Comment on Comic Strip - Date by archvermin
It was not a date, but I was dragged to such a "religious ceremony" by a friend who claimed it was nothing but a young group meeting. Sadly it was not so. Worst of all is that I am not religious. At all. Hell, I am not even spiritual. She knew this, and she wanted to convert me.
I sat for two hours as the idiot pastor and band sang and had epileptic fits, summoning all my mental might not to laugh at them. Afterwards I was then dragged deeper into the community hall (say what you want about traditional Christianity, Islam and other ancient religions, at least they make their places of worship look AWESOME, instead of being something that doubles as a basketball court) where I got into a discussion where my friend told her friends my sad story and how I was in need of saving.
What started as a conversion attempt devolved into a shouting match as I calmly stated my beliefs and why I held them as the evangelists kept shouting louder and louder their religion, hoping that maybe being louder than me made me less right, or maybe so that God would hear their troubles and strike me down. But alas, alak my convictions could not be broken by loud voices and shouting of the words "THE EARTH IS NOT BILLIONS OF YEARS OLD AND THE STORY OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN IS NOT A METAPHOR ABOUT FARMING! IT REALLY HAPPENED"
Sigh. Good times.
I sat for two hours as the idiot pastor and band sang and had epileptic fits, summoning all my mental might not to laugh at them. Afterwards I was then dragged deeper into the community hall (say what you want about traditional Christianity, Islam and other ancient religions, at least they make their places of worship look AWESOME, instead of being something that doubles as a basketball court) where I got into a discussion where my friend told her friends my sad story and how I was in need of saving.
What started as a conversion attempt devolved into a shouting match as I calmly stated my beliefs and why I held them as the evangelists kept shouting louder and louder their religion, hoping that maybe being louder than me made me less right, or maybe so that God would hear their troubles and strike me down. But alas, alak my convictions could not be broken by loud voices and shouting of the words "THE EARTH IS NOT BILLIONS OF YEARS OLD AND THE STORY OF THE GARDEN OF EDEN IS NOT A METAPHOR ABOUT FARMING! IT REALLY HAPPENED"
Sigh. Good times.
Was your friend hot?
My father would be one of those who'd join the shouting match. Happily, he isn't so fanatical as to force me to become part of the congregation where he worships. It's the whole "You can lead a horse to water, but..." thing. I chose not to be religious because of the whole Groupthink aspect of it, and the fact that 2,000 years of Christianity did nothing to cure the ills of human nature, however much it influenced the traditions and laws we live under.
What really gets on my goat are the Parking Lot Preachers™ who will try to grab your attention when you're minding your own business, and proceed to wax enthusiastic about why your soul needs saving. No "No thank you" discourages them. You just have to walk away.
What really gets on my goat are the Parking Lot Preachers™ who will try to grab your attention when you're minding your own business, and proceed to wax enthusiastic about why your soul needs saving. No "No thank you" discourages them. You just have to walk away.
Tell me about it. Can't take one trip on the bus or the train without having biblical quotes angrily thrown at me.
Want some fun? Throw Deuteronomy at them. Especially the parts that say that if a son is being disobedient, you should take him to the village elders and have him stoned (though in this day and age, if he is disobedient he is probably already stoned hurr hurr) or that if a girl is raped, she should marry her rapist.
Religion. It's fun!
Want some fun? Throw Deuteronomy at them. Especially the parts that say that if a son is being disobedient, you should take him to the village elders and have him stoned (though in this day and age, if he is disobedient he is probably already stoned hurr hurr) or that if a girl is raped, she should marry her rapist.
Religion. It's fun!
We still have people who'll do just that, although they'd also stone the rape victim. It's just that most Christians and Jews no longer do that. However, the evangelicals will still try scaring you into joining their congregation. Me, I'm not sure that God thinks that running around with a guilty conscience and slamming your head into a pew every Sunday is the way to go.