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[megabyteme]

Oh you found that? I keep thinking it's one of my best gems. It's hilarious what people will overlook when they're in a defensive state.

So it was disingenuous?

What's the point of saying that you're a Christian when you're not. It isn't as if it's that unusual and why would it have made a difference?

Still one of his "best gems".

[manker]

So it was disingenuous?

What's the point of saying that you're a Christian when you're not. It isn't as if it's that unusual and why would it have made a difference?

Still one of his "best gems".

No argument there.

[Quarterquack]

So it was disingenuous?

What's the point of saying that you're a Christian when you're not. It isn't as if it's that unusual and why would it have made a difference?

If I recall correctly, Squeams and I were arguing about monkeys. And someone came to her aide saying unless I was a scientist it wasn't my place to hold the argument.

I responded with the fact that I can't be a scientist since I'm christian. Everyone overlooked it, since they were in a defensive state (as opposed to an offensive one) and did not pick the pointer up to berate me about it.

I think I've been vocal about my lack of religion in Macky's atheism thread.

I have a weird taste for anti-humor.

[manker]

So it was disingenuous?

What's the point of saying that you're a Christian when you're not. It isn't as if it's that unusual and why would it have made a difference?

If I recall correctly, Squeams and I were arguing about monkeys. And someone came to her aide saying unless I was a scientist it wasn't my place to hold the argument.

I responded with the fact that I can't be a scientist since I'm christian. Everyone overlooked it, since they were in a defensive state (as opposed to an offensive one) and did not pick the pointer up to berate me about it.

I think I've been vocal about my lack of religion in Macky's atheism thread.

I have a weird taste for anti-humor.

I haven't seen the atheism thread.
It sounds interesting though.

The thing I read wasn't what you just wrote, though.
You mentioned doing some work for your church. People don't generally have a church unless they're religious.

[Quarterquack]

The thing I read wasn't what you just wrote, though.
You mentioned doing some work for your church. People don't generally have a church unless they're religious.

Disagreed. I respect the Church, I just don't agree with what it stands for.

I volunteer at the Church regularly, because I see it as a communal socializing hall for the neighborhood. I help people with fundraisers, cook food for giveaways and help advertise the daycare. To me the Church is like a library without the books. People still go there asking for help with filing taxes, help with getting on the internets, help with driver's education etc. I help the community through the Church.

[manker]

The thing I read wasn't what you just wrote, though.
You mentioned doing some work for your church. People don't generally have a church unless they're religious.

Disagreed. I respect the Church, I just don't agree with what it stands for.

I volunteer at the Church regularly, because I see it as a communal socializing hall for the neighborhood. I help people with fundraisers, cook food for giveaways and help advertise the daycare. To me the Church is like a library without the books. People still go there asking for help with filing taxes, help with getting on the internets, help with driver's education etc. I help the community through the Church.

What. Help filing taxes! I'm glad that the churches around me don't get up to such shenanigans.

That you see the church as facebook for old people is great. It is completely dissimilar over here, however. Which may explain why it's fast fading here but appears to be stronger than ever over there.

There are church run youth-clubs in the evenings but I'm fairly sure that the majority of Welsh churches cater socially only for the people who go to bi-weekly sermons.
These people are old and are dying out quickly with no-one to replace them. I don't know a single person my age or younger who goes to church for anything other than funerals and the like.

[chalice]

The thing I read wasn't what you just wrote, though.
You mentioned doing some work for your church. People don't generally have a church unless they're religious.

Disagreed. I respect the Church, I just don't agree with what it stands for.

I volunteer at the Church regularly, because I see it as a communal socializing hall for the neighborhood. I help people with fundraisers, cook food for giveaways and help advertise the daycare. To me the Church is like a library without the books. People still go there asking for help with filing taxes, help with getting on the internets, help with driver's education etc. I help the community through the Church.

Hey, Teacher, leave them kids alone.

[mjmacky]

I haven't seen the atheism thread.
It sounds interesting though.

It wasn't interesting at all, I was trying to break up the monotony of Drawering Room non macky threads.

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About the church thing, I went and volunteered at one of my old churches after I went agnostic. I drove one of the buses of homeless people we picked up in a central location in downtown and helped serve the meals. The price the homeless payed was being preached to for 2 hours about how God has a plan for them all. I thought I was OK with it, but after a while the concept was too much for me to humbly pay mind. I stopped going after rather negative feedback to my suggestion of having a separate dining area for those who didn't want a sermon. I would still donate my clothes there.

[manker]

I haven't seen the atheism thread.
It sounds interesting though.

It wasn't interesting at all, I was trying to break up the monotony of Drawering Room non macky threads.

You fuck. Those merkin politics threads are the lifeblood of this place.

[megabyteme]

To me the Church is like a library without the books.