Reminder of how much of an atheist I am, and how I much despise religeon.
Posted on: August 19, 2007 - 3:43pm
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Reminder of how much of an atheist I am, and how I much despise religeon.
I'm a student nurse on placement at the moment in a learning disabilities home. Today, I went to church with a couple of the residents, they really wanted me to go, so I thought, whats the harm, I can just switch off. Haha, all through the service I felt myself getting more and more livid, boy did I want to heckle. Just wanted to get this off my chest. Never again!
Eustacia Vye
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Yes, it can be frustrating to realize that you're the only person in the church that sees the irrationality of the whole thing.
I wonder if the residents wanted you to go just to have you there in case they needed help or if they were trying to bring you into the fold.
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I think that's why I was never won over by christianity in the first place. I can't have a 1-way conversation. When I was at school I would question every second thing the teacher said. At church the understanding was that it's not acceptable to raise your hand and say "hold on, this doesn't add up."
When I am being lectured what I tend to do is create a mental (or written if I have the resouces) list of everything that doesn't make sense and needs to be questioned. At university I could ask these after the lecture or in the next tutorial but, again, it was understood that it was not acceptable to grab the preacher after the service and demand he explain himself.
I'm very uncomfortable while I'm waiting to point out the problems I saw in the arugment so when I never get to do so, as is the case with church, I am not happy at all.
I really don't get people who can just be spoken at and sit there quietly absorbing it. Maybe that's the fundamental difference between me and the believers.
Oh, a lesson in not changing history from Mr. I'm-My-Own-Grandpa!