Comments | shelbycub: 365 Days Of Me: January 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26th -- A Bit Of Irony

shelbycub

365 Days Of Me: January 22, 23, 24, 25, and 26th -- A Bit Of Irony

Feb 02, 2011 21:43

1. A FRIENDLY CHAT

For the last few days, I had been having an e-mail/facebook chat war with a woman who is hell bent on saving me. It began as a simple set of questions about my story of Church Camp, and whether or not that was the turning point that made me into an athiest. I responded that there was no turning point, but I had to admit that ( Read more... )

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winbear February 3 2011, 13:48:59 UTC

When people like that say "I'll be praying for you," I want to retort, "I hope you'll be praying FOR me and not AGAINST me."

danthered February 3 2011, 20:59:45 UTC

Ugh. Such odious, narrowminded, misguided, condescending, ignorant arrogance from that woman. Cocksure, evangelistic, self-righteous devotees of any creed always are-whether it be Christianity, atheism, Judaism, Republicanism, or any other. I think you handled it brilliantly. Probably better than I would've.

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danthered February 5 2011, 04:16:05 UTC

This what you write is similar to my reaction to Jewish (or any other religious) dietary strictures: If "god" has a problem with something I eat, s/he can jolly well let me know about it in no uncertain terms, without the aid of a scoldy intermediary ( ... )