religious discrimination

[freako104]

i thank him for
putting lesbians on the earth
lesbian porn
girls in thongs
girl in leather



and letting us have fun

 

[ralphie]

I thank god every day for making me an atheist...

mmm... the taste of fresh brewed irony.

 

[Ms Ann Thrope]

Religious places of worship are really, bloody, boring.

Boring? I don't feel that way. I'm an atheist, but manage to go to several religious services a year. I'm the first one to point out the great evils perpetrated in the name of religion, but I also recognize that some of the most transcendent art has been created in its name. Churches are the respositories of some of the greatest works of art ever created. They have been patrons of sacred music that continues to thrill me.

Virtually every year on Good Friday I attend a spectacular choral service at a Presbyterian church. Back when my mother was alive, I would happily get up in the wee hours so that we could attend a dawn Easter Mass at a Byzantine rite (Uniate) church. The pageantry of the service was amazing. Until recent years we'd take our Christmas Eve guests (Jews, Chinese, atheists, agnostics) to Midnight Mass after dinner, and everyone loved it. My cultural identity is bound up in the rituals and religious observances of my childhood. While I may no longer believe in any god, I continue to admire and appreciate the art that grew out of religious belief systems.

 

[A.B.Normal]

While I may no longer believe in any god, I continue to admire and appreciate the art that grew out of religious belief systems.

Our father who is Art in heaven{remembering the NightCourt episode }

 

[Ms Ann Thrope]

Our father who is Art in heaven{remembering the NightCourt episode }

 

[AlphaTroll]

*nevermind I'm not even going to open my flippen trap about this*

LOL @ AB

 

[freako104]

Our father who is Art in heaven{remembering the NightCourt episode }

 

[BlurOfSerenity]

i've noticed that when you stop telling everyone about your religion or lack thereof, they stop bothering you about it.
when you stop saying "hey i'm an atheist!" you'll get fewer "you're going to hell!"'s.

when scheduled or told to pray, just bow your head. you dont have to pray or say amen. just bow your head. it shows respect, which is what you'd like to have shown to you.

's what i did, before i was christian.

 

[freako104]

the problem is tho that people will still talk about religion. they will still ask what you believe and such

 

[Mirlyn]

the problem is tho that people will still talk about religion. they will still ask what you believe and such

Sorry, I have yet to find a good reason to make your personal beliefs fit the expectations of others. If they ask you about your beliefs, they ought to be willing to listen to your answer--no matter what it is. I'm with Ash....show respect, not ignorance. I find anyone who forms their belief system based solely on what others think of them has no purpose in that belief system in the first place.

 

[freako104]

i do agree but I still get asked said questions and I listen to their answers but admit I disagree. it is then I am wrong and basically I have my beliefs lamblasted by the people askng me. I try to avoid asking about religion as a general.

 

[Cheese]

anyone ever attempted to convert you in math class?

heh

No, they usually try during commerce when my spirit is partially crushed

 

[AlladinSane]

when scheduled or told to pray, just bow your head. you dont have to pray or say amen. just bow your head. it shows respect, which is what you'd like to have shown to you.

's what i did, before i was christian.

Hm? Are you Christian now?

 

[BlurOfSerenity]

yup

 

[drkavnger99]

Personally I don't like labels so when asked I consider myself a christian and when asked which denomination I say athiest. Its always a fun time seeing the look of utter confusion followed by either a grin and nod or a snarl!

But to keep it real I don't believe in organized religion as a general rule and I definitly believe that we evolved from a less luxerious (sp?) form. I'm not sure if thier is a so called GOD because the corruption of the church and other such figures have forged the image and the story to meet what they want us to believe!

 

[a13antichrist]

as was said in Great Expectations: Let's say there was a little girl, and from the time she could understand, she was taught to fear...let's say, she was taught to fear daylight. She was taught it was her enemy, that it would hurt her. And then one sunny day, you ask her to go outside and play and she won't. You can't be angry at her, can you?

No - but you can be disappointed in her for showing an inability to think for herself & reason that actually, those people that taught her that daylight was bad were damn idiots.

 

[ralphie]

No - but you can be disappointed in her for showing an inability to think for herself & reason that actually, those people that taught her that daylight was bad were damn idiots.

but she didn't know they were idiots.

it's all she learned, what do you expect her to believe?

 

[a13antichrist]

LIke I said, I expect her to THINK FOR HERSELF and come to the INESCAPABLE CONCLUSION that they were idiots.

 

[BlurOfSerenity]

i dont think that concluision is all that inescapable.

it would be like if someone suddenly told you that putting your hand in a frying pan full of hot grease was, in fact, a good idea. you, likely, wouldnt believe them, and chances are, since you'd learnt your whole life the contrary, you'd probably not want to do it.

 

[a13antichrist]

Of course, because you would reflect for a second & think, actually, putting my head in that pan would cause me a LOT of pain, so what I'd learnt my whole life must have been relatively sensible & this guy telling me to put my head in it must be a damn idiot.