Is anyone else an atheist with BC besides me?

Spookiesmom

santabarbarian

In my daughter's college there was a FB group called "In-N-Out is better than Jesus"

Trishyla

The sad thing is that In-N-Out probably hated that FB page, since they're owned by very religious people. Some of their packaging even has religious quotes.

They're not in your face about it, and they actually do treat their employees really, really well, so I don't mind them as much as something like Chik-fil-a or Hobby lobby. Hate those companies and would never patronize either of them.

Spookiesmom

We don’t have In n Out here. But do have the other 2. A company can have all the religion they want, as long as they don’t try to shovel it at ME. I never have, or never will darken their doors.

ananda8

How to stop having your phone track you. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/19/opi...

JRNJ

lol to the funny posts. I’m a Seinfeld fan. I’m half Jew (father is non practicing) and half Italian catholic, and was raised catholic. My husband went to catholic school. My kids are nothing. I celebrate Xmas with tons of blowups Santa’s and decorations but no manger or angels. My kids make me go to Chick-fil-A or I would boycott. Hate when they are closed on Sunday. The chocolate peppermint shake is really good though lol.

MinusTwo

And the peach milkshake in the summer. But I agree about boycotting.

Spookiesmom

I’ve never gone to one. Have no intention of going. Don’t care how “great” their stuff is supposed to be. Don’t shove your religion down my throat and I’ll support your business. McDs is open on Sunday if I need a chicken sandwich and so is KFC.

magiclight

It seems that if a seller of any merchandise wears a cross then sales go up. Just look at the cross placement worn by that pillow guy. I say placement, because it is so obviously placed. I will buy anything other than from a guy who uses religion as a sales ploy. More and more I'm seeing tv characters wearing crosses when religion has nothing to do with the script.

ananda8

I am so tired of people pointing to the ceiling or sky. It is so staged.

AliceBastable

I was just on FB, and one too many people on a news post about the embassy situation said they were praying. So I asked one if she ever got back with her God after any kind of disaster and complained about his lousy aim. 😈

LaurenInPHX

I was watching some show recently about a hostage situation and one of the guys who survived it said (paraphrasing) he wasn't worried about dying because he had accepted Jesus as his savior. He also said that he made it out alive because God wanted him to live to produce his daughter, ("She's the reason God saved me, to have her.")   

Do they have any idea how fucking arrogant they sound? Really? So the ones who did die weren't 'good' enough? They didn't bow down far enough? The creator of the entire Universe, the entity who sits back and allows thousands of children to die of starvation, be molested, natural disasters, rape, murder, etc., stops what he's doing to save YOU so you can create your daughter all because you say a few silly meaningless words? Wow, I had no idea you were so fucking special. 

Wake up to reality and see what an arrogant, brainwashed, deluded fool you are. 

Same goes to everyone who points to the sky/ceiling. You must really be special if your imaginary sky daddy is paying any attention to you at all. 

FWIW, Wendy's has the best chicken sandwich, so skipping Chik-Fil-A is easy. 

Now, having said all of that, I wish for more apathy toward religion in the new year. I was happier when I didn't give a shit. Of course, they have to stop forcing their delusions on the country, so the magic 8 ball says "outlook not so good" (which, btw, is just as accurate as prayer, so there ya go.)

Happy New Year, everyone. May health and happiness surround you. 

Wren44

Good to know about Wendy's. There's one within walking distance. I think there's a Chik-fil-a somewhere in Seattle. I haven't looked to see where because I have no intention of ever going there. I have been inside Hobby Lobby to see what's there, but I don't shop there. Ever.

Happy New Year to all. May it bring health, peace and happiness.

I saw a reference to a book that looked interesting. The title is Words in Pain: Letters on Life and Death, by Olga Jacoby. She was a non believer who's doctor thought she should get religion since her diagnosis was terminal. These are letters written to the doctor explaining her position. She basically believed in nature from the excerpt.

TB90

Alice, your wit kills me. LMA

TB90

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AliceBastable

TB90, aw, thanks.

