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Do you know anyone like this? (Original Post) Playinghardball Dec 2012 OP
Yes, I do, unfortunately...lots of them here in Darkest Mississippi Glorfindel Dec 2012 #1
No. HappyMe Dec 2012 #2
Right ....across...the...street...from...me dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #3
Across the street from me too. progressoid Dec 2012 #7
Makes me want to put up a statue of a naked rabbit on Easter. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #9
...The stupid burns... Hydra Dec 2012 #4
I don't allow anyone like that in my personal life and avoid them like the plague otherwise. freshwest Dec 2012 #5
My mom. riderinthestorm Dec 2012 #6
That's a drag. femrap Dec 2012 #8
Oh, I am sorry to hear that. dixiegrrrrl Dec 2012 #10
Yep Faux pas Dec 2012 #11

progressoid

(49,991 posts)
7. Across the street from me too.
Wed Dec 5, 2012, 06:18 PM
Dec 2012

In fact, they still have a couple yard signs out about religious freedom and the unborn. Just so we don't forget how pious they are.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
9. Makes me want to put up a statue of a naked rabbit on Easter.
Wed Dec 5, 2012, 07:15 PM
Dec 2012

or sump'n.

I tried the colander of noodles, but they did not get it.

Hydra

(14,459 posts)
4. ...The stupid burns...
Wed Dec 5, 2012, 05:47 PM
Dec 2012

And yes, I know people who do this and hear it on hate radio all the time.

Being a former catholic, it grates on my ears even more. Matthew told you to STFU and pray in a closet. I'd suggest getting on that ASAP.

 

femrap

(13,418 posts)
8. That's a drag.
Wed Dec 5, 2012, 06:32 PM
Dec 2012

Mine is my mother's sister (my aunt). She calls my mom twice a day and I've noticed a change in my mom....more Bible reading, more bible school, more bible study groups. I try to de-program her, but she's 85 and her memory isn't what it used to be. Nothing is the way it used to be.

It's just so easy for her to believe in Jesus and God....it's all so black and white. There is no need to think. But I still point out all the hypocrisies...I can't help it. And she sees those. And she does vote Democratic unlike the aunt, so that's good. Well, I filled her out absentee ballot....but she wanted to vote for Dems. Really.

I have given her the lecture on how religions are used by the wealthy and powerful to manipulate people and to cause wars. But she doesn't want to hear it. The Truth Hurts, in other words.

My aunt....after her visit up North this summer to help me after my mom went into the nursing home after a fall, I will never speak to her again. I will do everything I can to never see her or any of her family. If there is such a thing as 'those reptile people' they're it. They totally creep me out.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
10. Oh, I am sorry to hear that.
Wed Dec 5, 2012, 07:20 PM
Dec 2012

You can adopt me as your Mom if you want.
My kids say I am the coolest mom ever.
(the "kids" are now mid-40's, but still say it)

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