An old Victorian bibliophile and geeky young boy in the same body. I’ve been on the Internet since the mid-'80s. I’m an old school tabletop roleplayer and game master. Grew up among the 0.001%, which is why I hate capitalism and bullies. But I love cats!

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  • Quasit@kolektiva.socialtoAtheism@lemmy.world•Colorado Pastor: Sign These Anti-Trans Ballot Petitions or “You’re a Traitor” to Jesus
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    5 months ago

    @harrys_balzac @IronBird

    Reminds me of my uncle for some reason. He belonged to a tiny little church and dragged his wife into it as well. I used to say that he believed that he and the minister and possibly his wife were the only people who would be allowed into Heaven - and he wasn’t too sure about his wife and the minister.

    At his funeral his minister got up and gave quite a speech. In his southern drawl he invited us all to rush up to him, get on our knees, and accept Christ as our personal Lord and Savior.

    I grabbed my father and my son fiercely to make sure they didn’t go up in a spirit of comedy (my family has a strange sense of humor). Luckily I didn’t have to struggle too hard. But everyone just sat there looking at the guy. My people are polite, but they aren’t going to give up their own beliefs for ANYONE. Not when an entire nation tried to exterminate us for our religion!

    (Although I should note that I’m a long-time atheist. But that was MY decision, no one else’s.)

    #Religion
    #Churches