Does anyone else feel irritated when deeply religious people connect everything with god?
2026-05-21 23:37 UTC
Replies (40)
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@MantisToboggon@lemmy.world 2026-05-21 23:39
I’m irritated with everything thing people do all the time.
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@cerebralhawks@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-05-21 23:43
Atheist here. No, I don’t. The religious person who put in the work still put in the work, through their faith in God. The Atheist does it through their faith in themselves. It’s the same energy, because the religious person doesn’t think they have it in them. They do, but God makes it manageable. I get that. So when they say it about you, they’re just using tense they understand. Like when they say “bless you” when you sneeze. They’re wishing you health in terms they understand.
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@toomanypancakes@crazypeople.online 2026-05-21 23:49
I’m fine with whatever delusions people want to hold as long as they do it away from me. I’m just not interested in thanking a fictional character who hates me.
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@anon6789@lemmy.world 2026-05-21 23:55
I was just working on a post sharing some pics by one of my favorite photographers and wrote a little something along these lines. They praised God for the opportunity to get these very unique photos. While I’m not religious, and to me, the photographer did all the work following this bird forever, through long hours of darkness and cold, waiting patiently day after day, honing his craft. And that is a good enough reason for praise from me. But he felt a blessing from outside, and I can appreciate that for him. Did he think providence put him and this bird together? I don’t know if it went that deep. Maybe he was just glad this animal existed, and he is here to experience it, and this moment could have randomly happened for anyone, but instead it happened to him. Whatever the reason, his beliefs led him to experiencing something amazing. I could just call that inspiration, while he attributes it to his beliefs. Does it make a difference to either of us what the other believes? Nah. If people aren’t proselytizing at me, they can believe in what they please. When most people say they were glad God gave you the strength to do something, they’re just being happy for you from their perspective. They probably have no idea what your beliefs are, that’s just their default and the words that come to their mind to congratulate you. You should kindly take their words with the intention they were spoken with, not necessarily a literal meaning. Jumping to being offended just makes conflict where there wasn’t any, and that would make you the disrespectful one most likely.
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@spittingimage@lemmy.world 2026-05-21 23:45
I was extremely irritated this week when the office catholic, who is quite happy to lie, cheat and steal, told me I’m going to hell unless I accept his god.
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@jasoman@lemmy.world 2026-05-21 23:59
Gotah start thanking Satan just to level it out.
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@howrar@lemmy.ca 2026-05-22 00:26
Not particularly. If you consider your example, you may have worked hard for it, but another person could’ve worked equally hard at all the right things and never have gotten the opportunity to even attempt getting into university. We might call that luck. Someone else might call it God’s doing. Regardless, it’s just a different name for the same thing.
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@Aarrodri@lemmy.ml 2026-05-22 01:05
Yes… doctor saves a critically injured patient… “thank God all mighty !” removed am I a joke to you? - doc probably.
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@snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world 2026-05-22 02:14
The fighters that thank God for helping them beat the shit out of their opponent.
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@AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 2026-05-22 00:46
God yes. (pun intended) I once overheard a woman in a store going “Jesus provides”… while staring at a wall of drinks carefully stocked by employees and made in factories built and operated by other people.
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@OldQWERTYbastard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-05-22 00:55
Anytime someone totally disconnects from reality I could imagine that irritates the rational people around them. It sure as hell does with me. I’m currently deconstructing decades of brainwashing and indoctrination.
