#irreligion

Iranian here with another pro tip for anyone who’s not from the Middle East.

Iran is not a Muslim country and less than 25 percent of Iranians identify as Muslim.

Did you know that in 2023, a senior Islamic cleric affiliated with the terrorist Islamic Republic put out a statement that 50,000 of Iran's 75,000 mosques have been shut down due to lack of attendance.

Let me show you what I'm talking about.

Isn't it interesting how the Islamic regime says that 99% of Iranians are Muslim but they provide no facts or figures, and yet at the same time they also say that two-thirds of Iran's mosques have been shut down due to lack of attendance.

The only reason that the other 33% remain open is because people use them as public restrooms.

So the next time someone tries to tell you that Iran is a Muslim country, just ask them why is it that 50,000 of 75,000 mosques have been shut down in Iran due to lack of attendance.

And now you know.

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Published: Jun 2, 2023

A senior Iranian cleric says around 50,000 of Iran's 75,000 mosques are closed, showing the declining numbers of Iranians attending. 

Expressing regret over the low numbers engaged in worship, Mohammad Abolghassem Doulabi, who serves as the liaison between Ebrahim Raisi’s administration and the country’s seminaries, said on Thursday that the numbers are a "worrying admission” for a state built around the principles of Islam.

Doulabi, who is also a member of the Assembly of Experts – a deliberative body empowered to appoint the Supreme Leader – said the outcome of religion in Iran has led to people leaving religion.

Emphasizing the weakening of religiosity among society and in turn, a weakening legitimacy of a government ruling by religious diktat, he said: “When people look at the output of the religion, they decide to enter the religion or leave the religion," with reasons including “the humiliation of people in the name of religion," “falsification of religious concepts and teachings,” and “depriving people of a decent life and creating poverty in the name of religion.”

He made the remarks as growing numbers of Iranians of all ages are becoming weary of the regime's justification of Islam as the base of its brutal dictatorship, reflected by months of violent protest since September in the wake of the death in morality policy custody of Mahsa Amini, arrested for the inappropriate use of her hijab.

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When you ask the Iranians, you get a very different answer than the one you get from the Islamic terrorist regime.

maybe its because i have a fundemental missunderstanding or something but i dont get why people who use this argument neccesarilly even belive the fundemental constants can be „tuned”

to illustrate with two examples;

1.

if someone says something like (if g was higher/lower humans woulde have denser/less-dense bones)

im like, sure, but why am i to belive earths g could have been dif‌frent?

and its like, well, g depndes on the planets mass, so were earth denser, were there more mass, g woulde be higher

2.

Contrastingly if someone said were π 10 the area of a circle woulde be 10r², were it -⅝ itd be -⅝r², were it 3i the area of a circle woulde be 3ir²

But do i have a reason to belive π could have been anything other than the irrational — 3.1415… it is?

Do i belive its possible for a universe to exist where a concept of 2dimensions exist

but like π is identical except the 100th digit is +1?

not really, i think its a neccesity of geometry

if you have the defenition of the circle we have it seems to me youd always get the same value for π

Simmilerly i can personally grant that if the force that holds atoms together was a tiny bit stronger or weaker, the world wouldnt exist

heck that chemistry/physics as we understand it wouldnt exist

but why exactly do we think that numbered could have been dif‌frent in the f‌irst place?

to me saying that „were the force weaker/stronger chemistry doesnt exist”

is really the same as saying „if π were 3.2 the area of the circle woulde be 3.2r²”

if this is an argument You need to also tell me why you think the number could have been dif‌frent

cuz again something like π i dont think coulde have been dif‌frent

And only then id be even willing to tackle the idea that maybe an intlligent designer follows

Fundie:

“The world hates us because we follow Jesus!!!”

Reality:

No, people roll their eyes at you because you:

📉 Why It’s Laughable

Criticism ≠ Persecution Being disagreed with or mocked isn’t persecution. Real persecution is being jailed or harmed for your beliefs — not someone saying, “That worldview is dumb.”

Cultural Domination, Not Marginalization Fundies often act like an oppressed minority... while:

Lobbying for laws based on their theology

Dominating media in certain regions

Running private education empires (like ACE!)

Pressuring non-believers to convert or face “eternal consequences”

Weaponizing the Martyr Role The “we are hated” narrative gives fundies a sense of purpose and heroism — like they’re spiritual resistance fighters. But in reality, they’re often the ones forcing beliefs onto others and then crying foul when people push back.

🧠 What It Covers Up

The persecution complex masks deeper fears:

Fear of losing cultural control

Fear of confronting new ideas (evolution, apophatic theology, pluralism)

where fools in the audience

offer punchlines

only atheists laugh at