Baptism and religious family

[reverendjeremiah]

..did I mention baptism only works when you use soap?

[OnlyNatural]

Yeah, what is it with people so very anxious to indoctrinate their children. Take it from me girl. You better be damn sure that that guy you want to marry is on board with your way of thinking. I come from a family of religious nut-jobs and you don't want any part of that mess. Catholicism may not be quite as horrific as it use to be, and admittedly you don't hear about too many Catholics blowing up abortion clinics, but trust me .... they're bad .... they are still very bad.

Oh he's on board alright, if anything he hates religion even more than I do after a lifetime of that bullshit. We decided there are only two choices we can offer his family. Either they accept our atheism and the non-religious upbringing of our kids, or they can choose to be estranged from their oldest son until they accept it. If they choose the second, it will just be another tragic reminder of how religion divides hearts and minds, and creates unnecessary conflict between people who might otherwise be close.

[Spectrum]

If they choose the second, it will just be another tragic reminder of how religion divides hearts and minds, and creates unnecessary conflict between people who might otherwise be close.

I find the psychology behind these events somewhat interesting. It seems to me that many times, the religious beliefs will override the need to be close to a loved one due to the inability of the theist to ignore his or her synthetic moral/religious qualms (the cognitive dissonance of shunning their own stupid beliefs is too much for them to take, even for a second). I have also witnessed this from my family, but I have also experienced their need to bring religion into the relationship. I think that it has something to do with theists wanting to console themselves "spiritually" AND loved ones without losing either connection. Unfortunately, family ties -more often than the inverse- do not take precedent over religious beliefs. I wonder why that is, neurologically-speaking....A neuro-scientist of sorts will have to address such an issue, because those prominent, overly-happy family counselors do not seem to care about religious nutjobs fucking up their own relationships.

[Emporion]

Also I have a tranquilizer on hold for whenever I need it

Could you use it on me on 8:00 p.m.? I could use a 12 hr dose.