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@Melobol@lemmy.ml 2026-05-22 02:36
It is not as much irritated, but totally confused. I don’t have much contact with religious people -but I had to listen the following story: How god gave her a sign (after she prayed) and then she found the perfect picture frame in Goodwill… I mean yeah for suuure. God provided you with a picture frame, meanwhile 11 moths old Timmy died from brain cancer. Probably his parents’ prayers were not strong enough…
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@Jarix@lemmy.world 2026-05-22 02:56
Yes
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@FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.website 2026-05-22 01:02
I think this is far more normalized in the US to bring god into everything. After all, it's one nation, under god. And in god they trust! It's on the money after all, thoughts and prayers. And lordy, the language is full of religious references, from oh my god gosh golly to dang darn dammit. There is also the performative "I was praying for" whatever, jeez, Jesus help me. I'm already irritated by all these religious vestiges in the language. Piety is also this sort of monstrance required for political office in the US. Even when it's quite unbelievable, like in the case of 47 who would only own a bible if he could sell it. And if you're not a Catholic or some Protestant, you have you be Mormon or Islamic just enough to tick the religious box. But we might draw the line at Scientology because that's all just made up nonsense, isn't it. I find it offensive when people just assume I believe in any god. The older I get the more I think Christopher Hitchens had a point when he said that ardent believers in monotheist religions are predisposed to vote for and follow authoritarian leaders. One god, one fuehrer.
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@Asafum@lemmy.world 2026-05-22 03:02
It kills me when people give up the concept of having power within themselves and instead attribute it to “God.” My grandmother would do this all the time. She would never accept that her determination, her skill, her prowess got her where she was, it was always “I thank God that he did this for me.”…NO GRANDMA, YOU DID THIS! It’s so frustrating to see people feel essentially powerless unless God does it for them.
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@blackbrook@mander.xyz 2026-05-22 03:04
I’m not in any way religious, and it does irritate me when people say, of some senseless tragedy, “everything has a purpose.” But I do see, in your specific example, that what they say has metaphorical value. You should be grateful that you had it in you to accomplish what you did, even if you don’t attribute it to some mythical being. I often think the phase “there but for the grace of God, go I” because I don’t know a secular equivalent. Think of God as a metaphor for the universe.
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@bridgeenjoyer@sh.itjust.works 2026-05-22 03:13
Veeery.
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@denisde4ev@lemmy.ml 2026-05-22 03:44
me when I say anything good for LGBTQ -“that’s Satan” “god is love” except when they don’t like it
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@i_stole_ur_taco@lemmy.ca 2026-05-22 03:17
If I got mad at peoples lack of critical thinking I wouldn’t get very far in a day. But they are insane. “Thank God for curing my cancer!” “HE FUCKING GAVE IT TO YOU IN THE FIRST PLACE!”
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@404found@lemmy.zip 2026-05-22 04:06
I mean, they kinda have to because Jesus is the reason for the season.
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@DandomRude@lemmy.world 2026-05-22 04:35
Religion is, and always has been, a tool used by those in power to legitimize the status quo. Its primary purpose is to shift responsibility for actions onto fate and thus divert attention from the fact that it is people who are responsible for these actions. In this way, even the most unfair and exploitative conditions can still be portrayed as just: the king by the grace of God, the kingdom of heaven that awaits the patient after death, hell that punishes the greedy, making it unnecessary to hold them accountable in this life, and so on. This also works in reverse to strip people of the self-confidence that they can achieve things through their own efforts: Thank God for the food he has put on the table, for your success, and for everything else, because he has given it to you in his infinite generosity - don’t even think of making demands. In this sense, religion provides a justification for hierarchies in society. It cements the status quo in the interests of the powerful. Hence: People who do not question this narrative - which serves their own exploitation - but have made it the purpose of their lives are quite strange, because they are thereby harming themselves.
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@TrickDacy@lemmy.world 2026-05-22 04:36
Yep it’s definitely annoying and it’s so pervasive that we even have lemmings that do that stupid shit.
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@thevoidzero@lemmy.world 2026-05-22 04:39
Very, and even people that don’t make it about god, somehow don’t like that I am not religious.
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@BlueEther@no.lastname.nz 2026-05-22 05:13
I like to us a phrase based around “All hail the deity on the mantle” Designed to trigger the most religious
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@gray@lemmy.ml 2026-05-22 05:34
I do the same just with Karl Marx and I don’t see the problem
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@Mothra@mander.xyz 2026-05-22 06:53
When any fanatic connects whatever with their preferred framework, I guess
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@farbidden_lands@quokk.au 2026-05-22 06:11
Normalize it by praising God for all the terrible things.
