(November 20, 2008 at 5:32 am)Darwinian Wrote: Why is it that when ever I see someone wearing a crucifix I always seem to be a little disappointed, especially if it's a nice young lady?I find it mildly provocative. It is a statement of faith ( or fashion I admit ). If it is of faith, then that is provocative as far as I am concerned. I don't go round with any visible sign of my atheism.
For example, when I was in the car waiting for my son to come out of school I saw a lovely young lady walking towards me. As she got closer I saw that she had a large cross hanging around her neck and I immediately thought "Oh dear, what a shame"
It's as if I immediately judged her to somehow be a bit strange and not quite the person I thought she might have been.
Of course I tell myself not to be so silly and in reality I know that she is probably just as nice as she seems but still, that nagging little voice of disappointment still remains.
Does anyone else have this?
Other faiths find it provocative, it seems, since some of them go out of their way either to object or to parade their own highly visible protestations of their faith.
Bring back the hippy " flowers in your hair " I say ( but I don't now have enough left to indulge )
A man is born to a virgin mother, lives, dies, comes alive again and then disappears into the clouds to become his Dad. How likely is that?
