Religion poisons everything, Thanskgiving Edition

[Aractus]

And refrain from such shabbily tactical insinuation of dishonesty as "you know it".

As if I should when you see the way the resident atheists talk about us Xians!

Other sponsored program does come with ghastly self-serving made-up threat of infinite punishment, nor sickeningly worming false promises of infinite reward.

Advertising your brand is the same basic concept my friend. When you have enough atheists giving the needy of society everything we evil Xians give them, then you can do things your way. Until then, we do things our way.

[Annik]

Daniel, you need to go over the list of logical fallacies so you can stop committing them one after the other.

[John V]

This thread is for the purpose of sharing your personal stories of how religion and/or the religious have innocently or not, conspired to poison what might otherwise have been a fine day of celebration.

I'll start with my first experience of it below.

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Well, this day appears to have begun its steadfast march towards its ultimate goal of sliding off into the abyss.


On Thanksgiving Day, the Meals-On-Wheels program, which delivers daily meals to the elderly and others of need, delivers a special Thanksgiving meal. I wasn't going to accept it at first, having plans to eat with my family, but I let the woman on the phone talk me into it. (It wasn't all that hard.)

So Thanksgiving arrives, I'm just out of the shower, toweling off, and the phone rings. I let the machine get it, and the gentleman leaves the message that this is so and so, and I have your meal, and would you please call me back. And then silence. No phone number. So I'm pondering whether to dial up the psychic hotline to attempt to divine this chaps phone number, and as I'm finishing drying off, he calls again. So I rush to the phone, buzz him in and throw the towel in the bathroom. I throw on some clothes quickly and wait for him to arrive at the door, which he does in due time.

So I sign for the meal and wish him well and close the door. I go to look in the paper bag he handed me to see what might require refrigeration and what would not, and there on top of everything else is this paperback book. "Do I Know God? Finding Certainty In Life's Most Important Relationship" by Tullian Tchividjian. Great. In addition to being burdened with the callous insensitivity of well-meaning Christians, I face the inevitable feeling that I need to do something about this after the holiday. I'm just sure that this 'something' will involve harsh language. Perhaps a lot of it.


Why couldn't they just be human beings for once? Fucking Christians. God I hate them.

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Wow, I would think you were a Poe if it weren't for your post count.

[Ryantology]

It's no different to any other sponsored program and you know it.

It is playing upon people's basic needs to sell them a product. We call that 'advertising'. Only in this case, the recipients can't really refuse the sell a lot of the time.

If you're going to peddle dogma, don't pretend it's altruism.

[John V]

Wow. After reading the OP I figured everyone, including atheists, would tear her a new one.

Since you can't afford a meal or a clue, and someone else is giving you the meal, I'll give you the clue: If you don't like the pamphlet, throw it out. Bonus clue: If you're offended by the title page of the pamphlet so much that you're still upset 60 seconds after throwing it out, seek professional help.

[Annik]

Reread the OP, she wasn't starving, she was even planning to eat with her family later. Someone talked her into it. Furthermore, preying on the weak and downtrodden (in the case of those who really are starving) seems very honorable. /sarcasm

[John V]

Reread the OP, she wasn't starving, she was even planning to eat with her family later.

Good point - she's taking food away from people who really need it, then bitching about it.

[Annik]

Reread the OP, she wasn't starving, she was even planning to eat with her family later.

Good point - she's taking food away from people who really need it, then bitching about it.

Read. Again. She was talked into it by a representative of the program.


Head towards the light so you can get your head out of your ass.

[John V]

Good point - she's taking food away from people who really need it, then bitching about it.

Read. Again. She was talked into it by a representative of the program.

Read it yourself. Here's the quote: "I let the woman on the phone talk me into it. (It wasn't all that hard.)"

How hard is it to say "No thank you, I'm eating with relatives" and hang up?

[Annik]

If the women offered to send her a free meal, how is it taking it away from the people that need it? You're nitpicking because sending out materials like that is a lowblow and you should know it. It's akin to mission trips. Here is food, water and a Bible! These fuckers know exactly what they're doing when they hand you Jesus-shit while doing charitable works.