Are You Gullible? / The Reason Why I’m Atheist [Video/Rant]
Author: Charlie Bartlett // Category: Rants, Viral Videos
This is it. This is the video that made me 99% atheist (I say 99% because the other 1% was my philosophy class). I, like so many other people that clicked on the video did it for two reasons: 1) the girl is hot, and 2) I thought to myself “Gullible isn’t in the dictionary? WTF??!! I gotta click this shit!”
Before you read my rant below I’d like to point out that I was not atheist when I started this blog (2 years ago). In fact, my whole entire high school life I was a “good Muslim boy” (as my parents used to say) that prayed 3 times a day. LOL.
So yeah. I guess I didn’t really question my religion before I saw this. Sure, I questioned other things like the IQ of my parents and the importance of Chemistry after you graduate from high school, but never religion for some reason. This video made me think for hours after I saw it. I was just sick of not making up my mind when it came to my beliefs….so I thought long and hard and was like…”ok…well….I guess I might not believe in God then.”
Just to test out my theory I stopped praying for a week. I wanted to see if my life dramatically got worse- and you know what? NOTHING HAPPENED! I haven’t prayed since. It’s a waste of time and I felt like I was tricked my whole life. I never believed in Santa Claus, so I guess realizing God didn’t exist was a pretty low blow for me.
My parents on the other hand, still think I believe in God. You see, I was raised in a fairly religious household. My mother used to be a Christian before she married my dad and converted to Islam (which is why we used to celebrate Christmas when I was little). My great uncle is actually an important member on the board for our Imam (that’s kind of like the Pope for my type of Muslims). Anyways, so if I were to come out and me like “Hey, guess what? I don’t believe in God!” They’d probably take away my car and send me to a shrink or something crazy.
On a side note, i’d just thought I’d point out something I started to notice AFTER I became atheist. I don’t know if it’s really true or anything, but for some reason girls that I meet who are religious just aren’t as hot as the atheist ones. Maybe it’s because they don’t have to think “Am I going to hell for wearing this?” every time they pick their clothes. I mean, there’s a REASON why there’s no Religious porn stars right?? I dunno, just thought I’d share that with you for no reason.
Her Response
After her video gained millions of views, she finally decided to post a response video to all the haters. Hell yeah! This girl is my fucking hero.
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February 24th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
its sad dt a vedio as shallow as that converted you- but if it did, ur conversion will not really create dt consequential ripples- meaning, it wasnt that imp! no offence,, coz i m agnostic, but u need to broaden your horizons dude! srsly, i fot wid my dad years ago, n it cums down to faith and subsequently religion, but u need to understand the true essence of it to de-throne its appeal. I liked your stand, not ur argument, sry. no offence. n i dont mean to be rude, but u can be deeper.
February 24th, 2010 at 2:14 pm
ok, sry, rudeness was uncalled for, its jus ur giving the shortcuts dude! but its ur blog so, sry!
February 25th, 2010 at 5:39 am
@sal, naw man that’s cool that’s what comments are for. it took me about a year from seeing that video to actually make me change my beliefs.
anyways, have you ever seen the movie Religulous? if you truly want to “broaden your horizons” i really suggest you check it out. you can watch it online in the movies section if you’re a member