I just had lunch with my best friend, her girlfriend, and her cousin. My best friend's girlfriend (Tonya) was very sheltered growing up and her mother is a devout Southern Baptist. The subject came up that I am an atheist and Tonya said "You are not atheist" in an incredulous tone. Here is the dialogue:
Tonya: "You are not an atheist."
Me: "Yes, I am"
Tonya: "No you're not."
Me: "Why is that so unbelievable?"
Tonya: "Because...You don't worship the devil!"
Me: "Atheists don't worship the devil. We don't even believe in the devil...Honey, did your mom tell you that atheists worship the devil?"
Tonya: "No, my friend told me that she snuck into an atheist church and they worshiped the devil."
Me: "Atheists don't believe in the devil. (I then proceed to explain the definition of 'atheist'.) Atheism is, by definition, nothing more than a lack of belief."
Tonya: "Then why do they have churches?"
Me: "We don't have churches. Atheism is not a religion."
2007-08-14 08:57:00 · 28 answers · asked by Christy ☪☮e✡is✝ 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
^This is *really* how our conversation went. I have heard people jokingly say that atheists worship the devil but had no idea that there were people who *actually* believed that. It was an honest mistake on her part being a bit on the naive side but I was both shocked and amused by this.
2007-08-14 08:58:52 · update #1
lol - that's funny.
i have a similar story about my friend for 25 yrs. she was telling me that when we were teens (we lived in separate cities at that time) that she had a friend who was a witch. this friend actually married satan and had sex with him at a ritual, in front of everyone. satan acutally manifested there and this was the only way to become part of a coven. she told me this last year and she's in her 30's!!!!! she truly believes it!
she hates that i'm a witch cause she wants to be with me when we die and she almost starts crying when she thinks about me being in hell. it is so sad that some religions have such a hold on people
edit: is that the real sisterzeal who just said that? it can't be. if it is, then my hat goes off to her for "evolving" : )
2007-08-14 09:05:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋
Well, I'm not surprised, but it's sad that there's so much misinformation over there. I've heard that Atheists are the most feared and mistrusted group in the USA, so good luck, and we can only hope that education and information will still bring enlightenment to this world... Hey, a girl can be unreasonably optimistic, can't she?!?!
2007-08-14 09:06:08 · answer #2 · answered by dead_elves 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Thanks for the story, I was really LOL.
But honestly, I'm not surprised. If a person can believe in a supernatural almighty being, they can believe any wacky fanciful notion, like the existence of atheist churches that worship Satan.
2007-08-14 09:09:59 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
atheists do have churches. but they're not like a Christian church; it's basically just a coffee shop where they have weekly meetings.
those "churches" applied for a tax break on the grounds of being a church.
but the devil and worshiping part is silly.
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eu/21618
2007-08-14 09:12:11 · answer #4 · answered by Quailman 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
lunch is often hilarious. there replaced into this one time the place my buddy filled cornbread down my different friends pants (the returned) and while she replaced into getting it out, she incredibly plenty flashed the table of boys at the back of us. yet over returned, i had this white blouse and replaced into eating fries. some how, the ketchup from the fry have been given on my blouse, on the worst place attainable. what sucked much greater is that the class i had after replaced into with all perverted boys, and that i replaced into the only woman. yet over returned, i bent over to %. my quarter up from the floor, and my buddy aimed a ball of aluminum foil at something, yet have been given it in my blouse. its in comparison to i'm able to fish it out interior the path of lunch, so i had to love leave it there till i ought to pass to the showering room. a various time, this guy merely randomly began pole dancing and tried to seduce my (woman) gymnasium instructor. lunch is probable the better area of the day.
2016-10-15 08:10:31 · answer #5 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Great story! She SNUCK INTO an atheist church? How lucky that she didn't get caught and... IDK... sacrificed, or something! LOL!
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Here's my story:
On at least two separate occasions, I've had co-workers tell me, "You are a Christian," and when I've said no, I'm NOT, they've insisted, "Yes, you're a Christian. You just don't know it."
Because, of course, if you're a decent human being, you have to be a Christian.
2007-08-14 09:08:08 · answer #6 · answered by §αғịỳỳẩ² Ẫ†нэậ†ị 5 · 5⤊ 0⤋
We should immediately put out an APB on Tonya's friend. She has profaned our unholy place with her unheathen presence. She must not be allowed to live. ;-)
2007-08-14 09:08:04 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Jesus Christ on the Cross!
Can you imagine if half the $500 billion spent in Iraq was spent on public education?
If there was a God, I would pray for America's future.
2007-08-14 09:06:43 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Natures punishment for being a believer is obviously extreme dumbness.
2007-08-14 09:36:59 · answer #9 · answered by CHEESUS GROYST 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Astonishing. Who is teaching them such nonsense?
Oh silly me: People with a vested interest in pulling the wool over people's eyes, i.e. money-grabbing, power-hungry, status-seeking religious leaders.
2007-08-14 09:06:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 7⤊ 0⤋