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Hey r/atheism. I have a story about one of my first experiences at church. I grew up (well still I guess "growing up") in a not really religious house. My dad from what I've been told from my older half-brother is an atheist, so religion was never big in my life before I was an atheist. But the rest of my family is very religious so whenever I would visit their houses and stay the weekend we would go to church on Sunday. So the story is from when I was 7 or 8. Me being so young didn't think there was any other option than being a Christian. But we were at church and this pastor was going on about the rapture and shit, he said he saw Jesus when he was on vacation, he literally said he saw the real Jesus and he said that he was coming very very soon. Now me being that young age it scared me shitless because he said Jesus would destroy the earth. After that even at my young age I thought why would God let Jesus do that!?!?!? Just my little story about how I even questioned religion at a young age.

http://imgur.com/ueflLaF Been on reddit a few years now but here it is, my first post ever (and i hope i posted the image right.

Like the title says. I promised myself, as an atheist, that I would never defriend anybody for being a believer, or try to belittle anybody about their faith. Its not right, You can believe or not believe in anything you want.

But then i came across this on FB Yesterday.. and i just felt so much rage that people would teach their children this. I thought about it a lot, and i decided that i just can't be friends with somebody like this. What we have here, is a post by my now former friend (Names blocked out) describing a conversation between her 4 yr old daughter, and another little girl, and the comments that follow.

Its not cute, its disgusting. I promise to teach my children, whatever they decide to believe in, that this is not right, and no child should ever tell another child that they are going to burn.

I identify as a Baptist, but honestly I feel like the opposite of any other Christians.

First off, because I'm not a hateful bitch to anyone who's not white, straight, and Christian. Seriously, they all preach that God is love, love thy neighbor... then they just turn around and rant about those horrible black people who are ruining the country, the gays who are corrupting children, and the muslims who created ebola to destroy America (I'm dead serious). All these people do is hate! There's no reasoning. I'll say, "Well just because someone is black/gay/muslim, doesn't make them a bad person." I've had ONE person agree, by saying "I know, but they're still going to hell."

And sometimes it doesn't stop there. You also have the sexist pricks who insist that women belong home, having babies. I get dirty looks for insisting that kids aren't for me. "But it's your job as a WOMAN. That's what GOD made you for!" And he gave me free will and access to birth control. So I'm going to take advantage of it. If he thinks I need to be a mother then I'm sure he can smuggle a sperm past the condoms, spermicide, and into an egg that will magically transplant itself into my barren womb. I'll make my own damn decisions, thanks.

Then we have the church-goes at my work. I make donuts in a grocery's bakery. Sundays are the WORST. I have so many people getting donuts before they go to work. I get people who look down their nose at me for being a godless heathen who isn't on her way to church. OH IM SORRY I HAVE TO MAKE A LIVING. NOT EVERYONE CAN GET A MON-FRI JOB. Some of them even tell me to quit so I can go to church.

There's really two type of Christians who come in on Sundays. The gentle, kind, godly people who understand I'm only human. But then you have the self rightous pricks who yell and demand that you get them what they want RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IM LATE TO CHURCH.

Im just so tired of the hatefulness.

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Give a Christian a bible, but tell them you've secretly edited dozens of parts to advocate immorality and violence that goes against their religion. Not only might it be funny when they point out totally legit bible verses as obviously immoral, but it would even force them to look over every bit of the bible specifically looking for bad stuff.