Isn't it a lousy kind of deity who has hissy fits if they don't get enough attention, and craps all over people just for fun? There's a great book by Sir Terry Pratchett in his Discworld fantasy series called "Small Gods." In it, a god's powers are related to how many believers they have, so they are in constant competition with each other (sounds a bit like social media!). It's hilarious and brilliant. Pratchett was an atheist who wrote extremely well about religious and moral matters within his fictitious world - I highly recommend him. Here's an example of his writing, this time on economics.

pingpong1953

Yes, Alice, being poor is expensive.

AliceBastable

Aargh! I just saw a post in a FB group in which a woman expresses relief that her purse has been found, ending with "Thank you, Jesus." I had to come over here to keep myself from asking if she also blamed Jeeeesus for the purse's disappearance in the first place, and if not, why not. I wonder if any of them would pass a logic course, or if their minds are too warped.

ananda8

Perhaps the woman thinks Jesus is a petty thief.

magiclight

Today when I reached for my credit card to pay for dental work, it was not in its usual place. Never thought to ask a god to find it, I was able to use my intellect and trace my steps. Fortunately, it was at the last restaurant I visited and I thanked the staff - a real person -for keeping it safe.

AliceBastable

Have you read any of Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld fantasy series? They have gods for anything and everything, and they're mostly incompetent little entities who can't get it right. I particularly like Bilious, the Oh God of Hangovers. But I'm sure there's a credit card god, who is probably more useful at losing them than finding them. I find it much easier to believe in the possibility of pesky everyday gods like that than some big bad sky daddy. Maybe there's an Oh Crap god of cancer that we can blame! 🙂

Trishyla

I like that idea, Alice. Stupid little SOB gave me cancer? I kick his sorry ass from here till Tuesday.

Strangely enough I feel better already.

santabarbarian

My friend who has NSCLC refers to her cancer cells as "the little assholes."

magiclight

Google (LOL) indicates that there have been 8000 to 12000 gods worshipped throughout history. So many to choose from. I have trouble deciding with only 31 Flavors at Baskin Robbins ice cream!

WorryThePooh

Haven't logged in since before Festivus (like that, never heard of the term before), just read through the posts I've missed, had a good laugh, you guys really keep me sane.

Alice I love that.. the 'Oh Crap god of cancer'! This cancer god doesn't discriminate about who it will give cancer to, it hands it out to young and old, rich and poor. You'd think the idea would appeal to the Christians, they could keep imagining their god is good, and if sh!t happens they can blame the cancer god.

AliceBastable

I'll bet the Oh Crap god of cancer glows in the dark from all the radiation, and emits Technicolor fumes from chemo. And of course it's an androgynous god since anyone can get cancer.

WorryThePooh

I live in NSW in Australia where the majority of bush fires have been, the last few months have been shocking, the loss of lives and homes, power outages, water shortage, and we have developed coughs from breathing smoke all the time.

I can't believe what I just read. This pathetic attempt at humour from Jeremy Clarkson, he says Australia is not meant for humans as 'biblical' bushfires ravage the country.

"Jeremy Clarkson has written a column in which he says that God is embarrassed by Australia "because he has decided to set fire to it".

In the column for The Sun, the former Top Gear host says that "God didn't want people to live in Australia" and suggests Australian residents "come home"."

DogMomRunner

I am so sorry about the fires WorryThePooh. The thought of all the wildlife and people who have been lost is heartbreaking.

LaurenInPHX

Oh Pooh...I’m so sorry. I can’t imagine what it’s been like.

God is embarrassed by Australia? What in the french fried fuck is that supposed to mean? Not supposed to live there? That is ridiculous, infuriating, and downright cruel to people who are already suffering so much.

Ugh. He doesn’t know what to do so let’s blame the imaginary sky daddy. We must have pissed the big guy off somehow. Can’t they hear how stupid they sound?

Well, I can’t worry about all the morons in the world. The important thing is your wellbeing.

Keep us posted as best you can and stay safe. I’ll be watching anxiously for the end of this tragedy.

santabarbarian

Worry I can relate, am from the other wildfire capital of the globe, southern California.....