What is with abusive atheists?

by Fernando 187 Replies latest jw friends

  • NewChapter
    NewChapter

    Oh, I don't believe any of it Still. But I can be very comfortable around it because it is upbuilding, nonjudgemental, and inclusive. I think that before the bible religions came along and messed with people's cultures, religion probably served its people much better. It was local, and in tune with their specific experience, and bound the community. Then the middle eastern religions took hold, oppressed people, called their cultures sinful, forced them to adopt cultures that did not fit in with their environments, made everyone feel like shit, and took over the world.

    So while I don't believe my Wiccan and Pagan friends---their systems are much more tolerable. Do you notice they never enter these debates? They don't need to. They don't care to.

    My friend was working to open this spiritual center, and they got a booth at a community affair to introduce themselves. A couple of booths away, there was a christian church with a booth. My friend said she had some soft music playing, and the christians turned on theirs---and then turned it up to drowned out the pagan music. My friends kneejerk reaction was to turn hers up a bit. Chrisitans responded lovingly by turning their much louder. So my friend just turned hers back down--and refused to compete with them. THEN they start chanting REALLY LOUD "We've got Jesus how 'bout YOU?" And they would jump into the path of people walking and point to people as they screamed their cheer---like trying to force the people to answer. My friend said they were an embarrassment. People were looking for ways around them, or being startled out of thought---conversations interupted.

    She was trying to talk to people who would stop at her booth, and they would be screaming over their voices. My friend said she got a raging headache from all the ruckus they were stirring up. But that's okay---she has healing hands.

  • palmtree67
    palmtree67

    **sigh**

    Really tired of "abuse" claims......seriously?

    Let me tell you what real abuse is.....

  • soft+gentle
    soft+gentle

    it is great to wake up to humour on this thread, giordano - thankyou.

    and Sabastious great satire - this is how I also conceive of the religion of scientism the one that the four horseman of the apocolypse seem to belong to when they jumb on their bandwagons with missionary zeal.

    edit: most of the time I have been wondering how Candace Conti and those like her are doing - Steven Unthank, Holly and all the ones who were part of the tort action claim. And all those to come.

  • NewChapter
    NewChapter

    religion of scientism

    LOL. Just LOL.

  • soft+gentle
    soft+gentle

    NC - lol back at you

    I'm afraid magical thinking is in our blood, it is folded into us

    peace to you

  • NewChapter
    NewChapter

    No, S&G---magical thinking is your thing. It seems you find it hard to understand the world around you without putting everything into that expectation. That's fine. There was a time when I may have thought you had a point. I've learned entirely too much since that time, and have come to understand things beyond the confines of faith to do anything but giggle at terms like the religion of scientism---or whatever it was.

    There is deep misunderstanding there---but when dealing with magical thinkers it is nearly impossible to unravel.

    NC

  • mrsjones5
    mrsjones5

    Magical thinking. Reminds me when my daughter was fascinated by crop circles. We watched a documentary about how folks were sneaking into wheat fields at night to create these crop circles using a diagram, a piece of rope and a plank of wood. My daughter was hugely disappointed. She wanted to believe there was some sort of magic going on.

  • soft+gentle
  • soft+gentle
    soft+gentle

    oops - darned IE

    yup there is deep misunderstanding on both sides, this is the magic of thinking - such is life - enjoy it.

  • soft+gentle
    soft+gentle

    mrs jones, what is your daughter studying at school if you don't mind me asking?

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