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Permalink Reply by Reggie on March 7, 2010 at 4:39pm

That is a pretty good one!

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Permalink Reply by Shine on March 8, 2010 at 9:40am

I sometimes go to Mass when I visit my aunt and grandmother in the convent (my aunt is a nun, and my grandmother is passing her remaining years among the sisters). Unfortunately, I really cannot avoid taking communion without causing massive upheavel. But usually I am more upset about the carb content of the wafer than any religious implication.

I understand having to fall back on polite words about death, as well. My grandmother is in her mid-nineties, and her health has been in a steady decline for years. Most of the nuns are in the same boat; everytime I visit, at least a few more have died and I nod along with the "in a better place" idea. I guess I just think that it would cause unnecessary pain to argue against my family's delusions at this point.

I like the confession excuse; I may have to steal that! But I fear that since my aunt's order is extremely liberal, they would insist that it did not matter.

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Permalink Reply by A. Dave on March 19, 2011 at 9:29am

Having grown up Catholic, I can tell you that there are plenty of "visitors" to church every Sunday. My dad, for example, was Baptist so when my mom, brother, and I went up to take our communion he would stay seated. Plenty of other people did the same.

 

The last few times I went to church with my mom while visiting for Easter or Christmas, my brother and I (my brother is one of those "spiritual, but not religious" people these days) both stayed seated with my dad.

 

I guess you could say my sin is that I would still drop a dollar in the collection plate, but that was partly because my mom's Catholic church hosts the local food bank and part of the money goes to buying more food.

 

EDIT: On second thought, if your family isn't aware of your atheism or doesn't approve of it, then I can see where the upheaval would come from.

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Permalink Reply by Josh Mercer on March 19, 2011 at 9:45am

I have a sin like that. I was forced (in order to prevent a shitstorm) to  attend church this year. I initially refused to drop any money in the collection plate but then my mom forced a loonie into my hand. I saw my chance, and returned back to my room, took a quarter from my change container, and replaced it with the loonie. my mom saw that i had done this though, and demanded I return to my room to collect the loonie. I did so but when everyone was doing other things in terms of preparation, I sat in the porch, and reclaimed the quarter which was on the windowsill. When we went to church, I sat next to my sister, and when the time for collection came upon us, my sister asked what I had, and I only presented the quarter. she then gave me three further quarters to total a dollar, and I dropped it in, half triumphant of the fact that I gained seventy-five cents out of my only lost quarter.

 

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Permalink Reply by luvtheheaven on March 28, 2010 at 1:30pm

I definitely wasn't allowed to eat or drink anything 1 hour before the communion. 1 hour was the rule I was taught. But medicine and water was allowed lol.

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Permalink Reply by Shine on March 14, 2010 at 3:06pm

I thought that the Sunday morning fasts were only applicable during Lent. But I could be remembering wrong.

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Permalink Reply by Lance Buckley on July 3, 2010 at 3:18pm

*sigh* If this is real, it's a way tacky use of the (non-xtian) Hiroshima A-Bomb monument. So far I'm unable to find references to this on google (thank science!) but you never can tell :)

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Permalink Reply by Becky Glynn on August 6, 2010 at 8:14pm

Freakin' love this magazine cover....someone is very good....

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Permalink Reply by Kristen on March 7, 2010 at 5:14pm

I say "goddamn" and "bless you" as well. I'm trying to replace "god" in my vernacular with FSM or "science" when I think of it. :)

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Permalink Reply by Pinko Commie on March 7, 2010 at 5:17pm

Science damn you, Time Child!

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Permalink Reply by Eric Smith on March 7, 2010 at 5:22pm

I also do that, but also included in my repertoire are phrases such as "Aw hell!". I don't, however, use the term "bless you" when someone sneezes. Generally I use "gesundheit" or its Spanish or Russian equivalents.

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Permalink Reply by tsuken on July 1, 2010 at 8:52am

"science only knows" - I love it! 8)

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