Is this an accurate representation of what young atheists have to fear when they "come out of the closet"

Question

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Aq00yJSxo

If it’s real or not, it is something that happens every day in the USA and it is sad.

Answer 1

A horror show; even worse than what I went through at the age of 12. My mother threatened to destroy my toys, but never got in my face like that.

Why do some parents not understand it is just not possible for some of us to accept a life based on supernatural fantasy?

Answer 2

It's real. I've been an atheist for 51 years and have been severely beaten four times because the wrong person accidentally found out about my beliefs. The last, and worst, was because a stupid Christian girlfriend couldn't believe my fears were genuine and so told her whole Bible study group she was dating a real atheist and then gave them my address! When she visited me in the hospital afterwards, she brought her brain-dead minister who tried to convert me and, when I stubbornly refused, lectured me for an hour about how the beating was really my fault because being an atheist "provoked" good Christians.

Answer 3

Can I make a few observations?

To the extent that Christianity is largely territorial, it is the local church this guy is backing away from. Herd behaviour seems to be able to convince people that they can choose whether or not to believe in God, and that if they say they do, they can act pretty much however they like anyway. Herd behaviour means that each entity is trying for that elusive place of safety and security at the centre of the herd. The entities look like they're all behaving as a group, but in reality, each one is looking out for its own backside only.

Churches have been used big-time to keep people in the loop and to keep track of them. There are links between religion and politics all over the place, so sorry, but I don't think that becoming atheist is enough to lose those ties. If there is no God (think about it) then who's doing the keeping track of people. So why blame God?

The mark of the beast in Revelation 13 (and I think Revelation is a revelation from the dark side Liberace gay whatever-the-latest-fashion-is angels who like to pretend to be virginal just for kicks) is the "chi xi stigma". Chi means unmarried. Xi means hardworking. Stigma means stigma. It's on www.blueletterbible.com. The only other place in the Bible where stigma appears is Galatians 6:17 where it refers to the "marks" of Jesus that Paul bore. He was telling Christians not to listen to those in the congregation (some of the worst people on earth are in the Christian congregation, possibly all of them) who wanted others to mark themselves (to show allegiance, I think) by getting circumcised (which isn't a good thing to do if you're older than 8 days old) so that those requesters would not be persecuted for Christ. Instead of literacy (Jesus is the Word), they wanted to have groups surrounding them to keep them safe while they did a runner in times of trouble.

But the problem is that you can't get away from the Christian church because it has been invested with so much authority, largely as a marriage-broker. This is because if you can get messages into people's bedrooms via their wife's father's request, you have got their whole life at your beck and call. I can't see the word "alone" in Hebrew in Genesis 2:18 to describe how Adam felt before Eve was created. The text has been tampered with from a parable about agriculture, fishing etc. as applied to life to become a cautionary tale about how singledom and hard work will be boring. You can't get away from this attitude just by leaving the church though.

To be honest, I thought, as soon as I saw it, that the mother was upset about a few "business opportunities" going down the drain. Goodness knows what she's up to in her spare time.

Answer 4

My parents were far more civilized. When I told them that I didn't want to go to church any more, Mom asked why ? I told her that I didn't believe what the priest was talking about. Mom said that she knows that I gave it a lot of thought, and that I'm intelligent to understand.
I never went to church since. That was many many years ago. The parents is that skit were far from intelligent. They should know that belief is not something that you choose. It's what the mind and intelligence tells you to believe. A person can't be forced to believe anything. He could be forced to appear to believe, or claim to believe in order to satisfy others, but that's not belief.
Yes, it's sad that some parents react in that way. Others are far more senseable, and respect the minds of their children. Yes, I had intelligent parents. That skit is not at all what I encountered when I broke from the church.

Answer 5

I am so glad that that is not like my family. I was lucky in that my family, while a bit disappointed, was respectful of my beliefs. My parents have the attitude that #1- As long as you're a good person, you'll go to Heaven regardless of what you "believe". and #2- Maybe it's just a phase and I'll change my mind someday. (lol--I don't argue with it.)

Answer 6

Oh boy, forgive me - this is going to be lengthy. Yeah it truly is exciting. i in my opinion imagine it has to do with the perception of "cognitive dissonance", which in truth says the further someone is invested in a perception (faith, spirituality), the further they are going to opt for to stay with the perception no count number number what information is provided to them. So the non-Catholic Christians who do misrepresent Catholic doctrine are so invested of their personal beliefs that they desire to push away any perception that contradicts their personal. I used to attempt this at the same time as i grow to be a non secular Catholic: i might want to commonly no longer take a at the same time as to appreciate Protestant beliefs yet i might want to nevertheless trust that those beliefs were incorrect. Now that i'm no longer Christian, I understand each little thing from an purpose element of view, and that i imagine it truly is an same with atheists. they don't look to be invested to be able to proceed to be purpose. yet an additional reason that there is misrepresentation by non-Catholic Christians is because i imagine many are taught that way. a pal of mine did not sense appropriate to her Catholic church, so she went to a non-denominational church. at the same time as she went there the first few cases, she held no unfavorable perspectives of Catholicism, yet after she were given extra into that church, she grew to grow to be variety of anti-Catholic. and that i comprehend it grow to be because she heard those variety of unfavorable issues and misrepresentations about Catholicism from lots of the folk from the non-denominational church (she advised me what a number of them said, so i comprehend that's genuine). She did not comprehend her personal (Catholic) faith, so she went elsewhere and discovered about Catholic doctrine from non-Catholics, and clearly it wasn't precisely what Catholics practice. this happens plenty - Catholics do not comprehend their personal faith and so they go away and pay interest to it skewed from some different person. that's the fault of their mom and dad, for no longer raising them with understanding of their personal faith, and the fault of the Church, for no longer providing the teachings, and their personal fault, for no longer investigating on their personal what it truly is their faith that they were raised with genuinely teaches.

Answer 7

I believe the scene is real. My mom once said to me, "I hope you're not one of those Atheists, because if you're an Atheist I won't like you anymore."

Unconditional love? What's that?

Answer 8

Yes. Religious people get very upset if you don't follow their way when you are their kid. They feel betrayed. Excellent video, by the way.

Answer 9

what a b*tch. my parents disowned me for awhile because i didnt believe in everything the church was saying.

thankfully they left the church and now i have a relationship with them again.

Answer 10

That is absolutely terrible.