Is My Teen on “Reddit”?
Addiction comes in many shapes and forms. In recent years, we have seen a rise in obsessive video gaming so severe that it leads to health problems and even suicide. The internet itself has become a dangerous meeting place, allowing pedophile predators direct access to our children’s private lives. Nowhere do these two dilemmas overlap more than on a cultish, exclusive website called Reddit.com.
Reddit is one of those profoundly confusing internet pages. Its cheery façade covers up deep layers of highly questionable and pornographic content. New users start off slightly intrigued by the fast-paced action found there 24 hours a day. It isn’t long before the desperate and lonely amongst them descend into a dark world where they click and refresh so intensely that the site regularly breaks down. In a cruel system of rewards and punishments, members are given points for the depths of their compulsive behavior, forcing them to unwittingly embrace a shocking mix of controversial ideologies, open nudity and bawdy humor.
What makes Reddit so effective at luring naïve teens is its use of miniscule blue-colored text. This is intentional, for such a font is very difficult for adults to read (ideally, it should be black) and helps keep the site youth-oriented.
There is also an imperious and privileged sensation that a young person feels when he becomes a recognized member of Reddit. In several egregious cases, that shared superiority complex has been tapped to bully kidney donors, inspire criminal activities and fund radical political movements. Indeed, a shockingly high concentration of anarchists, atheists and socialists call this place their home base. It’s not hard to interpret such an internet collective as a terrorist cell in the making. It should also be noted that the mascot that represents Reddit is Tinky Winky from the children’s series “The Teletubbies.” You may recall that news reports have identified this character as a secret icon for homosexual recruitment.
The meat of a Reddit member’s diet is glib, one-line headlines. These are displayed in long columns with numbers denoting an approval rating. It is a veritable leftwing talking points memo jam-packed with paranoia, urban legends and outright libel. Ostensibly, these headlines hyperlink to full news articles but the reader rarely makes the effort to click away. This has the sad effect of limiting independent interpretations of important issues. Instead, regular visitors simply parrot the biased headline text presented before them in the comments that ensue. This reinforces a hodgepodge of simplistic and liberal views on everything from academic science to global politics. (Click here for a dictionary of Reddit web slang and an analysis of the page’s most popular sections.)
As a user becomes more familiar with the website, he grows dependent on these abbreviated news flashes as his one and only source for updates on current events. After extended exposure, such a person will take every screaming headline at face value and avoid true journalism of length and substance altogether.
On a physical level, your average Reddit user, or “Reddator” as they prefer to be called, is sickly and neurotic. He will forgo food and sunlight to maintain his website account, lest someone steal his username the minute he logs off. After months, he will become haggard and pale, pounding on his laptop with calloused fingers into the murky dawn as anxiety overtakes what’s left of his delicate sanity. Inevitably, the Reddator reeks of stale humanity and masturbation.
The immediate consequence of Reddit for teens is that it steals time away from productive activities like exercise and normal peer socialization. Recently, Fox News reporter Bill O’Reilly turned the public’s attention to the illegal Chinese website Four Chan. He noted that it was the internet’s chief source of child pornography and hacking activities (including Wikileaks). The physical resemblance between that site and Reddit is startling. In addition, the designers behind Reddit engage in tactics calculated to lead to manic dedication. An investigation by Psychology Today revealed that programmers have discovered a way to induce narcotic hallucinogenic experiences through the computer, most notably with something called I-Doser. I-Doser essentially “doses” the visitor by stimulating various mental states with flashing sounds and images. This type of content, invented by an Israeli, is known to cause short-lived feelings of euphoria followed by intense periods of nausea. Much the same can be said of Reddit.
Reddit.com– America’s very own Four Chan/I-Doser hybrid– should surely raise public concern for its lecherous attempt to insert itself in the minds of our struggling and confused youths. Parents often ask, “Is my teen on drugs?” In this age of internet dependency, maybe we should be asking, “Is my teen on Reddit?”
IS MY CHILD REDDITING?
The images below will help you recognize children engaged in the Reddit.com fantasy world. The first slide explores the common facial types of such addicts, while the exhbits that follow can assist with in-person identifications. Also, please see “Reddit.com’s Web of Inappropriate Web Slang” for common terms found on the site and its most disturbing sections analyzed in further detail.
- Sinful
- Suspicious
- Scared
- Sad
- Amused
- Laughing Out Loud
Author: Stephenson Billings
Stephenson Billings is an Investigative Journalist, Motivational Children's Party Entertainer and Antique Soda Bottle Collector all in one special, blessed package! Facebook me here or Fanmail me: StephensonBillings@yahoo.com !
How horrifying! This entire website should be Reddacted (redacted) from the internet!
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I have mixed emotions about general censorship but if an company or online group is putting children at risk then yes efforts should be made. There has always been a molestation problem with sites like AOL and I think they done more to fix that lately. From what you describe of this one, I believe it sounds like adults only. Clicking over there, I cant make much sense of it. Its a bit boring to tell you the truth. But with nudity, well thats easy to find even on Google. But maybe this sort of place should not be at schools or kids home computers.
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It is time we, as a nation of Free People, let the world know that this type of liberalism does not represent our values and our Constitution— THEY ARE IDIOTS! These people are leveraging our liberty away by espousing such bullshit aiming it at kids. Our current socialist Obama-like mindsets are destroying everything my father and others worked for and died for in the last generations. I will not let this stand and I ask you all to join me and those of us who love what the Tea Party represents to us all in putting these ridiculous folks out of the limelight with renewed vigor.
Let’s get loud and active!
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Thank you for your support, Proud American. There is certainly an organized effort to spread lies in this forum here but the truth about this outrageous and horrifying Reddit website must make it to the light of day. I am with you in supporting the Tea Party and once we have a real President like Rick Perry or Mrs. Bachmann, then things will change for the better. First off, I would delete websites like this one from the internet altogether.
Naked teens and socialism are a toxic mix. For Reddit, it’s their modus operandi.
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I cannot count the amount of times this website has come out on the front page of reddit, do you? Thanks for the jokes!
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As per usual the religious community never ceases to amaze me. You refer to redditors as cultists, bullies, and members of an exclusive community.
Clearly you did very little research on your topic because more then 10 seconds of skimming over it you would find that ANYONE can make an account there and participate in the comments section. Oh yes very exclusive indeed.
You make mention of an addictive “reward” system. I find it strange that you refer to it as such as I can find that exact same “reward” system in place on this very website…Praise or condemn anyone? We simply refer to it as positive or negative Karma.
Also I’d like to question why a community such as this that would so gleefully condemn Reddit has not only a floating social network menu (on the left of your screen) that includes Reddit, BUT when creating an account here you have an optional field to mention your Reddit account right along with your facebook and twitter information.
Odd two faced behavior for a christian community…I’m sorry, what am I saying. I shouldn’t have expected anything less. A welcoming hand offered to all who would even give you the time of day while the other grasps a dagger ready to strike at ANYONE who decides to follow their own beliefs.
Lastly I find myself in the unfortunate position of agreeing with you on one point. Children should not be allowed to view Reddit. Its a humor site targeted for an adult audience. Reddit does not hunt for your children in the dark of night and its not driven on the corrupt souls of christian boys and girls. Any parent with half a brain has parental locks on their computers to stop sites such as Reddit from being viewed by those too young to see it.
There you have it. A solution to the “Reddit/child problem” again comes down to whether or not parents give a damn.
Good night blind unthinking followers of the truly most corrupt organization in the world.
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Hey, blabla: after seeing so many red-highlighted posts, all i have to say to you is…
C-C-C-C-COMBO BREAKER!
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hey stephenson, thanks for giving a little back to reddit tonight.
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/kvq0v/as_requested_iam_stephenson_billings_author_of_a/
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Ruddy, you are a class act! Praise click for you!
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This has got to be one of the best parodies I’ve read in ages; just the right mix of hysteria, alarmist nonsense and ignorance of the facts. I take my hat off to you, sir/madam/neuter!
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The words “free people” and “does not represent our values and constitution” are direct opposites, you oxymoronic retard, lest I point out to you the content of the First amendment, especially about the right to freedom of speech. You and other who espouse the standard Tea-party lines have zero knowledge of the Constitution, Bill of Rights, or the Supreme Court decisions that surround them. Please, for the benefit of all Americans, stop spreading mis information and fomenting hatred.
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This website will burn in hell
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Your mom will burn in hell…. twice
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BURNED!
in hell.
twice.
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AOL? In which decade do you live???
This article is a joke, right? If not, then by all means, inform yourselves. I am a redditor and I am an outstanding, albeit non-Christian, member of society (and not USA society either).
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Perv.
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How is that perverted?
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people, please understand this was a joke and not a serious post, i am a reddator, we helped find a kid who ran away one by helping find him and he was returned home. it has different varieties of things, and ill say people only put naked pictures there for comedy, AND have warning labels on them before you click to look at it. (i myself avoid them as much as possible because some of them are very funny, yet will scar you for life
) there’s nothing wrong with it. its where i read my news, catch up on politics, and learn interesting facts. i learn alot of awesome stuff there, but really… reddit is just for nerds… like me… there are also no molesters on there… most people on there are just teens and guys in their twenties with nothing better to do or bored. there are also people on there with pretty good lives, kids and wives… the only reason this website would hate on it is because there is a athiest section, because people on reddit have brains and common logic.
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You are full of it.
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I’m an American and I’m ashamed of people like you.
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Yeah a website like that SHOULD be taken from the internet… Good thing Reddit is nothing like that
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You know, I am surfing reddit daily, but I can still have an active social life and hang out with friends regularly. I am physically fit and do not have acno or a beard. I think this is a hate article because the guy who wrote it has more than likely never been onto the website. The website is where people have free reign and there is no censorship which is a major problem all over the world. In fact, I found this link on reddit.
