Disclosing atheism

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Anonymous wrote:waiting for pp who claimed religious people have done things to affect their life to give examples…I suspect there will be no examples. The same way atheists who claim they have been attacked by religious people but don’t detail any attacks other than being asked to church by neighbors or going to youth group as a child with a classmate. Or a new neighbor asking: “What is your faith?” Which is a very ridiculous claim- nobody says “what is your faith?” That’s so embarrassingly fake the op should be ashamed! Take a creative writing class, anti-theist op.

It’s also odd and fake that children (now adults posting here) were raised in atheist families but their parents didn’t help them cope with the outside world or stop supposed religious attacks on their atheist children. So your atheist parents just let everyone attack you as a kid and never intervened or told you to speak up and tell them if an adult or another child was attacking you? Fake! If your parents let you be attacked and did nothing- they were either negligent and uncaring jerks, or you are making crap up. You spent your childhood sad and anxious and depressed because religious people were mean to you. You are now an adult with anxiety and depression because of the treatment- what did your parents do? Ignore you and your emotional and mental needs your entire childhood? Allow adults to badger and harass you, allow other kids to bully you?

I was attacked by evangelical family member when I was a kid. I’ve given details before.

Religious nutters have taken away my bodily autonomy. And they are trying to take away transgender rights as we speak.

you have not given details of your attack by an evangelical family member before. You just say that so you don’t ever have
to give details. Of course- your parents let your family member attack you and did nothing. They let their kid be attacked and completely were ok with it.

You have problems. Big ones.

My parents weren’t aware it was happening at the time. I can dig up the link if you want.

My only problems are the religious nutters trying to force their beliefs on me.

Your mom went out of town and a family who graciously looked after you wouldn’t leave you home alone while they looked after you. Your mom was lucky they took good care of her ungrateful teenager. You were not abused by anyone and have grown up into a bratty and delusional adult.

WTF are you talking about?

It was at a large family event. My parents were mingling with other people at the time.

You might want to provide the timestamp for your comment on the linked thread. Looks like PP is assuming you're the OP in that one.

That thread is hilarious. An adult atheist was taken in and cared for and fed for multiple days for free by a family who regularly attended church. Op stated her mom (no mention of dad) went out of town somewhere, no details about mom leaving for days-just that this family agreed to watch her.

Op had to attend church services/youth group with the family watching her. DESPITE her MOTHER arranging specifically for adults to care for her daughter and her mother not leaving her daughter alone, many atheists and anti-theists posted op should have been left alone at her host’s home. (Which would not be what her mother wanted, btw.)

Op is still traumatized and upset her mom let a Christian family care for her. Never mind a family took her in as her mother needed, fed and sheltered her, looked to her safety. Atheist pp discards all that and is still upset the family took her to their church.

So another pp was at a large family gathering and a relative told her she was “going to hell.” Mom and Dad of course were not around and pp didn’t tell them she was attacked verbally and condemned to hell by a family member. The atheist people posting here never told their parents about these condemnations to burn in hell, why not? You’d think if an adult at a family gathering went off on a kid and condemned them loudly to burn in hell some other adults would hear the conversation and step in, comfort the child, tell the parents, or all 3. Now pp is claiming all the adults at a large family gathering ignored a male family member yelling that a child would be condemned to hell and/or burn in hell. Really? Nobody would notice that and say anything?

That just doesn’t seem real to me. That sounds as fake as the op who said her new neighbor came to dinner and asked her “what her faith is.” Again: hello, new neighbor, good to meet you. Sure do miss my church. Anyway-what is your FAITH?” is another made up atheist troll situation.

I do believe the atheist who was dumped off on a religious family by her mom and is still traumatized by it years later is real. She doesn’t have self-awareness to realize the family that took her in only did it because they were religious and their beliefs to help and care for others were the reason they helped her and her mom. Note no atheist or anti-theist family watched her for free for days while she sulked and pouted and took up space in their home.

Yeah- the atheist whose mom needed child care and just coincidentally a religious family took her in lacks any sense of perspective or understanding of the years ago situation and is still posting about it decades later. I would hazard a guess she has never taken a kid in to provide child care when a friend or acquaintance has been in need.

NP. OP started another thread a year or so ago about the horrors of her parents leaving her with a Christian family who fed and clothed her, but undid it all by taking her to youth group instead of leaving her alone in a strange house.

Thank goodness not all atheists are drama queens with victim mentalities.

Hello, OP -- if you're still listening, thanks for starting this thread, which has been a long, winding and overall fruitful discussion among non-believers and believers.

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Anonymous wrote:waiting for pp who claimed religious people have done things to affect their life to give examples…I suspect there will be no examples. The same way atheists who claim they have been attacked by religious people but don’t detail any attacks other than being asked to church by neighbors or going to youth group as a child with a classmate. Or a new neighbor asking: “What is your faith?” Which is a very ridiculous claim- nobody says “what is your faith?” That’s so embarrassingly fake the op should be ashamed! Take a creative writing class, anti-theist op.

