(Question is about a person asking if he should tell his parents he is an atheist)
why dont you keep your atheist crap to yourself and stop converting other people to it.
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Jesus boy must think his religion is truly repellent if you can cause someone to stop believing in it merely by announcing your own atheism. I agree with the repellent part, but, unfortunately, it's not that easy to turn deluded people into rationalists.
You know, I often really think that these people sincerely think that others think like them, only in a mirror image. Like, they *have* to convert others to Christianity. So naturally, an atheist who wants to live honestly is seeking to "convert" others to atheism, right? After all, they don't make friends or discuss their faith without an agenda in mind, so why should you?
Now, of course, just try to convince them they're wrong and not everyone thinks as they do...
why don't you keep your religious crap to yourself and stop converting other people to it?
Also, punctuation is your friend, next time remember that you don't write "don't" without an apostrophe and questions end in a question mark.
@ GreenEyedLilo
I knew a guy once who could not understand why someone from Mexico would speak only Spanish. "Well, hell, he gotta think in English, ain't he?"
No. They do not consider such things.
I dont know if I should tell my parents I'm only a moderate liberal.
As for your folks, do whatever will make your relationship with them work the best. I think its okay to lie to preserve thier feelings.
Green eyed lilo:
"You know, I often really think that these people sincerely think that others think like them, only in a mirror image. Like, they *have* to convert others to Christianity. So naturally, an atheist who wants to live honestly is seeking to "convert" others to atheism, right? "
That's exactly what's going on. They try to force eveyone to follow their rules whether they want to or not, and they thing homosexuals are trying to make everyone have gay sex wether they want to or not.
A lot of fundie nonsense makes sense if you remember that, ie. "if homosexuality is accepted the human race will become extinct" or "If Obama becomes president muslim will become the official religion and all bibles will be comfiscated."
This reminds me of the old hype about drugs - a nice kid took one puff of a Marijuana cigarette and murdered his mother with an axe, then flew out the window to his death. Or immediately became a heroin addict and died in the gutter. (That same afternoon!)
Yeah, I was a devout Christian, read the bible every night, went to church every Sunday -- then one day a guy said to me, "No thanks, I'm an atheist."
And that ruined me. Now I'm a convert, don't say my prayers any more, have no reason to live, break laws all the time, dream of raping and pillaging the countryside. God help me, I'm the Goddamned AntiChrist! I hate being an atheist, but I can't stop, and all it took was one mention. Oooh, evil, EE-V-U-LLL! I even read Harry Potter, and believe, nay, worship Darwin.
Pfffftt.
Confused?
So were we! You can find all of this, and more, on Fundies Say the Darndest Things!
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