The Whining and Bitching Thread

[Krow]

My parents found out i was an atheist and are now trying to convince me because they are worried about my soul? what the fuck?
Here is the document i started writing so that theyd fuck off. can you offer me help? heres the link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1T9I1C4PlbrCZk8EVOTSKQv-xXgkeaYhdx9VGX_vpIxA/edit?usp=sharing

I've never believed in God that I'm aware of and my family is religious. To be fair they believe that if I'm not a bad person God will see that and give me a free pass anyway.

there's no need to be vicious towards Christianity, to them especially. Just live your life man, if you get asked to go to church, kindly decline... And if someone says they're praying for you don't be offended. Means they care enough to ask their deity of choice to help you out. Not a whole lot of people will ever really give a shit about you, don't take em for granted, even if they seem a little crazy.

Source: living in a backwoods Christian state my entire life.

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

... very well put.

 

[CiG]

The best way to deal with it is to remain open-minded to that which you don't believe.
If you shut it all off, you'll become one of those contemptuous radical atheists and isolation will soon follow.

Hell, I'd even recommend going to church, reading the bible, etc.
Christopher Hitchens is a great example of someone that had strong opinions against religion, but was very civilised and had many deeply religious close friends, because he took advantage of his capacity for humour and wit, I think that's a great source of coping with issues like this myself.

 

[The Butt]

Definitely read the bible. It will help you understand Christianity a lot more.

Wouldn't recommend going to church though. If you go and people find out you are strongly atheist, they might feel disrespected. It's happened to me before.

 

[CiG]

My experience was the reverse.

 

[RedStorm]

ok thanks for the advice, i will refrain from puling out the issue just going about normally.

well, regardless, how was my little paper, (that is uncompleted) written? ok for your average 16 year old?

 

[Zephyrus]

Marginally better than the typical essays I get from college freshmen.

 

[RedStorm]

to be honest. I'm not sure how i should take that

 

[TechnicalBarbarity]

... as a compliment, obviously.

 

[RedStorm]

hey man, I'm always on my toes here lol

 

[Vimana]

I love weed, but I hate what it does to my ability to sleep.

 

[The Ozzman]

Can't think of a good place for this other than this thread:

Having to ship your mother's cell phone to their condo in Florida because she forgot it at their house here in Ohio.

True story, first world problems, etc

 

[rms]

how haven't you murdered your parents yet for that fat inheritance check

 

[Baroque]

It's so quiet here without tb. And I'd guess the other one banned was ua?

 

[CF87]

I don't bitch or complain. Life is a curse or a gift.

 

[The Ozzman]

how haven't you murdered your parents yet for that fat inheritance check

There isn't really an inheritance for any of my siblings. Hard to explain via the webz.

 

[Nephilim96]

It's not hard to explain, it's called living from check to check. Most of America does it.

Unless you had an inheritance, and it was blown away or taken Bernie Madoff style. I'm sorry if that's the case.

 

[Matt]

I'm so happy TB is gone. Hopefully its a perma.

 

[unknown]

Any details on the ban?

 

[viewerfromnihil]

I was wondering why there was nothing new to look at after having not been on the boards for a day. I don't mind TB and think he's pretty cool when you catch an occasional connection with him in an interaction. The problem is the blog/forum distinction. Forums aren't a soap box. Other than his constant harping on Planned Parenthood, I didn't mind his posts. I got a kick out of many of them, actually. He just got out of hand with personal attacks. Hopefully it's a temp ban and he gets the point.