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Hahaha No?
posted by
Afzal_Sunny7
on September 2, 2006 at 5:28 PM
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posted by
syzygy
on September 2, 2006 at 12:02 PM
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SuccessWarrior - so you are saying that muttering gibberish to
invisible people only works when backed by the appropriate action?
I of course agree for the most part but there is one little problem in this. How is a 12 year old supposed to get his hands on enough explosive material to blow up his little brother unless God delivers it?
posted by
gomedome
on September 2, 2006 at 9:20 AM
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heyastuff - a belated welcome to Blogit
And thank you for stopping bye. So you grew up amongst religious insanity as well? For some it can destroy them, for others it can be the best thing that ever happened to them. Life is wonderful once a person has escaped, that is of course assuming that not too much psychological damage has been done to the individual. ....the religious fanatics also provide no end of entertainment.
posted by
gomedome
on September 2, 2006 at 9:16 AM
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Sunnybeach7 - I've come to realize that
and I've also come to realize that God doesn't respond to blowing things up requests.
posted by
gomedome
on September 2, 2006 at 9:09 AM
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MoonSpirit - you have inadvertantly provided inspiration for a post
I think it is safe to say that wherever you find someone that is a religous fanatic, you will also find someone(s) in their immediate families and communities that they have alienated. I managed to avoid complete alienation from my mother over her insistence that I become a wacked out catholic like she is but that isn't to say that some periods of time were not tense. The scenario you describe of one individual's zeal affecting the relationships between other family members is a classic.
posted by
gomedome
on September 2, 2006 at 9:07 AM
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Memorization won't work by itself.
Especially, memorization of someone else's prayers which were put in place as a mere ritual and serve no real purpose in your life.
If you want prayers to be answered, they have to be your prayers, said with true intent, and then you have to get off your knees and go make them happen.
And your prayers should not be directed at some supreme being because as we have seen, he doesn't really give a rat's *** what happens down here if he's even there.
posted by
SuccessWarrior
on September 2, 2006 at 8:34 AM
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your blog "Shoot a nonbeliever . . . ."
Hi, my name is Lisa Ellison, and I enjoyed your blog very much. I could go on forever with reasons for that. But I will not consume your time. While reading your blog, I could not help but reflect on parts of the book by Anne Heche entitled "Call Me Crazy" I read a few years ago. I know, I know, most people think she is truly a kook. But her book describes growing up in a similar way, only like me, to an absurdly insane level. Thank you and you made me laugh with your dark humor. Lisa Ellison
posted by
heyastuff
on September 1, 2006 at 7:30 PM
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gome
Hahaha..nope, memorization doesn't work. If you really want your prayers to be answerd you have to have the desire for it to be so. Memorization and rattling off words that you don't really want to say, just doesn't fit that description.
posted by
Afzal_Sunny7
on September 1, 2006 at 6:48 PM
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Very funny Gomedome. My childhood was not nearly so religiously strict; still it reminds me of my own bizarre youth and all of the ridiculous stuff we were made to do. I remember visiting my parents home with my children when I was older; they were probably around 5 and 9. My mother (who is certifiably insane; no joke - I mean she was certified on more than one occasion) decided that my kids needed to go to church that weekend. They appealed to me. I said "Don't look at me, I can't do anything with her." She turned to me and said, "You need to go to church too." I said, "No, I talked to God this morning and He told me that I don't have to go." Although that was over 25 years ago, I don't think they have forgiven me yet for not preventing their abduction. MoonSpirit 
posted by
syzygy
on September 1, 2006 at 6:43 PM
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nonconformist - thank you and a belated welcome to Blogit
I have to agree, no one can be forced to believe something that they are not able to. Indoctrination and communal pressures aside, if a person is to remain true to themselves, they will find what they are capable of believing.
posted by
gomedome
on September 1, 2006 at 2:32 PM
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Great stuff!
Not that I'm saying I don't believe in anything! But this was sad and funny at the same time. Seriously though, how can you force a person old or young to believe in religeon? They have to decide for themselves from their own experience surely?
posted by
nonconformist
on September 1, 2006 at 2:03 PM
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