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(October 29, 2017 at 10:17 am)The Reality Salesman01 Wrote:
Hello all!
It's been a long time! It appears as though my extended absence from the forum has caused some changes to my account and you won't be able to verify any previous reputation. For those of you who remember me, something has recently happened in my life, and I just had to come back and share it.
As some of you know, I'm in the Navy, and I have recently been back and forth on the ship a LOT. I just returned from a 10 day training exercise and my son was staying with my Ex until I returned. My ex felt as though my being stuck on the ship was a good opportunity to share some news with me...
She sent me an email proposal of sorts, suggesting that we pull my son out of school. She has recently adopted a passion for Christ, and felt as though she could no longer tolerate the "lies" my 8 year old son was being taught in school, and would like to teach him at home, from the Bible, as an exclusive base for his education, so that he could learn the truth about things such as:
-The earth being flat
-And no older than 6-7,000 years old
-We did not come from "monkeys"
-and that "Science" is some sort of entity conspiring to hide these truths and many others...
Of course, my response was no different than it would have been to any other fundie..."If you want to teach him that crazy shit, you can do it at a church like everyone else. I'm not worried about him being exposed to idiotic beliefs, the world is full of them, and this is just another great opportunity to sharpen his critical thinking tools. As for school, he's going, and that is that..."
To which she responded "I will pray for your soul for our son's sake. God Bless..." and I said "And may the force be with you as well."
This triggered a response that I was NOT prepared for...she began lecturing me on how God does not like to be mocked, and began warning me of the impending doom that is surrounding us at this very moment. I was astonished at the lack of self awareness she had while disclosing the details of her beliefs. Clearly, people who are crazy do not know that they are crazy, because only a crazy person would think that this story could be a convincing story to an unbeliever without recognizing the intellectual forfeit that it costs to make such claims as:
-A goat demon with female breasts "Apollyon" has just been freed by an asteroid that struck Portal Mountain in Antarctica, blowing a hole in the bottomless pit that God has been keeping it in. Apollyon is waiting for it's mate, the "Screechowl" and when they are joined, "Everyone is screwed". God is subduing the demon while Jesus collects his church, but the demon has been working with the pope, to create a more accepting culture for gender confused humans (hence the female breasts on the demon) and pretty soon, it is going to destroy all nonbelievers. She said that right now, it can only torment the minds that are not protected by God, and that I owe it to my Son to change my ways. She says, and I think this is the funniest part..."If after reading the details of this prophecy I cannot be convinced, then the wool is just too thick over my eyes"...HOLY SHIT!!!!
You can imagine the back and forth field day I've been having. I tried to convince her to come on here and save everyone, but I guess she didn't think you godless bastards were worth the time.
She believes she has "Super Powers" to read the bible and see the events on the news that were foretold and see the prophecy being fulfilled. Clearly, she is unaware of a little thing called "Confirmation Bias"...
Luckily, I got her to nail down a specific deadline, and she says that "Definitely the end of November" will be the rapture.." So, I think December will be a fun month!
You have or shall I say she has made it clear she hasn't joined the Catholic Church, do you know what denomination she belongs to. By the way as soon as you can you need to remove your son from her, to protect him from such false teachings. Be cause I'm a Christian and I know it's not up to me or any of my business I would think exposure to main stream Christianity would be good. Just saying as a Christian, good luck.
GC
God loves those who believe and those who do not and the same goes for me, you have no choice in this matter. That puts the matter of total free will to rest.
November 15, 2017 at 10:40 pm (This post was last modified: November 15, 2017 at 10:44 pm by The Reality Salesman01.)
Good news...the judge let her speak yesterday and extended my 100% custody.
The bad news for GC:
She doesn’t claim a “denomination”.
She says she’s Christian.
She believes that other Christians that are incapable of recognizing the prophecies have fallen victim to “false teachings”.
To her, “mainstream” Christianity IS false teaching.
And because I just so happen to be entertained by all of this, I also know that the things she believes can be vindicated by reading revelations. Baphonet, the owl thing...and much more are all in there. So needless to say, I very much prefer Christians such as you, GC, who do not have a problem holding beliefs like this without an ability to logically corroborate them with the holy text they pretend to uphold. But I am curious as to how you reconcile her belief (as a Christian) that you are no different than a godless hethen such as myself. She thinks that you (as she does of me) as every bit as foolish, lost, and every bit less Christian to her as I am. And yet, you are each convinced, without proof, that you are exclusively right and everyone else is wrong. If you are looking for an advocate, you’ve found one. I agree with you...she’s definitely lost her marbles. Unfortunately, when it comes to her assessment of you, I also agree.
If you think that you are different than she is, I suggest you reevaluate the scale that led you to that conclusion...cheers.
