''It's frowned upon.''

[Billion Backs]

Being an atheist... in a Christian household. That's my reality.

Being an atheist on a planet with like 80% of population being delusional theists sure sucks.

 

[Nuclear Pancake]

I suggest that you readers of this thread, watch the film Dogville by watch i mean look it up on wikipedia. Its a tale of how you try to do something nice for others and they resent you for it, very interesting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogville

 

[DeathWyrmNexus]

Once when I was skiing a found a crappy phone on the floor, Even though it looked like it was 50p I decided to ring the home number to return it. The owner lived 800 miles away in a different country but fortunately she was still skiing. When I returned she (it was a woman) slapped me on the face hard and threatened to call the police.

Thanks for that lady, I gave up an 2 hours worth of skiing to return your phone and leave a bright red hand mark on my face that lasted 2 days before fading. I am never returning anything again.

I would have invited her to call the police and then filed assault...

 

[Casual Shinji]

Being an atheist... in a Christian household. That's my reality.

Try being a Christian on an atheist forum. *phew*

I'm rather paranoid, though, so I don't think I'm able to tell the difference whether people frown upon me or not. I just assume they all are, it makes life a lot simpler.

 

[superbatranger]

Being an atheist... in a Christian household. That's my reality.

Being an atheist on a planet with like 80% of population being delusional theists sure sucks.

It does suck. That's one conversation at the dinner table I would not want to have...trying to explain why I don't believe.

 

[DeathWyrmNexus]

I remember once helping this guy up, he was a bit drunk and had fallen off his bar-stool. So I gave him a hand up, and he punched me in the stomach.

Why? He "Didn't need your fucking help".

Talk about pride gone wrong.

The exact same thing happened to me.
Well, it was outside and he had slipped on an ice patch.
And after he were so kind to punch me, I grabbed him and pulled him to the other side of the road.
There was a nice, long icy slope downwards there.
He made it all the way to the bottom.
I'm not a very patient person.

This pleases me. I really do hate people when they pull shit like that.

 

[Chogg Van Helsing]

It's never something like throwing garbage in someone else's trash can, but half the times I do something nice for other people, they just point out all the ways I did it wrong! Never go out your way to help people (unless they're hot and there is a chance they'll do you for it)

'every action has an equal and oposite reaction'

i am both lol

nah, if im nice i will get gratitude sometimes

although sometimes being nice for me is not punching the woman who just pushed me out of the que to get in front of me... i didnt get gratitude for that... *cocks shotgun* hehe

You let a WOMAN PHYSICALLY push you around? No wonder she don't thank you 4 not punching her. That's probably not the ONLY thing they don't thank you for. Seriously

Edit: You know I'm just messing with you.

it was an old woman, i hate old women generally. my grand parents are awesome, but every other one i meet has some vendetta against teens! my other friends was almost about to unleash hell on her, so we got our stuff and left before he decided he may as well go for it...

 

[Camembert]

A lot of farm animals would have probably become extinct by now if us humans had not kept them. Take the pig for example. I'd like to see that try and live in the wild, it just wouldn't. I know people might say how it's because in history we've bred pigs that way from boars or something, but the fact is that we can't change history and freeing all the pigs would be ridiculous. I do agree with the whole battery chicken thing, which is why I eat organic, free range chicken, but I don't see it as a reason to stop eating it.

I'm sure they would rather be extinct than live only to be eaten. I can honestly say that the exinction of those animals would not concern me a bit. They don't mind, of course, as they no longer exist. It is only our own self-indulgent guilt-salving that leads to things like breeding programmes in zoos, which I also completely disagree with.

Good on you for going organic and free range I would never dream of buying anything other than free range eggs, and people who buy eggs from battery hens disgust me.

Oh tell me about it. I've been a vegetarian all my life, and I'm not about to change that - you wouldn't want to hear how many times I've had to endure the exact same line of questioning about "where I get my nutrients" and how "humans need meat" and "that can't be good for you", and best of all, "it tastes so good, you're missing out". Sometimes I just want to use a Renegade interrupt and punch them in the face. But I'm too much of a wuss to actually do that.

Please, it's so dull isn't it? They think they're being so clever as well : |

And of course, vegetarians in fact enjoy the healthiest diets around, except for perhaps pescatarians.

I disagree with you there. Natural hunting at current levels of demand would be harmful to the natural environment making it worse than the effects of farming.

If your next reaction is to rule out meat altogether then I believe you are also incorrect due to vitamin B12. Which is used for

Also found in Marmite (although I prefer to boycott that since it's made by Unilever). However, either way one can survive without B12 derived from animal products, as evidenced by the many vegans alive and well today.

And I'm not trying to convert people. I myself eat meat. I am only trying to show why I believe vegetarian and veganism to be positive things, and why I believe farming to be a bad thing. Also I cannot agree with you that hunting would be worse for the environment than farming - see here: http://www.agriculture.de/acms1/conf6/ws4sum.htm Still bad, admittedly, but not in the same way, and not to the same degree.

