had found religion or heard about one

      Well congratulations, now you have. It isn’t quite as rare as you might think.

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          5 months ago

          What about the internet makes this easier to lie about? I could tell you the same thing to your face and you still couldn’t fact check it.

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            5 months ago

            They aren’t calling you a liar, they’re saying they never met someone like that in person.

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              5 months ago

              They are drawing that distinction for a reason. They literally said everyone is everything on the internet. I don’t how else you could possibly read that.

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                I read “everyone is everything on the internet” meaning you can always find someone who is anything, because the internet is just so big and diverse. Not as calling you a liar. Maybe I’m wrong, don’t want to put words in their mouth. But that’s how I read it.

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                  5 months ago

                  Maybe you’re right, that sounds possible. I would think if that’s their intention they wouldn’t have written that “everyone” is everything, and would instead say “someone” or something to that effect. At that point I’m probably just overanalyzing though.

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                    That was more a comment on obfuscation of the net. In internet you can just trow adjectives together and somebody will raise their hand, but you can never be sure if they are just putting on a role.