the problem with having nice religious friends...

[maiforpeace]

I don't have a problem with religious people...as long they don't push it on me or infringe on my civil rights, even the subtle stuff doesn't bother me. People talk about shit I don't believe in or am not interested in all the time, religion is just one of them.
Sometimes, you can even benefit from it...I live in woowoo central, and an friend of mine is into crystals. But she's also a great masseuse, so I tolerate five minutes of her crystal magic to get a half hour free massage. She knows I am an atheist and I don't believe in any of that, and I never pretend it works, but I do tell her I appreciate her efforts and that she cares about me.
Besides, you could almost call me religious...I am a member of this religious organization.

[Achtland]

Sorry, Seeth, but religously based comments like that are propaganda, and are solely for gaining Heaven Points(tm) which can be traded in for a Get My Ass Out Of Hell(tm) card.

So what if they are, numbnutz? If you're an adult, not a petulant child, you are able to ignore propaganda. And since they have a perfect, and constitutionally protected right to espouse that "propaganda," and you have NO right to suppress it, the rational thing to do is look upon such harmless expressions of faith as what they are: well-meaning, harmless social lubricants.

You, on the other hand, ARE a petulant child.

I'm not the one raving that "bless you" is "propaganda...solely for gaining Heaven Points (tm)." Only a petulant child, bigot and an ignorant twat would say such a thing.

Sorry if you're so far out of touch with reality that you don't get it. That's not my fault, however. Maybe if your parents had been more pro-choice the problem would have resolved sooner.

[Seth]

Sorry, Seeth, but religously based comments like that are propaganda, and are solely for gaining Heaven Points(tm) which can be traded in for a Get My Ass Out Of Hell(tm) card.

So what if they are, numbnutz? If you're an adult, not a petulant child, you are able to ignore propaganda. And since they have a perfect, and constitutionally protected right to espouse that "propaganda," and you have NO right to suppress it, the rational thing to do is look upon such harmless expressions of faith as what they are: well-meaning, harmless social lubricants.

You, on the other hand, ARE a petulant child.

I'm not the one raving that "bless you" is "propaganda...solely for gaining Heaven Points (tm)." Only a petulant child, bigot and an ignorant twat would say such a thing.

Sorry if you're so far out of touch with reality that you don't get it.

Here's a bit of truth for you: Your version of reality is not reality.

That's not my fault, however.

Your being an intolerant anti-religious bigot is your fault, however.

Maybe if your parents had been more pro-choice the problem would have resolved sooner.

My parents were pro-choice, and atheists as well. But they were not intolerant bigots like you.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

It's the deer-in-the-headlights shit that bugs me.

"Good job on the plumbing, Ralph!"

"Thanks Jesus it went smoothly!"

"I was going thank you, but if you insist..."

The assumption that I share their beliefs or even care about them gets tedious after sixty years. And knowing that they would be chewing the carpet if I dared to assert a different viewpoint makes it very tempting to do, but the danger that they'll act like Christians and try to sabotage me keeps me from doing so, for the safety of my family.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

My parents were pro-choice, and atheists as well.

You're here, so I doubt that. How could such people raise someone like you?

[Seth]

I don't have a problem with religious people...as long they don't push it on me or infringe on my civil rights, even the subtle stuff doesn't bother me. People talk about shit I don't believe in or am not interested in all the time, religion is just one of them.
Sometimes, you can even benefit from it...I live in woowoo central, and an friend of mine is into crystals. But she's also a great masseuse, so I tolerate five minutes of her crystal magic to get a half hour free massage. She knows I am an atheist and I don't believe in any of that, and I never pretend it works, but I do tell her I appreciate her efforts and that she cares about me.
Besides, you could almost call me religious...I am a member of this religious organization.

Almost? You are most certainly religious if you belong to that organization. The problem that most ignorant Atheists have is that they are unable to distinguish between religion and theism, and they are generally unable to comprehend the fact that they themselves are practicing members of the Atheist religion.

[Seth]

My parents were pro-choice, and atheists as well.

You're here, so I doubt that. How could such people raise someone like you?

Because they were not intolerant bigots like you.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

My parents were pro-choice, and atheists as well.

You're here, so I doubt that. How could such people raise someone like you?

Because they were not intolerant bigots like you.

And yet they raised one. Fail on their part.

[Seth]

My parents were pro-choice, and atheists as well.

You're here, so I doubt that. How could such people raise someone like you?

Because they were not intolerant bigots like you.

And yet they raised one. Fail on their part.

No, they didn't. I'm very tolerant of religious fanatics and bigots like you.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Seth, you're every bit as tolerant as Joseph Mengele.

[Seth]

Seth, you're every bit as tolerant as Joseph Mengele.

Which, even if true (which it's not of course) is orders of magnitude more tolerant than you are.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Seth, you're every bit as tolerant as Joseph Mengele.

Which, even if true (which it's not of course) is orders of magnitude more tolerant than you are.

You say that like it's a bad thing. Tolerating stupid things is abetting them. You'd have to be stupid to do so.

Oh, wait...

[Seth]

Seth, you're every bit as tolerant as Joseph Mengele.

Which, even if true (which it's not of course) is orders of magnitude more tolerant than you are.

You say that like it's a bad thing. Tolerating stupid things is abetting them. You'd have to be stupid to do so.

Oh, wait...

Being an intolerant bigot is, well, being an intolerant bigot.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

Seth, you're every bit as tolerant as Joseph Mengele.

Which, even if true (which it's not of course) is orders of magnitude more tolerant than you are.

You say that like it's a bad thing. Tolerating stupid things is abetting them. You'd have to be stupid to do so.

Oh, wait...

Being an intolerant bigot is, well, being an intolerant bigot.

You'll get over being like that someday. Maybe a week after you're dead, I think.

[Seth]

Seth, you're every bit as tolerant as Joseph Mengele.

Which, even if true (which it's not of course) is orders of magnitude more tolerant than you are.

You say that like it's a bad thing. Tolerating stupid things is abetting them. You'd have to be stupid to do so.

Oh, wait...

Being an intolerant bigot is, well, being an intolerant bigot.

You'll get over being like that someday. Maybe a week after you're dead, I think.

You won't.