Score one for atheism!

I didn't realize neckbeard atheists oppressed so many people compared to religion, thanks to the author for opening my eyes

Nobody said reality was all smiles and rainbows. However, it’s entirely possible to find happiness without believing in fairy tales so you can sleep at night.

To be honest, I don't think a lot of people are ready. It's a hard thing to deconstruct your faith and if you're not careful it can take you to some really dark places. For a lot of people it's the way they find meaning and solace in a world of pain. Ultimately if you can find that comfort without tying it to religion that's better but not everyone can. That's my take on it post-deconversion

Soo what is the message here? Atheists are incel neckbeard basement dwellers and god is as real as one of their mother?

Edit: Oh wait I misread the comic in the most funny way! I read it as "my mum god" as if he stopped believing in his mum as a deity. Tired brain plays weird tricks.

DEAR LORD PEOPLE, SOMETIMES THERE IS NOT A DEEPER MESSAGE AND IT'S JUST A DUMB JOKE!

Seriously, check out the other comics by this artist. They just like absurdist humor, like this one:

Is the mother supposed to be sad about religion being a sham or sad that her child doesn’t believe? The comic is too ambiguous to me because the 1st and 2nd panel heavily imply a caricature of atheism often spread by religious people who feel powerless in their own lives.

As long as they aren’t doing horrible things in the name of religion, then I have the controversial opinion that religion isn’t all bad. Not everyone is an intellectual, therefore some religions can be considered a way to promote and preserve morals. While it’s unknown how his mother used religion, the neckband portrayed in the comic had no regard for his mother’s feelings or beliefs, showcasing the bad side of atheism. In the same way, religion could have similar effects. In the end there needs to be balance, a yin and a yang.

One panel away from being Loss.

delivering someone from a lifetime of sexual and gender oppression, and eliminating their need to tithe a portion of their income to an organization that hides and protects pedophiles and rapists?

Mom's on the floor weeping with joy.

An awful lot of the neckbeards from the comic in these comments.

These comments sure are something, eh?

I'm an atheist but I understand that religion and/or faith makes a lot of people happy and I don't want to take that happiness away from them.

So many people in this thread completely missing the satire. The author is clearly also an atheist poking fun at the highschool reddit atheist stereotype. Taking this way too seriously.

The drawing of him kicking in the door is hilarious.

That looks like a healthy cry. She will go through much self reflection and come about as a better person.

Nope! She has spent her life with a religious as her backbone and now will seek it as a crutch with greater desparation. Trauma...survival mode...etc...

Some people just can't handle being released from Plato's cave.

Religion may be a lie but it's a comforting lie and that helps a lot of people get through their daily life.

I almost feel like he wasn't actually trying to persuade her but instead he is so insufferable that clearly God couldn't exist because that would make him horrifically cruel.

So many militant atheists. Saying so much, all just to prove the comic right.

You really made a difference right there, bud!

Would be much darker.

P.S. In the first panel neckbeard looks like a pirate with a wooden leg and prosthetic hand.

Yeah, I warn those who are challenging their own faith that naturalism isn't for everyone. For me it was a stark process to come to terms that I'm thinking meat, and my species is looking at some imminent great filters even before we are able to create a dependent colony on our own moon, so mostly harmless is going to be more of a footnote than our society deserves.

As someone who had an early aspiration to add something significant to the collective community that it could take with it into the future, this proved to be a bit of a let-down.

Me at 13 discovering I wont see my loved ones ever again and there's nobody's hand on my shoulder holding me up:

So weird to see more than one-third downvotes, when all the comments are atheist-supporting. Maybe many read this comic as anti-atheistic ("what a jerk he is for making his poor mom unhappy!")?

With how sad and empty my geriatric mother's life is, the last thing I'm going to do is take away her imaginary friend.

What a shitty meme to get blocked over

So... It's better to live in the matrix, gotcha.

What's her replacement meaning vocabulary? Was that part of the talk? Was she an animist or a christian?