Forced to go to church next Sunday

[indyjones]

wear a t-shirt with an upside down cross to church and film the reactions. that or go normally and pull a cheese burger out of your pocket and eat it instead of the sacrament.

Or keep your cellphone on. That's rather embarrassing too.

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[Jacob/Lee]

wear a t-shirt with an upside down cross to church and film the reactions. that or go normally and pull a cheese burger out of your pocket and eat it instead of the sacrament.

That would be incredibly disrespectful to the church and my grandmother.

[Wesley Williams]

It's not only reading, there also has to be applications of those teachings into everyday life.

Well that's a given, I'm talking about the strictly religious activities performed on a daily or weekly basis. You can apply Christian teachings to anything, even video games.

Well, at least you stated that. If anyone tries to force religion into you when you are unwilling to listen to it, just tell them that forcing the teaching into your closed mind is like trying to put out a fire with napalm.

That is a cool simile :)

It doesn't really work that way. Its hard to go from atheist back to religion. Usually atheism is the result of hearing religious perspectives and then deciding you disagree. Hearing them again doesn't mean much....

It is still very possible to go from atheist to Christian. There are many out there who were told the wrong things growing up, and were smashed in the head with a rule book of DO THIS DO THAT to live a Christian life. Then they become atheist as a teenager, after they are taught about evolution and other things from their science teachers. However, once they become even older, a Christian minister or some conference they attend may suddenly strike them as relative, and comprehensible, and they become a Christian again.

Also, by exploring the scientific field I know a few atheists that were converted to Christianity through their intensive research on the way the world was formed, and understanding that it is impossible for the world to have formed by any means but by intelligent design.

Christianity was, is, and always will be the number one cause of atheism in the world. It's truly sad that we do this to people.    

No, sin and Satan (if you believe in Satan anyways) are the reason there are atheists in the world. Atheists have blinded themselves to God's general revelation and made a declaration against him in their hatred for what he has in store for their lives.

wear a t-shirt with an upside down cross to church and film the reactions. that or go normally and pull a cheese burger out of your pocket and eat it instead of the sacrament.

At my church people would then flock to you, in an attempt to figure out what's up and what your story is, and tell you about God. Not the best thing you'd want to do if you were an atheist, and didn't want to be converted to Christianity.

[Edman]

Indy, are you a member of the United Methodist Church, or some other branch.

[fred da kiko]

At my church people would then flock to you, in an attempt to figure out what's up and what your story is, and tell you about God. Not the best thing you'd want to do if you were an atheist, and didn't want to be converted to Christianity.

listen to what they have to say then reply "yes, that is all very interesting, but this cheeseburger is DELICIOUS!"

[indyjones]

Indy, are you a member of the United Methodist Church, or some other branch.

United Methodist Church. I've actually preached a sermon at my church.

[Dread]

I became an official Minister via the Universal Life Church

The above two posters are now married.

[Wesley Williams]

listen to what they have to say then reply "yes, that is all very interesting, but this cheeseburger is DELICIOUS!"

Then they'd call you up next day and offer to take you out to a hamburger joint.

[fred da kiko]

Then they'd call you up next day and offer to take you out to a hamburger joint.

so? if a bunch of religious people are going to treat me out to lunch at a burger joint it would not stop me from enjoying a free burger.

[Coolio]

I'm just going to say, that you should only go for your Grandmother, not for your parents, not for your pastor, not for anyone. Do it to make her happy. Grin and bear it, because it will be over before you know it.

[Stocking]

Scratch your balls a lot during service and see if people avoid you during that hand-shaking time.

[Sheath]

It is still very possible to go from atheist to Christian. There are many out there who were told the wrong things growing up, and were smashed in the head with a rule book of DO THIS DO THAT to live a Christian life. Then they become atheist as a teenager, after they are taught about evolution and other things from their science teachers. However, once they become even older, a Christian minister or some conference they attend may suddenly strike them as relative, and comprehensible, and they become a Christian again.

Possibly, but any actual atheist should know enough about religion or else their belief isn't really honest. I was Christian, it took me about a year to do some deeper thinking and research and I concluded at atheism. For people like me, there isn't really a reverse. But I could understand someone who is ignorant of religion and just decided to disagree for no reason might be able to have their arm twisted in the future.

[skelolego229]

I told my mom I didn't believe in god, and she got mad.tells me its all in my head

[fred da kiko]

Scratch your balls a lot during service and see if people avoid you during that hand-shaking time.

better yet, just whip out your richard and full out jack off.

[Sheath]

I told my mother I was an atheist. She was like "Huh... really? Heh, interesting. REALLY? Oh well, I guess that means you don't believe in god... no afterlife then? Okay, I've always wondered myself."

My father was like "Seriously? Mmk..." and was surprised. Since he likes to weave in the occasional religious reference smugly and then we get into a bitch about the existence of God, but its all healthy haha.