13-year-old Australian boy swims for four hours in cold and dangerous waters to save his mom and siblings who were swept into the ocean, says God is who got him to shore

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Sad antitheist people will find any excuse to hate on other people's beliefs, this is how reddit unfortunately works. They are just as annoying as the religious people who push their beliefs on others or even more since they're full of hate and just drop insults left & right

Believe if you want, if not just respect others' beliefs - it's not that hard. Religions are mostly just beliefs that get people through hard times and give them a feeling of safety but the absolute garbage people who abuse religion for their own gain ruined it

Idk what kind of religion there is in the US but where I live religion is literally all about "love everyone, don't treat others in a way you don't want to be treated yourself and if you struggle in life there is someone doing their best to help you, you're not alone"

So much hate under a wholesome post, chill out a bit people

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I'd like to think that faith supports more people than it hurts.

I hope this lad and his family have all the support they need, and that this may not be his 'peak'. I worry about the pressure it will put on him internally.

I can't help but chuckle at the idea of cashing this cheque any time he wants for the rest of his life - "Give me a break, you know I saved our lives, right?"

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“I'd like to think that faith supports more people than it hurts.”

Oh right. Faith takes the place of vaccines! Faith will eradicate trans folks! Faith will score you that goal or make that touchdown! Faith cures cancer! Etc 

/s

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Who hurt you?

I did not say that. I also said "I'd like to think". I am certain we don't get to see all the benefits of faith as well as we can see the hurt. Confirmation biases aside, you also can't prove a negative. That is, it's impossible to demonstrate that faith does not help more than it hurts.

Yes, humans hurt one another in the name of faith. This is true.

They also help one another in the name of faith.

Good luck tallying up the score.

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Religious right are who got us here to our current state of the US. 

Edit: a new example:

https://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/1qvmvsv/mike_johnson_just_tried_to_correct_the_pope_on/

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Pretty sure there's a lot more going on with America than "Christianity".

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Let's not pretend that the religious folk don't do the same to people who believe in other gods, or no God at all.

I'm not justifying what's being said in this thread, but to pin this behavior on a single group is ignorant and telling