It’s also odd and fake that children (now adults posting here) were raised in atheist families but their parents didn’t help them cope with the outside world or stop supposed religious attacks on their atheist children. So your atheist parents just let everyone attack you as a kid and never intervened or told you to speak up and tell them if an adult or another child was attacking you? Fake! If your parents let you be attacked and did nothing- they were either negligent and uncaring jerks, or you are making crap up. You spent your childhood sad and anxious and depressed because religious people were mean to you. You are now an adult with anxiety and depression because of the treatment- what did your parents do? Ignore you and your emotional and mental needs your entire childhood? Allow adults to badger and harass you, allow other kids to bully you?

I was attacked by evangelical family member when I was a kid. I’ve given details before.

Religious nutters have taken away my bodily autonomy. And they are trying to take away transgender rights as we speak.

you have not given details of your attack by an evangelical family member before. You just say that so you don’t ever have
to give details. Of course- your parents let your family member attack you and did nothing. They let their kid be attacked and completely were ok with it.

You have problems. Big ones.

My parents weren’t aware it was happening at the time. I can dig up the link if you want.

My only problems are the religious nutters trying to force their beliefs on me.

Your mom went out of town and a family who graciously looked after you wouldn’t leave you home alone while they looked after you. Your mom was lucky they took good care of her ungrateful teenager. You were not abused by anyone and have grown up into a bratty and delusional adult.

WTF are you talking about?

It was at a large family event. My parents were mingling with other people at the time.

You might want to provide the timestamp for your comment on the linked thread. Looks like PP is assuming you're the OP in that one.

That thread is hilarious. An adult atheist was taken in and cared for and fed for multiple days for free by a family who regularly attended church. Op stated her mom (no mention of dad) went out of town somewhere, no details about mom leaving for days-just that this family agreed to watch her.

Op had to attend church services/youth group with the family watching her. DESPITE her MOTHER arranging specifically for adults to care for her daughter and her mother not leaving her daughter alone, many atheists and anti-theists posted op should have been left alone at her host’s home. (Which would not be what her mother wanted, btw.)

Op is still traumatized and upset her mom let a Christian family care for her. Never mind a family took her in as her mother needed, fed and sheltered her, looked to her safety. Atheist pp discards all that and is still upset the family took her to their church.

So another pp was at a large family gathering and a relative told her she was “going to hell.” Mom and Dad of course were not around and pp didn’t tell them she was attacked verbally and condemned to hell by a family member. The atheist people posting here never told their parents about these condemnations to burn in hell, why not? You’d think if an adult at a family gathering went off on a kid and condemned them loudly to burn in hell some other adults would hear the conversation and step in, comfort the child, tell the parents, or all 3. Now pp is claiming all the adults at a large family gathering ignored a male family member yelling that a child would be condemned to hell and/or burn in hell. Really? Nobody would notice that and say anything?

That just doesn’t seem real to me. That sounds as fake as the op who said her new neighbor came to dinner and asked her “what her faith is.” Again: hello, new neighbor, good to meet you. Sure do miss my church. Anyway-what is your FAITH?” is another made up atheist troll situation.

I do believe the atheist who was dumped off on a religious family by her mom and is still traumatized by it years later is real. She doesn’t have self-awareness to realize the family that took her in only did it because they were religious and their beliefs to help and care for others were the reason they helped her and her mom. Note no atheist or anti-theist family watched her for free for days while she sulked and pouted and took up space in their home.

Yeah- the atheist whose mom needed child care and just coincidentally a religious family took her in lacks any sense of perspective or understanding of the years ago situation and is still posting about it decades later. I would hazard a guess she has never taken a kid in to provide child care when a friend or acquaintance has been in need.

NP. OP started another thread a year or so ago about the horrors of her parents leaving her with a Christian family who fed and clothed her, but undid it all by taking her to youth group instead of leaving her alone in a strange house.

Thank goodness not all atheists are drama queens with victim mentalities.

Hello, OP -- if you're still listening, thanks for starting this thread, which has been a long, winding and overall fruitful discussion among non-believers and believers.

You really fell for atheist fan fiction about being asked (and I quote) “what’s your faith?”

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Anonymous wrote:waiting for pp who claimed religious people have done things to affect their life to give examples…I suspect there will be no examples. The same way atheists who claim they have been attacked by religious people but don’t detail any attacks other than being asked to church by neighbors or going to youth group as a child with a classmate. Or a new neighbor asking: “What is your faith?” Which is a very ridiculous claim- nobody says “what is your faith?” That’s so embarrassingly fake the op should be ashamed! Take a creative writing class, anti-theist op.

