Jesus "a story too improbable not to be true."

[Ziploc Surprise]

Yeah especially those that go out on Saturday night and party like hell doing all the things that are agianst the FAITH and be the first ones in church on Sunday morning! I don't know, it must make them feel forgiven or something! To me its just another definition of hypocrite!

My neighbor down the street took her child out of public school to protect him from the theory of evolution and secular history. She was one of those mouthy opinionated types with no brains whatsoever. A year or two later she had her second internet affair. She left her second husband, the product of her first internet affair, and ran off with this guy.

Another fundie friend of ours was a "Mrs. Robinson" so to speak. All the time we knew her she was addicted to prescription pain killers. She even stole a bottle of pain killers from us. Though the church tried to help her eventually she lost her children. Her husband got hooked on meth and they got a divorce.

Some of the hypocrisy is forgivable (but still sad). These aren't the mouthy types. They are more train wrecks then anything else. You hear their story and leave thankful that they are no longer in their abusive relationship and aren't drinking anymore (although many still can't maintain a relationship and are experiencing symptom substitutions like over eating). At the same time you see the damage that fundamentalism is causing. Often these people have completely fucked up finances. Many others have problems associated with not taking personal responsibility for things they ought to. Too often they just "let go and let god" as the saying goes. They hope for a miracle breakthrough that will never come instead of just working to fix their psychological problems or learning to handle their finances properly.