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You people are overreacting over reddit. If you don’t want your children to view the website, there are ways to keep them from viewing it. I can tell you from experience that this will in no way deter redditors from using the site, it’s a prosperous community of internet loving geeks nerds recluses and gamers with a great sense of humor. proof:all images that are on the website imgur.com are from reddit, and so is the community basically.[ http://imgur.com/gallery/vCmcu ]These are people you don’t want your kids interacting with. [ http://imgur.com/gallery/Xpknh ] Again, a great example of the people that frequent these sites. it may be shocking that people are open minded and have a sense of humor, and, well lets face it…this is the internet. there is always going to be obscenity here and there, always has been always will be.
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Does anyone else here see the irony of having this article posted along with the option to share it on, that’s right you guessed it, REDDIT? Not that anyone takes this website seriously, but if you wanted people to, might I suggest practicing what you preach.
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Let me be the first to apologize for my asshole friend who thought it’d be funny to tarnish my name on this fine website. This is why I shouldn’t let people use my laptop. Just to be clear, keep up the good work people.
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Stephenson Billings should win the Pulitzer Prize for this fine piece of Christian Investigative Journalism!
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Ma’am, I will have to kindly ask you to remove yourself from the premises. Your kind is unwelcome here.
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Mr. Billings is revered in the Christian Clown Community! We adore his writing and long for the day he is recognized on the national stage for his contributions. Perhaps you should remove YOURSELF!
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What does anything you just said have to do with the fact that your kind is unwelcome here?
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Talking to you is like talking to a wall. It’s Sunday, go read scripture.
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So, since you are new here, I will let you off with a warning. I am Jewish, and therefore do not care for your tone. I am more versed in the ways of the religion your sect bastardized, and you cant do anything about it. Suck it, you clowny bitch.
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Ridiculous. All emosexuals are communist atheists. And please stop thumbing down my posts. It’s hurting my self esteem.
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Wow, you’re even dumber than the rest of them. Guess its time to break out the big guns.
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Thank you, Al. It’s always delightful to hear from other children’s entertainers! Honk honk!
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Honk honk indeed, my friend.
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So, the picture of Wil Wheaton is probably from some show he has done, where he had to look disheveled. From there, I can see that you have made use of no sources that are reputable, or you use sources that say one thing, but you take it to mean another. Just like you have done for centuries with the bible.
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“Centuries old?” How silly. None of the Chris†Wire contributors is over 81 years old.
Leave it to an emosexual troll to distort and deceive at every opportunity.
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Leave it to a Christian idiot to distort what a good Jewish boy is trying to say. I was talking about how the Christians have been distorting what the bible says for centuries. Your comment has proven how stupid you truly are, and deserve to die in a fiery pit.
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Props to you Christians folks for the courage and smarts in presenting the case here. I remember the whole fight over Digg when Conservatives were kicked out for talking about the important things in this country. The communist kids can only responded with name-calling and charges of bigotry. I wish they would just move to Russia or China or Cuba, anywhere but the U.S. They crack me up … they partake in our capitalist society, take out student loans and get free health care, drink liquor all night spending their parent’s money, and are ever so chic, but they hate the hand that feeds them. How conflicted they are! Just leave the country and leave the rest of us alone!
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Wait what US do you live in “free health care”?
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hey “communist kids”, anybody else find this vilification hilarious from blind followers of an authoritarian edict (aka….).
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First off this article and its premiss is a joke. If your a parent rather then being told what website you child should or shouldn’t view. It’s your job to be proactive and block all website’s until you have a chance to approve them. .
Second if you have such a negative view of the community don’t participate. Bashing others only furthers the stereo type that Christians are mean and hateful rather then loving.
Third your comment is very unbecoming of a person who claims to be a christian. The christian faith is a study of Jesus Christ’s life and the attempt to be more like him. If you are unable to be more like him. Then at the very least you should keep your hateful comments to your self.
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I guess I fall into your ‘communist kid’ category. I graduated in 2010 with a Bachelors of Science in Architecture (honors, even). I took out my student loans and after graduation worked my butt off to earn money and pay it back. My goal was to pay off a third of my loans in a year before going back to graduate school. I ended up paying back over half.
My parents give me money for my birthday and Christmas, but a vast majority of the money I spend is my own. My wardrobe consists mainly of free t-shirts and old jeans I have collected, along with a handful of business-casual and formal pieces required by an adult existence.
If my unending hard work (visit an architecture school some time) is going to be met with hostility and belittlement, I have good reason to leave the country. If you chase out the youth, what will become of this country when you die? It will die with you.
My parents raised me to be a respectable and contributing member of society, and many of my classmates have as well. They pay their own way and work for their positions in life. If your observations of today’s youth are of your own children, then it would seem you did something very, very wrong.
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Thanks for the life story, Nick but this is not the Ask Reddit section of your favorite pervy website.
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I cannot wait to have my dog’s baby in one of your churches!
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When confronted with erroneous logic, a typical emo will lash out with vitriolic insults. Right here is a case in point.
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When confronted with pure logic, a Christian goes for playing ignorant of what his people have done in the past to deserve such nasty comments
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I liked to PC Magazine, Psychology Today, The BBC, The Village Voice, The Daily Mail… among many others. I also have provided ample evidence from Reddit.com itself. If that’s not legitimate enough for you, what else could possibly be?
Why are you promoting this site? Do you want all the young, crazy teens online to flood this place and hold some giant party? I can’t imagine what goes through the head of someone like you. And yes, the connection to Four Chan and kiddie porn is widely discussed all over the internet. That section is called “Jailbait” (for a reason) yet I refuse to link to something so disgusting. Is that want you really want me to do, give you more “fun” reddit links for you and your little friends to explore?
You disturb me greatly, yet I want you to know that the love of Jesus can heal these wounds. God bless my friend!
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Yes Mr. Billings, I do want all of them to come here and play troll. It will be fun to have more people to talk to.
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The first sentence should read “linked to” not “liked.”
And I was talking about those sorts of people invading the Reddit.com website (not this one!). Do you wish to promote kiddie porn? Is that what you true agenda is? Because if you support Reddit, you support kiddie porn and socialism. It’s as simple as that.
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If you didn’t like r/jailbait maybe you should try r/clipclop
it’s about horses, like Jesus liked to ride and save people from jews
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I’d like to know what’s wrong with socialism? It’s about looking out for your neighbors; how can you possibly put that in the same sentence with kiddie porn? wouldn’t jesus christ approve of socialism?
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No, I only want to promote trolling.
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Jesus, more or less, was socialist. Much of reddit condemns the less moral areas, but abides by a live and let live mindset. Nobody “accidently” stumbles into those areas, you have to knowingly navigate there. Finally, people on reddit have helped me through tough times more than any church did. I’m still a Christian, mind you, but at this point I have no faith in other Christians.
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Sir, I hope you know how ridiculous your entire article is. Reddit compiles everything you could possibly think of in one place, from forums on any subject you can think of, to information on any subject you could ever want to know about. ANYTHING YOU CAN FIND ON REDDIT, CAN BE FOUND IN OTHER PLACES ON THE INTERNET! You could rewrite your article about the dangers of being addicted to internet in general, or you could just write an article about general addiction. Also, it doesn’t look good when you misspell your terms in the article. The pictures of healthy “Christian” youth right next to unhealthy “Redditor” youth are complete jokes as well. You could possibly go to the Askreddit section of reddit.com, and upload a question. You should ask how to write an article that does not suck, I’m sure the community of reddit would be happy to help you.
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Hey mr.professional “journalist” guy, the word you’re looking for in that fourth sentence is “your” not “you”. Isn’t there something in the bible about splinters in eyes, making sure yours is clean first, that sort of thing? Also, next time you criticize a website so harshly, maybe make sure there isn’t a “share” link to the website you despise so much. We enjoy the extra traffic, however, it just makes you look hypocritical.
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ive been a redditor for about 6months now stevie, i don’t understand how you found kiddie porn on reddit after such a short visit, i didn’t know of the kiddie porn before you told us
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Because there is a section which refers to molestation and “kiddie porn” reddit should not be used? Children have been molested in the past by pastors (I am not intentionally trying to be offensive or make you angry mentioning molestation by church officials)but does that mean ALL the pastors are corrupt or that you should stop going to church. It would be like saying that since some christian pastors are guilty of molesting children then if you support Christianity, you support child molesters. And as for the fact checking you said was done on the article, how did you check that the average redditor is a sickly masturbating loser? Lastly, I don’t understand the three faces of a redditor section, are you implying that all redditors are paranoid (what does using reddit have to do with paranoia or how does it make you paranoid?), outraged, and needy? I don’t think people who use reddit would be more likely to make these weird faces more often and these are faces that people make all the time. I feel this is an insulting claim to make about everyone who is a redditor, people you do not know. Also, I feel you intentionally used a picture of the cockeyed kid for needy. (Implying that because he isn’t like everyone else, he is a needy child.) I just don’t understand how you can fact check for things like the emotions and physique of a site which is contributed to by people from all walks of life. As a side note there is a large christian group on reddit. Please consider the things I have brought up and reply if you feel it is necessary. (I believe conversation and healthy argument are 100% american (If people were not given a trial in which to defend themselves, potentially innocent men could be falsely imprisoned.) and lead to proliferation of correct information as well as a better understanding of things)
Gavin
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only monsters like us would view such filth: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aU079Mdkenw&feature=player_embedded
btw, it’s mister rodgers…look at how many people found a nice place to sit on the internet and reminisce. i know this brought a tear and fond memories to me. on the other hand, although sometimes you can make lemonade out of it, life isn’t always a lemonparty.
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hey…if your all christian and all the crap, how come every time you guys get psyched up for a ‘rapture’ or some sort of end of the world, your god lets you all down, and proves everyone else is right in to say god is a figment of your imaginations?
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I would like to have sex with your toaster!
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It’s funny how you speak of pedophiles on the internet and how it is an easy way to reach children when clearly the easiest way is when a child trusts you because you bring them closer to god. But then again, no holy person would ever do that so nvm.
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That was not nice at all of you. I am just trying to help families with kids as they go through their troubling teenage years. I am 100% against child molestation and am very dedicated to keeping children safe. Any accussations against me were unfounded and l was ultimately vindicated. Honestly, this sort of thing truly upsets me. I would appreciate an apology if you really want to feel good about yourself. If not, your evil thoughts will only eat away at your soul. God bless and good luck.