It’s also odd and fake that children (now adults posting here) were raised in atheist families but their parents didn’t help them cope with the outside world or stop supposed religious attacks on their atheist children. So your atheist parents just let everyone attack you as a kid and never intervened or told you to speak up and tell them if an adult or another child was attacking you? Fake! If your parents let you be attacked and did nothing- they were either negligent and uncaring jerks, or you are making crap up. You spent your childhood sad and anxious and depressed because religious people were mean to you. You are now an adult with anxiety and depression because of the treatment- what did your parents do? Ignore you and your emotional and mental needs your entire childhood? Allow adults to badger and harass you, allow other kids to bully you?

I was attacked by evangelical family member when I was a kid. I’ve given details before.

Religious nutters have taken away my bodily autonomy. And they are trying to take away transgender rights as we speak.

you have not given details of your attack by an evangelical family member before. You just say that so you don’t ever have
to give details. Of course- your parents let your family member attack you and did nothing. They let their kid be attacked and completely were ok with it.

You have problems. Big ones.

My parents weren’t aware it was happening at the time. I can dig up the link if you want.

My only problems are the religious nutters trying to force their beliefs on me.

Your mom went out of town and a family who graciously looked after you wouldn’t leave you home alone while they looked after you. Your mom was lucky they took good care of her ungrateful teenager. You were not abused by anyone and have grown up into a bratty and delusional adult.

WTF are you talking about?

It was at a large family event. My parents were mingling with other people at the time.

You might want to provide the timestamp for your comment on the linked thread. Looks like PP is assuming you're the OP in that one.

That thread is hilarious. An adult atheist was taken in and cared for and fed for multiple days for free by a family who regularly attended church. Op stated her mom (no mention of dad) went out of town somewhere, no details about mom leaving for days-just that this family agreed to watch her.

Op had to attend church services/youth group with the family watching her. DESPITE her MOTHER arranging specifically for adults to care for her daughter and her mother not leaving her daughter alone, many atheists and anti-theists posted op should have been left alone at her host’s home. (Which would not be what her mother wanted, btw.)

Op is still traumatized and upset her mom let a Christian family care for her. Never mind a family took her in as her mother needed, fed and sheltered her, looked to her safety. Atheist pp discards all that and is still upset the family took her to their church.

So another pp was at a large family gathering and a relative told her she was “going to hell.” Mom and Dad of course were not around and pp didn’t tell them she was attacked verbally and condemned to hell by a family member. The atheist people posting here never told their parents about these condemnations to burn in hell, why not? You’d think if an adult at a family gathering went off on a kid and condemned them loudly to burn in hell some other adults would hear the conversation and step in, comfort the child, tell the parents, or all 3. Now pp is claiming all the adults at a large family gathering ignored a male family member yelling that a child would be condemned to hell and/or burn in hell. Really? Nobody would notice that and say anything?

That just doesn’t seem real to me. That sounds as fake as the op who said her new neighbor came to dinner and asked her “what her faith is.” Again: hello, new neighbor, good to meet you. Sure do miss my church. Anyway-what is your FAITH?” is another made up atheist troll situation.

I do believe the atheist who was dumped off on a religious family by her mom and is still traumatized by it years later is real. She doesn’t have self-awareness to realize the family that took her in only did it because they were religious and their beliefs to help and care for others were the reason they helped her and her mom. Note no atheist or anti-theist family watched her for free for days while she sulked and pouted and took up space in their home.

Yeah- the atheist whose mom needed child care and just coincidentally a religious family took her in lacks any sense of perspective or understanding of the years ago situation and is still posting about it decades later. I would hazard a guess she has never taken a kid in to provide child care when a friend or acquaintance has been in need.

NP. OP started another thread a year or so ago about the horrors of her parents leaving her with a Christian family who fed and clothed her, but undid it all by taking her to youth group instead of leaving her alone in a strange house.

Thank goodness not all atheists are drama queens with victim mentalities.

Hello, OP -- if you're still listening, thanks for starting this thread, which has been a long, winding and overall fruitful discussion among non-believers and believers.

You really fell for atheist fan fiction about being asked (and I quote) “what’s your faith?”

WTF is your problem? DP and I have been asked that many times. Even though I am atheist I don’t think it is that unusual a question in society, although I would certainly prefer that it were.

It’s the responses that matter and they vary, which is why I often say “I was raised catholic”, which when I think about it I shouldn’t have to. But it is what it is.

I live in a very urbane northeast area also, so it is not strictly a Bible Belt thing.

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Anonymous wrote:waiting for pp who claimed religious people have done things to affect their life to give examples…I suspect there will be no examples. The same way atheists who claim they have been attacked by religious people but don’t detail any attacks other than being asked to church by neighbors or going to youth group as a child with a classmate. Or a new neighbor asking: “What is your faith?” Which is a very ridiculous claim- nobody says “what is your faith?” That’s so embarrassingly fake the op should be ashamed! Take a creative writing class, anti-theist op.

