Is anyone else an atheist with BC besides me?
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perhaps so,, they just seemed like very personal questions to me!0 -
Thing is, if you get involved with that type of convo, they won't drop it. YOU MUST GET RIGHT WITH GOD!!!! Blah blah.
Just smile, say thank you, and leave.
Jehovah's Witness came to my door. I told them I'm a witch. After they picked up their jaws, they started yapping. I countered them, till I got bored, slammed the door in their faces. They were still yapping.
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i tell JW's that they are trespassing. We have a sign in the community that says NO soliciting,, and that is what I consider them to be doing.0 -
Good one!!!!
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Spookiesmom and Glennie, I have a friend who is a VERY vocal ANTItheist. He is as bad as any JW on the block, and I do borrow pages from his book in self defense against the more agressive strangers. I was on my way home from chemo and just wasn't even in the mood to discuss it, especially after too personal questions from a total stranger. I usually just give random strangers the benefit of the doubt until they get preachy and try to bow out gracefully. I did feel kind of satisfied when his jaw just dropped, though.
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Our funniest encounter was when a sweet older lady came to our door Sunday morning. DH answered the door:
DH: We consider us atheists here.
Lady: The Bible says . . .but you probably don't accept that. Well, Jesus says . . . but you probably don't accept that either.
Then she left.
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at least she left!
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Charlottesm - I love the response - I have faith, in my doctors. Good one!
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I liked the time some random religious ladies came to my door to invite me to some event. I told them I was playing bridge that night. They fled. Apparently playing cards is a Bad Thing! Next time they invite me to read their stuff, maybe I ought to invite them to play bridge or at least read a small pamphlet about it.0 -
Cards? Oh that's too funny!!!'n
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Maybe tell them you'll read the tarot cards for them
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"Let's get out the Ouija board!!"0 -
wooooohoooo! I'll be there!!!!!
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Have you seen the news lately? Someone in California wants to kill all the gay people and Ted Cruz wants to put atheists in camps. Didn't the Nazis already do that?
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Somebody said Cruz is Sara Palin.
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It used to be said that the diversity of The USA was what made it great
Now it's blowing us apart.
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I don't think diversity is blowing us apart. I think it's all the hate, fear mongering and lies spewing out of talk radio and certain politicians.
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it certainly isn't helping
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I'm not going to diss on anyone that has gotten health insurance thanks to Obama care, but in my case, the Affordable Care Act has gutted me. I carry insurance for myself, my husband, and two children. In 2014, my insurer canceled my plan because of the ACA , and my choices were all three times more costly, with high deductibles and more out of pocket costs. Then, I got cancer. In both breasts. Two months apart. Complications from surgery. My son had surgery, also with complications. We are slowly paying off over 20k in medical bills. Oh, and my plan just renewed, and its 200.00 a month more than it was last year. 70% of my salary goes to health insurance, and that's before we even start using it. Thanks Obama. Sorry for the rant.
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SoCalLisa, Perhaps I don't understand what you mean by diversity. Do you mean diversity of opinion or diversity of religion or diversity of race?
I think when people only listen to those who agree with them and share the same experiences, that the civic conversation is stopped. To me, talk radio feeds into the obsessive need for conformity, resistance to change, fear of the consequences of any disagreement or compromise, suspicion of others. Talk radio is all about stress and very low on truthful information.
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I think that when our country was formed, people came, became citizens, became Americans. Now we have Japanese American, Mexican Americans, African Americans, etc. etc. That concept drives us apart. I am not saying we should all be conformists just have an investment in our country. We became one of the great countries because we could draw upon our diverse abilities.
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What makes you think that legal immigrants aren't becoming American? My husband's grandparents never did speak English very well but they became citizens in spite of language difficulties. They read German language newspapers and the family always celebrated German holidays along with American holidays. Were they less American because they called themselves German-Americans? I have always considered myself Irish-American because I identified closely with my mother's family. My uncle considered himself a Portuguese American. My other uncle considered himself Polish American and most of his family spoke Polish. Of course my family lived in Chicago which to this day has strong ethnic neighborhoods. Closely identifying with familial roots never stopped any of them from serving during WWII and Korea.
I don't think respect for one's heritage drives people apart. Perhaps the fear of differences in cultural experience makes some uncomfortable, but I believe it adds to the rich American culture. We have never really been a melting pot. America is more of a delicious stew.
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that is not what i meant, sorry
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Hmmm... Well, my grandparents came to the US around 1900... So my parents and I were all born here (my dad was a WWII vet, my grandfather was drafted in WWI). But I'm Asian-American because lots of people make me fill out forms that way and lots of people just look at me and don't believe I'm "American." So it's not as if some of us are trying to self-identify as something else! Others do it for us. And IF Americans wish to identify as Italian-American or whatever-- It's really their business.
The divisiveness (not diversity) is NOT perpetrated by the minorities, who would love to become citizens if they aren't, or by people like me who were born here and know no other country, but are still looked upon as different.
ANYWAY-- I'm sure nothing divisive was meant by it.
Just wanted to make things clear from someone who gets categorized as an American-hyphenated-whatever... Diversity is what makes America what it is --strong, vibrant, culturally rich, whether people like it or not.
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I totally agree with your last statement. That is my point. That feeling is morphing.
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I used to live in lovely San Diego. I have lived on the east coast and in Guantanamo Bay before it was turned into a prison compound. In other words, I have always lived in a diverse community. When we moved to the Ozarks, I was startled by how white the area was. I told my family that I feared I could go snow blind from the glare of sun on all the white faces. I meant it as a joke but as time when on I notice that the real conformity was in their minds not the color of their skin. About 95% of the population got all of their news from talk radio. All of the talk was of fear of non whites, of any Democrats, of any foreigners.As it looked as though Obama might be elected, they became convinced that blacks from southern Arkansas would come up to our area and riot and pillage because Obama would protect them. I am not kidding about this nor am I exaggerating the situation. They were truly upset and afraid.
Talk radio is a growing cancer on the public airwaves and unless you live somewhere like I do, you have no idea how horribly influential it is in rural America.
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That is a shame.
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The first year here when I went to vote, the poll worker said, "I don't understand how anyone who's a Christian can vote for a Democrat. The second time I voted a poll worker tried to look over my shoulder as I filled out my ballot. When I objected, he said it was required. When I asked of his name, he backed off. From then on, I vote early at the court house and have had no problems. The rural South is really different but as more people from other states move here things are slowly changing.0 -
OMD that's awful!! What state are you in? I do mail in vote.
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Arkansas. I think it's been in the news lately about our "Christian kindness" towards gays. What is surprising is that Walmart came out against the "religious freedom" bill and asked the governor not to sign it. Walmart is headquarter in Arkansas and is one of the biggest employers. The governor has turned the bill back to the legislature for a re-write.http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2015/02/18/map-the-most-religious-states-in-america/
The chart explains it all.
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