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It’s true, though, Billings. Altar boys are so often molested by priests because they view them as men of god who they can trust and the priests take advantage of that trust. You said yourself once that mothers get worried when you watch their children playing in the parks.
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Maybe you should apologize as well, Claire.
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I never had ‘troubling teenage years’ sir, and I am not a Christian. Do you think that parents cannot make their own decisions for raising their children?
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What a libtarded article! This Billings fellow must be a Communist Atheist! Thanks for wasting my time, hippie!
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The site creator can’t even spell correctly, “Read it”, not “Red dit”.
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I have long pondered that same question. You can’t imagine my surprise when I discovered the Tiddy Winky connection. Reverend Falwell was one of the first public figures to draw attention to this and a true public outcry followed. He was truly a great man and watching his videos on Youtube brings back so many fond, intimate memories.
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I understand your concern, however your article is filled with distorted information in an attempt to turn the reader against the site in question.
Journalist are supposed to report the facts. Not attack something that they disagree with. Nor are they to manipulate information or make fallacious connections to support their already inaccurate “facts”.
Sir, I appreciate your opinion and I believe in your right to give it. However, in both your article and your responses to people you have done little outside of attacking people to try and prove them wrong. Try looking up “ad hominem” sometime. That is what you have been doing.
I am greatly sorry if you are offended by any of this, but it is my hope that you treat your fellow man better than you have in what I read. Surely a Christian would realize that this in violation of teachings in the Bible.
“Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them” (Matthew 7:12)
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Please don’t call me “Sir” as I find that incredibly pretentious. People often use it when they mean to be insulting or immature. As for your other questions, I am indeed an credentialed Investigative Journalist with many years of work under my belt. I am sorry that writing with passion and love offends you, but there are no mistakes in this article. It was completely vetted by our factcheckers and I pay great attention to my details. Well, God bless my friend and thank you for visiting us. I hope this cleared up your issues.
Stephenson Billings
Investigative Journalist
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//Please don’t call me “Sir” as I find that incredibly pretentious. People often use it when they mean to be insulting or immature.//
Hey, I wonder what he’s trying to do to you then by saying the word sir!
//As for your other questions, I am indeed an credentialed Investigative Journalist with many years of work under my belt.//
And by ‘credential investigative journalist’, you mean ‘a fraud who needs to be locked up and stabbed by an inmate’, and by ‘many years of work’, you mean ‘thousands of cheeseburgers and gallons of ice cream’.
//I am sorry that writing with passion and love offends you, but there are no mistakes in this article.//
Other than, ya know, everything you put down up there.
//It was completely vetted by our factcheckers and I pay great attention to my details.//
//an credentialed//
If you pay such great attention to your details, then why did you miss THAT grammar error so easily? How the fuck can you interpret ‘OP’ to mean something other than ‘Original Poster’ when it comes to an internet site where people can post things.
//Well, God bless my friend and thank you for visiting us. I hope this cleared up your issues.//
Running away Stevie? Seriously, why do you bother if you aren’t even going to try?
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ah yes, spreading the loving word of the lord. unless you are gay. or a jew. or really anything other than some fundamentalist.
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So… How intimate are these memories? Were you… Touched?
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I have been touched many times by Jesus and it is always an astounding experience. Thanks for the question my friend and be safe out there!
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I believe he was asking if you had been sexually molested.
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Why can’t you people ever think happy thoughts?
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Why can’t you leave people alone Stevie?
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Sir am i to be led to believe that watching video’s of the Rev. Falwell that you become romantically excited. I only bring this up because most people would not use the term intimate memories.
Do you find a quiet night alone in front of your computer watching thrilling tales of faith from the Rev. Falwell exciting? I simply find it disturbing that you would cast him and his teachings in a “homoerotic” light. The man was a devout practitioner of anti-gay hate speech and now you, as a man, find yourself intimately involved with his teachings. Further, as the man is deceased I find the almost necrophilic connotations even more troubling.
It may be time to speak with someone about your latent sexual desires for a man now deceased.
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Get out of the gutter!
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Sir am i to be led to believe that watching video’s of the Rev. Falwell that you become romantically excited. I only bring this up because most people would not use the term intimate memories.
Do you find a quiet night alone in front of your computer watching thrilling tales of faith from the Rev. Falwell exciting? I simply find it disturbing that you would cast him and his teachings in a “homoerotic” light. The man was a devout practitioner of anti-gay hate speech and now you, as a man, find yourself intimately involved with his teachings. Further, as the man is deceased I find the almost necrophilic connotations even more troubling.
It may be time to speak with someone about your latent sexual desires for a man now deceased. Mr. Billings, you sir disgust me.
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Neither can those fellows over at Googol, right?
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Thank you for the important reminder that we must keep an eye on what our children do online. I would also suggest that parents add parental control monitors on their family’s computers. I use a great blocking program although I don’t know if this site is listed on their “harmful” list and will check that out. The world web changes so quickly and it’s usually the adults who are the last to know. I will definitely have to look into this place and make sure my boys are not on there.
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You’re an idiot, and because you are your kid probably uses https:// to firewall hack you like an idiot.
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try reddit.com/r/debateachristian/
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This is insane I can’t believe that anyone takes this guy seriously. The faces of a Reddator…really lmao. Be careful or the internet will turn your children in to communist atheist. This website is ridiculous. People are crazy.
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I like butts
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I’m an adult, i go on reddit and 9gag about 4 hours a day and i do not look or act like any of the things you said. Quit making up facts Billings.
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I am sorry that this hurt you so much, but the truth always stings my friend. I hope that you take a moment and truly consider the facts before you. Is spending several hours a day “hooking up” with these Reddit folks really contributing to your life? Are you married?
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Truth: the stories that an ominous being had a son…killed him…and turned him into a zombie just so people like you can try to scare others into joining your cult…technology isn’t the devil…manipulative jerks like the writers on this website are
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Why does the question of marriage matter in his fact? I’m a happily married man whom also surfs reddit on a daily basis. I’m also a Christian but to be honest mr. Billings you make the rest of us look bad with your awful scare tactics and bad information. Reddit has “bad” links much like the whole Internet is comprised of pornography or anything else. So mr. Billings do you suggest all internet users like yourself are infect sinning?
If you find my argument irrational I suggest you reflect those feelings on your own article.
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I sincerely doubt you know what a fact is seeing as your article is chop full of falsified information.
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The phrase is “chock-full” my friend. Remember, good grammar gets jobs!
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//an credentialed//
So then what you’re saying Stevie, is that you’re jobless.
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I find this reply particularly amusing, seeing as Mr. Billings article has a few grammar mistakes of its own. Take your own advice before you dish it out to others, bud.
Reddit is a wonderful site filled with beautiful people who are incredibly kind to others when in need, amoung other great things. And, OH THE SHOCK! Some of them are atheists! How can this be?! You need to take a few days from your extremely sheltered and close-minded life, Sir. (Don’t even tell me I am saying this to insult or degrade you, it’s called trying to be polite. Take notes.)
As has been quoted many times before, “I like your Christ. I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ.” Unless you’re my Grandmother. She’s a beautiful woman, and strongly believes in her faith, but understands that others have their own beliefs, and respects them so, as it should be. You could learn a lot from people like her. Just saying.
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That’s a lexical error and not a grammatical error. I’m sure glad you decided to learn something about language, writing, and standards in publishing before deciding to write something. If that reeks of sarcasm, forgive me, for I probably picked it up from my Brit and Aussie coworkers.
Perhaps if you were concerned with the scientific method and had a peer review process by some sort of accredited body or professional organization prior to publishing, you might be forced to take better care in your writing.
But why would anyone need to check facts, be skeptical of what they hear, or have their data checked by even those from opposing schools of thought? Perhaps it’s because data and facts are supposed to do the convincing, not one’s bias and uncontrolled emotions. The battle for the minds of free-thinkers and academics is won through facts, grounded logic, and scientific and research processes, not by which bigot has the loudest voice (Someone please tell this to O’Reilly, too).
On a non-academic note, feel free to keep working for your place in heaven, and I’ll keep focusing on making the world a better place. We need understanding instead of fear; love instead of hatred. I grew up in the church, and I left because I knew I should not be biased in what I desire to believe by fear of punishment or offer of reward. If there were no heaven (reward) and no punishment (hell), would you still go to church? How many people would attend if it were just a place professing philanthropy? I still hold tightly to tenets and ideals of love, caring, compassion, generosity, and doing what is right. It saddens me to see that I do this far more than the vast majority of people claiming to be of a religion which is supposed to espouse those ideals.
Finally, I’m of the personal opinion that children do not need to be sheltered from truth, but rather we need to do our jobs as good, intelligent parents in helping provide paradigms which act as lenses by which they can competently view and understand the world around them. If they are ignorant, they are gullible. If they look behind what they see to spot the causes as well as implications, then they will be able to truly understand, care about, and love others around the world. If we want to develop a better understanding for others we need to suspend judgement until we develop an understanding of a number cultural and social paradigms by which we can accurately assess the “facts” we’ve been given (Such as facts we might acquire in a given linguistic exchange).
The above is why I cannot simply hate you. I disagree completely with your opinions, and I detest the rank fear and subsequent slanted prejudices and judgements billowing in streams throughout your article. I am aware that you believe strongly in what you do, but I fear you believe so strongly that you look at the world askew and knowingly ignore anything which does not lend itself to your cause. I cannot hate you, and I feel I have some understanding of what you are. I am saddened by your fear, your hate, and your lack of [desire for] understanding of others.
The world changes, science and our understanding of things, our knowledge and our research changes. So too does our language change. With languages, countries, cultures, the advent of the printing press, and a number of other things, so too, apparently, does each new version of the Bible change. Perhaps it is time to think of a change for yourself, not because it is easy, but because it is difficult, and because it is true, or at least the truest we can know at this point on our tiny blue spec in a remote part of the cosmos. Be understanding, be kind, be generous, and be loving. Jesus was each of those things.