It’s also odd and fake that children (now adults posting here) were raised in atheist families but their parents didn’t help them cope with the outside world or stop supposed religious attacks on their atheist children. So your atheist parents just let everyone attack you as a kid and never intervened or told you to speak up and tell them if an adult or another child was attacking you? Fake! If your parents let you be attacked and did nothing- they were either negligent and uncaring jerks, or you are making crap up. You spent your childhood sad and anxious and depressed because religious people were mean to you. You are now an adult with anxiety and depression because of the treatment- what did your parents do? Ignore you and your emotional and mental needs your entire childhood? Allow adults to badger and harass you, allow other kids to bully you?

You don't have to say

I was attacked by evangelical family member when I was a kid. I’ve given details before.

Religious nutters have taken away my bodily autonomy. And they are trying to take away transgender rights as we speak.

you have not given details of your attack by an evangelical family member before. You just say that so you don’t ever have
to give details. Of course- your parents let your family member attack you and did nothing. They let their kid be attacked and completely were ok with it.

You have problems. Big ones.

My parents weren’t aware it was happening at the time. I can dig up the link if you want.

My only problems are the religious nutters trying to force their beliefs on me.

Your mom went out of town and a family who graciously looked after you wouldn’t leave you home alone while they looked after you. Your mom was lucky they took good care of her ungrateful teenager. You were not abused by anyone and have grown up into a bratty and delusional adult.

WTF are you talking about?

It was at a large family event. My parents were mingling with other people at the time.

You might want to provide the timestamp for your comment on the linked thread. Looks like PP is assuming you're the OP in that one.

That thread is hilarious. An adult atheist was taken in and cared for and fed for multiple days for free by a family who regularly attended church. Op stated her mom (no mention of dad) went out of town somewhere, no details about mom leaving for days-just that this family agreed to watch her.

Op had to attend church services/youth group with the family watching her. DESPITE her MOTHER arranging specifically for adults to care for her daughter and her mother not leaving her daughter alone, many atheists and anti-theists posted op should have been left alone at her host’s home. (Which would not be what her mother wanted, btw.)

Op is still traumatized and upset her mom let a Christian family care for her. Never mind a family took her in as her mother needed, fed and sheltered her, looked to her safety. Atheist pp discards all that and is still upset the family took her to their church.

So another pp was at a large family gathering and a relative told her she was “going to hell.” Mom and Dad of course were not around and pp didn’t tell them she was attacked verbally and condemned to hell by a family member. The atheist people posting here never told their parents about these condemnations to burn in hell, why not? You’d think if an adult at a family gathering went off on a kid and condemned them loudly to burn in hell some other adults would hear the conversation and step in, comfort the child, tell the parents, or all 3. Now pp is claiming all the adults at a large family gathering ignored a male family member yelling that a child would be condemned to hell and/or burn in hell. Really? Nobody would notice that and say anything?

That just doesn’t seem real to me. That sounds as fake as the op who said her new neighbor came to dinner and asked her “what her faith is.” Again: hello, new neighbor, good to meet you. Sure do miss my church. Anyway-what is your FAITH?” is another made up atheist troll situation.

I do believe the atheist who was dumped off on a religious family by her mom and is still traumatized by it years later is real. She doesn’t have self-awareness to realize the family that took her in only did it because they were religious and their beliefs to help and care for others were the reason they helped her and her mom. Note no atheist or anti-theist family watched her for free for days while she sulked and pouted and took up space in their home.

Yeah- the atheist whose mom needed child care and just coincidentally a religious family took her in lacks any sense of perspective or understanding of the years ago situation and is still posting about it decades later. I would hazard a guess she has never taken a kid in to provide child care when a friend or acquaintance has been in need.

NP. OP started another thread a year or so ago about the horrors of her parents leaving her with a Christian family who fed and clothed her, but undid it all by taking her to youth group instead of leaving her alone in a strange house.

Thank goodness not all atheists are drama queens with victim mentalities.

Hello, OP -- if you're still listening, thanks for starting this thread, which has been a long, winding and overall fruitful discussion among non-believers and believers.

You really fell for atheist fan fiction about being asked (and I quote) “what’s your faith?”

WTF is your problem? DP and I have been asked that many times. Even though I am atheist I don’t think it is that unusual a question in society, although I would certainly prefer that it were.

It’s the responses that matter and they vary, which is why I often say “I was raised catholic”, which when I think about it I shouldn’t have to. But it is what it is.

I live in a very urbane northeast area also, so it is not strictly a Bible Belt thing.

You don't to say “I was raised catholic”. You choose to. Maybe because it stops further conversation about a subject you prefer not to discuss. Could be the questioner is just making small talk and really not prying. It would be nice, IMO, if asking about religious preferences was not acceptable small talk.

