Can't say I've ever actually encountered full-fledged bigotry, but there are a couple of things that spring to mind. In my teen years at school, early eighties for the record, I had one or two born-agains sniffing round me, trying to steal my soul or whatever it is they do. You know, giving me the usual platitudes: "You will find God one day!" and "The Fool hath said..." etc etc ad nauseum. Even at that age I managed to stand my ground, I'm proud to say. Though there was one occasion when the rain was really tipping it down (we used to have more rain back in the old days, I blame all them Sputniks...) Anyway, I mentioned to my friend who was then a nascent fundy that it was a good job someone had invented sewers or we'd all drown. It was a remark about the amount of rain more than anything else. Big mistake. I found myself on the receiving end of a fire 'n' brimstone lecture about Yahweh's promise never to flood the world again, the rainbow is the sign of that promise, and feck knows what else as my brain went into standby mode at that point.
The only other time I can really think of was just a few years ago, when two of my hobby-xtian friends got married. Though they are among my best friends who were the ones that got me and Sam together in the first place, they wouldn't allow us to go to the wedding, for reasons they still haven't revealed but which I suspect had to do with me and my atheism. I still haven't forgiven them either.
The only other time I can really think of was just a few years ago, when two of my hobby-xtian friends got married. Though they are among my best friends who were the ones that got me and Sam together in the first place, they wouldn't allow us to go to the wedding, for reasons they still haven't revealed but which I suspect had to do with me and my atheism. I still haven't forgiven them either.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