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Oh noes, I do believe I’ve been trolled. I’ve been trolled so hard it hurts! Oh no Mr. Stepehenson Billings, please don’t troll me so hard! I’ll be all sore and chafed at work tomorrow if this continues…
/ashamed at his malfunctioning trolldar
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And fat hips sink ships!
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I am pretty sure that retorting to the people in this satirical website is not contributing to your life either.
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I collect human feces.
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You’re a terrible terrible person and a horrible Christian, Mr. Billings.
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I am a practicing Neurologist on the east coast. As you all might expect, I am quite versed in the neurophysiology of addiction. With that, I would like to assure everyone that Reddit is harmless.
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DAVID! The last time I saw one of you guys he tried to stuff a bottle full of pills down my throat. You’re all med happy co-conspirators with the pharmaceutical industry, paid under the table to get us all on anxiety doses and chill pills. I’m not buying it and I not taking any of those medications to destroy what there is of my mind and personality. You guys are always trying to control our lives and monitor us with all these special appointments and court mandated nonsense. You’re driving your BMWs while the rest of us suffer. American Medical Assoc. indeed! How much do your DC lobbyists get paid to shill this medication and health care garbage? Not buying it buddy, not FOR ONE MINUTE!l
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Lol oh! It makes sense now. Steve is off his prescribed meds. So, Steve is obviously not an actual doctor if he doesn’t believe in medicine. I can tell you just got really angry at that one comment but I can tell you one thing, David M.D. is smarter and more successful than you. What does that mean about you and God? That God loves David more than you. Sorry about that.
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I DOID NOT GET ANGRY AT ATHIS STUPID COMMENT ITS JUST STUPID IS ALL.
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Billings, fuck off.
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//DAVID! The last time I saw one of you guys he tried to stuff a bottle full of pills down my throat.//
Looks like he didn’t try hard enough.
//You’re all med happy co-conspirators with the pharmaceutical industry, paid under the table to get us all on anxiety doses and chill pills.//
Well you could certainly use some. You’re high-strung and stupid. Maybe if you relaxed for once in your stupid life you’d realize not everything is perfect and widely attacking everything isn’t going to solve the problems of the world.
//I’m not buying it and I not taking any of those medications to destroy what there is of my mind and personality.//
You had a mind? Where the fuck did it go? I’ve hardly ever seen you use it, all you do is spout paranoia and hatred without rhyme or reason.
//You guys are always trying to control our lives and monitor us with all these special appointments and court mandated nonsense.//
Funny how you complain about people trying to control your life while you talk about how you want to control the lives of other people.
//You’re driving your BMWs while the rest of us suffer.//
What, stuff one too many cheeseburgers down your throat? Had a heart attack did you? Well, looks like it wasn’t enough to keep you down. God knows that’d be a miracle for everyone if you just keeled over.
//American Medical Assoc. indeed! How much do your DC lobbyists get paid to shill this medication and health care garbage? Not buying it buddy, not FOR ONE MINUTE!l//
And how much do your buddies in office get paid to ruin the lives of everyone else? You’re clinically insane, you’ve basically proven it with your attitude here, no sane person would say half the shit you do.
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Why don’t we talk about your mental health for a moment, Comedian. You’ve been flying off the handle with your hyper liberal screeds for some time now. You jump to conspiratorial conclusions about anything conservative and you’re paranoid about Jesus’s love. I think you’re the one who needs some counseling. I would strongly suggest spiritual counseling in your case, since your heart surely have some serious wounds. The truth is, I really would love to help you. I just wish you’d open your heart to me and tell me why you are so depressed and unhappy in your life. It seems like you were a decent person once. What changed? Did you have a drug problem? Or is it something sexual?
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**4 hours a week
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If that is some weird reference to the amount of time you devote to erotic self gratification, it is unwelcome here my friend.
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It’s called a correction, something you never bother to do.
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Were you trying to make a sarcastic joke there Mr. Christian? Seriously, you’ve got Reddit all wrong. It’s a great site that more people should visit to broaden their horizons, question everything and learn something. I’ve used the site for more than 2 years now, am a happily married man with children who holds a good job as a teacher. I’ve never seen CP on Reddit and I’m 100 percent sure that if people wanted to look for CP online, Reddit would be VERY far down on the list of where to begin.
I’ve read the Bible and I’m convinced had Jesus lived today he would be a socialist and not a capitalist. Would you mind telling me exactly where it says in the Bible that Jesus supports conservative capitalism? Good luck I tell you, for every one you find I can give you 10 examples of socialism in return.
I challenge you to read Christopher Hitchens’ “God is not great”. It’s not unreasonable considering most atheists have read plenty of religious texts. It would be a Christian thing to do to return the favour.
Final note: Next time you write an article as a “professional, accredited journalist” you might want to consider leaving the comparing photos out.
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So many people touching me in the wrong place makes me sad.
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We know Internet, we know. These Christians seem to be hurting you a lot these days.
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relax and just go with it…..
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When do we get an article with the title ‘Is my son (or husband) a Republican?’
Being republican seems to ensure that you hire man-boys, blow people in airplane bathrooms and do methamphetamine.
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I would counter this by saying the deeper I get into Reddit the more skeptical and questioning I become. Most of the sub-reddits I browse are /science and /technology as well as /christianity and /atheism. Never have I found a community so thought provoking. There are tons of healthy and lively dicussions. Of course like any place offline or online there are bad apples. But they are a minority, much like in the Christian community you have your radicals and moderates.
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Nailed it!
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Could you state any more clearly that you’re just a lackadaisical hippie? This nation is about emotions and passion. Stop being such a wimp and join the fight to save America my friend!
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Actually I am Canadian! You do realize that the internet has a broader audience than the US, I hope?
Reddit is a collection of cultures and peoples. That’s what makes it so great and creates a spectrum of ideas and thoughts. It actually uses an abstract form of a free market. We the people decide what makes it to the top and what doesn’t. I will go out on a limb here and say on this site there are many Republicans. So what’s not to like?
Also to resort to name calling really serves no purpose, but it does show your fear and misunderstanding of the site and it’s objectives. I would encourage you to browse a little. Is there a hobby you have perhaps? Say fishing /fishing is there for you. Or maybe it’s Nascar or Baseball? There are sub-reddits for those too. You can jeer those damn Yankees and cheer on the “insert team here”.
I have no particular interest to comment on “Saving America”. I trust that as a free and modern society you can take care of that yourself.
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No, we really can’t take care of it ourselves. The media helps the uber-extremists gain political power (for ratings), then blames those they helped put in power for everything bad, and says that the “power of truth fostered by the media” did everything good. They then repeat the cycle. No moderates get considered for election, and America goes down the pipes. It’s been a long time coming. Clinton, with all of his flaw (no s), was actually a good president.
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Here is a nice summary of things people at reddit did: http://voltiercreative.com/2010/11/reddits-astonishin-altruism/
What good did you do today?
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This is the answer. Read this article, then read Mr. Billings’ article. Then decide about this nefarious community of pedophilia crazed communatheists.
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Everything in that post was either about small children or about giving away free goods to people who should have paid for them Pedophilia and Communism at its best. Thank you for more proof of this evil “Reddit”.
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“Could you state any more clearly that you’re just a lackadaisical hippie? This nation is about emotions and passion. Stop being such a wimp and join the fight to save America my friend!”
I’m calling Godwin’s Law on this one. Sure there are no Nazi references but this warrants a loss by default.
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radicals and moderates!!! all hail the lazy christians.
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Christians make love to little boys in secret, then go home a give their wives Aids.
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That’s incredibly immature.
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But true
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Unfortunately Daniel has a much more factual basis for his claims than you do for your article. I can only suppose that you are a lonely, sad man that resembles the redditor you posted in your article, that is why you invent information to demonize an internet community you gave neither enough time or respect to understand.
I would tell you to go do whatever you want, but since i’m sure that would result in more pathetic journalism that is an affront to your capacity for rational thought. I would suggest becoming a hermit, never to interact with other humans again. This sort of vitriol has no place in a modern world; it has moved on from the middle ages. You can no longer peddle your imaginary god among us, because of the conversation of today.
Please, leave this country. Go somewhere that a theocracy is in place, like Egypt.
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This just in… not everyone is a Christian. Also, what’s with bashing people in your article? Isn’t YOUR ‘good book’ that says to always be nice to others? Or did the catholic school I went to get that all wrong?
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Wow, you’re dumb as dirt.
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TL;DR
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i browse this website, am i going to hell?
ps: why does the pope look like darth vaders masters?
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I once took reddit. Now i’m dead.
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Is this article real? I think I’m being trolled because nobody can be this stupid.
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Is this serious? I mean, do people believe this garbage? Reddit is harmless. Morons.
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So you’re okay with photo galleries of dead children or half-naked underage girls? How about bullying kidney donors and cancer patients? Do you enjoy that, you nasty nasty pervert. If your mother knew what you are up to, she would be incredibly ashamed.
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here you go again. sir with all due respect (which is none) you have asserted your inability to see past the fact that the number of people using this site for entertainment, 2 million i think or was it 20, oh dear I’ve lost count, do not go on for “kiddy porn” (that seems to be on your mind a lot, is there something you need to go tell you pastor?). if you took the time to look at the actual number of people who browse those sub-reddits (which is posted at the top right corner of all pages, unless you refuse to look at that too) you’ll find their numbers to be extremely small (.00001%, or about the size of my penis) in comparison to the rest of the people on the site, who for the most part, are just looking at funny pictures of cats. so unless you think that cats are actually daemons sent in picture form to be seen on Reddit in hopes that they will convert your “angel” into the spawn of satan, then i see no harm in a good laugh to start the day or a picture of the cutest kitten alive (http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kp3jpdIHWK1qzbpaho1_500.jpg)
sincerly
The Garebear
ps. i’m a lumberjack and i’m ok!
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I have written extensively on the problematic issue of cat ownership in America. The way they interact with humans violates the Bible’s commandments on Stewardship and Glorifying God with our bodies. I would highly recommend this article which refers to several scientific studies and Biblical readings on the subject:
Real Men Don’t Keep Cats
Be well and stay safe, Gary and I do hope one day we may become friends.
