Is anyone else an atheist with BC besides me?

MinusTwo, That is exactly why I started talking gardening. 😁

The mods deleted her posts. Yay!!!

I think those believers who bother us are very insecure and lonely people. I don't think their posts are actually motivated by faith.

Amanda, I agree. I often wonder if they are afraid we are right and that truly scares the shit out of them. Maybe if they can convert us they can rest in their fairy tale waiting for the hereafter (missing out on the here). What I really hate is the hypocrisy of feeling like we should respect their beliefs but they don’t have to respect ours. I’m happy for others to be comforted in their faith, I just wish they could be happy for my beliefs and sources of comfort (top of the list is tollhouse cookies :-) ).

Got into a convo with a nice, church going woman while working. Must have been in the fall, Christmas and Halloween was coming. Told her how Samhain was a pagan festival. That it’s been proven Jesus was born in spring, that a pope in the 3rd century decided to outlaw Yule so his birth celebration could overshadow Yule. That Easter is a pagan fertility fest.

She knew none of that. Predates all of the guy in the sky fantasy. Wars have been fought for centuries over this, still are.

Too bad they can’t accept our way vs their highway .

Hi all. I’ve been doing Weight Watchers and hang out in their social media app Connect. I have taken to blocking members who post scripture and there are a lot of them. I felt guilty at first given how many I was blocking, but I just don’t want to see that crap - keep it to yourself. It doesn’t belong on a weight loss app.

There are plenty of people who post prayer requests and I just scroll past them, but the big scripture pictures I can’t handle. I wasn’t this intolerant until they started affecting policy change, and now any mention of it is like nails on a chalkboard. I also blocked the one who describes herself as His princess. Good grief. I can’t even.

In better news, I have lost 22 pounds. I’m working out, more or less, and my tumor markers are falling. I have another test on Monday and scans at end of month, and those are always stressful, but hopefully all will be well.

Hoping all of you are well too. I’ve been lurking since I sometimes can’t control my tongue, but keeping up with all of you.

You go girl!!

Just thought I'd share this.

His princess.....ugh! Sounds very cult-like.

Congrats, Lauren, on the weightloss.

Anytime the local news Facebook page posts a car accident or something similar where someone was injured or reports of a body found, there are scores of people immediately posting the praying hands emoji and sometimes accompanying it by posting “prayers" Like the above cartoon, that helps in what way? It makes me want to barf.

I get a suffocating feeling around religious items. Our voting precinct changed last year and is now in a church hall. The building used to be a grocery store. There are all these cluttery fake flower arrangements, urn like things, religious pictures and crosses and it made me want to hyperventilate while standing in the polling line. It feels so unnatural and fake.

We have vote by mail but somehow I like to go & vote in a booth.

I always do 'early voting'. That means I can pick times when there's not likely to be anyone else there. It also means I can vote anywhere in the city. The last two elections I voted at a swanky new hotel. One time I voted at the SPJST hall but usually went to the community college to vote.

All our voting is by mail. I think it's fairer to people with kids and jobs. People with a long commute might never be able to vote because they have to leave so early and get home so late.

The mail in ballots, which we have in Ohio, are great. I know a few states where it is all mail in ballots and can see the advantages of it.

I live in a small town. I can look out the back door and see my former polling place on the next street over. My new polling place is a whopping two streets over. Ever since we were married 30 years ago. Dh and I have gone together to vote if our schedules allow. We know people who work the polls (I've done it before) and often run in to other people we know. In a small town, election day can be something of a social event and more so when there are exciting issues and nominations on the ballot and the turn out is bigger. I'll put up with the heebie jeebies of the polling surroundings for now. I already have to put up with being right smack dab in the middle of trump country.

We have early voting here so I'm able to get in and out of a polling place in just a few minutes.

AliceBastable I love the science/figure things out meme!

I drop by this thread often for a little brain pep-up, although I rarely post. Thanks to everyone for the ongoing discussion---helps keep me sane! I'm very irritated by the paternalism of organized religion, as well as the absence of self-determination, responsibility and critical thinking. Alas....

DivineMrsM That seems like a very weird NON separation of Church and State for a voting location to be in a church! It's borderline advertising. Next, we'll be voting in a Target store? Voting should be in public buildings! Argghh.

Oregon has mail-in ballots; this has been in place since 1998. As far as I can tell, it works really well. I appreciate the option to take my time researching and voting, rather than have to do it all at once. This system is also really helpful for people with challenging work hours. We usually have our voters' guide first, then our ballots for about two weeks before the day they have to arrive at the precinct. We can mail them, or drop them off (libraries, county offices, schools....various locations) any time over those two weeks.

Many years ago they used the schools here. The traffic jams in the am were unbelievable. Then it was apparently decided some weirdo could stay in a building and cause havoc, so that was stopped. Now churches and other places are used. Still doesn’t mean a weirdo couldn’t stay behind, but no kids would get shot. I think too there is payment involved for use of the place. Not sure about that.