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@osanna@lemmy.vg 2026-05-22 07:31
I like it when they thank god for saving them from natural disasters or illness or whatever. Yeah, I’m pretty sure God created those circumstances, so why the fuck are you thanking him??
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@TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 2026-05-22 07:55
I just let it go if I know that the person is religious. I was pretty religious myself until I grew out of it in my mid 20s. So, I know why a religious person might say to thank their god. It is basically saying basically to thank some divine deity for giving you such talent. They mean well so I just take it like a compliment and nod if I were you. But i can see why you might be annoyed by it, especially if you did not have a religious upbringing.
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@Pissed@lemmy.ml 2026-05-22 08:56
No
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@ivanafterall@lemmy.world 2026-05-22 09:53
Yeah, you’re to blame for everything bad and God gets credit for everything good.
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@PlanchettePhantom@lemmy.world 2026-05-22 10:03
I’m part of a religion and annoyed by most religious people (I’m not Christian brcause I’m converting to another religion that aligns more with what I personally believe). Irl, you’d never guess I was part of sny religion because I know how to STFU. Sadly, a lot of religious people don’t do that. I really hear you and it is frustrating to deal with.
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@iByteABit@lemmy.ml 2026-05-22 10:54
I especially feel irritated when they credit god over actual people that made something happen, like thanking god over a surgeon that just saved your life
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@promitheas@programming.dev 2026-05-22 09:10
Yes. I think ill start replying “Yes, I thank Satan, my one and only true God” just to see the horror on their faces
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@geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 2026-05-22 09:53
I must live in a special bubble because this never happens to me
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@Slashme@lemmy.world 2026-05-22 11:32
No, nobody else does. It’s just you. The fuck is this question? Coming soon: “Does anybody else hate it when they get a paper cut?”
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@some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 2026-05-22 11:45
Comedian Daniel Sloss said something about thanking god after surviving cancer: No, it was the doctors, stupid. (We have tickets to see him soon. Check if he’s in your area, he’s awesome.) “God” is the greatest cause of murder and war. It’s fucking stupid. In the old testament, he’s a fucking dick. Seriously, what an asshole. But “christians” who know nothing about the book they proselytize pretend they have a moral obligation to be assholes to people they don’t like. I’ve studied and read more historical and educational books on early christianity than any right-wing republican asshole (I live in the USA), I guarantee it. I was on a serious mission for about 18 months after years of casual Wikipedia browsing. But it’s not just christians. Any person who makes their religion known to strangers is a weak piece of shit. Wear a cross, a burka, a kippah, whatever. You suck. It should be private. Advertising your beliefs shows how insecure you are about them. I don’t need to prove a goddamn thing to anyone because I’m confident that I’m morally correct. You know why you need “god above”? Because you’re not sure what to think without someone telling you what’s right and wrong.
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@melsaskca@lemmy.ca 2026-05-22 12:15
Reminds me of a couple of joke/stories. A flood came and an owner was on top of the house. A boat came by to save him and he said “That’s okay, God will save me”. Then a helicopter came by to save him and he said the same thing. He drowned and went to heaven and asked God why he didn’t come save him and God said “I sent you a boat and a helicopter!”. A very famous, powerful rabbi stopped at an inn and the owner was out, but the staff treated him terribly. The rabbi cursed the hotel and stated that it will burn down the following day at noon. The next morning the rabbi got up to leave and the owner, who was now back, begged and pleaded with him to remove the curse. The rabbi eventually agreed. The peasants were watching the inn to see what would happen and when noon came and went, and the inn did not burn down, everyone exclaimed “It’s a miracle!”.
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@chilldrivenspade@lemmy.world 2026-05-22 12:59
they can wishfully think themselves into anything as long as it makes them better than other people and they can play victim
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@RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world 2026-05-22 13:06
Thank god the tornado destroyed my neighbor’s house and not mine. Thank god those kids in poor countries are starving and not me. Thank god for killing kids with cancer. They never attribute to god the things that a god could prevent, or in fact deliberately willed to happen, but they’re sure happy to strip someone of their accomplishments and effort by attributing them to god’s will.