To be fair religion is probably how he got his arm blown off in the first place
this post was submitted on 16 Mar 2026
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These religious people didn't believe enough, they are lacking faith. I now pastor, imam, rabbi whatever its name can make that child grow that arm in no time. All they need to do is give up their earthly possessions and become faithful followers.
Don't worry, the religious people will find a way to make this about themselves and/or their religion!
Side topic: I think Pascal's Wager is stupid because what if there is a god and it only sends believers to hell? What if there is a good and it sends everyone to hell no matter what? What if there is a god and it didn't make an afterlife and won't interfere in actual life, so why even bother? What if there's a flying spaghetti monster out there and that's what god is?
/rant
That's why it's pascal's mugging. You're getting screwed for something that, statistically speaking, is a shot in the dark.
So here’s the thing about today’s prosthetics: they kinda suck. For example this 2022 study reports that 44% of amputees rejected their prosthetic:
Most responders complained about the comfort (60.87%, n = 14) as well as the weight of the device (52.17%, n = 12).
What apparently goes a long way is accepting the missing limb and living with it. And I guess religion does help with that.
Of course, it's all primitive dogshit, basically early 20th century sticks with fancier motors. Big deal.
We need to figure out how to regrow limbs. A stupid salamander can do it.
Glowing handjob hand unlocked
Religious people aren't bothered or surprised at all when their prayers don't come true. On the other hand, if their cell phone or car or air conditioner suddenly stops working without warning, they're absolutely shocked and dismayed.
My point is that even the most religious people actually believe in science far more than they believe in their religion. They're just too stupid to realize it.
No one prays harder than a scientist waiting for a peer review.
I have a crack in my windshield and I feel this energy right now
Please God, I just ask that reviewer number 2 comes to their fucking senses for 17 minutes to approve my paper.
Religion: thoughts and prayers
Science: thoughts and peers
Thoughts and pears
God took away the foreskin...
Science will bring it back...
I'm 14...
And part of my dick is missing...
If god took your foreskin, it's because He had a bigger plan for it. Probably the universe's biggest tapestry.
Bad meme because the kid looks happy in the final frame regardless of what the adults did.
can we stop with this early 2010s debate?
it's bullshit all the way. Science is also used to create weapons which creates record numbers of amputees, and religion is still used as propaganda to justify those wars. And even with prosthetic limbs, access might be limited based on profitability.
the main difference is community support, class issues, capitalism...
Science and technology advancement by itself is dangerous if society doesn't advance as well. regardless of the specific religion or lack thereof.
Saying that as an absolute science nerd with a STEM PhD,
science vs religion debate has been around at least since the 1980s.
/s
1982 to be exact, when Thomas Dolby was blinded with science much like Saul was once blinded by Jesus on the road to Damascus. It’s poetry in motion.
that debate probably existed much earlier. wouldn't surprise me if some shaman's were upset at those high tech craftmen with copper tools and those craftmen though the chaman was crazy...
Another way this discussion is bullshit and leads nowhere is that religion can also explain everything science does. Oh the kid got a prosthetic arm? Yes, because put engineers in his path, it was all part of His plan. Kid losing the arm was also part of the plan BTW.
religion in itself isn't a bad thing, fervant fanaticism is the dangerous part.
The atheist movement left a vacuum taken over by manosphere, and other toxic BS. How many cases are of scientific fanatics doing crimes against humanity for curiosity? unit 731? Mengele?
You're missing part of the appeal. In the right column, there's a huge pile of money going toward the design and production of that arm. In the left column, there's a huge pile of money going to a faith healer's private jet. Sure, functioning prosthetic arms are pretty cool, but private jets are super cool.
I look at it this way in terms of spirituallity... (Aka psychopath minded religion excluded.)
Kid has 1 arm.
Community that doesn't have the means or knowledge for science helps promote hope and faith that keeps the kid going.
Science does it's thing, as it always has and creates an arm.
Kid is able to get the new arm because the community and faith helped keep his spirits up so he didn't suicide out of hopelessness.
...The real enemy is the marketing and psychological manipulation tainting everything. It's not just religions. It rapes everything for all that it can benefit from. Every demographic is observed and bled of all its authentic soul. From religions, to cultures, governments, arts, and even sciences.
All major religions have people doing stuff that is to the benefit of the higher-ups in the religion and is to the disadvantage to the common believer.
But you’re right, it also happens outside of religion, like with capitalism and billionaires vs the working class.
Religion is just a means to keep the plebs from revolting.
Is all the charity that Christianity alone has done also to the disadvantage to the common believer?
Why not foster hope through science? Religion is unneeded for that.
Plus, if the situation was hopeless scientifically, the kid would be better off accepting reality than to endlessly hope for something that will never come. Just build with what he can instead of daydreaming about what can't be.
Thank God for creating scientists. Checkmate atheists.
The negotiator!
People will swear by prayer for any ki d of illness. According to them, God can cure anything with enough faith. Ask them if god has ever regrown a limb.
If prayer works, why are there hospitals? Or guns?
Meh. It's not like religious people aren't also doing science. Like most of my labmates are slightly religious.
Here in the states, you can now add a 4th panel. first one shows a casket, second one shows a vaccinated kid
Not mutually exclusive though I can understand how the West's experience has led them to that conclusion.
Though there are many scientists in the West that are religious.
One should understand that the purpose of prayer and community isn't necessarily to improve material circumstances.
Faith healing works. I know because it cured me of my decapitation after I was cremated and my remains were fed to a giant lizard.
Thought the second religion image was suppose to be an Epstein joke
Amazing.
Reddit called, /r/atheism wants you back
Okay just hear me out, i know people who didnt commit suicide basically just because they could hang onto a few things, including religion. I think organized religion is horrible just as much as the next guy but there is some merit in religion for people who need a mental crutch.
There's so many other things than religion that would work in that situation that are helpful instead of detrimental
Religion:
If have only 1 hand, to be happy, just have to join them both
But what about his soul
no science --> no engineering --> no Kia
Religion just doesn't work as well if you don't have a priest to molest the kid, this experiment ignores that and is therefore ipso facto dumbo, point blank period end of story nuff said