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advice in dealing with fundamentalist inlaws praying at meals?
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RE: advice in dealing with fundamentalist inlaws praying at meals?
I usually just ignore it. Bow my head, close my eyes, and wait. We don't always need to unanimously recite the lord's prayer or anything. It's a little irritating with the nieces, since i spent over 20 years not needing to waste time when I'm just around my immediate family. A few times a year is barely noticeable. Three times a day, a few days a week when they visit, grinds my nerves a bit.

I have been called out for saying something short from time to time, when most everyone else says a whole prayer, or spends thirty seconds talking. "Thank you lord for this meal and all the good things in life. Amen.". That's all I care to say.
Poe's Law: "Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing."

10 Christ-like figures that predate Jesus. Link shortened to Chris ate Jesus for some reason...
http://listverse.com/2009/04/13/10-chris...ate-jesus/

Good video to watch, if you want to know how common the Jesus story really is.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88GTUXvp-50

A list of biblical contradictions from the infallible word of Yahweh.
http://infidels.org/library/modern/jim_m...tions.html

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RE: advice in dealing with fundamentalist inlaws praying at meals? - by Chad32 - June 7, 2014 at 2:07 pm

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