Do you attend religious rituals for your family?

[Dotard]

That's easy for them to answer. They would say "They're not your children!"

My answer to that usually is if Joe's kid or the neighbors kids or whoever was not your child told you they are afraid of the monsters under their beds, what would you tell them?

Or would you not tell them anything because "they are not your kids"?

[Thor]

That's easy for them to answer. They would say "They're not your children!"

My answer to that usually is if Joe's kid or the neighbors kids or whoever was not your child told you they are afraid of the monsters under their beds, what would you tell them?

Or would you not tell them anything because "they are not your kids"?

It's interesting how people who are otherwise open minded and rational can become absolute kooks when it comes to teaching their kids religious bullshit. I'll bet if I said something to my wife's nephews about atheism I would get a ration of shit from the parents. They would probably say something like "How DARE you talk to my kids about that! They're NOT your kids! I'll raise them as I see fit!"

But then, on the flip side, religious nuts have no problem telling your kids about their religious crap. I have a friend at work who is an atheist and his kids do not subscribe to any religion. Once, when his teenage daughter was over a friend's house, the mother found out that the girl had never been baptised. This woman was aghast and she said, "We have to get you baptised right away!" This didn't happen because the girl's friend stepped in and told her mother that you can't baptize someone else's kid. But otherwise, this lunatic was ready to pack off this girl to a church to get her baptized! Can you believe the incredible gall of these people?

[Loki_999]

Can you believe the incredible gall of these people?

Its probably been posted many times before, but here goes...

[KichigaiNeko]

That's easy for them to answer. They would say "They're not your children!"

My answer to that usually is if Joe's kid or the neighbors kids or whoever was not your child told you they are afraid of the monsters under their beds, what would you tell them?

Or would you not tell them anything because "they are not your kids"?

It's interesting how people who are otherwise open minded and rational can become absolute kooks when it comes to teaching their kids religious bullshit. I'll bet if I said something to my wife's nephews about atheism I would get a ration of shit from the parents. They would probably say something like "How DARE you talk to my kids about that! They're NOT your kids! I'll raise them as I see fit!"

But then, on the flip side, religious nuts have no problem telling your kids about their religious crap. I have a friend at work who is an atheist and his kids do not subscribe to any religion. Once, when his teenage daughter was over a friend's house, the mother found out that the girl had never been baptised. This woman was aghast and she said, "We have to get you baptised right away!" This didn't happen because the girl's friend stepped in and told her mother that you can't baptize someone else's kid. But otherwise, this lunatic was ready to pack off this girl to a church to get her baptized! Can you believe the incredible gall of these people?

And this was in this Century??? Amazing! I would understand if it was oh, say during one of the "Black Death" plagues or something; but NOW?? Maybe the mother was an "Inquisitor" in a previous life??hock:

[Thor]

And this was in this Century??? Amazing! I would understand if it was oh, say during one of the "Black Death" plagues or something; but NOW?? Maybe the mother was an "Inquisitor" in a previous life??hock:

Yeah, can you believe it?

This same friend also told me about some people he met because his daughter was friends with their daughter. They were chatting about something or other when the mother asks my buddy what church they go to. He replied that they don't go to church because they're atheists. The woman was aghast. Her reply was, "You're atheists? But you're such nice people!"

Can you believe the condescension? The obvious implication is that believers are good while atheists are evil scum. What an absurd mindset!

[Paul the Human]

This same friend also told me about some people he met because his daughter was friends with their daughter. They were chatting about something or other when the mother asks my buddy what church they go to. He replied that they don't go to church because they're atheists. The woman was aghast. Her reply was, "You're atheists? But you're such nice people!"

Can you believe the condescension? The obvious implication is that believers are good while atheists are evil scum. What an absurd mindset!

Maybe if we stopped worshiping Satan and eating babies? Just a suggestion.

Did you tell her that believing in god(s) doesn't make someone nice while pointing to a picture of Pat Robertson?

[Thor]

Did you tell her that believing in god(s) doesn't make someone nice while pointing to a picture of Pat Robertson?

I wish I had been there! I would have quickly pointed out that being a believer doesn't necessarily make you "nice" (after all, the cretins who flew airplanes into buildings on 9/11 were devout believers!). I also would have asked her if she thought Jody Foster, Carl Sagan, James Randi or Penn and Teller were not "nice".

Moron.

[chatpilot]

I stated in an earlier post that I am adamant against attending any activity where religion is involved. I am so adamant that I don't even give to any charities if I find out that they have religious affiliations of any kind. I have always felt that I wanted to give to St. Judes Hospital for children with cancer. But my hatred for religion does not allow me to do so.

[Thor]

I stated in an earlier post that I am adamant against attending any activity where religion is involved. I am so adamant that I don't even give to any charities if I find out that they have religious affiliations of any kind. I have always felt that I wanted to give to St. Judes Hospital for children with cancer. But my hatred for religion does not allow me to do so.

I can relate! One of the neighbor's kids knocked on my door one day looking for people to sponsor him on a charity walk. I signed up and pledged five bucks. A couple of weeks later I received a notification in the mail telling me where to send my pledge. It was for a CATHOLIC SCHOOL! Now, if I had known from the get-go that the money was going to a Catholic School I would have said no. I just ripped up the thing and threw it away. Another couple of weeks went by and I received another notice from the school. This time the form had SECOND NOTICE stamped across the top in red! Like this is some type of bill I had better pay! Can you believe the gall? I ripped that up as well and never sent any money. It was also the last time I heard from them.

[leo-rcc]

I can relate! One of the neighbor's kids knocked on my door one day looking for people to sponsor him on a charity walk.

I'm confused, what was the charity walk for exactly? You wrote "for a catholic school" but was it to fund the school or only organised by the school for a charity?