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War on Christmas
Feeling bummed and needing to vent.
I usually ignore the 'war on christmas' as an extremely closeted atheist. Surely, this isn't the first time I've had it shoved in my face so blatantly. Maybe I'm just more aware, or just tired of it.
I was at school working on a christmas door decoration contest. I have no problem calling this time of year christmas. I don't really care if someone says 'merry christmas' instead of 'happy holidays' if their intentions are to…
ContinueAdded by Chizu_Sando on November 30, 2011 at 8:57pm — 8 Comments
Just another "becoming atheist" story
Hey, saw a bunch of these and decided to add my two cents.
I was raised Catholic and kind of sort of believed in the way a person who doesn't know any better does. I made sense to my 5 year old brain and everyone else believed it. I certainly hadn't been exposed to any different points of view. In fact, when I had a Baptist friend tell me I was going to hell for being Catholic I was more confused than upset. "Wait, you're not Catholic?" That being said there was a bunch of…
ContinueAdded by Chizu_Sando on November 27, 2011 at 11:56am — No Comments
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