[quote=svelte][quote=doofrat]Can’t remember where I heard this:
Religion is like a penis: It’s fine if you have one and it’s fine if you’re proud of it, just please don’t wave it around in public or try to shove it down my throat.[/quote]

lol. I think you heard that from me, as I’ve posted it on here before. You have some wording changes in there that I actually like better than what I typically say. Obviously I didn’t practice what I preached (heh) on Kiva. Actually I sorta did since I am anonymous on there.

Most people in my life are unaware that I am a non-believer. I don’t belong to any atheists groups, don’t have one of those fish-with-feet decals on my car, and haven’t filed any remove-that-symbol-from-public-land lawsuits. So for the most part, I keep it down low.

But sometimes people push my buttons just right and it’s like holding raw meat in front of a tiger.

Signing up for Kiva was one of those moments. Someone on here mentioned Kiva and I thought it was a good way to give back to the world. I could encourage independence world-wide by helping fund entrepeneurs in poor countries who just needed a hand, not a hand out.

So I signed up. But first thing I was presented with when I joined was one Christian group after another as options of what I could become a member of on Kiva. Well that was the raw meat. I went looking for a non-believers group and found Atheists, Agnostics, and Non-believers. The only time ever I have joined such a group for anything.

Another ‘raw meat’ moment was during the election with Prop 8. I was doing perfectly fine, was gonna vote against it, wasn’t talking to anyone about it. Then I drove up my street and I’ll be damned if the neighbors on both sides AND across the street didn’t have “Save Marriage” signs planted in their yard, sponsored by a local church. That did it. I put a “Straight Not Narrow” sign in my yard and held a “No on 8” banner on a street corner for full two full days the next weekend.

The third time I can recollect was at work. My boss went to lengths to mention each week about the charity work he did with his church. I smiled and said nothing. Then one week he suggested I join his church group. Raw meat again. I bet he never forgot that conversation.

Anyway, I don’t hate religion or Christians. I just want to be left alone in my freedom from religion. Just don’t hang raw meat in front of me. :-)[/quote]

most Christians i am told believe they have a duty to hang raw meat in front of you. They might phrase it slightly differently; perhaps, sharing the good news of the holy gospel, making sure your soul is ok and set up for eternity..just trying to do you a favor, man. feel bad for you, with your messed up situation…all unsaved and basically willfully blind.
here take this Bible, dude. we’re just going to open this meeting witha little prayer. what’s the big deal? you don’t ahve to listen? this is a christian country, little fella, and if you don’t like it, well, you ahve a right to be an unsaved idiot, just shut up.

or dont.

your boss is an idiot. employmentlawwise speaking…