My girlfriend got discriminated by some of her family
June 6, 2014 at 4:16 am
(This post was last modified: June 6, 2014 at 5:46 am by MJ the Skeptical.)
So I should probably set this up properly. My girlfriend (Sherry) and I are both atheists and both of our families know about it. Her family is more religious than mine so they naturally take more offense to religious discussion. For example, I've pretty much talked my mom out of her Sunday Christian beliefs and softened her position to that of an Agnostic but with Sherry's family most of them are mild or fundamentalist type.
Anyway, let's get to the meat of the story, the discrimination. Sherry is the youngest of a Brady Bunch-esque sized family, coming in at child #7. So she is an aunt and she absolutely loves to be around her 12 year old nephew Spencer who loves to talk about all the things she does; animals, space, anime, video games, etc. and just generally shootin' the shit. Anyway, she recently just talked to Spencer about religion which is where it all went downhill.
Even though Spencer has said to her he enjoys Sherry's company over that of his mother who is the 2nd oldest of Sherry's sisters, he supposedly ratted Sherry out and said he didn't like it. Even though Spencer was talking to her about it and didn't seem to not like the conversation as it was happening according to Sherry. So my guess is that he either was offended or he told his mother about the discussion in a non offensive way. Either way she dropped the hammer down and has basically said Sherry is a terrible person for trying to corrupt her son from their religious brainwashing.
So now, Sherry and her sister are at a point of almost disrepair and she treats Sherry poorly now. It's really sad to see once again religion putting up it's fake relationship of a story book character and it getting in the middle of real relationships. Sherry's sister has said that she may not want Spencer to see Sherry anymore just for expressing her opinions and not forcing anything. This news of discrimination really devastated Sherry to no end. I'm fully on her side on this one, even if just saying her opinion did offend him, what does the truth of Christianity have to hide from other belief systems or inquiry. Why the fuck can't Sherry express her beliefs if the question of beliefs gets brought up. Again, this was all shocking because Spencer seemed to like Sherry better than his own mother.
Anyway, no real reason I wrote this, just wanted to get it off my chest.
Anyway, let's get to the meat of the story, the discrimination. Sherry is the youngest of a Brady Bunch-esque sized family, coming in at child #7. So she is an aunt and she absolutely loves to be around her 12 year old nephew Spencer who loves to talk about all the things she does; animals, space, anime, video games, etc. and just generally shootin' the shit. Anyway, she recently just talked to Spencer about religion which is where it all went downhill.
Even though Spencer has said to her he enjoys Sherry's company over that of his mother who is the 2nd oldest of Sherry's sisters, he supposedly ratted Sherry out and said he didn't like it. Even though Spencer was talking to her about it and didn't seem to not like the conversation as it was happening according to Sherry. So my guess is that he either was offended or he told his mother about the discussion in a non offensive way. Either way she dropped the hammer down and has basically said Sherry is a terrible person for trying to corrupt her son from their religious brainwashing.
So now, Sherry and her sister are at a point of almost disrepair and she treats Sherry poorly now. It's really sad to see once again religion putting up it's fake relationship of a story book character and it getting in the middle of real relationships. Sherry's sister has said that she may not want Spencer to see Sherry anymore just for expressing her opinions and not forcing anything. This news of discrimination really devastated Sherry to no end. I'm fully on her side on this one, even if just saying her opinion did offend him, what does the truth of Christianity have to hide from other belief systems or inquiry. Why the fuck can't Sherry express her beliefs if the question of beliefs gets brought up. Again, this was all shocking because Spencer seemed to like Sherry better than his own mother.
Anyway, no real reason I wrote this, just wanted to get it off my chest.
If the hypothetical idea of an afterlife means more to you than the objectively true reality we all share, then you deserve no respect.