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Anonymous wrote:waiting for pp who claimed religious people have done things to affect their life to give examples…I suspect there will be no examples. The same way atheists who claim they have been attacked by religious people but don’t detail any attacks other than being asked to church by neighbors or going to youth group as a child with a classmate. Or a new neighbor asking: “What is your faith?” Which is a very ridiculous claim- nobody says “what is your faith?” That’s so embarrassingly fake the op should be ashamed! Take a creative writing class, anti-theist op.

It’s also odd and fake that children (now adults posting here) were raised in atheist families but their parents didn’t help them cope with the outside world or stop supposed religious attacks on their atheist children. So your atheist parents just let everyone attack you as a kid and never intervened or told you to speak up and tell them if an adult or another child was attacking you? Fake! If your parents let you be attacked and did nothing- they were either negligent and uncaring jerks, or you are making crap up. You spent your childhood sad and anxious and depressed because religious people were mean to you. You are now an adult with anxiety and depression because of the treatment- what did your parents do? Ignore you and your emotional and mental needs your entire childhood? Allow adults to badger and harass you, allow other kids to bully you?

I was attacked by evangelical family member when I was a kid. I’ve given details before.

Religious nutters have taken away my bodily autonomy. And they are trying to take away transgender rights as we speak.

you have not given details of your attack by an evangelical family member before. You just say that so you don’t ever have
to give details. Of course- your parents let your family member attack you and did nothing. They let their kid be attacked and completely were ok with it.

You have problems. Big ones.

My parents weren’t aware it was happening at the time. I can dig up the link if you want.

My only problems are the religious nutters trying to force their beliefs on me.

Your mom went out of town and a family who graciously looked after you wouldn’t leave you home alone while they looked after you. Your mom was lucky they took good care of her ungrateful teenager. You were not abused by anyone and have grown up into a bratty and delusional adult.

WTF are you talking about?

It was at a large family event. My parents were mingling with other people at the time.

You might want to provide the timestamp for your comment on the linked thread. Looks like PP is assuming you're the OP in that one.

No, I’m not the OP of that thread.

The PP probably thinks there are only 1-2 posters on here. Lots of people on the interwebs, granny!

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Anonymous wrote:I mentioned it somewhere on this and other threads:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/589061.page

I’m sure that my family member would be happy to confirm to you that I’m going to hell. He doesn’t hold back.

DP -- Thanks for going to the trouble to find it. Sounds awful. Sorry you went through that. Other people's stories were pretty bad too.

Of course, not all religious people are so aggressive, but those who are, and take advantage of children, thwart their goal of bringing people in to Jesus and instead drive them away.

All it accomplished was making me avoid evangelicals.

All you're accomplishing is making is avoid atheists who are hateful and aggressive. Which is a shame.

You seem to be conflating various PPs.

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Anonymous wrote:waiting for pp who claimed religious people have done things to affect their life to give examples…I suspect there will be no examples. The same way atheists who claim they have been attacked by religious people but don’t detail any attacks other than being asked to church by neighbors or going to youth group as a child with a classmate. Or a new neighbor asking: “What is your faith?” Which is a very ridiculous claim- nobody says “what is your faith?” That’s so embarrassingly fake the op should be ashamed! Take a creative writing class, anti-theist op.

It’s also odd and fake that children (now adults posting here) were raised in atheist families but their parents didn’t help them cope with the outside world or stop supposed religious attacks on their atheist children. So your atheist parents just let everyone attack you as a kid and never intervened or told you to speak up and tell them if an adult or another child was attacking you? Fake! If your parents let you be attacked and did nothing- they were either negligent and uncaring jerks, or you are making crap up. You spent your childhood sad and anxious and depressed because religious people were mean to you. You are now an adult with anxiety and depression because of the treatment- what did your parents do? Ignore you and your emotional and mental needs your entire childhood? Allow adults to badger and harass you, allow other kids to bully you?

I was attacked by evangelical family member when I was a kid. I’ve given details before.

Religious nutters have taken away my bodily autonomy. And they are trying to take away transgender rights as we speak.

you have not given details of your attack by an evangelical family member before. You just say that so you don’t ever have
to give details. Of course- your parents let your family member attack you and did nothing. They let their kid be attacked and completely were ok with it.

You have problems. Big ones.

My parents weren’t aware it was happening at the time. I can dig up the link if you want.

My only problems are the religious nutters trying to force their beliefs on me.

Your mom went out of town and a family who graciously looked after you wouldn’t leave you home alone while they looked after you. Your mom was lucky they took good care of her ungrateful teenager. You were not abused by anyone and have grown up into a bratty and delusional adult.

WTF are you talking about?

It was at a large family event. My parents were mingling with other people at the time.

You might want to provide the timestamp for your comment on the linked thread. Looks like PP is assuming you're the OP in that one.

