Kilrgrn wrote on 12/27/12 at 17:33:16:
THIS.
Actually I've recently been cast out by my father's side of the family because I am Atheist. When I tried to argue that I'm a good person who cares about people, without religion, he tried to claim that my near 5 year relationship with my SO isn't real because I can't know love without Jesus.
Absolutely nothing I show to him proves I have a good moral compass. I wish religion was eradicated, so people would at least stop blaming others for not being good people just because they don't believe in the same Deity's.
I wish religious people would cast me out. The ones here are like Mormons who act really accepting and try to guilt you into listening to them after a false show of generosity.
The worst is when they try and guilt you into assimilation after doing favors. Like cooking a meal for the family then asking everyone to pray to their god before eating. This year i avoided eating during pray time because i had a racist joke and my in laws are Korean and African American.
That is just family though. I got a neighbor that would give me liquor and mow my yard before i could get around to doing it. Even showed me his gun collection and watched comedy central. But in the end i get asked about faith and after i reject that he asks me for a music gig at the bar. He was going for both a conversion and easy work. Hilarious.
The way it works here is that you strike up a friendship with an offer of generosity. Then ambush them with religion in hopes of either converting them or getting them to play along with it enough that they might be able to pull you in further with other lame social activities which don't involve smoking weed.
I could actually get into it if they had more then alcohol to offer. It's not bad though. If it were under muslim law i'd get acid in my face instead of liquor in my belly.
Family pisses me off in general with or without religion. It's mostly just me doing favors in return for a few free meals in the winter. It's compounded by the fact i'm the strongest one in the family and the second most knowledgeable in computers. In one day i fixed my aunts PC and moved her piano into my house. Another aunt offered to store one of my old pinball machines and the bitch sold it.
I do have one rule though. Any family member that gives me a bullshit ultimatum is cast out of my life. Resorting to that not only shows that they have no fucking control but they are vindictive and spiteful. So fuck them. They can torment their immediate family and leave me in peace.
Wrath is the sin everyone has a fucking loophole for.