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Permalink Reply by Gloria Stevens on May 25, 2011 at 10:47am

That's what this venting is for.  To perhaps not hit the "enter" with them and vent with folks that have the same experience. 

http://www.youtube.com/user/NonStampCollector#p/u/11/jrX__ILDd3w

Permalink Reply by 3equ3cp1fsw0n on May 25, 2011 at 12:13pm

Welcome to the group Atheist Mama. Thank you for posting.

 

Uhhhhhhhh! I know what you mean. I really hate those underhanded tactics Chirstians have a way of using to promote their savior (or their own delusion is a better way to put it). Praise him when things work out - mums the word, when they don't. You NEVER EVER hear someone on the news looking at all the devestation after a tornado and saying "praise Jesus that this happened."

 

I would be so so so tempted also to hit enter. I am too effing nice also. If you don't hit enter, I admire your restraint. If you do hit enter, maybe your Christian friend will think twice before making such comments. Most likley though, it will earn you a big fat delete lol.

 

Permalink Reply by Gloria Stevens on May 28, 2011 at 9:52pm

LOL. I did hit the enter button two nights ago on FB.  It was a personal message to a person and I wish I didn't the next morning. I get fired up over things. I feel like this FB Venting site is suppose to help.  But whatever.  You know?! Sometimes you just DO IT.

Permalink Reply by Gloria Stevens on May 28, 2011 at 10:00pm

I guess I'll vent now.  This person is a fundie that DOES believe in the second coming of christ and the rapture. But was moking Harold Camping. But to me this person and Camping are NO different. The ONLY difference is Camping put a date on it. Why should this person be laughing.

Permalink Reply by 3equ3cp1fsw0n on May 29, 2011 at 1:27am

Gloria wrote:  I feel like this FB Venting site is suppose to help.  But whatever.  You know?! Sometimes you just DO IT.

 

LOL. I know. Sometimes you just blow and let the chips fall where they may. 

 

I recently sent my Christian aunt an e-mail that basically said I was tired of people telling me to pray for a certain bad situation for someone in my family. I said the type of problem that it is, it cannot simply be prayed away. Actually, I told her I was going to go ballistic if one more person said that to me (tell the person to turn in prayer to God about the situation).

 

I wonder if I'll ever hear from her again? I don't really care. We were not close. I don't have anything against her. She is a very nice person. I just got fed up with the religious references in her e-mails, when she knew I was agnostic (well that's what I told her anyway). 

 

I guess that was not very nice, what I did. But I just kind of 'blew'. Do I regret it? No, because I give myself credit for maintaining my composure as long as I did with her; which was about 1 year. Hey, I tried. That's all you can do sometimes.

Permalink Reply by 3equ3cp1fsw0n on May 29, 2011 at 1:48am

Gloria wrote: 

I guess I'll vent now.  This person is a fundie that DOES believe in the second coming of christ and the rapture. But was moking Harold Camping. But to me this person and Camping are NO different. The ONLY difference is Camping put a date on it. Why should this person be laughing.

 

Yes, some Christians get all smug about the scripture that says no man knows the day or time when the Lord will return.  They don't get so smug about a lot of the scriptures that are controversial and contradictional though. I guess they have got to get some good smug jabs in whenever they can.

Permalink Reply by Barry Eckert on January 29, 2012 at 9:46pm

Oh Connie! How sad. Your son is simply wrong for doing this, and cruel to boot.

Permalink Reply by Alejandro Mujica on January 29, 2012 at 10:14pm

I'm sorry to hear about the trouble you're going through. On one side, sometimes not making waves is important for the greater good. Other times you want to fight fire with fire. An ex-girlfriend once said to me, "Know your audience." If that is any help, know who you can part with, who will cause trouble for you down the road (if you can know these things), and who is instigating and causing you harm.

But hey, expressing your opinions and then retracting them for crisis management doesn't make you a hypocrite if it's going to cause problems with your family. You had to do something and you did what you thought was best for the situation. Hemant Mehta has some great "Ask Richard" Q&A posts that cover this exact thing, if you'd like some more information on the matter outside of this thread.

Also, maybe you can reason with your son: if your granddaughter asks about your beliefs, you have the right to answer honestly. What would be worse: having your son treat you unfairly for standing up for yourself, or lying to both your granddaughter and yourself?

But, those are just my thoughts, more or less what I'd do, not necessarily advice. I don't have a family of my own and I wouldn't tell someone what to do, only what I'd do in their position. Good luck :-)