Formal Introduction

[drfuzzy]

Heyyyy, a smart young one. Maybe you can teach some of the adults on here that lack common sense, that believing in sleep-overs inside of whales isn't such a smart position to take. We can't convince them

Welcome, and stick around

I go to a Christian school too, there are endless opportunities and situations where I could drop the logic bomb on people. I get legitimately mad sometimes hearing them(Teachers/Authority figures) explain Christianity, and being forced to pretend like they are telling the truth. The other day my English teacher started talking to a student who was doing something good(forget what lead up to it) but the student was talking to another student about how she thought Jesus's message was to love everyone and homosexuals should be treated the same as everyone, which is a wonderful claim to hear from anyone whether you are religious or not.

Yet my English teacher comes in and interrupts their conversation and starts pointing out how in the bible it says Homosexuality is wrong and how the student needed to show her EVIDENCE THAT WASN'T THE CASE FOR HER TO BELIEVE IT. I was so furious, I didn't want to even explain why she was wrong I just wanted to punch her in the face.


I didn't tell her why she was wrong though, or do anything about it. Although a lot of people on the outside would say "You should tell them why they are wrong" I never do. The English teacher was an extreme example, but I've learned to deal with "playing along" to false claims. Everyone at the school is very nice regardless of their beliefs, and any time they talk about their beliefs it's never in a hostile evangelical way. For this reason, out of respect for their beliefs, I haven't even told hardly anyone i'm atheist. I figure it wouldn't matter if I was right or wrong, if I attempted to disprove their beliefs they would simply get annoyed and inadvertently start disliking me. I also realize that I am an atheist going to a CHRISTIAN school so even if I am right, i'm not necessarily in a position to call bullshit on everything and be constantly verbally denying their opinions. It's also a hell of a lot more lenient than the public school I switched from(Where I had to deal with all the arrogant jackasses, bullies and such). People are way nicer and less judgemental, therefore i'll let them believe what they want out of respect and not start attacking them because of it.


[There's your little side story for today , just kind of rambled on i guess, stopped responding to you and started just writing a personal story]

Welcome, young one!  You write well.  I want to give you props from staying "in the closet" - - yes, it's just a term for staying hidden -- in that Xtian school.  I attended one too.  Xtian schools don't like it when a student says they're an atheist, and they could make life harder for you.  So use this forum to vent and to ask questions so you don't start arguments with teachers.  They're not "pretending" that they are telling the truth btw -- they really believe it.  That's the scary part.