My mom, who is an atheist, has invited her fundie friend & her family over. They are good people, just sorta crazy (they don't accept dinosaurs or evolution). I honestly feel really uncomfortable around them, & I have to watch what I say. Does anyone else have any experiences like this to share?
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My Mom's Fundie Friends
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talk about the weather, sports, the zoo, politics, economy, knitting, food. Avoid everything else! 
 (December 23, 2013 at 4:40 pm)MarxRaptor Wrote: My mom, who is an atheist, has invited her fundie friend & her family over. They are good people, just sorta crazy (they don't accept dinosaurs or evolution). I honestly feel really uncomfortable around them, & I have to watch what I say. Does anyone else have any experiences like this to share? You mean they deny that dinosaurs existed or they deny that dinosaurs pre-dated humans?  (December 23, 2013 at 4:57 pm)Crossless1 Wrote:Not sure, I've heard both from different family members.(December 23, 2013 at 4:40 pm)MarxRaptor Wrote: My mom, who is an atheist, has invited her fundie friend & her family over. They are good people, just sorta crazy (they don't accept dinosaurs or evolution). I honestly feel really uncomfortable around them, & I have to watch what I say. Does anyone else have any experiences like this to share?  (December 23, 2013 at 5:01 pm)MarxRaptor Wrote:(December 23, 2013 at 4:57 pm)Crossless1 Wrote: You mean they deny that dinosaurs existed or they deny that dinosaurs pre-dated humans?Not sure, I've heard both from different family members. In that case, I would suggest pretending you're deaf and mute. 
Are they "the-devil-put-those-bones-there-to-test-our-faith" kind of stupid or some other kind of stupid?
Wow. You'd hope the kids would be less stupid than the parents.
Guess not. 
I go to a movie night hosted by a fundy lady. Granted, I willingly attend these movie nights so it's not entirely the same thing you're talking about where their company is being forced upon you. With that being said, every time I go over to her place I do get some anxiety about whether she's going to be super fundy that night or not.
I mostly handle it by being shocked into silence. This is partly due to the fact that I'm really ineffective at on-the-spot confrontations even though I get the immediate "this is bullshit" gut reaction. For instance, the last time I was over there we got to talking about women who dislike having sex because it is painful to them. As a consequence they end up with husbands who either cheat on them or look at porn all the time. My response to this is "if sex is painful, work out some other solution" - her response was "in the bible it says you're never supposed to deny your spouse sex and doing so is wrong!" I was immediately shocked into silence, allowing her to repeat this statement about four more times while in my brain I was screaming to myself "if someone doesn't want to they shouldn't have to and to force them is called rape you bitch!!" The worst part of this is that because I didn't say anything (because I couldn't form the words into a sentence and just stood there gawping at her) she thinks I agree with her. I generally leave her house feeling mind-fucked and pissed at myself. I really need to get over it and figure out a way to stop being shocked by her idiotic statements so I can respond but she is literally the only fundie I know and the only person I ever interact with on a face-to-face or real time basis that says shit like this. (This is the lady that I have fantastic "I'M AN ATHEIST, BITCH!" coming-out fantasies about because I know it would shock her off her ass to find out she's been interacting with the enemy for about 8 years - especially since she thinks I'm such a nice, sweet, well-behaved little girl...) 
Teenaged X-Files obsession + Bermuda Triangle episode + Self-led school research project = Atheist.
Got any road flares? A fire extinguisher? If so, I can tell you how to deal with them, but your berber area rug may need replacing.
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