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Is anyone here a part of that? I recently moved to a small town who is mostly Christian/Catholic and pretty isolated from the law. Meaning religion is talked about constantly and is SOOOOO irritating! I'm not talking about indoctrination, but just like "Yeah I love Jesus" and "Oh hey dude so do I!" I mean really??! Keep that to yourselves! Anyone else feel my atheist pain :(
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I can definitely understand. In general I myself would not feel comfortable in a religious town.

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Have fun praying in school... :(
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(02-14-2014 03:41 PM)scorchededge243 Wrote:  Is anyone here a part of that? I recently moved to a small town who is mostly Christian/Catholic and pretty isolated from the law. Meaning religion is talked about constantly and is SOOOOO irritating! I'm not talking about indoctrination, but just like "Yeah I love Jesus" and "Oh hey dude so do I!" I mean really??! Keep that to yourselves! Anyone else feel my atheist pain :(


No, but I've experienced it when I was in such a town for about 2 weeks(vacationing. Someone we knew lived there, and they went overseas for vacation and let us stay in their house in return for doing housekeeping. It was a nice town, but lots of "JESUS!!!" going on)

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(02-14-2014 03:47 PM)Gwedin Wrote:  Have fun praying in school... :(


We do have a bible study now and then, but it's not forced so I guess it's not totally illegal, but come on! It's 2014 people! Oh and that whole separation of church and state thing but screw that right?!
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it's probably illegal if it's a public school. you should file a complaint

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Dude that suckssssssssssss. I'd go fucking crazy haha....or I'd go to a school assembly, talk about how stupid Christianity in front of everyone, and then move the next day haha.

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(02-14-2014 10:18 PM)Potato Wrote:  it's probably illegal if it's a public school. you should file a complaint

Yeah, that's true. There are always Christian clubs but those are technically outside the school anyway.

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(02-14-2014 03:52 PM)scorchededge243 Wrote:  It's 2014 people!

STOP OFFENDING ME!

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(02-15-2014 11:42 AM)kfcnyancat Wrote:  
(02-14-2014 03:52 PM)scorchededge243 Wrote:  It's 2014 people!

STOP OFFENDING ME!

Calm the hell down. How is he offending you?

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I'd fucking hate to be in your shoes, first off. I am atheist, so I wouldn't get along with anyone else. Second off, some people who believe in god, (No offense) are annoying. I have friend's that do, but they don't get on my nerves as much. I live in a isolated society, and I am yelled at when I use the computer. I have nothing else to do. Good luck, hope it get's better somehow.
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I guess you'd have an issue when I take over the globe and decree myself God-Emperor of humanity?

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(02-16-2014 02:20 PM)brainiac3397 Wrote:  I guess you'd have an issue when I take over the globe and decree myself God-Emperor of humanity?

No worries. A few sessions in Room 101, and you'll be all fine... Mwahaha


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I might be the first to rebel.
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(02-19-2014 08:14 AM)TheKnightmare Wrote:  I might be the first to rebel.

Somebody has to break in the room. Smile

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This thread smells of mountain dew and doritos.
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My math teacher.
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I've found doritos have some strange after taste, not the good kind(even if they taste pretty good).

I haven't had Mountain Dew in so long. I'm more the Ginger Ale type.(And mexican cola)

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If a teacher forced a kid to believe god, they'd be fired immediately.

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schools are allowed to forced students to pledge allegiance to one nation under god

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Potato, what state do you live in? I thought that students had a right to not say the pledge, at least where I live.

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In the US schools can not make you say the pledge if it is a public school.

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I go to a special religious class every Tuesday where religion is the only thing they talk about and I'm an atheist. Sad

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(02-19-2014 12:19 PM)Hansgrohe Wrote:  Potato, what state do you live in? I thought that students had a right to not say the pledge, at least where I live.

By law we do. Some teachers will push this anyway because of "muh cuntry."

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(02-16-2014 12:06 PM)Christian Hellhound Wrote:  
(02-15-2014 11:42 AM)kfcnyancat Wrote:  
(02-14-2014 03:52 PM)scorchededge243 Wrote:  It's 2014 people!

STOP OFFENDING ME!

Calm the hell down. How is he offending you?

"It's *insert year here* people" can be considered an offensive phrase to christians. I'm getting sick of those jaded-ass athieholes getting angry at us for believing in god. I don't have a thing against athiests, just the "THYISTS R EVILZZ" kind.

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(02-19-2014 11:17 AM)brainiac3397 Wrote:  I've found doritos have some strange after taste, not the good kind(even if they taste pretty good).

I haven't had Mountain Dew in so long. I'm more the Ginger Ale type.(And mexican cola)

Personally, I like Dr. Pepper, 7UP, and Canadian Cola (Mexican is okay too)

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(02-16-2014 12:06 PM)Christian Hellhound Wrote:  
(02-15-2014 11:42 AM)kfcnyancat Wrote:  
(02-14-2014 03:52 PM)scorchededge243 Wrote:  It's 2014 people!

STOP OFFENDING ME!

Calm the hell down. How is he offending you?

"It's *insert year here* people" can be considered an offensive phrase to christians. I'm getting sick of those jaded-ass athieholes getting angry at us for believing in god. I don't have a thing against athiests, just the "THYISTS R EVILZZ" kind.

What they follow truly is evil.
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Popcorn

Hello, traveler.

This is an ancient account I have not used in a long time. My views have changed much in the intervening months and years.

Nonetheless, I refuse to clean it up. Pretending that I've held my current views since the beginning of time is what we in the industry call a lie. Asking people to do so contributes to moralistic self-loathing. "See, those people have nothing damning! I do! I'm truly vile!"

Because you can never be a good person with a single blemish on the moral record, I thought that simply entertaining some thoughts made me irredeemable. Though I don't care for his writing style, William Faulkner presents a good counterexample. He went from being a typical Southern racist to supporting the civil rights movement. These days we'd yell at him for that, probably.

People are allowed to change their views.

Nevertheless, this period of my life has informed some of how I am today. In good ways and bad ways. To purge it would be to do a disservice to history. Perhaps it will not make anyone sympathetic, but it may help someone understand.

If, after reading all this, you still decide to use the post above as evidence that I am evil today, ask yourself if you have never disagreed with the moral code you now follow. In all likelihood you did, at some point. If some questions are verboten, and the answer is "how dare you ask that," don't expect your ideological opponents to ever change their minds.
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It seems like all of America is having a huge contest to see who's the most Jesus craziest Christian out there. Maybe the winner gets a free Big Mac or a Slim Jim or some potato chips or something.

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I actually wouldn't be comfortable in a religious school myself, even though I'm Christian. Although I'm Christian, I'm left-wing. I'd be offended if gays/athiests/wiccians/even satanists were treated as outsiders because Christians aren't even actually supposed to do that and we live in a free society where multiple people practice different things so it shouldn't be controlled by one people.

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