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Now I know you’re trolling. Own a cat, and you never have to worry about roaches or spiders on the ceiling again. Also, hours of free entertainment.
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Grow up, Jen. I’m sick of all you people harassing me. This is a Christian website aimed at Christian parents with tough questions. Stop spreading your libel here.
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You hurt Stevie? You know, the truth DOES hurt. Maybe you should listen to the truth and acknowledge that you’re wrong.
Or you could continue to act like a jackass and spread lies and gain the hatred of every person who you end up accusing of terrible things, and then wonder why you’re so hated like the reject of society that you are.
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Sir, you have now proven that you’re completely insane.
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I’m with Jen on this guy. This has GOT to be trolling. “I have written extensively on the problematic issue of cat ownership in America. The way they interact with humans violates the Bible’s commandments on Stewardship and Glorifying God with our bodies”.
YOU WENT TOO FAR.
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that kitteh ish shooooo cuuuutttteeee
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So if a couple bad flaws make the entirety of something bad and somehow justify making blanket statements about the subject in question, that means that a serial rapist and murderer who’s Christian is good enough to describe each and every Christian then.
I’m just saying Stevie, before you go and open up your mouth and say ‘but there are these things that are wrong with what you like’, you might want to shut the fuck up and look at what’s wrong with your own people. That is, if you can manage to pull your head from your ass once in awhile.
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now, i’m convinced this guy’s trolling. name calling, judgement…par for the course for a fundy. and exactly where did you go on reddit. i’ve never seen any of that in months of humble and complete mind numbing adulation to the golden cow that is tiddy winks or what the hell every you called it.
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My mother browses reddit
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How do you know there are half-naked underage girls on Reddit? You seem to be disturbingly specific. I assume you’ve been doing quite a bit of research in those sub-reddits. For science of course.
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His mother would be ashamed of what? You are making an assumption that because he commented about reddit, he supports/ uses it. Being that you know neither of these things, calling him a nasty nasty pervert, and speaking of his mother is completely uncalled for and inappropriate. Secondly, you can find “kiddie porn anywhere on the internet and, though I may be going out on a limb here, most redditors probably do not go to reddit to look at child porn. I feel it’s unfair to condemn all people who use reddit because of, and let’s be real here, a tiny fraction of what can be found there. If I have some free time, I will browse through it, and I will be honest, I go there for funny pictures and a good laugh. Thirdly, the accusation that all redditors are “sickly and neurotic” is completely unfair. To brand everyone who uses reddit as feeble minded loosers who curl into a ball and clack away at their keyboards, occasionally masturbating, is not very becoming of a man who claims to be trying to provide a helpful and useful aide to unsuspecting parents. And finally your article seems very one sided. You portray all redditors as loosers and place pictures of the most haggard and tired people next to pictures of childhood heroes and male models. And what is more, it seems your article is full of judgement, judgement of people you do not know. Stephenson, I do believe your heart is in the right place and you think you may be trying to warn parents of the danger of a website addiction, which is important, but I really want you to read this and realize that while this article does describe some people, it does not accurately reflect the lifestyles, ideas, and opinions of all the people who use this website. Please read my comment and understand where I am coming from, for while others might throw hateful comments your way, I wish that you only understand my point.
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They let kids use reddit?
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just like they let morons like you use ChristWire
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Shut up. You live in Idaho. We could lose that entire fucking state and not even know it for months.
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Don’t want to lose the potatoes, though.
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It’s people like you that give NORMAL religious people a bad name! No wonder there are so many Atheists! If this is not a joke, I might kill myself. This article is poison, not reddit.
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Come on over. the water’s warm, and there is much less intellectual dishonesty.
Seriously, life lives better without a god, regardless of the level of extremism or stupidity. Go check out http://www.reddit.com/r/atheistgems for a well-organized rebuttal to every claim of Christianity.
If you think this article is in poor taste and full of error, i would suggest you look at the bible with the same lens: it is full of redaction, contradiction (was jesus crucified before or after passover?) and is written as mythology. There is no tangible benefit to following it, except for giving credence and voice to morons like this.
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I’m sure the “water is warm” there. It is being heated by the Fires of Hell. You have obviously been readin the “Atheist” version of the Bible written by Richard Dawkins, instead of the ACTUAL HOLY BIBLE (King James Version). Do some research like Brother Billings did about this Communist, Pedophile Site, before you bad-mouth a True Religion, and not a pagan, wiccan religion like “Atheism”.
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Prissy, why do you keep telling people to read a version of the bible that was not written by the original peoples? I think you should start promoting the Jewish Publication Society’s version of the Tanach. You know, the one with all of the right stuff, and none of the Jesus stuff?
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Is this a joke. I’m going to pretend I think this is a joke. This is a laughably unintelligent “analysis.” This kind of fear-mongering is exactly what is wrong with America, not websites that offer news, humor, and even -God forbid!- pornography.
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Yeah I took reddit just ONCE and when I went back to bible camp all I could think of was sharing a sleepingbag with my biblemates
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Surprising that this isn’t a Poe. This article just made me laugh so much.
I guess I need to from the USA for the term atheist and a rally that promotes reason in politics (regardless if you agree with their politics) to be compared with child pornography.
I guess I’m just someone that holds politically centrist views, isn’t a bigot, donates to charity and decides not to believe in any of the thousands of gods humans have thought up of. I also guess I’m a terrorist cell in the making. I better go call the police on myself, I don’t want to hurt anyone!
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You people are all absolutely out of your minds.
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TROLL IN THE DUNGEON!
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You’re aware there’s a Reddit widget to the left for upvoting and downvoting?
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Reddit is a place were a large amount of people come together to share ideas.
As it has a large user base, there are going to be all types of people…just like a church, university, workplace, etc.
I am pretty sure somewhere in America there is someone that goes to church that has killed someone and got away with it. Does that mean a church should be a place to be avoided?
In my mind, the absolute best point of reddit is it allows a single individual to ask a question (in the /r/askreddit subsection) and get an (mostly) honest reply from a wide variety of people.
Using technology to pool the knowledge of thousands of people and placing it in an easy to read format isn’t something to be warned about, it is something to be cherished, studied and mentally absorbed.
Just because some of the idea’s people share are something I don’t agree with personally, I am still extremely happy to be alive at the right time in history to see an exchange of ideas of a scale of magnitude that dwarfs the previous 2000 years possible.
Thanks for reading…hope this helps someone make a decision…kloudykat
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The fact that you can actually compile all of this into what you can call ‘evidence’ fills me with great horror that human beings have devolved to this form of stupidity, and I hope you and anyone who is stupid enough to believe this garbage are executed in a quick manner.
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Seriously, someone has got to be trolling us. I just refuse to believe that a percentage of the human population is this astoundingly stupid.
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Well now I don’t know what to feel. I’ve been an avid follower of Christwire for ages, yet I look like Dwayne and I’m constantly teased by Sebastian types. I use the internet to escape my horrible reality when I’m not at youth group or church. I read Christwire and post on my Youth Group page and follow my facebook. Even on Facebook I am constantly teased by “Sebastians” and they use language that I found on your link for read it. I am so confused. Please Mr. Billings help me to understand.
ps. I also really liked the Teletubbies as a child, does that make me a homosexual?
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I wonder how many folks are now addictied to this site after reading your article and checking it out, who would never have actually visited the site otherwards. Good job.
Don’t forget to print out a copy of google while you are at it.
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The more people you meet, the more this becomes true. What’s worse is the people who run this websites and the drooling, sub-human wretches they call “readers and contributors” believe that if they change the world to their whims, they are doing good.
Believe it or not, readers, forcing your opinions down other people’s throats is not doing good for the world.
A bit of irony is that you can also link the article to Reddit on the sidebar. How’s that bit of planning going?
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Thank you, my friend. I believe Reddit genuinely does hinder free thought and open discussion. It creates a cult-like system where differing opinions, particularly pro-American and Christian ones are mocked. The Atheism area is one of the largest on the site. Well, God bless my friend and stay well!
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Billings, Billings, Billings. Judge not lest ye be judged. You may have forgotten. I’ll leave it here. Don’t worry, I forgive you.
Why is your name plural?
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“Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long suffering and doctrine. For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.” –2 Timothy 4:2-4.
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Stevie, why do you insist that others follow the bible, while you so blatantly stomp on it and spit in the face of Christ?
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tl;dr
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“Thank you, my friend. I believe Reddit genuinely does hinder free thought and open discussion. It creates a cult-like system”
Sounds alot like your church friend.
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“What’s worse is the people who run this websites and the drooling, sub-human wretches they call “readers and contributors” believe that if they change the world to their whims, they are doing good.
Believe it or not, readers, forcing your opinions down other people’s throats is not doing good for the world.”
You realize you and billings are doing the exact same thing right this very second
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“forcing your opinions down other people’s throats is not doing good for the world.”
The irony, it burns!
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“forcing your opinions down other people’s throats is not doing good for the world.”
The irony, it burns!
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This is the stupidest thing I have ever read in my entire life. It’s a hypocritical piece that is not only biased to an extreme I’ve never seen before, but hardly any research is done into the actual site. The site is used by people of all ages and all walks of life, not just by the extreme antisocial person that is described in this article.
On another note, it might be nice to know where those photos of the alleged redditors came from, since it is illegal to use photos, quotes, and other information that is not original without some sort of acknowledgment of who it actually belongs to.
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Why is it that whenever liberals are confronted with ideologies that contradict their own, they run to lawyers? I don’t take your threats lightly, my friend. I find them rather uncouth and shocking to say the least. As for my in-depth exploration of the site, I have written more about specific subsections and why they are so irrational and dangerous in my parental guide to Reddit’s slang and directories.
http://christwire.org/2011/09/reddit-coms-web-of-inappropriate-web-slang/
Please do your research by making outrageous and libelous claims.
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//Why is it that whenever liberals are confronted with ideologies that contradict their own, they run to lawyers?//
Probably because you’re breaking the law whenever you talk and your ideologies consist of lying about people and trying to destroy the core ideals of America.