No, I’m not the OP of that thread.

The PP probably thinks there are only 1-2 posters on here. Lots of people on the interwebs, granny!

I definitely think there's an atheist troll.

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Anonymous wrote:I mentioned it somewhere on this and other threads:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/589061.page

I’m sure that my family member would be happy to confirm to you that I’m going to hell. He doesn’t hold back.

DP -- Thanks for going to the trouble to find it. Sounds awful. Sorry you went through that. Other people's stories were pretty bad too.

Of course, not all religious people are so aggressive, but those who are, and take advantage of children, thwart their goal of bringing people in to Jesus and instead drive them away.

All it accomplished was making me avoid evangelicals.

All you're accomplishing is making is avoid atheists who are hateful and aggressive. Which is a shame.

You seem to be conflating various PPs.

So there's more than one of you atheists that we need to avoid because you're hateful and aggressive. I guess we knew that already.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I mentioned it somewhere on this and other threads:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/589061.page

I’m sure that my family member would be happy to confirm to you that I’m going to hell. He doesn’t hold back.

DP -- Thanks for going to the trouble to find it. Sounds awful. Sorry you went through that. Other people's stories were pretty bad too.

Of course, not all religious people are so aggressive, but those who are, and take advantage of children, thwart their goal of bringing people in to Jesus and instead drive them away.

All it accomplished was making me avoid evangelicals.

All you're accomplishing is making is avoid atheists who are hateful and aggressive. Which is a shame.

It's good to avoid anyone, regardless of religious beliefs, who is hateful and aggressive.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I mentioned it somewhere on this and other threads:
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/589061.page

I’m sure that my family member would be happy to confirm to you that I’m going to hell. He doesn’t hold back.

DP -- Thanks for going to the trouble to find it. Sounds awful. Sorry you went through that. Other people's stories were pretty bad too.

Of course, not all religious people are so aggressive, but those who are, and take advantage of children, thwart their goal of bringing people in to Jesus and instead drive them away.

All it accomplished was making me avoid evangelicals.

All you're accomplishing is making is avoid atheists who are hateful and aggressive. Which is a shame.

You seem to be conflating various PPs.

So there's more than one of you atheists that we need to avoid because you're hateful and aggressive. I guess we knew that already.

How is sharing my experience “hateful and aggressive”?

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Anonymous wrote:waiting for pp who claimed religious people have done things to affect their life to give examples…I suspect there will be no examples. The same way atheists who claim they have been attacked by religious people but don’t detail any attacks other than being asked to church by neighbors or going to youth group as a child with a classmate. Or a new neighbor asking: “What is your faith?” Which is a very ridiculous claim- nobody says “what is your faith?” That’s so embarrassingly fake the op should be ashamed! Take a creative writing class, anti-theist op.

It’s also odd and fake that children (now adults posting here) were raised in atheist families but their parents didn’t help them cope with the outside world or stop supposed religious attacks on their atheist children. So your atheist parents just let everyone attack you as a kid and never intervened or told you to speak up and tell them if an adult or another child was attacking you? Fake! If your parents let you be attacked and did nothing- they were either negligent and uncaring jerks, or you are making crap up. You spent your childhood sad and anxious and depressed because religious people were mean to you. You are now an adult with anxiety and depression because of the treatment- what did your parents do? Ignore you and your emotional and mental needs your entire childhood? Allow adults to badger and harass you, allow other kids to bully you?

I was attacked by evangelical family member when I was a kid. I’ve given details before.

Religious nutters have taken away my bodily autonomy. And they are trying to take away transgender rights as we speak.

you have not given details of your attack by an evangelical family member before. You just say that so you don’t ever have
to give details. Of course- your parents let your family member attack you and did nothing. They let their kid be attacked and completely were ok with it.

You have problems. Big ones.

My parents weren’t aware it was happening at the time. I can dig up the link if you want.

My only problems are the religious nutters trying to force their beliefs on me.

Your mom went out of town and a family who graciously looked after you wouldn’t leave you home alone while they looked after you. Your mom was lucky they took good care of her ungrateful teenager. You were not abused by anyone and have grown up into a bratty and delusional adult.

WTF are you talking about?

It was at a large family event. My parents were mingling with other people at the time.

You might want to provide the timestamp for your comment on the linked thread. Looks like PP is assuming you're the OP in that one.

That thread is hilarious. An adult atheist was taken in and cared for and fed for multiple days for free by a family who regularly attended church. Op stated her mom (no mention of dad) went out of town somewhere, no details about mom leaving for days-just that this family agreed to watch her.

Op had to attend church services/youth group with the family watching her. DESPITE her MOTHER arranging specifically for adults to care for her daughter and her mother not leaving her daughter alone, many atheists and anti-theists posted op should have been left alone at her host’s home. (Which would not be what her mother wanted, btw.)

