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26. Riding around in a church van with my youth group

Sun Dec 9, 2012, 03:12 AM

Dec 2012

We heard it on the radio and I remember one of the leaders (not a youth pastor but I guess an assistant?) cheering and saying "1 down, 3 to go". Rock music was the devil.

I was in my mid-teens and hadn't listened to the Beatles in a long time but I remembered hearing them in my youth before my folks got divorced and my mom went batshit crazy religious fundamentalist.

That was one of the moments that contributed to me questioning and eventually realizing I was an atheist. Fuck those assholes.

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Me too... Taverner Dec 2012 #2

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Studying for a calculus test. I was not a Beatles fan. It was sad that he lost madinmaryland Dec 2012 #4

The radio was always on at our house. I think I remember hearing about it then. On my way applegrove Dec 2012 #5

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FTR Cosell said he did the best he could Taverner Dec 2012 #11

I didn't exist yet... Not for a few more years... nomorenomore08 Dec 2012 #7

Bless you Taverner Dec 2012 #10

In 10th grade. Probably asleep. Denninmi Dec 2012 #8

Watching Monday Night Football Mr.Bill Dec 2012 #9

Me too ... Auggie Dec 2012 #32

Night School LiberalElite Dec 2012 #12

I was living with my grandmother silentwarrior Dec 2012 #13

Paul wrote that about John's son... WCGreen Dec 2012 #25

I was living in Italy, just outside Siena Betsy Ross Dec 2012 #14

I was eating breakfast getting ready for school Joe Shlabotnik Dec 2012 #15

Sitting at Chuckles Restaurant cliffordu Dec 2012 #16

I was living with my parents (still) tonekat Dec 2012 #17

I loved that place. I was sitting there when Saint Helens went - cliffordu Dec 2012 #18

I was watching a football game. Kath1 Dec 2012 #19

I was also ten, in the fourth grade. I don't really remember TwilightGardener Dec 2012 #20

I have no idea - I'm not sure I'd even heard of the Beatles when I was 9, it certainly petronius Dec 2012 #21

I was living alone in a tiny apartment, separated for about 3 months... MrMickeysMom Dec 2012 #22

Flunking Organic Chemistry. hunter Dec 2012 #23

Watching Monday Night Football with my step father. WCGreen Dec 2012 #24

Riding around in a church van with my youth group OriginalGeek Dec 2012 #26

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I was in college RudynJack Dec 2012 #28

I was living at the coast at the time. love_katz Dec 2012 #29

I was doing some artwork and was about to go to work MrScorpio Dec 2012 #30

Sitting in my barracks at Ft. Irwin NTC. KWorth Dec 2012 #31

Asleep in a dorm room with the window open treestar Dec 2012 #33

Living in Manhattan... Donkees Dec 2012 #34

my band was in the recording studio without me, i was stuck at a "jock party" stlsaxman Dec 2012 #35

Making plans for Christmas in Staten Island. In_The_Wind Dec 2012 #36

Working the late shift, LWolf Dec 2012 #37

I was -4 years old, so... Hayabusa Dec 2012 #38

Watching Monday night football Dyedinthewoolliberal Dec 2012 #39

I have a solid alibi. TeamPooka Dec 2012 #40

I don't know what I was doing at the moment he was killed HeiressofBickworth Dec 2012 #41

Studying for a tax law exam the next day... lastlib Dec 2012 #42

At a friend's house scoring some herbage. Iggo Dec 2012 #43

I was in Air Force Pilot Training av8rdave Dec 2012 #44

I was living in London with my 2 American friends pink-o Dec 2012 #45