May have accidentally started an argument with some crazies....

Anonymous • Mon, Nov 19

Soooooo, I've had a crappy week, I have nothing to do and because of my mental health I can't leave the house / do much because fatigue, and I saw a post on here that really pissed me off:

"science only goes so far, then comes God 😇"

(it was a reply to a post about twins being conceived in a woman who was told she couldn't get pregnant)

Being a biochemistry student that's pretty triggering. I posted a reply highlighting that this is more like an incredible example of when the human body surpasses the expectations of medicine, and got the reply:

"Who will you be praying to then when things get tough? 🤷"

Then things got pretty heated in my head, I was like "Mate, you have no idea" and described the hell that has been the last few years of my life: psychosis, suicide attempts, suicide bereavement, house fire, family deaths, homelessness etc and told her that God has had no place in my life but science is my constant, I have yet to receive a response but I added on the end of my message that this wasn't the place for this argument. I realise that I shouldn't have responded like that but I'm literally living on a couch with my crazy religious mum in the next room waiting for a bed at a rehab program because fuck hospital...

Does anyone have any experience with these kind of arguments? If this woman keeps digging at me how should I respond so that the argument just stops? Should I just ignore the whole thing now?

Also FYI as soon as I realised what was going on I messeged my best friend:

"I may have just started an argument with random religious fanatics on the Internet, I need an intervention ASAP"

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Posted at Thu, Nov 22 2018

I actually feel pity for people who's life coping skills are so weak they have to pray to a non existent deity, literally how low must you be in your life to do that?

Just think, even with all the shit you've had/got going on in your life at least you are not so gullible you need an imaginary friend to get through life.

Posted at Mon, Nov 19 2018

Id just tell her to each their own.. and leave it be. If she gets worse then report her or mute her

Julie • Tue, Nov 20 2018

Lol nice

El • Mon, Nov 19 2018

I totally started a debate, I live in Australia so I've been asleep for the last 8 hours and I just checked and it's taken off without me, I'm just going to leave it be, it's pretty funny to watch actually 😂

Posted at Tue, Nov 20 2018

I just saw that comment on that post! And it got me thinking about religious people and then was like I need to get myself to the glow atheist group ASAP! I don’t understand why that woman posted something about god, because the original post was not religious at all right? I enjoyed your comment, so that’s something for ya

El • Tue, Nov 20 2018

Thanks! I have a tenancy to rant when I'm in a mood, sometimes it's interesting what comes spilling out 😅

Posted at Tue, Dec 18 2018

These types of arguments are almost always completely fruitless, especially when it’s not a friend and it’s not face-to-face. If you’re already in a tough place emotionally and physically, I’d advise ignoring this person. Save your energy for yourself and hopefully this person has someone in their life, or maybe a better science teacher, that can bring them a more nuanced understanding of the universe.

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Posted at Fri, Mar 01 2019

When I see that shit it makes me kinda mad for a second but then I just start laughing at the stupidity😂

Posted at Thu, Dec 13 2018

Stop with her. Find someone who is as open minded as you and have an intellectual conversation with. I’m agnostic but I have one person that I talk to who is an atheist. We talk about our different ideas about a higher being, space, time etc. Never an argument. Just exploring different ideas. It’s so refreshing.

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