Op is still traumatized and upset her mom let a Christian family care for her. Never mind a family took her in as her mother needed, fed and sheltered her, looked to her safety. Atheist pp discards all that and is still upset the family took her to their church.

So another pp was at a large family gathering and a relative told her she was “going to hell.” Mom and Dad of course were not around and pp didn’t tell them she was attacked verbally and condemned to hell by a family member. The atheist people posting here never told their parents about these condemnations to burn in hell, why not? You’d think if an adult at a family gathering went off on a kid and condemned them loudly to burn in hell some other adults would hear the conversation and step in, comfort the child, tell the parents, or all 3. Now pp is claiming all the adults at a large family gathering ignored a male family member yelling that a child would be condemned to hell and/or burn in hell. Really? Nobody would notice that and say anything?

That just doesn’t seem real to me. That sounds as fake as the op who said her new neighbor came to dinner and asked her “what her faith is.” Again: hello, new neighbor, good to meet you. Sure do miss my church. Anyway-what is your FAITH?” is another made up atheist troll situation.

I do believe the atheist who was dumped off on a religious family by her mom and is still traumatized by it years later is real. She doesn’t have self-awareness to realize the family that took her in only did it because they were religious and their beliefs to help and care for others were the reason they helped her and her mom. Note no atheist or anti-theist family watched her for free for days while she sulked and pouted and took up space in their home.

Yeah- the atheist whose mom needed child care and just coincidentally a religious family took her in lacks any sense of perspective or understanding of the years ago situation and is still posting about it decades later. I would hazard a guess she has never taken a kid in to provide child care when a friend or acquaintance has been in need.

NP. OP started another thread a year or so ago about the horrors of her parents leaving her with a Christian family who fed and clothed her, but undid it all by taking her to youth group instead of leaving her alone in a strange house.

Thank goodness not all atheists are drama queens with victim mentalities.

Hello, OP -- if you're still listening, thanks for starting this thread, which has been a long, winding and overall fruitful discussion among non-believers and believers.

You really fell for atheist fan fiction about being asked (and I quote) “what’s your faith?”

WTF is your problem? DP and I have been asked that many times. Even though I am atheist I don’t think it is that unusual a question in society, although I would certainly prefer that it were.

It’s the responses that matter and they vary, which is why I often say “I was raised catholic”, which when I think about it I shouldn’t have to. But it is what it is.

I live in a very urbane northeast area also, so it is not strictly a Bible Belt thing.

I don’t have a problem- but people who post fake stories certainly do.

Nobody has ever asked if I am religious or attend church. Nobody has asked me what religion I follow or what my religious faith is.

So in your daily life, you get asked repeatedly what your faith is? I don’t believe that at all. It is not a common question to ask an acquaintance what their religion is, what their salary is, or what their political views are. It’s absolutely bunk to pretend otherwise. Another multi -page fake story thread.

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It seems that in todays world, people affiliated with organized religion are far more judge mental and hateful than those who have avoided organized religion. That’s the hypocrisy that turned me off. I became agnostic and am slowly becoming atheist.

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Anonymous wrote:waiting for pp who claimed religious people have done things to affect their life to give examples…I suspect there will be no examples. The same way atheists who claim they have been attacked by religious people but don’t detail any attacks other than being asked to church by neighbors or going to youth group as a child with a classmate. Or a new neighbor asking: “What is your faith?” Which is a very ridiculous claim- nobody says “what is your faith?” That’s so embarrassingly fake the op should be ashamed! Take a creative writing class, anti-theist op.

It’s also odd and fake that children (now adults posting here) were raised in atheist families but their parents didn’t help them cope with the outside world or stop supposed religious attacks on their atheist children. So your atheist parents just let everyone attack you as a kid and never intervened or told you to speak up and tell them if an adult or another child was attacking you? Fake! If your parents let you be attacked and did nothing- they were either negligent and uncaring jerks, or you are making crap up. You spent your childhood sad and anxious and depressed because religious people were mean to you. You are now an adult with anxiety and depression because of the treatment- what did your parents do? Ignore you and your emotional and mental needs your entire childhood? Allow adults to badger and harass you, allow other kids to bully you?

I was attacked by evangelical family member when I was a kid. I’ve given details before.

Religious nutters have taken away my bodily autonomy. And they are trying to take away transgender rights as we speak.

you have not given details of your attack by an evangelical family member before. You just say that so you don’t ever have
to give details. Of course- your parents let your family member attack you and did nothing. They let their kid be attacked and completely were ok with it.

You have problems. Big ones.

My parents weren’t aware it was happening at the time. I can dig up the link if you want.

My only problems are the religious nutters trying to force their beliefs on me.

Your mom went out of town and a family who graciously looked after you wouldn’t leave you home alone while they looked after you. Your mom was lucky they took good care of her ungrateful teenager. You were not abused by anyone and have grown up into a bratty and delusional adult.

