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Originally posted by Wishimay:
Ok. You are entitled to your feelings.

I'm going to use yer thread and post something I read today that pissed me off since you probably aren't going to get much response....


"The final blow that led to my leaving organized religion behind came when I was about 17 years old. It was Sunday night and the church was voting on the budget for the upcoming year. The money that filtered into that atypically large church astounded me. The salaries! The power bill! The juice and animal crackers for children’s church!

As I scanned each line item I came to “landscaping” and nearly gasped when I saw the amount of money we spent on weeding flower beds and pruning shrubbery. I compared this to the category marked “benevolence,” which included services such as a food pantry for needy families, and noted that we allocated not even half the resources for benevolence as we did for landscaping.

This church was, to borrow a tired metaphor, nothing more than a social club. It left a sour taste in my mouth that lingers to this day."


I'd like to say that a church down the street recently spent 150 GRAND on a new roof, paving the parking lot and making elaborate flower beds.
Meanwhile, I know a 62 yr old women raising three grandkids, and has a 20 yr old S-10 that doesn't have enough seat belts for the kids, among others...

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Originally posted by Oonjerah:
One of my all-time favorite topics is:
Religion -vs- What You Really Believe.

That's if I can find someone to talk
to who thinks better than they follow.


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I've given up looking for the meaning of life. Now all I want is a cookie.

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Originally posted by Oonjerah:
One of my all-time favorite topics is:
Religion -vs- What You Really Believe.

That's if I can find someone to talk
to who thinks better than they follow.

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Originally posted by THGRRI:

I also do not believe in bashing those who do. I do not like people attacking and labeling believers as stupid.

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Originally posted by Oonjerah:
One of my all-time favorite topics is:
Religion -vs- What You Really Believe.

That's if I can find someone to talk
to who thinks better than they follow.


... oooOO}{OOooo ...

I've given up looking for the meaning of life. Now all I want is a cookie.

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Originally posted by Brenda:
How about what's the point of trying to be polite when refeering to another person?

That's my beef from last night at work. My employer's son called and I told my boss's husband and the son a "gentleman". He proceeded to make basically fun that I was being old fashioned. Well, I don't know their son well enough to recognize his voice. I finally looked at the guy and said, "Well, I could have just said, "Some dude called."

Of course then they would have gotten their knickers in a twist because I wasn't being polite enough.

Arrrggghhhh!!!!!!!!!!

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Originally posted by Wishimay:


And here comes one of those assholes now....
Couldn't resist, huh?
I think yer a little mad this thread is back.


And good job picking out the posts where you looked like an idiot. You missed a few though...

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Originally posted by Wishimay:

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Originally posted by THGRRI:

I also do not believe in bashing those who do. I do not like people attacking and labeling believers as stupid.

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Why not... they bash like a sea full of hammers.
They call everyone else who doesn't see what they see "stupid".

It doesn't help society any to retaliate, of course, but how many times can you be kicked by people who have been brainwashed? And I'm not even talking about whichever god, just the "I know better than you" jerks.

Got that speech from my mo-in-law years ago. "I really do feel that MY church is the right one". 'Course then some preacher came by to say that women shouldn't be wearing PANTS and they left that one.

And who are you to say no one should bash believers? Aren't YOU being manipulative in that way? I have MORE right to fight back then they think they do to attack.

The difference between me and them, I can disagree and not have to right a person off, whereas *I* would get written off by most of my family if I were to say I was athiest/agnostic. My freedom to speak and think has been manipulated since BIRTH. They manipulate and then are twisted enough to think doing that to another person is the "right thing to do".

THAT....IS......STUPID. THEY *ARE* ASSHOLES.

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Originally posted by 1kiki:


If it doesn't make you mad that little kids are losing limbs and faces to something WE made that IS NOT NECESSARY, you are OBLIVIOUS.

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Originally posted by THGRRI:


No wishie they don't. Only those who are Zealot's do that.





"The fallacy of relative privation"
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Originally posted by THGRRI:


No wishie they don't. Only those who are Zealot's do that.





"The fallacy of relative privation"
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Then I'm surrounded!

Also, my grandma and I go round and round about that. When I say I have a problem, she'll tell me about someone who's dying and I say
"Do you know what makes MY problem so much worse than that person's problem??? IT'S MY PROBLEM."

My spouse broke a bone at work last week, and when I told the neighbor, who goes out of her way to appear tough, she said "Yeah, I had that years ago and I still had to work and volunteer..." It's rude.
It takes so much learning and effort to teach a person to say "I sympathize with your problem, I hope they get better soon."

It's right up there with victim blaming. You have to LEARN not to do that.

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I think you mentioned to Wishi a lack of empathy and understanding. I deal with a lot of that in my life. I get so tired sometimes that I want to punch either people or put my fist through a wall because of it. I am expected to see the big picture but can anyone focus on my picture. Noooooo.

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Originally posted by Wishimay:


And here comes one of those assholes now....
Couldn't resist, huh?
I think yer a little mad this thread is back.


And good job picking out the posts where you looked like an idiot. You missed a few though...

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