You Tube Video of a Teen and his Catholic Mom

 

This lady is so ridiculous! The Christmas part is the best.  Poor kid.

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gri0d8In5iE

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Permalink Reply by Tom M. on August 7, 2011 at 1:35am
Unbelievable. Typical religious crap. It is only OK if you believe what I believe - then I will be tolerant. Ha ha.
Permalink Reply by Julie Carter on August 7, 2011 at 2:46am
That is so ridiculous. I truly don't understand the anger. Why do Christians get so angry if you don't believe in their god? I just don't get it. I hope that mother is thoroughly embarrassed by her family and friends for being an irrational, hateful bitch to her son.
Permalink Reply by Loren Miller on August 7, 2011 at 5:46am

The answer to the anger is simple: she's SCARED, possibly scared out of her wits, because she's been presented with someone who completely violates her model that she was taught from childhood regarding how the world works.  Further, because he denies her belief, he is moving out of her control.  She can no longer use the carrot and stick of heaven and hell to keep him in line.

Worst of all, this adds a pernicious little seed to her mind: that maybe - MAYBE - he MIGHT just be RIGHT.  Make no mistake about it: we scare believers ... sometimes A LOT.

Permalink Reply by Atheist Andrea on August 7, 2011 at 9:05am
Very good, Loren. You have really looked deep inside this lady's emotions. This behavior is certainly a communicable disease like the plague and her son has the vaccine. I am sure those who really are stuck on this trendy god idea want to use their minds, but they are scared. I am reading a memoir about a Yale student who feared that if she did not attend church then god would somehow kill her family in an accident or by disease. What an awful life to live. Isn't it great knowing we have control over our own lives?
Permalink Reply by Tom M. on August 7, 2011 at 9:18am
Yes it is great Andrea.  I like the freedom of knowing that "god" doesn't have any power here in my life.  The freedom to explore, the freedom to say "I don't know" and then try to find out is exhilarating.  It is like a breath of fresh air, knowing that if I turn around I won't be turned into a pillar of salt.  :)
Permalink Reply by Loren Miller on August 7, 2011 at 9:43am

[wry chuckle] I don't know as I looked all that deeply, Andrea.  The fact is that a lot of christians, especially the evangelical variety, are scared to begin with.  They're scared about going to hell, scared about pleasing their god, scared whether or not they're doing what they're supposed to be doing ... because of this ridiculous stricture they've involved themselves in.

And when such people are confronted with true freedom, they become like some animals who have been raised in cages: confronted with an open door to that cage, they're afraid to leave.  The cage has become their known quantity, and the Great Unknown outside of that cage frightens them.

This is the legacy of indoctrination which religion leaves to us.

Permalink Reply by Nerdlass on November 6, 2011 at 2:28am
I think my mother is scared she won't see my father again, after she dies. She misses him so much. To not believe is to let him go, and she can't do that.
Permalink Reply by Les H. Clark on November 15, 2011 at 9:22pm

That's understandable since Christianity tells us we'll all meet again in the afterlife...if we've met certain (difficult to ascertain) criteria.

 

But the fact is that you don't really need religion to believe there could be an afterlife, do you?  We tend to use religion to explain everything we don't understand...until we finally understand it.  Why not...ghosts, too?  Suppose they actually _do_ exist and they represent the souls of the departed?  Maybe under specific circumstances the living can come into contact with them and we explain what we see as ghosts.

 

The cool thing is that if an afterlife _is_ possible, then maybe, especially if we plan for it beforehand, we actually can hook back up with those who left before us.

 

I have zero evidence for any of this and wouldn't even say I believe it is true.  But it doesn't hurt to tell those I love that if we do come back in any meaningful way that we should try to go to an arranged time/place periodically until we finally meet again.  All I get is another of those patiently knowing "oh, here's another of his kooky ideas" stares that are so familiar to me.  But who cares?  Better to plan ahead for something that may never occur than not to plan for something that just possibly could.

Your poor mom.  That is very sad that she misses your dad so much.  I know a little bit about how missing someone can make it seem like you're keeping their memory alive sort of.  Well, at least it means they must have had one of those one-in-a-million relationships.  She's very lucky from that perspective. 

Permalink Reply by G Smith on August 23, 2011 at 10:28pm
I agree.  I see that a lot.
Permalink Reply by Ann N. on November 5, 2011 at 11:13pm
Exactly! I have nothing to add.
Permalink Reply by Prog Rock Girl on August 7, 2011 at 8:06am

I wonder if she knows her video is all over the internets...if so I bet she'll ground him again!

 

Permalink Reply by G Smith on August 7, 2011 at 3:50pm
That made me feel so sad for the teen. His family support system crashing down like that when he needed it most.

I use Youtube to search for "coming out" videos, which are often teens seeking support. I found three videos that are worthy of our support. The fewer views a video has, the less likely it will appear in a YouTube search, so many of these videos don't pop up in searches by other young people. By viewing the videos, we help them to appear in searches.

I support these three videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epSF8hDDwag&feature=relmfu
A one question poll by a teen. Vote on whether prayer works.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nE-cpU2TyTA&feature=channel_vide...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PeQaj62PmHs&feature=channel_vide...

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