*grrr*

[emmagrant01]

Okay, I'm not religious, and most people who know me are aware of that fact, even most of my extended family. So it pisses me off on many levels to get something like this from one of them:


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Think carefully about what you will be reading.


Mary had a little lamb,

His fleece was white as snow.

And everywhere that Mary went,

The Lamb was sure to go.

He followed her to school each day,

T'wasn't even in the rule.

It made the children laugh and play,

To have a Lamb at school.

And then the rules all changed one day,

Illegal it became;

To bring the Lamb of God to school,

Or even speak His Name.! ;

Every day got worse and worse,

And days turned into years.

Instead of hearing children laugh,

We heard gun shots and tears.

What must we do to stop the crime,

That's in our schools today?

Let's let the Lamb come back to school,

And teach our kids to pray!

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It is said that 86% of Americans believe in God. Therefore I have a very hard time understanding why there is such a mess about having "In God We Trust" on our money and having God in the Pledge of Allegiance. Why don't we just tell the 14% to shut up and sit down????

If you agree, pass this on, if not delete...


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Well... shit, I have now been effectively silenced, haven't I? What can I say to this? Just because the vast majority of Americans believe something that I don't, I should just sit down and shut up when it's being crammed down my throat? I don't mock religious people, and I don't wear my athiesm on my sleeve. It's nobody's business but mine what I believe.

So what should I do here? I'm obviously expected to just roll my eyes and delete the thing. I don't like being told that my beliefs are wrong and I should just conform or keep my mouth shut.

Hmmm. Well, I guess I've already done more than that, haven't I?

Comments

[thalia]

What Rita said. As a Christian, more or less, I'm finding this offensive for a whole bunch of reasons.

If it were me, I'd probably say, "As one of the 14%, I very much resent being told to shut up and sit down"--but then, I'm always in trouble with my family for saying things like that. You'll just have to decide whether it's worse making a stink over. But, jeez. I can't believe someone wrote that tripe.

[jedirita.livejournal.com]

Heheh. I'd probably say, "As one of the 86%, I'm mortally offended that people would cheapen the name of MY God by bashing others with it. The God I believe in isn't a school-yard bully."