Funny things I learned in church

[OriginalGeek]

14. Thank you

It was all actually pretty OK up until my parents got divorced (I was around 10) and mom married step-asshole. Earlier in life we went to Methodist church and I only remember fun and happiness from there. My Aunt and Uncle (My mom's sister) and their kids are all still Methodists and they are all kind and loving and caring people. I get to see my cousins once or twice a year and my Aunt and Uncle live only a couple hours away so we visit them several times a year and it is pure joy when I get to be with them.

I often wonder if we had stayed Methodist instead of going Fundie if I would still be religious today. I might not ever have felt the urge to rebel? I mean, they get to do all the things I already do anyway and don't have any of the fundamentalist restrictions that I lived under after the divorce and joining the Baptist church. My Aunt and Uncle are still very active in their church and they are dedicated, politically active Democrats. One of the most embarrassing things I remember from get-togethers when my mom was still alive was my step-asshole stating flat out he didn't know how my Aunt could call herself a christian and vote Democrat. To her credit, I think my mom was embarrassed by that too and shuffled him off to bed to get him out of the room.

Actually I think I probably would have still ended up an atheist but I most likely would not have been quite so angry at religion and fundamentalists in particular.


Gawd I'll shut up now - lol - you guys aren't supposed to be therapy and this was supposed to be a funnier thread! FWIW, that movie is hilarious to me now - but I'd never show it to my kids.

Another thing I learned at Baptist church: It is disrespectful to play handball with a ping pong ball in the church vestibule during the week. (Our church was about 2 blocks from our house and during the summer I'd go up there and hang out with my friend whose mom was the Church secretary.) The pastor kicked us out and made us go outside to play lol...I always thought it was odd that God would be against a couple kids getting some exercise and whatnot but there ya go. I suspect it had less to do with God and more to do with the fact that his office was on the other side of one of the walls we were bouncing balls on.