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Then their was the long-asss drawn-out christian/atheist debate. Not really much of a debate, just athiest bashing. Again, I was not allowed to put one word in. I did happen to get out, ?I don't really care what you think. I respect your views, and you should respect mine." Then I was told not to be surprised when I get struck down. God this and god that. I tried to ask why I have to believe in christianity.... somewhere I must have got lost because they asked why I kept bringing up christianity (mind you, they are all christian). I said that if I was to believe in any other god I would be just as blasphemis as if I didn't believe in any god at all... if there really is this god. They said it doesn't matter because basically everyone believes in the same god. I hate to say it, but when I was christian I did research and even christians don't all believe in the same god in the same way. They can't all be right. So I asked how they knew they were right, but the only reply was it doesn't matter.

By the end of the night I was then being called stupid, not literally. The real phrase was that my brain was the size of a pea and i only use half that. Good christians they are... any witness they had was lost long before it got that far. I as an atheist know more about their god then they do. Tghey just believe becasue they are afraid of what may happen if they don't. Going about it that way is still the wrong way... if there is a god.

I would say I acted way more mature then all 4 of them... but that was just my point of view.

They asked me if I celebrate christmas... I said no, I son't celebrate that holiday that was originally pagan. They asked if I give or recieve gifts... I said yes, because it is a tradition. BAM! Right there I was a hypicrite because christmas is a religious tradtion. I follow it because it's a family tradition and I respect my families traditions.

I was also asked if I loved McDonalds when i was younger. Of course I did... I was a kid. Somehow that was supposed to tie in with me being a hypocrite. I have no idea how.

Out of all this Steve-Bashing... I wasn't the one that was getting angry. The two black girls were seriously pissed off and offended that I didn't agree with them. They asked me to remind them how old I was many times... 21 I would say... and they said I was young and immature yet, I would grow out of it.

I fished out a bit of info... I was more active in my religious life when i was christian then they are now. i fasted, spent nights at church, went to bible study everyweek, participated in youth group, rallies, and revivals. i even went to church twice on sundays sometimes. I read almost the whole bible, not to mentyion written works by christian authors. I did looked into different forms of christianity. I RESEARCHED WHAT I BELIEVED. Them? They just believe.


I thought the athiest was the one that bashed the christian? That's the story I always heard. What went wrong tonight?

I asked what McDonalds had to do with Christianity (see previous post). The relation was supposed to be that i loved going to McDonalds because of Ronald... which I hated him. The guy said that was supposed to somehow represent why i should go to church or something like that. When I mentioned that it was apples to oranges and asked exactly how they related... he got kinda pissed.

Somewhere during the discussion, it got odd. One guy told me he doesn't have to read the bible or go to church or anything along those lines to know how to live and have belief in god. How does he know what rules god wants him to follow, and how he is suppoed to live. The guy said he has never read the enitre bible.

They mentioned the Left Behind series. When I said I read every book but the last one, the 19 year old guy looked at me like I was lying. He said his teacher hasn't read all of them and he has a degree and such. I don't know about his teacher, but that's pretty damn slow then. I have read all but the last one.

I was insulted again. They said I can't grasp the concept of christianity because I am too think-headed, ignorant, and *I have forgotten the other one*.

I was told I am unhappy in my life because I don't have religion in my life. Why is it then that i was as unhappy or more unhappy when I was in church? He said the happiest people he has ever seen were in church and he has never been in church. I let that one go.