An addendum I feel necessary: My brother (who describes himself as an "Ijustdontgiveafuckist") is married to an Iraq war veteran who is an ardent atheist. Unfortunately, she is also a judge's daughter, and hates my guts because of my conviction. I had hoped that its overturn would soften her outlook toward me, but it only seems to have hardened, or at least I am still "suspect", and she has voiced concerns to my fiancee (when I was not around) that I will try to push drugs on her son, use them around him, etc. She won't speak to me at all, even when I try talking to her face-to-face. She might be an atheist, but she is a "True Believer™" when it comes to the justice system. Even allowing me around my nephew took some harsh insistence on my brother's part, at great personal cost to him, which I regret as much as the gap between us. If not for what I know it would do to my nephew, a really sweet kid, I would wish for the two of them to divorce. Likewise, my sister's husband is a veteran, but a hardcore fundie, which I think has a lot to do with why he doesn't like for her to be around either of her non-believing siblings.
I just don't understand people, and I hate what religion does to them.
I just don't understand people, and I hate what religion does to them.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