This might be rather off-topic, but what exactly is your opinion about pets if your opinion about farm animals isn't exactly high?

Er... I don't really like the idea of caged pets, and keeping birds in cages is just disgusting. The fact that so many people rush out to buy pets on a whim without much consideration for the animal's future welfare troubles me also. My mum has a dog and she treats him awfully, it's quite horrible (she's a ridiculous woman - constantly wanting new kittens, puppies etc., then neglecting them as soon as they grow into adults. It's this kind of attitude towards pet-owning that I abhor). I'm currently trying to rehome him.

Anyway, in brief, pets like cats and dogs I am fine with, as the benefit of companionship is mutual.

 

[mumakurau]

Being an atheist... in a Christian household. That's my reality.

Being an atheist on a planet with like 80% of population being delusional theists sure sucks.

I wouldn't call them delusional. The way I see it, they are acting on the very natural human fear of the after-life. For many, the thought that when one dies that they become a corpse and that their senses and thoughts fade into the ether (btw, this is my belief and I'm okay with it) is probably too sad to bear. So, they have to make it more colorful and justify it with ritual, tradition, and other things that the objective person may see as arbitrary.

Getting back on topic, my parents give a hard time on occasion due to my beliefs. But, religion aside, I still love them and they love me. I can imagine things being MUCH worse.

 

[mumakurau]

Being an atheist... in a Christian household. That's my reality.

Try being a Christian on an atheist forum. *phew*

I'm rather paranoid, though, so I don't think I'm able to tell the difference whether people frown upon me or not. I just assume they all are, it makes life a lot simpler.

If it makes you feel any better, I don't frown upon you (although the younger me would). I've met enough people to learn one of the ultimate truths: We're different and, in the end, it's not worth the time and energy to make a fuss about it.

EDIT: Sorry for the double post.

 

[RanD00M]

my cousin asked me to kiss her once
the single most awkward kiss of my entire life

That sounds more wrong then anything to tell the truth.
Why did she want you to kiss her anyway?

OT:Holding open doors for just random people seems to get me a bit of lick.

 

[Marter]

Well, my mother's friends tried to do an intervention with her.

She's no longer their friend.

 

[_tinned_magpie_]

It's bad enough when your good deeds are frowned on by one person, try seven hundred.

I found a twenty-pound note in my school canteen once. If it'd just been a quid or some other low number, I admit I'd probably have kept it, but as it was so much, I decided to hand it in to the deputy head who was sitting on the next table. Job done and I was happy - until she dragged me onto the stage in the afternoon assembly and 'made an example of my honesty' in front of the entire school. I swear I could have killed her right then and there. I got laughter and boos for my trouble, and for the rest of the day had people sneering at my 'goody two-shoes' behaviour.

Apparently, being nice isn't the trend any more...

 

[ClunkiestTurtle]

I was out with my band-mates and we threw a piece of rubbish into someone else's bin. The owner of the house came outside and nagged our ear off about doing so, Better than littering I said. So my question is:

I did the exact same thing,

told the guy i'd just leave it on his lawn next time......

I don't really see why someone would object to you using their bin unless your like dumping a dead dog in it then whats the problem, an extra bottle or can or what ever is no skin off their nose and its better then chucking it on the floor as so many ignorant people do.

 

[Casual Shinji]

Being an atheist... in a Christian household. That's my reality.

Try being a Christian on an atheist forum. *phew*

I'm rather paranoid, though, so I don't think I'm able to tell the difference whether people frown upon me or not. I just assume they all are, it makes life a lot simpler.

If it makes you feel any better, I don't frown upon you (although the younger me would). I've met enough people to learn one of the ultimate truths: We're different and, in the end, it's not worth the time and energy to make a fuss about it.

EDIT: Sorry for the double post.

I think the younger me would've frowned upon me aswell.

...Told ya I was paranoid.

 

[Miumaru]

That kind of stuff is why I tend to feel smarter than most people. Sitting in english reading shakespear, it mentioned primate. I assumed everyone knew what that was. After no one answered, I did in a "duh tone" and found out the rest of the class did not know.

I love those superior moments. I read Shakespeare for pleasure when I was at school (still do actually) so I found the language a lot easier than most of my classmates. Try learning the meanings of really obscure words (tonsorial was a favourite of mine) and then if they come up you can feel that warm, knowledgeable glow.

Ugh...reading it aloud in class. The slow speaking and saying everything wrong. I made sure to always get one of the characters (everytime) so atleast someone would read it with some accuracy. (Not saying I said it all correctly, but better than them, and was praised for my feeling when reading)

 

[Casual Shinji]

Christ, I can't believe this slipped my mind...

My father was a mink farmer. Imagine how going to school was like for me with all those treehuggers...and their leather shoes.

 

[Oh That Dude]

Seems anything I do is instantly tainted to most religions since I'm bisexual. Here's 20 dollars. Wait, it came from you? AHHH, PURGE IT, IT'S DEVIL MONEY!''

Ha, this, except I wouldn't be giving money away.