(April 19, 2016 at 9:47 pm)Mamacita Wrote: I live in a town where everyone is Catholic and goes to the same church. Parents hate their gay sons and lesbian daughters, because they are sinners. People donate to the church and vote republican. My son has to sing Christmas carols about Jesus in the winter at school. My son is a prohibited friendship to a family down the block, because Jesus. My job is government, but meetings start with prayers. Someone scraped my Darwin sticker off my car. My co-workers sprayed "holy water" on me when they thought I wasn't looking. Must I chill at AF with other atheists? Hell to the yeah.

Girl call the FFRF!

Let somebody spritz some Jesus juice on me. I'm bringing a whole bottle of red food coloring with "Satan's Blood" on it and sending an office wide email.

(April 19, 2016 at 9:51 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote:

(April 19, 2016 at 9:47 pm)Mamacita Wrote: I live in a town where everyone is Catholic and goes to the same church. Parents hate their gay sons and lesbian daughters, because they are sinners. People donate to the church and vote republican. My son has to sing Christmas carols about Jesus in the winter at school. My son is a prohibited friendship to a family down the block, because Jesus. My job is government, but meetings start with prayers. Someone scraped my Darwin sticker off my car. My co-workers sprayed "holy water" on me when they thought I wasn't looking. Must I chill at AF with other atheists? Hell to the yeah.

Girl call the FFRF!

Let somebody spritz some Jesus juice on me. I'm bringing a whole bottle of red food coloring with "Satan's Blood" on it and sending an office wide email.

I used to work with a very religious girl.

One day she brought a large candle into work with faces on it asking me what I thought it might be.

I freaked her out by telling her is was a demon summoning "invocation candle".

I had no idea what it was, but the look on her face was priceless.

And then there was the time she got her hair done and was very proud of it, even though the shape of her hair do made her look like a penis...

(April 19, 2016 at 9:47 pm)Mamacita Wrote: I live in a town where everyone is Catholic and goes to the same church. Parents hate their gay sons and lesbian daughters, because they are sinners. People donate to the church and vote republican. My son has to sing Christmas carols about Jesus in the winter at school. My son is a prohibited friendship to a family down the block, because Jesus. My job is government, but meetings start with prayers. Someone scraped my Darwin sticker off my car. My co-workers sprayed "holy water" on me when they thought I wasn't looking. Must I chill at AF with other atheists? Hell to the yeah.

I started this thread really to see what everyone says in response.  At the end of the issue, what seems to be true, is that there is more to it, then simply it being a case that it is a belief without evidence. It seems this idea influences society and how we act. Others also expressed there hate to be dictated on how to live. Others still express hate perhaps to the only God that seems logical out of all god claims out there, that all such expressions of his guidance have expressed an evil creator in their eyes.

Perhaps it's the problem of evil (I mean by that the newer the suffering to the degree it exists argument, not the classical evil argument), but it seems there is more to it, then simply skepticism.

(April 19, 2016 at 9:57 pm)MysticKnight Wrote:

(April 19, 2016 at 9:47 pm)Mamacita Wrote: I live in a town where everyone is Catholic and goes to the same church. Parents hate their gay sons and lesbian daughters, because they are sinners. People donate to the church and vote republican. My son has to sing Christmas carols about Jesus in the winter at school. My son is a prohibited friendship to a family down the block, because Jesus. My job is government, but meetings start with prayers. Someone scraped my Darwin sticker off my car. My co-workers sprayed "holy water" on me when they thought I wasn't looking. Must I chill at AF with other atheists? Hell to the yeah.

I started this thread really to see what everyone says in response.  At the end of the issue, what seems to be true, is that there is more to it, then simply it being a case that it is a belief without evidence. It seems this idea influences society and how we act. Others also expressed there hate to be dictated on how to live. Others still express hate perhaps to the only God that seems logical out of all god claims out there, that all such expressions of his guidance have expressed an evil creator in their eyes.

Perhaps it's the problem of evil (I mean by that the newer the suffering to the degree it exists argument, not the classical evil argument), but it seems there is more to it, then simply skepticism.

Yes. Annoyance.

There you go, adding a little detail/caveat there that no one has stated.

"The only God that seems logical"...

No one said any such thing. But is clearly easy for you to believe that...

(April 19, 2016 at 10:02 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: There you go, adding a little detail/caveat there that no one has stated.

"The only God that seems logical"...

No one said any such thing. But is clearly easy for you to believe that...

Odin?

(April 19, 2016 at 9:57 pm)MysticKnight Wrote:

(April 19, 2016 at 9:47 pm)Mamacita Wrote: I live in a town where everyone is Catholic and goes to the same church. Parents hate their gay sons and lesbian daughters, because they are sinners. People donate to the church and vote republican. My son has to sing Christmas carols about Jesus in the winter at school. My son is a prohibited friendship to a family down the block, because Jesus. My job is government, but meetings start with prayers. Someone scraped my Darwin sticker off my car. My co-workers sprayed "holy water" on me when they thought I wasn't looking. Must I chill at AF with other atheists? Hell to the yeah.

I started this thread really to see what everyone says in response.  At the end of the issue, what seems to be true, is that there is more to it, then simply it being a case that it is a belief without evidence. It seems this idea influences society and how we act. Others also expressed there hate to be dictated on how to live. Others still express hate perhaps to the only God that seems logical out of all god claims out there, that all such expressions of his guidance have expressed an evil creator in their eyes.

Perhaps it's the problem of evil (I mean by that the newer the suffering to the degree it exists argument, not the classical evil argument), but it seems there is more to it, then simply skepticism.

The bottom line is, that the reason why we don't believe in your god is the same reasons why we don't believe in leprechauns, insufficient evidence to justify belief.

The reason why there are no aleprechaunist forums, is that belief in leprechauns is not dangerous to me or the planet.

Skepticism is the reason why we don't believe.  Immoral depictions of gods, is the reason why would not follow these gods, even if they did exist.

(April 19, 2016 at 9:51 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote:

(April 19, 2016 at 9:47 pm)Mamacita Wrote: I live in a town where everyone is Catholic and goes to the same church. Parents hate their gay sons and lesbian daughters, because they are sinners. People donate to the church and vote republican. My son has to sing Christmas carols about Jesus in the winter at school. My son is a prohibited friendship to a family down the block, because Jesus. My job is government, but meetings start with prayers. Someone scraped my Darwin sticker off my car. My co-workers sprayed "holy water" on me when they thought I wasn't looking. Must I chill at AF with other atheists? Hell to the yeah.

Girl call the FFRF!

Let somebody spritz some Jesus juice on me. I'm bringing a whole bottle of red food coloring with "Satan's Blood" on it and sending an office wide email.

The person at the very top of the leadership pyramid is a devout Catholic. I'll get fired if I stir things up. Single parent here. Need the job. Heh.

(April 19, 2016 at 10:06 pm)Mamacita Wrote:

(April 19, 2016 at 9:51 pm)SteelCurtain Wrote: Girl call the FFRF!

Let somebody spritz some Jesus juice on me. I'm bringing a whole bottle of red food coloring with "Satan's Blood" on it and sending an office wide email.

The person at the very top of the leadership pyramid is a devout Catholic. I'll get fired if I stir things up. Single parent here. Need the job. Heh.

You're saying you want them disappeared?

Ignore post....