//I don’t take your threats lightly, my friend. I find them rather uncouth and shocking to say the least.//
Where in his post did he make a threat? He’s just stating that it’s illegal to use pictures of other people without their consent when it comes to shit like what you do.
//As for my in-depth exploration of the site//
You mean sitting on your fatass and make shit up?
//I have written more about specific subsections and why they are so irrational and dangerous in my parental guide to Reddit’s slang and directories.//
And you just proved that you made that piece of shit just so you could link to it and go ‘lol im right’ like the retard you are.
//Please do your research by making outrageous and libelous claims.//
Stevie, you’re just too fucking stupid to be making sentences now.
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You couldn’t find a more recent picture of Kirk Cameron? As someone questioning Pedophilia on Reddit, I find this ironic. And you all about to find out: don’t fuck with Will Wheaton.
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This is the most hilarious garbage I’ve read all day.
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Stevie, will you get over yourself? What are you, 10? You’re making up bullshit, acting like it’s all real, and then you run away like the fucking coward you are whenever someone points out your bullshit.
When will you learn that just because you don’t like something doesn’t mean that it’s inherently bad? You’re nothing but a poison and plague upon this country. Die in a fire already you bastard, no one loves you. Even your own mother wants you gone.
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Ahahah are you dickbox retards really serious? Get off the internet, I think Glenn Beck is on.
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this article shows how little you know about the internet and anyone who uses this site, get you facts straight before you write crap like this
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This is the dumbest shit I’ve ever seen. I’m a music major at Baylor, on the dean’s list. And I am a Redditor. Suck on that, you bible thumping douchebags.
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I have no idea why you would be so proud of something like that…. On a side note, do you have a boyfriend there in college?
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Stevie, why are you hitting on girls here? Are you THAT desperate for sex?
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Nah. He talks about r/jailbait so much that I wouldn’t be surprised if he was addicted to it.
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you really do just hit on people don’t you. reminds me of the local school pastor who got arrested for “undisclosed reasons”
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Billings, WHY do you want to know if she has a boyfriend?
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It’s not surprising that a relationship inquiry would be made. Dr Billings is adept at using psychology as part of his investigative techniques and only wishes to know the emotional state of those that would use such harsh language and insult people when they fail to understand situations either through ignorance, demonic possession, or as in the case with emosexuals, both.
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“demonic possession” And there it is folks, solid proof that there is no debate here. One cannot argue with those that have no anchor in reality. If only christians would follow the bibles teaching to the letter, we would be free of them in a generation. Why, you ask? Because most christians would be jailed for murder and slavery.
kings 10:18-27 – kill the heretic
exodus 21:1-11 sell your daughter into slavery
leviticus 20:9 kill your children for cursing you
If you are not killing and enslaving as the bible commands then please stop using bible verses to condemn others.
And for those saying the OT doesn’t count any more because of jebus, please read matthew 5:17
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As a lay person, I am not educated enough in church law to take action against nor cast judgment upon those afflicted with demonic possession but I do know that the sinful and condemned will use the bible in such a way to distort the Word of God and for that they will be cast into a lake of fire. Repent now.
Revelations 21:8 “But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.”
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So, nowhere in the Tanach does it talk about Gehenom being a place of fire and brimstone. In fact, I am not sure it even explains what Gehenom is, other than the realm of the Sa·tan, the Accuser. And yes, I did mean to write it like that. It is a transliteration of the Hebrew שָּׂטָ֛ן.
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I’ll never understand emosexual rituals.
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What6 the fuck does you being an homosexual have to do with this convo?
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Didn’t Baylor used to be a Christian University? How did they allow “Reddit” to invade the Campus?
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Also, Is “Music” a Major now? Can you become a “Doctor of Music”? That seems as silly as the trade schools like Mt. Ida telling people that they can get a “Vet. Tech” degree that people will respect. What job do you get being a “Music” major? Do you write new music for failing pizza chains with Animatronic Animals singing your songs?
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What is wrong with being a Vet Tech?
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Nothing is wrong with being a Vet. Tech, if you go to a University to study the skill.
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Hmm, you have no room to make fun of my education, considering how you list “Men’s Room at the Rest Area off Exit 223 on I-5″ as your place of education.
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Prissy, stop trying to act like all other colleges or universities are crap.
Hell, what did YOU go to? You’re so hellbent on putting down the education of others, what do YOU have to show up for it?
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He doesn’t have an education. He lists his college as “Men’s Room at the Rest Area off Exit 223 on I-5″ on his facebook page and he works as a DJ. He’s a fucking loser who used to have a picture of pedobear as his facebook profile pic and lists Jeffrey Dahmer as his role model. Again, he’s a fucking loser.
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Yes Claire, FaceBook is the only site on the Interwebs where everything written is true. My FacePage wall has been “hacked by millions of people, so I grew tired of trying to change it back to normal. If you believe that a Christian like me can appreciate anything on that page, you are wrong. That is why I changed my contact to my Tweeter page. Nobody has hacked that yet.
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Wow, this has to be a joke. You call yourself a journalist? Just from reading this article, it is obvious you have not done any research about Reddit whatsoever. I browse Reddit and have a healthy social life with the people around me. You really need to stop hate mongering. I liken you to the Westboro Baptist Church. Whoever believes this trash must be a real idiot.
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Is this site for real or just troll bait ?
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Wow, someone has no idea what reddit, or matters of the internet are. I guess we all grow to old to understand the things of today. Sorry to hear you have reached that age.
On a good note, another idiot steps closer to death. c:
Sooner we shall be spared more atrocious, writings(musings) from my confused, and usually frightened christian counter parts.
Sorry to those who have to read such drivel from those who seem to merely guess today’s youth and culture.
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This is what makes these satirical sites all the more hilarious. Fucking idiots who are so excited to jump at something that they don’t take a minute to realize that it is all an awesome troll. Please, stop making liberals look bad, and if you really have no sense of humor, do a god damn Google search and learn within 2 seconds that it is a joke.
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I love how this article stereotypes users of Reddit, feeling so inspired I decided to do some stereotyping of my own:
All Christians clearly support child molestation: Source, I once read an article on it (based off of the evidence supplied by the journalist as to Reddit stereotypes, this clearly must be true I don;t even have to link to any real evidence, but then I guess Christians are used to not pointing at facts, since it’s the basis for their belief).
Cannot believe this article got posted, oh well off to Reddit to waste my life and masturbate (hey I’m like a Christian, except I can masturbate +1 to me!)
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Author of this article, it is sad that you take such an uneducated view on the internet in general, and then choose to publicly spout your own ignorance to the public, and the denizens of this website who see you as a figure of authority (and will thus continue to spout to others).
I’m sure if we took this situation and placed it in a different context, you would see the stupidity of your actions. For example, say a school principal (another figure of authority to select few), decided to say that the Bible was completely falsified, and that “Jesus” was actually a figure of great moral evil (a comparably ridiculous claim to your article).
How do you think the people who understand the Bible and Jesus more completely would feel?
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This is a troll right? You can’t actually be serious. . .
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Wow – I literally had to scan this whole thread to make sure it wasn’t a gag. Paint me disappointed in my fellow man.
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I’ve always been on the edge wondering if I truly believed in Christianity. This article just made me sick to even believe I used to call myself a Christian.
I would like to thank you for making me give up on the religion you have twisted in so many ways. Please go read the bible as you need to catch up on its fundamentals.
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This is a satirical Web site right? Surely no one could take this content seriously? I mean, there’s a God damned Reddit share feature on the left side of this very article…
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THIS ENTIRE PARAGRAPH IS COMPLETELY FALSE. THIS IS TOTAL AND COMPLETE BULL:
“On a physical level, your average Reddit user, or “Reddator” as they prefer to be called, is sickly and neurotic. He will forgo food and sunlight to maintain his website account, lest someone steal his username the minute he logs off. After months, he will become haggard and pale, pounding on his laptop with calloused fingers into the murky dawn as anxiety overtakes what’s left of his delicate sanity. Inevitably, the Reddator reeks of stale humanity and masturbation.”
Nothing in this is true. What medication were you on when you wrote this?
The writer of this article has NO CLUE what he’s saying. Michelle Bachmann is more intelligent than this guy. That’s how sad you are. You are not a Christian. You profess to be one with your lips but are far from him, you are a liar.
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Is this a joke site or is this for real? You have to be half out of your mind to read this and actually believe it. If you want to know something, find it out for yourself. Don’t let a bunch of paranoid fanatics spoon feed you their opinions. Seriously, get a life.
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Why are you picking on Wil Wheaton? The man is married with kids, for pete’s sake. If it’s about “Star Trek,” direct that rancor where it belongs – toward Gene Roddenberry.
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Does anyone else find it hilarious and hypocritical that you can share this article to Reddit directly from this page?
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Could you link to a site that doesn’t have blue writing in the text please? I’m too old to read it.
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This post is a joke right? Reddit is an excellent website, and objectionable content can be filtered if so desired. It is about as addicting as reading a newspaper, and the Karma system is meaningless, no one really cares about it. It’s all just a representation of how much someone has liked what you have posted. I am a Christian, but apparently you and I don’t share the same religion seeing as you write bullshit like this. It’s people like you that give Christianity a bad rep among people in the world. You should be ashamed of yourselves.
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so the science fearing, gaybashing, cult-endorsing, “moral” right should be able to stand in judgement? you really do have high opinions of yourselves. you gotta be kidding me…go worship your zombie.
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You are an idiot.
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OK, so I guess that if all of reddit is bad because of some people who use it for bad things then christianity must be bad because of the catholic priests who have abused boys.
Thank You, Good Night
/thread
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christwire
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This article is so moronic that it’s funny.
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Wait… This is for real?
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Seriously? This is tantamount to saying we ought to eradicate the entire human race due to a few bad apples(Alot of which hold faith in :gasp: God). Where there is good, and there is good; in the form of; advice, self.help forms, howtos..etc, there is also the bad. The elements both good and bad are present in every aspect of society; religion included. Admonishing an entire website that has as many layers as an onion, well its just plain ignorant, Which falls far from surprising coming form christwire.org. I’m sad to see so many humans remain willfully ignorant to different aspects of society around them.. cocooned by by the “safe arms” of their religious leaders; telling them what to fear, and why. When I take the logic you use and apply it to the Church and Priests individually… well from what I’ve been told; their all pedophiles, out to earn your trust and harm your children.. We should probably stay away from that evil right? or am I wrong; as with out a god I must have no morals!
