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The Bulbagarden Conversational Chat Thread Vol 4

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Jolene

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When I lived with my dad and step mom, I went to church every Sunday. Now I live with my Atheist mom (She says she's not), so I don't really go anymore.

I used to dislike church, but I'm actually happy that my stepmom made me go now that I look back.
 

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Being a pastor's kid, incidentally, is part of why it annoys me to no end when preachy Christians come in with the assumption that if you're not already converted, it's because you've "never heard the good news" and proceed to give you Bible 101.

I mean, that's a stupid assumption to make for anybody in a country like the U.S. that is 85% Christian (this statistic is not made-up, btw, look it up). Everybody knows at least some basic shit about Jesus and Christianity. But it always feels particularly insulting to me.
 

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I haven't been to church for 6 days.

I have mixed feelings about it. This is what happens when I live on the internet, though.
 

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Yeah, drinking on the weekends is were its at. Preferably Saturday, gives you an excuse to not get up for church on Sunday. :D

ur goin 2 hell bro
I'm pretty sure other stuff is going to send me down there.

My parent they were smart enough into scaring me into not drinking.
Thank god I don't go to church.
My parents did scare me for a lot of things, and I still do them, including drinking.

99% of statistics are made up.

110% of all statistics are misinterpreted.

I can go to church sometimes, but it would be for some reasons:
I) Tradition (like Christmas)
II) Some event with relatives/friends (baptizing, you know the drill)
III) Something completely different.

I'm an atheist, but I'm comfortable enough with being in church, and I've had a fair share of Christian friends. Many great people there.
I'm not atheist, but this is basically me. Traditions and birthdays/baptisms, with some Sunday's cause I feel like it. Still doesn't change the fact that I hate all the people that go to church, cause of their false reasons.
 

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I remember when I told my dad that I wasn't Christian any more. We talked about it a bit and he said that he was glad I at least believed in some kind of afterlife.

Well, he's been dead for a year, and now I don't believe in anything spiritual. I wonder if he'd be disappointed.
 

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Being a pastor's kid, incidentally, is part of why it annoys me to no end when preachy Christians come in with the assumption that if you're not already converted, it's because you've "never heard the good news" and proceed to give you Bible 101.

I mean, that's a stupid assumption to make for anybody in a country like the U.S. that is 85% Christian (this statistic is not made-up, btw, look it up). Everybody knows at least some basic shit about Jesus and Christianity. But it always feels particularly insulting to me.
Yeah but in the States a lot of those Christians are Fundamentalists and/or Mormons, and we all know they're far from the truth.
 

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I remember when I told my dad that I wasn't Christian any more. We talked about it a bit and he said that he was glad I at least believed in some kind of afterlife.

Well, he's been dead for a year, and now I don't believe in anything spiritual. I wonder if he'd be disappointed.

You can't dwell too much on that stuff. You have to be you, and believe what you believe, without worrying what others think, even others who are very important to you. And it's not like you'd ever know what exactly he thinks.

@Truth is Elusive; I meant, just, new to this particular conversation that we're having right now. I figured you'd posted in this thread before or you probably would have been like "Hi guys!"
 

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I remember when I told my dad that I wasn't Christian any more. We talked about it a bit and he said that he was glad I at least believed in some kind of afterlife.

Well, he's been dead for a year, and now I don't believe in anything spiritual. I wonder if he'd be disappointed.

You can't dwell too much on that stuff. You have to be you, and believe what you believe, without worrying what others think, even others who are very important to you. And it's not like you'd ever know what exactly he thinks.

I know, just a thought. I'm naturally a worrywort.
 

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I dislike it when people interrupt the flow of conversation. Kinda gives that feeling that they don't care what you have to say, ya know?
 

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I almost have 2000 posts in this thread, just 94 to go.

Also I don't believe in an afterlife.
 

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I could never turn my back on God. I've thought long and hard about it. If you have your reasons for not believing, who am I to trouble you? I have my freedom you have yours.

I have many atheist and agnostic friends. I have no problem with them. I just can't stand people who say Christians are dumb and refer to God as the "imaginary guy in the sky idiots follow". That pisses me off.
 

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I should probably get ready to go. Get all dolled-up and stuff, and catch the bus.

Talk to everyone later! Hopefully I'll still be fairly lucid when I get home tonight.
 

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I dislike it when people interrupt the flow of conversation. Kinda gives that feeling that they don't care what you have to say, ya know?
Nah, it just makes this thread more fun, and the forums like an actual forum, where 10 million people are talking at the same time but nobody is really listening.
 

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@Jack Pschitt; You deleted your post, but that only works when it's baseball season! Not for another month, unfortunately!

Also, since I live in Boston, I am required to hate the Yankees. But I'm a Tigers/Orioles fan anyway.
 

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I dislike it when people interrupt the flow of conversation. Kinda gives that feeling that they don't care what you have to say, ya know?

Uh! you're kinda doing that. xD

Eh, to a degree, but that's just because I was responding to a message directed at me.


I'm an avid believer of Free Will. We were given it, so it seems silly to waste it.
@Chespin; I see what you mean. But that's just how I feel about it.
 

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I could never turn my back on God. I've thought long and hard about it. If you have your reasons for not believing, who am I to trouble you? I have my freedom you have yours.

I have many atheist and agnostic friends. I have no problem with them. I just can't stand people who say Christians are dumb and refer to God as the "imaginary guy in the sky idiots follow". That pisses me off.

I can't stand this, either, and I'm nonreligious myself. I don't hate the idea of a higher being (most of the time, anyway), so I don't lash out at it. I just don't buy it, so why should I get worked up about it?

@Jack Pschitt; You deleted your post, but that only works when it's baseball season! Not for another month, unfortunately!

Also, since I live in Boston, I am required to hate the Yankees. But I'm a Tigers/Orioles fan anyway.

I deleted it because I was trying to post it right after Elusive talking about people who interrupt the flow of conversation. :I
 
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