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RE: a new atheist and marriage
August 7, 2017 at 9:34 pm
I agree with the others who've said atheism is not a way of life but simply an absence of belief in gods. Being confined to traditional, gender-conforming roles doesn't work for me but if you and your boyfriend agree on who is going to do what in your relationship, who am I to judge?
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RE: a new atheist and marriage
August 7, 2017 at 9:50 pm
(August 7, 2017 at 9:34 pm)Tres Leches Wrote: I agree with the others who've said atheism is not a way of life but simply an absence of belief in gods. Being confined to traditional, gender-conforming roles doesn't work for me but if you and your boyfriend agree on who is going to do what in your relationship, who am I to judge?
The only advice I have for you is to finish your education! Education is a great way to be exposed to other points of view and other ways of living that don't necessarily fall into line with your own ideas.
-Teresa
A rational, intelligent and intellectually honest person, one would hope. Armed with evidence that such a relationship is demonstrably harmful. That's who you could be, to judge.
Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?
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RE: a new atheist and marriage
August 7, 2017 at 10:10 pm
(August 7, 2017 at 9:50 pm)Astonished Wrote: (August 7, 2017 at 9:34 pm)Tres Leches Wrote: I agree with the others who've said atheism is not a way of life but simply an absence of belief in gods. Being confined to traditional, gender-conforming roles doesn't work for me but if you and your boyfriend agree on who is going to do what in your relationship, who am I to judge?
The only advice I have for you is to finish your education! Education is a great way to be exposed to other points of view and other ways of living that don't necessarily fall into line with your own ideas.
-Teresa
A rational, intelligent and intellectually honest person, one would hope. Armed with evidence that such a relationship is demonstrably harmful. That's who you could be, to judge.
I was actually going to add in "and doesn't hurt anyone" to my post but was too lazy to edit it lol.
Thank you for pointing that out. 
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RE: a new atheist and marriage
August 8, 2017 at 1:35 am
(August 7, 2017 at 9:50 pm)Astonished Wrote: (August 7, 2017 at 9:34 pm)Tres Leches Wrote: I agree with the others who've said atheism is not a way of life but simply an absence of belief in gods. Being confined to traditional, gender-conforming roles doesn't work for me but if you and your boyfriend agree on who is going to do what in your relationship, who am I to judge?
The only advice I have for you is to finish your education! Education is a great way to be exposed to other points of view and other ways of living that don't necessarily fall into line with your own ideas.
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A rational, intelligent and intellectually honest person, one would hope. Armed with evidence that such a relationship is demonstrably harmful. That's who you could be, to judge.
What's harmful about a traditional relationship?
In relation to the original post where both participants enjoy the traditional male or female role in the relationship.
Saying someone is "confined" to gender conforming roles makes it sound bad, but being confined to what you want, until/if you change your mind, is just part of making decisions.
Someone who's a dominatrix lesbian with a female partner is confined to that role for as long as they participate in it just as a female who is traditionally married and cooks, cleans looks after kids while he goes to work is confined to that role.
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
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RE: a new atheist and marriage
August 8, 2017 at 5:57 am
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I married a textbook traditional wife!
(She does the inside work, I do the outside stuff)
It works... religion not necessary ...
Funny thing is her parents were exactly the same (and non religious).
The wife's sister is exactly the same with her husband.
It's just a traditional thing (whatever that means) You know .....like back in the day...
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RE: a new atheist and marriage
August 8, 2017 at 8:38 am
(August 7, 2017 at 9:50 pm)Astonished Wrote: (August 7, 2017 at 9:34 pm)Tres Leches Wrote: I agree with the others who've said atheism is not a way of life but simply an absence of belief in gods. Being confined to traditional, gender-conforming roles doesn't work for me but if you and your boyfriend agree on who is going to do what in your relationship, who am I to judge?
The only advice I have for you is to finish your education! Education is a great way to be exposed to other points of view and other ways of living that don't necessarily fall into line with your own ideas.
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A rational, intelligent and intellectually honest person, one would hope. Armed with evidence that such a relationship is demonstrably harmful. That's who you could be, to judge.
Evidence?
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RE: a new atheist and marriage
August 8, 2017 at 9:46 am
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"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
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RE: a new atheist and marriage
August 8, 2017 at 9:47 am
Encouraging someone who's been brainwashed into accepting a role as a perpetual inferior and submissive servant to continue to embrace that demeaning identity and not aspire to anything loftier? Maybe I read between the lines a bit too heavily but that's what I got out of it. Carry on.
Religions were invented to impress and dupe illiterate, superstitious stone-age peasants. So in this modern, enlightened age of information, what's your excuse? Or are you saying with all your advantages, you were still tricked as easily as those early humans?
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RE: a new atheist and marriage
August 8, 2017 at 11:09 am
(August 8, 2017 at 9:47 am)Astonished Wrote: Encouraging someone who's been brainwashed into accepting a role as a perpetual inferior and submissive servant to continue to embrace that demeaning identity and not aspire to anything loftier? Maybe I read between the lines a bit too heavily but that's what I got out of it. Carry on.
In this case you're reading a biography inbetween a few words. But you could be completely right.
Are you ready for the fire? We are firemen. WE ARE FIREMEN! The heat doesn’t bother us. We live in the heat. We train in the heat. It tells us that we’re ready, we’re at home, we’re where we’re supposed to be. Flames don’t intimidate us. What do we do? We control the flame. We control them. We move the flames where we want to. And then we extinguish them.
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RE: a new atheist and marriage
August 8, 2017 at 11:12 am
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
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