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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:13 PM Original message |
Well, I just experienced anti-atheist bigotry at work today. |
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Cronus Protagonist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. She's a bigot or an idiot, why bother your beautiful mind with her bullshit? |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:26 PM Response to Reply #1 |
17. Ooooo, "totally, Dude!" get a little tree and hang all kinds of weird stuff on it: |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. Heh, I work in a preschool kitchen, no desk for me unfortunately... |
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Faygo Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sorry for that. Don't blame you for being upset. |
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Tangerine LaBamba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:16 PM Response to Original message |
3. Are you kidding? |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
4. Ask her about Japan |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:35 PM Response to Reply #4 |
23. I brought up Saturnalia but she called me a liar. |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:54 PM Response to Reply #23 |
32. In that case tell her they're celebrating on the wrong day in the wrong month...LOL....n/t |
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ayeshahaqqiqa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 05:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
39. You cannot teach the willfully ignorant |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 07:09 AM Response to Reply #23 |
49. Get the story of Saturnalia and its appropriation for Xmas by Christians, printed. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:17 PM Response to Original message |
5. Just tell her as an atheist you're free to celebrate any holiday you so choose. You have multiples |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. So, let me get this straight; if you believe in what "Christmas" is supposed to represent, say, |
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azurnoir (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
7. Tell her to just |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:18 PM Response to Original message |
8. Tell her you'll pray for her. |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
9. well, that was an idiotic thing(s) to say. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
10. I'm an atheist, too, and |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:40 PM Response to Reply #10 |
26. Actually, Christians didn't invent Christmas, it was a rip-off of a pagan Roman festival. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:43 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. Yup, but you can never tell a Christian about that... |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:55 PM Response to Reply #30 |
33. Lutefisk? Yuck. My mom loves the stuff but I find it disgusting. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 05:00 PM Response to Reply #33 |
35. It's something of an acquired taste, for sure... |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 07:46 PM Response to Reply #30 |
53. Funny, I just taught it in Sunday School this last Sunday. |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
11. Republicans aren't allowed to celebrate Labor Day... |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:27 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Well, Jews go out for Chinese food on December 25th |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:28 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Except to go to the movies. n/t |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:36 PM Response to Reply #19 |
24. That too n/t |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:37 PM Response to Reply #24 |
25. And to corrupt The Host. |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #11 |
34. I was always jealous of my Jewish friends, they either went to the movies |
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Ian David (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 05:30 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. Maybe a Jewish screenwriter will make a Christmas movie about your family? n/t |
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monmouth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #38 |
41. Hopefully I've blocked most of it out.....LOL... |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:21 PM Response to Original message |
12. "Christmas" is a co-opted pagan holiday. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. That is what I told her, she kept calling me a liar. |
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yellerpup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 05:02 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Obviously, she is comfortable with her ignorance. |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. Tell her Santa Claus has nothing to do with Baby Jesus. |
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HeresyLives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
14. Dec 25 is Isaac Newton's birthday, |
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WiMu (55 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
15. You need to inform of her ignorance about the holiday. |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 12:55 AM Response to Reply #15 |
55. Don't forget Jeremiah 10:1-5 |
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Demobrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:26 PM Response to Original message |
16. Tell her that while you don't believe in Jesus |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:34 PM Response to Original message |
20. Tell her to give the December 25th holiday back to the pagans |
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Kceres (839 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
22. It's none of her business why or how you celebrate. |
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cosmik debris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
27. Why can't they understand the true meaning of Christmas |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. LOL, you owe me a new keyboard!!! |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 04:46 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Ah...I wish I had the stones to put one of those |
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patrice (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:20 PM Response to Reply #31 |
44. Very cool Santas and Snowmen, MineralMan! |
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jonnyblitz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 06:04 PM Response to Reply #27 |
42. I want that on a t-shirt!! |
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JerseygirlCT (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 05:00 PM Response to Original message |
36. Weird. And totally unnecessary. |
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edhopper (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 05:49 PM Response to Original message |
40. I don't get how |
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WVRICK13 (930 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
43. LOL |
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ZombieHorde (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-24-08 10:36 PM Response to Original message |
45. not allowed to celebrate Christmas |
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Evoman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:41 AM Response to Original message |
46. How come no one confronts me about anything? |
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moggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 06:05 AM Response to Original message |
47. Think of it as jealousy |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 07:04 AM Response to Original message |
48. Explain to her dumb ass that Christmas is a PAGAN holiday that Christians stole. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 12:37 PM Response to Original message |
50. There was an atheist contestant on "America's Next Top Model" this season... |
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Marrah_G (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
51. Ignorance is everywhere. Don't let yourself stress over hers. |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Nov-25-08 02:45 PM Response to Original message |
52. Tell her she can't celebrate it either because she doesn't believe in Saturnalia |
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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Nov-26-08 07:50 PM Response to Original message |
54. I could loan you my Sunday School book on Christmas. |
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quaker bill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 03:27 AM Response to Original message |
56. Not all Christians |
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Meshuga (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Nov-27-08 07:58 AM Response to Original message |
57. You are welcome to spin the dreidel, btw. |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Nov-30-08 02:31 AM Response to Original message |
58. So you/us are not allowed to celebrate the meaning of a holiday |
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