Comments on: Evangelical atheism? http://patchwolf.com/2009/02/20/evangelical-atheism/ a man's blog about atheism, politics, masculism, and a zombie or two Mon, 26 Apr 2010 22:07:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: joe http://patchwolf.com/2009/02/20/evangelical-atheism/comment-page-1/#comment-4 joe Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:39:00 +0000 http://patchwolf.com/?p=21#comment-4 I get the family thing. I'm a druid and Traci ns what we like to call cathagan (in that she is a pagan who still holds on pretty tightly to a lot of her catholic background). her family are all fundies (though I never thought of "Christ is Risen" as a traditional Easter greeting). And I know that her mother is going to raise hell when she sees our altar. But for me, it's more immediate. it's not just about my beliefs, but about hers as well. And IMO, the sooner her family accepts her, the sooner we can forget about it and realize that religion isn't that big a deal between people. but i can't be dishonest about myself. So far nobody in her family has asked me about religion, but she knows that when they do, I won't lie. I don't have it in me. So we'll see how that goes. I get the family thing. I’m a druid and Traci ns what we like to call cathagan (in that she is a pagan who still holds on pretty tightly to a lot of her catholic background).

her family are all fundies (though I never thought of “Christ is Risen” as a traditional Easter greeting). And I know that her mother is going to raise hell when she sees our altar. But for me, it’s more immediate. it’s not just about my beliefs, but about hers as well. And IMO, the sooner her family accepts her, the sooner we can forget about it and realize that religion isn’t that big a deal between people.

but i can’t be dishonest about myself. So far nobody in her family has asked me about religion, but she knows that when they do, I won’t lie. I don’t have it in me. So we’ll see how that goes.

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