sick of biting my tongue

All of my friends, with the exception of one possibility are Christians. I am so tired of listening to their prayer requests and declarations of "thank you God." and this and that. It is driving me bonkers and I don't want to say anything to them about it because I don't feel it is nice to rain on another person's parade but damn it is driving me crazy. Just being friends with them on Facebook is difficult because so often they use that as a place to spew the christian stuff. Sorry this is so rambly I am just exasperated at the moment!

 

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Permalink Reply by Cheryl on August 24, 2011 at 9:17pm
That's why a resource like Atheist Nexus is so important.  You have a place you can go to and interact with sane people who don't believe in the supernatural.  Also, joining an atheist group that meets weekly is helpful, to have people that you can see face to face to vent with.  The group I go to vents a lot.  It creates more of a balance.  It looks to me like you are surrounded and there is no balance.  I'm glad you're reaching out.  I hope it helps.
Permalink Reply by Steph S. on August 24, 2011 at 9:26pm
No bother, it's good to come to talk with like-minded people about your frustrations.  Like Cheryl said, that's why the Nexus is so important to us.  I hope you get that sorted out.  I am guessing your friends don't know you are a non-believer?
Permalink Reply by Robert Hinerman on August 24, 2011 at 9:33pm

I usually tell them that I am agnostic; they seem better able to handle that. I honestly do my best to avoid the whole topic of religion. Although once, while I was about half way into a twelve pack I asked my friend if she believed in evolution and she said no. I came pretty close to flipping out on her. I laughed in her face. I feel bad about it now, but I was tipsy and the absurdity of her statement struck me pretty hard. I know evolution is a theory, but I think it is a pretty well established one. Seeing people dismiss it without learning anything about it, simply because their "pastor" tells them so, blows my mind.
Permalink Reply by Steph S. on August 24, 2011 at 9:36pm
I agree that it is best to avoid the topic of religion.
Permalink Reply by Sentient Biped on August 26, 2011 at 1:03am
Evolution is a theory in the same ways that gravity is a theory - repeatedly tested and refined. The only other theory for things going 'down' when you drop them is that god makes them go down. The only other theory for species is that god makes them.
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I get lectured now and then by christians. It's hard to bite my tongue. Lecturing people is not polite and it puts them into a bind. Some christians seem to think it's OK to do that. In my area we have a meetup that was put together on meetup.com, and that helps a lot. We just shoot the breeze but that's all thats needed sometimes.
Permalink Reply by annet on September 10, 2011 at 11:56am
It's funny because they and their pastor trust science every day when they drive their cars and fly in planes and drink tap water, but when it comes to evolutionary biology, suddenly they know better than scientists.  wth!
Permalink Reply by booklover on September 10, 2011 at 7:01pm
I truly don't understand smart, rational people that suddenly become dumb, irrational people in this one single area.  I just call it Socially Acceptable Insanity!
Permalink Reply by Robert Hinerman on August 26, 2011 at 11:58am
They are mostly friends from my past that I've reconnected with because of facebook. I would say 80% are real life friends although many I haven't spent time with in years.
Permalink Reply by booklover on August 26, 2011 at 7:29am
Yeah, I just love the "Everything happens for a reason" bit.  If you get pregnant because you didn't use birth-control, the REASON was because you didn't use birth-control, NOT because 'god' wanted you to be pregant.  (Just heard this one recently told to my friends pregnant teen.)  Seriously. lol
Permalink Reply by Robert Hinerman on August 26, 2011 at 11:59am

Yeah that drives me bonkers too. What really annoys me is how many of these people think that everything goes down according to "god's plan." He has some pretty brutal plans for a whole lot of people.

 

Permalink Reply by booklover on August 26, 2011 at 2:23pm
Seriously!  What kind of Monster would is their 'loving god'?!
Permalink Reply by Will Faithless Sophia on August 26, 2011 at 6:26pm

Indeed. Honestly, if the god most people believe in exists he is most likely a combination of the following:

delusional (like his followers), insane, bored, schizophrenic, psychopathic, masochistic, sadistic, and most certainly evil...

but in the end it's all the same.

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