DrendDragonspawn wrote:New here, but gotta start somewhere.
Atheist and proud. Grew up in an oppressively 'christian' group known as the Westboro Baptist Church and shortly after being kicked out, I realized that all religion is bull. If there really is a god (of any kind) they can kindly get their sorry arses down here and clear up the confusion and clean the mess they've made.
I will vehemently stand by the term 'atheist'. It is against (or the opposite of) 'theism' or the belief in deific powers, and the organizations built to worship those powers.
DrendDragonspawn wrote:Grew up in an oppressively 'christian' group known as the Westboro Baptist Church
leroyneiman wrote:Nice to see another one of us around the Shire!
RoseMorninStar wrote:Welcome DDSpawn!
Jewel, I would not say the Westboro Baptist church is disavowed by just about all other Christian churches in the US.. maybe most large mainstream churches... but I believe there is a somewhat quieter minority that backs many of the extreme views held by the Westboro church. We have a Baptist church very similar to Westboro in our town. they are not quite as nationally vocal.. but they too come up with some law suit almost every year attacking public institutions (schools, libraries, etc.. ) and now have many people in high positions in town. They LOVE getting their cause in the national news and will push the limits to get that attention. They now have many people from the relatively small church as Aldermen, school board members, mayor, etc.. They get elected into these positions by very deceptive means, IMO. Members of that church hold an inordinate number of public positions considering most people in town are of other (mainly Christian) denominations.
We are neighbors with one of the people who are very active in this local 'Westboro-ish' church.. and they are the main reason I also have come to view most religion as hate-filled, manipulative hog-wash used to push through their own political and religious ideologies. This is not to say that I think that there are no good people who believe in religion.. or that I am against 'spirituality' .. or even the possibility of a Creator.. but after some long hard thought.. and studying the history of religion, I have come to view 'religion' as a largely hateful, destructive, man-made device.
RoseMorninStar wrote:Lewie, maybe you should come visit.
leroyneiman wrote:The reference to "brothers" was ment to be received by frodolives668. He and I are both Jehovah's Witnesses. That's what all of the male members in our faith call each other.
leroyneiman wrote:The reference to "brothers" was ment to be received by frodolives668. He and I are both Jehovah's Witnesses. That's what all of the male members in our faith call each other.
leroyneiman wrote:Wow. This discussion came to a grinding halt. There seems to be a trend here. Whenever I express what my (1) beliefs are, or (2) that I'm a vegetarian, or (3) that my wife is black, the conversation stops.
Strange.
But no doubt, I'll see some of you at the next DragonCon. Don't hesitate to come up to me. I won't bite (well not to hard
leroyneiman wrote:There seems to be a trend here. Whenever I express what my (1) beliefs are, or (2) that I'm a vegetarian, or (3) that my wife is black, the conversation stops.
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