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hey billings i see you are back in action. maybe i should also come back to haunt your nightmares once again.
since i showed up late for the party all i’ll do for now is point out you yourself do EXACTLY what you say in this very article shouldn’t be done. have links in a blue font.
but hey you aren’t a journalist anyway and i guess a blogger like yourself can get away with bullshit like that.
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Hi Jazze, dear old friend! It’s really great to hear from you. I was thinking of emailing, but I know how touchy you are about that… How has your summer been? What did you do? Anything fun? Did you get a sunburn? Mother would surely say hello if she was here right now or if I was at her house but I’m at home and hopefully she’s fast aleep. She’s a real pistol first thing in the morning and I avoid seeing her until after noontime. Unfortunately, that about 2 hours into her drinking. Old age can be strange. Well, I’ve save the rest of that story until another time. It was very hot and humid here in Tennessee this summer. How about Denmark, what is the tempature there? (Don’t give it to me in celceus, it won’t make sense). Did you have any riots in your town? I saw that there were many riots in Europe this summer by the socialists.
In any event, I know CLaire and the gang would be glad to have you around. She has been a bit full of herself lately, throwing out one liners and talking up her school.
Be well and stay safe!
Stephenson
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It’s actually shocking how few facts you got correct in this article.
Another fear mongering pile of shit to scare white soccer moms.
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The complete lack of objective analysis in this “report” is surprising, as anyone who actually takes the time to examine Reddit for themselves will know, but the best part is that this site, christwire.org, offers you the ability to promote every article on it to reddit.com. Just look to the left of this story, the left hand column provdes: Facebook, Twitter, Google Buzz, LinkedIn, Digg — REDDIT — and Stumbleupon. The reason it does so is that Reddit is just as legitimate a news source as any of these other sites, as the vast majority of people who use it are intelligent adults not damaged teens (you can verify this simply by reading any one of several demographic analyses of the site’s user base).
Reddit is just a forum for free speech, an core ideal of American values. Of course there will be items you don’t like and disapprove of, but a true American still has the strength to support free speech despite this. Reddit also contains many acts of Christian charity and good-will, but the author of this article was not trying to write a balanced piece, he fell prey to confirmation bias rather than acting as an investigate journalist with a code of ethics.
I respect the author’s right to present his opinion, I only want to comment that it is not a very well informed one and to encourage readers to form their own opinion of the site based on a first-hand analysis thereof.
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Weirdo Christian attention whores like this will stoop to ever more desperate measures to get noticed as the world moves beyond them and begins to ignore them. We need to just stop paying attention.
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This article is pretty much the definition of Poe’s Law http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
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you do all realize that this infidel stephenson billings is trolling the pants off every redditor here. Did you read the list of reddit slang? He doesn’t even know when the narwhale bacons?
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wow this is a good parody site, almost had me going for a minute, far better than the onion!
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Are you FUCKING kidding me? What kind of idiot wrote this piece of crap article? I checked out your so called dangerous Reddit. It’s a fucking website with links to news, comics and some cat pictures. So fucking what? I’m 46 and I wouldn’t mind at all if my kids would visit the site.
Oh and the Reddit alien logo looks like Tinky Winky? Are you blind? It looks nothing like it. It’s like saying the christian cross looks like a penis.
Stop overreacting over nothing you crazy bastards.
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Cat pictures. Pretty well sums it up, I’d say.
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This is either one of the best trolls ever or he is a complete idiot.
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r/randomactsofpizza
have you been to that subreddit? people who don’t know each other FEED FAMILIES just because its the right thing to do. Who have you ever helped, truly? Im sure you send the plate around 5 times during service to make sure your pockets are filled. We change peoples lives on Reddit, what do you do?
By the way I am a married/straight/christian/UCLA masters graduate.
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This article is so true! I am not a teen anymore, as I recently turned 25. Fortunately for me, my Reddit addiction didn’t start until I was 23, and I was able to go through high school and college doing normal drugs like other honest christian teens. Ever since I got on the Reddit, my life has been falling apart.
My wife, rest her soul, had to deal with the brunt of it. Every day I would come home from work, sit down at my computer, and do a little bit of Reddit. Just a little bit. But then it started to linger, doing more and more every day until I was up till 4 am doing it. My wife tried to help, she told me it was tearing us apart. I tried, and for a few days was off it, but to no avail, I relapsed. It was a three day weekend, labor day to be exact. I got out of work early Friday, and she had to work late. I got home, and started watching TCC, my favorite Christian network. I was 40 minutes into CSI: Bethlehem when I opened my laptop. I was just going to do a bit, just a few minutes of Reddit. When my wife got home at 9:30, she found me on the couch, my laptop propped onto the coffee table, me naked on the floor. She started screaming, telling me she was going to leave me. She said it was her or reddit…
So I killed her. Reddit ruined my life.
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That’s right. Turn Reddit into the forbidden fruit. Watch it corrupt your youoth. MUAHAHAHAHHA.
Seriously, it’s a user generated content web page. Go to /r/christianity and have a Jesus party. The people there will even welcome you. Don’t look at the rest of the site if you’re scared it will conflict with your beliefs. God forbid you’d have to defend them.
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I always try to not judge people based on their belief system or religion. This, afterall, is a mere misunderstanding. You do not understand Reddit (or likely any non-exclusively christian community). Therefore you fear it. People always fear that which they do not understand.
I suggest that you take some time to reflect the way in which you have used gross stereotypes of people you have never met and the way you have used them to demonize an entire community of movers and thinkers.
Oh, and on the idea of judging one another, the “Praise or Condemn” part of this site… same thing.
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Cool Story Bro. Tell it again
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“It is a veritable leftwing talking points memo jam-packed with paranoia, urban legends and outright libel. Ostensibly, these headlines hyperlink to full news articles but the reader rarely makes the effort to click away. This has the sad effect of limiting independent interpretations of important issues. Instead, regular visitors simply parrot the biased headline text presented before them in the comments that ensue. This reinforces a hodgepodge of simplistic and liberal views on everything from academic science to global politics.”
Kind of like this article! Only without the leftist stuff… Seriously, tha ks for taking things out of context, making thinga up to incite paranoia and making me ashamed to be a Christian. Good job, bro.
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you’re all morons. If you would actually spend time investigating what this article has said about reddit, you would realize that reddit is what you make of it. This article did not even divulge that there is actually a reddit collective for christians as well as many other groups on the internet. Seriously, talk about a group of people who would regurtitate talking points without ever investigating such obviously biased journalism.
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REDDIT TURNED MY SON INTO A GAY SOCIALIST WHO BULLIES KIDNEY DONORS
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Stephenson, hey it’s your old pal The Dark Lord. Just wanted to say thanks for making me look good! Misinformation is definitely the key to keep Religions out of the know!
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Hahaha, oh wow.
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You guys DO realize that there is a very active and highly respected Christian subreddit right? This is an unfounded, opinionated article without merit or measure.
Your ignorance has never before been so overt.
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This post is probably the funniest thing I have read all day. So basically, you have to be some good looking shaven dude to be socially acceptable. No greasy face, zits, signs of exhaustion, or bad hair. If you do, you are and abomination! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! People of this site, if you want other people to take you serious, stop being so extremist. You people contradict yourselves constantly and sometimes sound simply retarded. If ANY members on this website look like “Young Sebastian (left)” I would be extremely surprised.
In summary, this “article” is the biggest joke I have ever read. Also, Reddit counts with one of the largest, most diverse, and committed communities on the internet and hating on them doesn’t seem like a good idea for the future of this website. That is all. FSM!
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It’s pretty ironic for a christian to say “The internet itself has become a dangerous meeting place, allowing pedophile predators direct access to our children’s private lives.” when that is actually what the church does.
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Well played!
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Can I love Sitcom heroes! Can you tell me more?
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oh stephen.. i want to spit on your stupid dirty hole and fuck the christ out of you. You are such a dumb fuck it’s unbelievable. This entire website needs an enema. ChristWire is full of repressed homosexuals who jerk off to a half naked christ on a cross. Get a life and an education you dumb fucking nut jobs
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Just like Religion, Christians refuse to listen to logic and fact, and believe that this article is accurate. It’s so painfully annoying, and so very tiresome that mankind is still being held back by these people.
@Religious folk: You are, without a shadow of a doubt, the reason mankind can not advance in anything. Your churches, your politics, and your beliefs are out-dated, inaccurate, and rely on zero evidence for anything. The only proof you have of God’s existence is our inability to disprove it. And on that logic, Unicorns, Spaghetti Monsters and the Abominable Snowman must also exist. Kudos for holding all of us with common sense back. We appreciate it.
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OHHH im so afraid of GOD…. fake air being sold to people! Your ignorant!
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go to hell you fucking retard. you are the reason we can’t have nice things “lol”
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I think this article was a waste of time. Reddit is not a bad community, your just a new fag. There are many versions of Reddit, even a christian based one. oh and this bull crap of pedophiles? … there is no possible way they can find one of us in the first place. If by some chance this does happen then you have a moron for a child.
You are playing with fire, it seems like Christians have to be spoon fed from people like you. You are a no better christian than anyone else just because you posted this. You are a narcissist.
You don’t understand Reddit, and it doesn’t prove anything due to the fact that you maybe found two true stories. Your just a moron. People like you, who try to say that nothing in the world is Godly only church is; is the reason I have dropped Christianity.
You think you have everything figured out, but you don’t. Homosexuality is sought out to be against the bible then why are you complimenting the other man to have, “gleaming eyes and a sparkling smile” ??
Homo say what.
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LOL! This post is excellent. It’s so funny that people think this site is legitimate. Anyone that could read this article and take it seriously deserves to live in their self-induced ignorance the rest of their pathetic, miserable, judgmental lives.
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This was easily THE funniest thing I have read in weeks. Thank you, Reddit, for showing me this article. Doing it for the lulz.
