This is pretty retarded "we have nothing more to talk about "

cheesy editing bad music comes across as one of them retarded Conservative political infomercials , If this is intended for Christians to watch they will turn it off right away and i'm not really sure how its constructive for atheists , i'm sure its not that hard to highlight idiotic parts of religion and people that follow religion without coming across as non communicative and confrontational.

>> ^westy:

This is pretty retarded "we have nothing more to talk about "
cheesy editing bad music comes across as one of them retarded Conservative political infomercials , If this is intended for Christians to watch they will turn it off right away and i'm not really sure how its constructive for atheists , i'm sure its not that hard to highlight idiotic parts of religion and people that follow religion without coming across as non communicative and confrontational.


I agree, mostly. It's a bit heavy-handed and over-produced; it probably would have been more impactful without the music and without all the footage of the actress typing her letter.

As a lifelong atheist of secular-minded, deist parents I cannot fully empathize with this video's perspective but I know that for many others, it hits home. I can't imagine how ridiculous it would be to really have to argue about the merits and historical accuracy of the bible with my own parents.

However, my father, a retired high school science teacher, recently had a weird bout of moon-landing hoax conspiracy fever after watching a video of that jackass who confronted Neil Armstrong with a camera crew and a bible, demanding he swear that he really walked on the moon. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=znzoVcjS2IA&NR=1 Apparently, he found it rather damning in favor of the hoax.

I humored him for a while. In fact, for his birthday, I got him a bunch of books about the moon landing, just as a joke. His being a science teacher with a masters degree made it especially weird. But it got to the point that that's all he wanted to talk about so I said, "look, during the two times a year we see each other, I'd prefer that those times go smoothly. If you feel the same, you'll not raise this topic again." And that seemed to do the trick.

I can almost understand someone believing the moon landing was a hoax. But that the stories in the bible are true? That's just puerile silliness.

Nope, sorry. Disagreements about theology is not a good reason to cut off family. Suck it up, keep asking for them to respect your beliefs, and keep educating yourself to more intelligently and politely refute their claims when they disrespect your boundaries. That is love.

>> ^MaxWilder:

Nope, sorry. Disagreements about theology is not a good reason to cut off family. Suck it up, keep asking for them to respect your beliefs, and keep educating yourself to more intelligently and politely refute their claims when they disrespect your boundaries. That is love.


I agree completely. But, I know this isn't always possible. But, you can remain civil and try to add "ideas" with "facts" to conversations. Try to let truth bridge that void (truth as I've seen acts much like water; it fills voids, cracks them open, and allows you to be truthful). As I've learned countless times you have to let them find the truth for themselves. The nail is already hammered; hammering won't work.