50th Birthday Sucked

[The Valkyrie]

Sounds typical of the indoctrinated.

Sorry you went through that.

[John V]

The prayer thing irritates me every time and has for decades I never say shit except on my birthday and I’m the asshole?

Yep.

[I_am_not_mafia]

I don't know what it is about that first photo but it really pisses me off. Seeing a whole generation of people infantilised like that, heads bowed in submission to something that does not exist and believing in the equivalent of the tooth fairy.

Sure, you'd expect it from the children, but the parents and grandparents? Why haven't they grown up? What they are doing is blighting their children's minds, making it more difficult for them to differentiate between fantasy and reality and weighing them down with pointless fears.

It gets me every time I see it.

[brewer]

Christmas is coming, Hmmmmmmmm................. what to get a 13 year old niece that will piss off her and mom?

How about a T shirt:

[CarveTheFive]

I don't know what it is about that first photo but it really pisses me off. Seeing a whole generation of people infantilised like that, heads bowed in submission to something that does not exist and believing in the equivalent of the tooth fairy.

Sure, you'd expect it from the children, but the parents and grandparents? Why haven't they grown up? What they are doing is blighting their children's minds, making it more difficult for them to differentiate between fantasy and reality and weighing them down with pointless fears.

It gets me every time I see it.

That little boy with glasses looks a lot like I did. I was already thinking “ffs this is fucking stupid”

I hated religion when I was a kid. I heard the stories and thought wtf are you talking about the smurfs or some shit? Fortunately when I was really young my dad took me aside one day when I asking about it and told me it was a bunch of bullshit. He said as an example if you fall in hole the people at church will tell you to pray. That won’t help. If you fall into a hole look around for ropes or anything that will help you climb out. I was about 6 and nothing I ever heard made more sense. He then went on to say these people believe really good people die and still go to hell. He was measured in how deeply he criticized that and simply said “that’s wrong”

After that talk religion never had a chance to get in my skull. My dad was a fucked up dude but he hit the bullseye on that one. He told me exactly what I needed to hear in a clear way that a kid would get. His words were indisputable.