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you people are so fucking stupid.
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Is this real life?
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Is this just fantasy?
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caught in a landslide.
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No escape from reality.
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I can’t believe there are people out there that would take an article like this seriously…..Oh wait, there are people who read Harry Potter and other books exactly like it (the bible) and believe it is real.
Still shocking that so many people could be sooooo fucking dumb (the people who agree with this article)
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Who would go to a website to look for child porn? This dude.
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Dear redditors, please note that this is a satirical website! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christwire
I deeply hope you didn’t take this article seriously.
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Blasphemer!
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As a redditor (female, 20-25, christian) I am disgusted and appalled at the accusations that this article has portrayed. Reddit is simply a well maintained site that allows for free thinking and sharing of all news world wide, including but not limited to religious views. How dare a christian website begin to cast stones and throw their narrow view points around. It makes my stomach churn to know that our beliefs are being overrun by absolute idiots baffles and embarrasses me. These people would be more suited in Babylon than spreading the word of Christ. Please do us ALL a favor, shut your mouth, don’t write any more and realize YOU ARE NOT CHRISTIAN!!! Thank you and have a great day! *I’d say God Bless but you don’t deserve it.
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I’m am flatly offended by this. I am a 14 year old from the state of Michigan, country being the U.S. I am a Redditor, as we call ourselves. This community is a self-made community. Members can make their own “Subreddits”, or sections. What you find is user-made. The Reddit community is one of the most intelligent there are. We may not look it, but we are. We’re the quiet nerds who get straight A’s, and will be the Tech Support of America. We’re the ones with common sense, which apparently you do not have. Have you actually looked into the site? Have you read some of the more intelligent things we say? I doubt it. And this thing on suicide? We have a Subreddit to HELP people who are thinking of suicide. Don’t even try and pull that shit. True, as it is, we do have a Pornography Subreddit, those people post of their own accord. There are a thousand sites with nude videos and images. You can’t single Reddit out because it has a single section on it. You have no idea what the hell Reddit is.
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You might want to consult with Dr Billings as he has launched outreach camps for troubled youth. This may help you with your reddit addiction as long as you give your heart to Christ. Send him a picture of yourself along with a short summary of your personal issues and he’ll get back to you.
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I wonder…..Do you, Cassidy Pen, know that Billings is not a real person? Are you in on the trolling, or are you one of the thousands of dupes?
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What does this even mean?
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It means you’re and idiot.
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Reddit Addiction? I go on once a day for no more than twenty minutes. I am active in my community as a Boy Scout, I’m an Honor Student, participate in Cross Country and Track, and go to church every Sunday. I volunteer as an Usher once a month, and helped start a program to give clothes to the needy in my neighborhood. If you call that a Reddit Addiction, your an idiot. You and this Billings give a bad name to Christians everywhere.
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You are what is giving a bad rep to Christians everywhere. Stop writing unsubstantiated garbage, and start learning how to use proper grammar.
Unless you’re a gigantic troll. In which case, I applaud your audacity.
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You don’t know the first thing about stylistic prose.
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So lying out your ass and making grammatical errors (especially when you belittle others when they make them) is ‘stylistic prose’?
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you may like to look at a web site and tar every visitor with a single brush. but not all of us are porn loving rapists. do you know haw many good things have come out of reddit… about the 9 year old girl who had months to live and desperatly wanted to visit disneyland, she posted her story on reddit and within a day 3 people had sent her and her a family ticket…. about the elderly man who appealed to reddit for help stopping his home been taken away from him, a LAWYER reddit user offered to represent him in court FREE OF CHARGE, winning his case and allowing an old man to live his last few years in the home he shared with his wife for 62 FUCKING years…. no, you dont see the good this site does. you fucking self righteous prick.
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it’s kinda ironic that you are able to share this article on reddit, seeing it’s on the list of ”Share this article”
And this is also exactly why the world hates America.
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Thank you so much for identifying this wretched hive of scum and villainy that is this “reddit”. I’ll be sure to avoid this website, because it is surely not the website I have been looking for.
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It’s funny how there’s a “reddit” button on the left side of this page.
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Hahahaha this is hilarious! (this is a joke… right?)
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Before I read this well researched article, I didn;’t know a thing about Read it. But now that I have read your warning, Brother Billings, I assure you that my kids will get no where near this dangerous and liberal attack on family valves
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Good one ice well researched i needed a good lol.
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You clearly STILL don’t know about “Read it”. This is like reading Twilight and expecting to know about neurosurgery.
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It’s not intended to be spelled “Read it”. “Reddit” is not a spelling error. It’s the name of the site. Take a joke.
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This is pretty much the funniest thing I have read in awhile. I seriously can’t decide if this page is real or a joke. (Though I am convinced after reading the description of the “Do your children Fred Figglehorn” that, in fact, it is a joke.) But, just in case this is real and these are actual worries of real parents I just want to say that this is all ridiculous. Reddit is not a place where I go to do anything weird. Nor do I “click and re-click” the front page repeatedly. I just get on in the morning, look at some cute/funny pictures, and read the top news, then I go on about my day. And the part about the reddit logo being tinkie winkie had me seriously laughing, as did the part about “how to spot the three faces of a redditor”. (Yes, I’m convinced this is all a joke or for attention.) Anyway, either your kid is normal and will do normal things in real life and on the internet, or your kid is weird and will do weird things in real life and on the internet. If you’ve taught your kid right then you don’t have to worry about either. But reddit is not this weird, strange cult that your kid will be sucked into, let them make some choices of their own, read the news, talk to other teens, all from the safety of their own room, I mean what can they do in their own home? I’m more worried about the kids who are always out of the house “studying” or “playing sports” who knows where they really are or who they’re with? Those are the kids that could be out doing drugs and getting pregnant. At least your kid is safe at home.
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You know Jesus was a socialist…he took three loaves of bread and some fish and redistributed them to feed thousands of people. Are you saying Jesus is a bad person for being socialist?
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That’s a very silly thing to say. Jesus stood for morality and justice. He appreciated hard work and liberty. Socialism is about atheism, welfare brothers and media propaganda. I don’t want to live in the mother Russia of a generation ago, do you? If anything, I’d say that Jesus was the world’s first Tea Party activist.
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You know the parable of Jesus preaching, then a quadriplegic being lowered through the ceiling and being healed? Yeah, if you really knew it, the only reason Jesus healed that guy is to brag. Turns out, Jesus is a douche.
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Wow, this got a lot of comments.
So many, i forgot what i was going to say…
Oh, wait, now i know.
Don’t blame the website, Billings. Blame the users. If anything, the users influence the site more than the developers and owners.
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The users are the website. Are you daft you don’t see that? Clearly they’re posting all this kitty porn and masturbating over it. It’s beyond comprehension that this is the sort of world you want to live in.
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http://i.imgur.com/LIjHG.png
Are you saying this guy is your “Space Cadet”, or “Disagreeable Dwayne”? Also, a note about Reddit attracting Atheists, the Bible tells us to respect other’s beliefs and opinions, and to try and help them convert to Christianity. Your just hating on them. Your not helping in God’s ultimate goal. Your diminishing it.
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For all your talk about respect, why don’t you show a little towards your elders and listen to what they’re trying to tell you?
(I’m talking about myself, if you’re too daft to figure that out.)
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Just because you’re old doesn’t mean you deserve respect. What the hell have you ever done to deserve the respect of the anonymous public?
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Actually that’s a stupid thing to say. Do you know what an IQ test is? Let me explain a couple things about it. The averages trend upward, and by that I mean they have to readjust the tests because people are getting progressing smarter. This means that the older you are (on average) the dumber your going to be compared to the newer generation (on average). We understand that you have experience but it’s a whole new world than it was 30 years ago and we are going to be running shit soon and your going to be dead. FACT. BTW did you know that your maybe going to live to see 80 (but the fact that your stressed all the time means you’ll die earlier) but my generation is going to live to around 150 with all the progress in Medicine. Sucks to be you BRO.
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Hang on there, Skipper. IQ tests reveal how modern you are within the context of social parameters of language and problem solving. They are not indicators of lower intelligence for past generations.
Jesus will always be the smartest.
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Wrong.
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Blanche, it’s so nice to see your beautiful face on the Chris†Wire and read your wisdom.
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Blanche! My Favorite Female of the Fundamentalist Flock is back from her vacation! I miss you, dear friend and hope the fall is treating you well. It’s been rather muggy here in Tennessee and Mother thought you might have been swept off your feet by some Mormon and that’s where you had gone too. Well, keep up the good fight my friend!
Stephenson
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I am a teen. I use Reddit. I am a boyscout with B.M.I. of 18. I go hiking on a regular basis, am in good standing with my church, and love reading scripture. I have been on Reddit for a year, and can argue personally against the lies presented in this article- yes, there are pornographic sections of Reddit, but you must be at least 18I to enter them, or face legal action in the event you lie. The website itself is a pinnacle of free speech; bot liberals and conservatives, atheists and theists, and good standing people can state their views freely. Anyone who opposes Reddit is not only accusing a churchgoing boyscout of losing, but is also trampling over constitutional rights. Please pardon the typographic errors; they are due to my faulty android keyboard.
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“but you must be at least 18I to enter them, or face legal action in the event you lie.”
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God hates beards and Wheaton
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How can you say that the website should be banned? That is the most idiotic thing I have ever heard. If anything, you should be focusing on greater issues in the states like the Patriot Act that was revised so if you do anything disagreeable, they can automatically call you a terrorist and send you away. It is pathetic that you focus on this one issue and are obviously against the frequenters of the internet. But, I guess you have too hate them since you know they are infinitely smarter than you because they are open too new things. You are what is wrong with the world. I do hope you look at yourselves in the mirror and wonder why you act so one-minded. I guess you people are the ones who are going to bring our country down to it’s knees.
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I found this website through an internet search and I cannot figure out for the life of me if you people are seriously this ignorant. Is this website a joke?
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My brother recommended I might like this website. He was totally right. This put up actually made my day. You cann’t consider simply how a lot time I had spent for this info! Thanks!
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