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Hi I'm Angenlina and I'm an Atheist
August 28, 2012 at 5:18 pm
Hi, I've just joined and hoping to find strength and support. My husband is from a Christian family , 2 priests included!! He has rekindled his faith : I just don't get it!?!im trying to get my head around it at the moment; my inner thought is 'that's fine, each to their own and respect differences'. I know I'm going to be faced by all of them at some point, I desperately don't want to upset anyone especially his 87 year old recently bereaved gran!! He has told them that I have said its 'all a delusion' I occasionally find it in me to say that when I've had Gin!(bad move) he accused me of leaving my book 'God is not great' in the bathroom When his father visited !! I didn't !! I love this man and in time I hope things will settle, truth is I want to be proud of what I believe and it's making me feel weak and repressed
Anyway, hello to you all :-)
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RE: Hi I'm Angenlina and I'm an Atheist
August 28, 2012 at 5:25 pm
Welcome!
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RE: Hi I'm Angenlina and I'm an Atheist
August 28, 2012 at 5:37 pm
Haha, I did say that's I can read what I like in our house ( he is currently reading the bible on his iPhone)
His reply: 'you see you get all defensive when I say anything like that'
I do like a good read on the loo!!
The worst bit was when
He said , 'you do seem a bit lost if I'm honest'
I'll get my coat;-)
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RE: Hi I'm Angenlina and I'm an Atheist
August 28, 2012 at 6:31 pm
Welcome, welcome, welcome!
(August 28, 2012 at 5:18 pm)Angenlina star Wrote: I occasionally find it in me to say that when I've had Gin!(bad move) he accused me of leaving my book 'God is not great' in the bathroom When his father visited !!
In my experience, gin is
never a bad move but your mileage may vary of course. If "God is not Great" went down so well, you ought to try seeing what "The God Delusion" might do... or if you want to be
really adventurous, "Jesus Never Existed". Not only great fundy-bait but also fine ways to spend a few hours on the loo (I thought only we blokes did that?).
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.'
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RE: Hi I'm Angenlina and I'm an Atheist
August 28, 2012 at 7:25 pm
Good point and well-made, I was just under the impression that, traditionally, only we blokes were supposed to spend hours reading on the bog. I know I've been on the receiving end of a lot of feminine moaning about it.
It's like when we're asked to do some job around the house, put up a shelf or something. If we say we'll fix it, we will. There's no need to remind us every six months about it.
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.'
