A bad day.

[Minimalist]

I don't believe my sister is smart enough to come back with any witty remark, or even anything other than "Bible, something something, it's bad, wrong" or something like that. She's really not the smartest.

Other than that, I feel like such a wimp, but I really miss that damn cat. :X

It does sound as if the cat is the only one with any sense left in that house. I'll bet the cat misses you, too.

[Cinjin]

It does sound as if the cat is the only one with any sense left in that house.

[Anymouse]

I don't believe my sister is smart enough to come back with any witty remark, or even anything other than "Bible, something something, it's bad, wrong" or something like that. She's really not the smartest.

Other than that, I feel like such a wimp, but I really miss that damn cat. :X

Well, all you can really do now is show her the very Christian charity she failed to show you. It does little good to expend energy in a pity-party or negative thinking about your family. The best thing to do is to hoist yourself by your own petard and move on with life.

My own sister would not speak to me for many years after her own "revelation." There was not a chance I could change her mind; all I could do was sit and wait for her to come to her senses. She has now, though it took years. In the meantime, I expended not a minute lamenting the loss, as she rejected me.

It is cold and harsh, but if your family has rejected you, then if you respect them as people, you should respect their decision. Remove yourself from their lives, and get on with your own.

(I'm not saying that when it is dark and you're alone you won't have pangs of loss for what you had, as long as you keep that in perspective. What you had was good, what you have now served up to you is evil. Try to remember their good. They may become good people again. As long as you don't burn the bridge between you and them, or say things that you can not take back, you will be in a position to welcome them back to your arms if they come to their senses, not the other way around.)

James. If you harm none, do what you want shall be the whole of the Law.

[Pel]

8Bitatheist, I am sorry to hear about you being kicked out. Your sister is deluded and is following the path that doesn't lead to God(I am a deist). The best thing you can do is get some independence. Get some sort of steady income.

And try not to argue to much with your sister if you get a chance. When and if she is ready to have a relashionship with you again, the best thing you can do is welcome her.

But don't forget that having your own place and some sort of steady income is the best thing for you.

[8BitAtheist]

Thanks for the advise and replies everyone. I didn't really mean for this thread to get this long, it was mostly just for me to rant and blow off a bit of steam.

I'm not really one to hold grudges at all. And I try to have the best relationship with my family as I can. I'm not going to instigate any arguments that will just spearhead things into an even worse direction and even though I disagree with my sister on her views and find them, well, it doesn't matter. What's done is done and I just gotta go with the flow for right now.

[Epimethean]

Anymouse, nice Hellfire Club quote, though obviously Crowley made it more famous with his "new and improved" iteration, Thelema.

[Anymouse]

Anymouse, nice Hellfire Club quote, though obviously Crowley made it more famous with his "new and improved" iteration, Thelema.

Referring back to that "undereducated" part of my tagline of my picture: what is the Hellfire Club, and what did I write that allegedly quotes them? Do you mean the modern English version of the Wiccan Rede at the end of my post? Actually the Rede goes back to Christian theologians:
Dilige, et quod vis fac (Love, and do what you will)--St. Augustine of Hippo, "Seventh Treatise of the Epistles of St. John," VII Century.

"DO AS THOU WILT because men that are free, of gentle birth, well bred and at home in civilized company possess a natural instinct that inclines them to virtue and saves them from vice. This instinct they name their honor."-- François Rabelais, 1534

James.

[Jaysyn]

[8BitAtheist]

Ugh. Here goes, another rant. Sorry for complaining but it's just ridiculous.

As you know, my sister kicked me out for stupid reasons, and while yes I am sure that it is much more complicated than saying it is simply because of my views on religion and my atheism, it is well made point to say that if my views were the opposite than these unfortunate events would not have transpired.

And also, as you all know I've been staying with my parents for a while. They are doing the same my sister has done. They confront me about my atheism. I refute their claims. My mother says and I quote "I don't believe in science" I point out to her, that that's stupid. That to refute proven science and technology is absurd. She gets into a fit, I keep to myself and take the moral high ground. I will not argue with them, a few days pass. They instigate another argument. I ignore them. I keep my atheism to myself. I find it to be a not big deal that I don't believe in a god. They find it to be blasphemous.

They also keep claiming that the internet has brainwashed me. Which I refute. I try to explain to them that I became an atheist not because of the internet but because of increasing doubt while in church. They will not even let me finish my sentence. I say, it was not the internet and I am not brainwashed and that is all they will stand to hear.

They are also claiming that I am a bad influence on my 10 year old sister, (I find it ironic because they are brainwashing her and they claim that I am the one that is brainwashed) when I 90% of the time Never, mention my adversity to religion or a God. I keep quiet. I figure that that is the best thing to do when you have no where to go and no job to boot. Be quiet and hope that things will change.

Unfortunately, things have changed. Albeit not the good, now they are saying that they can not live around me and that I have to go solely based upon my opposition to God and my distrust and loathing of religion. They will not let me explain, and when I try to they yell, like little babies "Wah, Wah. You don't believe the things I do, SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP! WAH" and it's becoming to be so frustrating. Even so, I rather deal with that than be on the streets again, like I was once before.

But it seems like I will be on the streets regardless.

Oh, religion. You're a fine thing, you.

[LastPoet]

Can't you just feel that christian love, so warming....