I don't think people are actually religious. @jordanjensenlolstop
Summary
A straphanger argues that most religious people don't actually believe what they claim to believe. Her logic is simple: if someone truly thought their friends were going to "burn in hell," they'd be shaking them awake in the middle of the night begging them to accept Jesus. Instead, people talk more about quitting sugar or keto than saving souls. She points to her aunt, who texts her every day saying "Please accept Jesus," as an example of someone who's genuinely religious. The fundamentalists knocking on doors? Those are the real believers. Everyone else is just enjoying the vibe. Kareem pushes back, asking whether going to church every Sunday or Orthodox Jews avoiding electricity on Shabbat counts as real belief. Not enough, she insists. Following rules doesn't mean you buy the doctrine. It drives her nuts seeing people call themselves Christian but make caveats about loving gay people, or Muslims who hang out with heathens like her. They're in it for the tribe, not the theology.
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So, what's your take? I don't think people are actually religious. 100% disagree. I think the people that are religious are the fundamentals that are blowing up and banging down doors. Those people actually believe it. But the I believe in God, but I let people live their lives. Oh my, I quit eating sugar. I've told every single one of my friends about it to try and help them get off sugar. If I thought they were going to burn in hell, I would be shaking them awake in the middle of the night and being like, "Accept Jesus into your life, please."
Okay. So you're going to say no one's being extreme enough because they don't believe it. They don't buy it. If I thought that if you died, you would go to hell forever in a horrible place with Satan doing to your or whatever, that'd be the first thing I said to you. I'd be like, "How's it going? Are you? Are you religious yet?"
I don't know. What do you mean you don't know? People talk about keto. People talk about so many things all the time. If you thought that there was a God and there was a heaven and hell, people would not shut the up about it, right? They would really be trying to convert you into a pious person. My aunt, she is religious. What has she done? She texts me every day, "Please. Please accept Jesus." So the people that come knock on the door and they say, the fanatics, the the people who we deem crazy, those are religious. These motherers being like, "I'm a Christian, but gay. I love gays." No, you don't get to make caveats. You don't get to believe there's a dude in the sky orchestrating. It's so delusional. Ah, it's crazy.
So you think that in order to be religious, you have to be essentially a fundamentalist? You have to be one of the people on the train that are like, like, crazy. What about a person that's like, "I go to church every Sunday." You. You. What about the Jewish guys that don't do the thing on on Friday? None of the acidics. None of those people actually believe it.
So no electricity is not enough for you. No. You just because you obey these laws. That's like me obeying the law that I don't, you know, vape on the train or whatever. Doesn't mean I believe in it.
So does this drive you nuts? It drives me nuts.
So you're just looking at people, you're like, "Liar. Liar." I had with a guy who's like a dedicated Muslim and I was like, "Nobody me who believes in Allah. No way." This heathen with lesbian and he was like, "I'm Muslim." And you were like, "No, you're not. No way. You're not Muslim. You just like the drugs or whatever." The vibe. The vibe is great. To be a part of a tribe is great, but it's they don't actually believe in goodness the doctrine. You celebrate Halloween. I love Halloween.