WTF are you talking about?

It was at a large family event. My parents were mingling with other people at the time.

You might want to provide the timestamp for your comment on the linked thread. Looks like PP is assuming you're the OP in that one.

That thread is hilarious. An adult atheist was taken in and cared for and fed for multiple days for free by a family who regularly attended church. Op stated her mom (no mention of dad) went out of town somewhere, no details about mom leaving for days-just that this family agreed to watch her.

Op had to attend church services/youth group with the family watching her. DESPITE her MOTHER arranging specifically for adults to care for her daughter and her mother not leaving her daughter alone, many atheists and anti-theists posted op should have been left alone at her host’s home. (Which would not be what her mother wanted, btw.)

Op is still traumatized and upset her mom let a Christian family care for her. Never mind a family took her in as her mother needed, fed and sheltered her, looked to her safety. Atheist pp discards all that and is still upset the family took her to their church.

So another pp was at a large family gathering and a relative told her she was “going to hell.” Mom and Dad of course were not around and pp didn’t tell them she was attacked verbally and condemned to hell by a family member. The atheist people posting here never told their parents about these condemnations to burn in hell, why not? You’d think if an adult at a family gathering went off on a kid and condemned them loudly to burn in hell some other adults would hear the conversation and step in, comfort the child, tell the parents, or all 3. Now pp is claiming all the adults at a large family gathering ignored a male family member yelling that a child would be condemned to hell and/or burn in hell. Really? Nobody would notice that and say anything?

That just doesn’t seem real to me. That sounds as fake as the op who said her new neighbor came to dinner and asked her “what her faith is.” Again: hello, new neighbor, good to meet you. Sure do miss my church. Anyway-what is your FAITH?” is another made up atheist troll situation.

I do believe the atheist who was dumped off on a religious family by her mom and is still traumatized by it years later is real. She doesn’t have self-awareness to realize the family that took her in only did it because they were religious and their beliefs to help and care for others were the reason they helped her and her mom. Note no atheist or anti-theist family watched her for free for days while she sulked and pouted and took up space in their home.

Yeah- the atheist whose mom needed child care and just coincidentally a religious family took her in lacks any sense of perspective or understanding of the years ago situation and is still posting about it decades later. I would hazard a guess she has never taken a kid in to provide child care when a friend or acquaintance has been in need.

NP. OP started another thread a year or so ago about the horrors of her parents leaving her with a Christian family who fed and clothed her, but undid it all by taking her to youth group instead of leaving her alone in a strange house.

Thank goodness not all atheists are drama queens with victim mentalities.

Hello, OP -- if you're still listening, thanks for starting this thread, which has been a long, winding and overall fruitful discussion among non-believers and believers.

You really fell for atheist fan fiction about being asked (and I quote) “what’s your faith?”

WTF is your problem? DP and I have been asked that many times. Even though I am atheist I don’t think it is that unusual a question in society, although I would certainly prefer that it were.

It’s the responses that matter and they vary, which is why I often say “I was raised catholic”, which when I think about it I shouldn’t have to. But it is what it is.

I live in a very urbane northeast area also, so it is not strictly a Bible Belt thing.

I don’t have a problem- but people who post fake stories certainly do.

Nobody has ever asked if I am religious or attend church. Nobody has asked me what religion I follow or what my religious faith is.

So in your daily life, you get asked repeatedly what your faith is? I don’t believe that at all. It is not a common question to ask an acquaintance what their religion is, what their salary is, or what their political views are. It’s absolutely bunk to pretend otherwise. Another multi -page fake story thread.

NP, but is it really so hard for you to imagine a world in which someone might have different experiences than you?

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Anonymous wrote:It seems that in todays world, people affiliated with organized religion are far more judge mental and hateful than those who have avoided organized religion. That’s the hypocrisy that turned me off. I became agnostic and am slowly becoming atheist.

Some of them are, I agree. It could be for a few reasons:

1. their character is just more judgmental and hateful.

2. their religion brings out those negative characteristics. Religion tells them, or they interpret what they think religion tells them, to say and do hateful things to people who don't share their religious beliefs.

3. It's pretty easy to be hateful online. You can just anonymously blast people and hope they take the bait. You can lie. You can pretend to be different posters.

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Anonymous wrote:It seems that in todays world, people affiliated with organized religion are far more judge mental and hateful than those who have avoided organized religion. That’s the hypocrisy that turned me off. I became agnostic and am slowly becoming atheist.

Atheists express overwhelmingly negative feelings toward evangelical Christians but are also more negative than positive toward Catholics, mainline Protestants, Mormons and Muslims.

https://ffrf.org/news/news-releases/item/42136-pew-study-shows-acceptance-of-atheists-is-low-but-gradually-increasing