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Have you ever said you believed/agreed with something you didn't just to stop people from badgering you?

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Darth Pounder wrote:I've agreed that i did something when i didn't. It works like this

Dad - "Did you scratch SH into the dinner table"

Me - "No"

WACK

Dad - "DID YOU SCRATCH YOUR INITIALS INTO THE FUCKING DINNER TABLE"

Me - "no, it was Samantha" Samantha is my sister

WACK WACK WACK

Dad - "TELL ME THE FUCKING TRUTH"

Me - "Ok it was me, i'm sorry"

WACK WACK WACK WACK WACK...........

Imagine what i'd have got if i kept on disagreeign with him
Sounds oddly familiar... only I got the belt.

...and the lit cigar...

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Queeb Salaron wrote:
Darth Pounder wrote:I've agreed that i did something when i didn't. It works like this

Dad - "Did you scratch SH into the dinner table"

Me - "No"

WACK

Dad - "DID YOU SCRATCH YOUR INITIALS INTO THE FUCKING DINNER TABLE"

Me - "no, it was Samantha" Samantha is my sister

WACK WACK WACK

Dad - "TELL ME THE FUCKING TRUTH"

Me - "Ok it was me, i'm sorry"

WACK WACK WACK WACK WACK...........

Imagine what i'd have got if i kept on disagreeign with him
Sounds oddly familiar... only I got the belt.

...and the lit cigar...

::Shudders::
Geeze, it's weird thinking about the kind of abuse that goes on under the radar. My vendicative side tells me that the best thing to do in this sort of situation would be to throw something in the bastards eyes and kick his balls into his mouth... but obviously that would be pretty self defeating unless one had one's things packed and ready to leave.
I wonder what age "abuse education" courses in school would start being useful at? It seems like the kind of thing a lot of bad parents would object to.
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In fairness to my father i was a bad wee shite when i was a kid and it was the kinda thing i'd normaly do. But it was my wee sister who has the same initials.
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Post by Keevan_Colton »

I dont tend to give in on things I believe in....I was the bane of the RE department in the past, though one of the teachers there did like me, because I'd call them out on BS.....

I once got pulled out an assembly because I couldnt stop laughing at the dickhead american minister that was in preaching.....by the way could someone please stop the export market in fundies? We really really dont want them......
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I rarely get visited by JW's, though the other day, I was at home by myself, and a few came to the door, I was too tired to argue and just basically agreed with them. The only argument I made was that if God was against war then why were there Crusades, they said there was a big misinterpretation of Gods word. I couldn't be bothered arguing, they gave me a book and now it is protecting my computer table in the form of a coaster.
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Mark S wrote:Gee, I bet there are so many people out there praying for Darth Wong, he must have the best life ever!!! :roll:
Then how do you explain DarkStar? :roll:

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This thread has reminded my of the Penny Arcades that have Jesus in them(on a side note, I love the searchable archive PA has),

http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?d ... 1-19&res=l
http://www.penny-arcade.com/view.php3?d ... 9-11&res=l
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RogueIce wrote:
Mark S wrote:Gee, I bet there are so many people out there praying for Darth Wong, he must have the best life ever!!! :roll:
Then how do you explain DarkStar? :roll:
What they were praying for was for Mike to go certifiably insane (trying to wade through what Darkstar passes as 'facts' in the big debate almost did me in), and maybe then he could be convinced to become religious, LOL.
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Darth Pounder wrote:I've agreed that i did something when i didn't. It works like this:

Dad - "Did you scratch SH into the dinner table"
Me - "No"
WACK
Dad - "DID YOU SCRATCH YOUR INITIALS INTO THE FUCKING DINNER TABLE"
Me - "no, it was Samantha" Samantha is my sister
WACK WACK WACK
Dad - "TELL ME THE FUCKING TRUTH"
Me - "Ok it was me, i'm sorry"
WACK WACK WACK WACK WACK...........
Imagine what i'd have got if i kept on disagreeign with him
That just pisses me right off.

I had an experience once - a 'bring your kids to work day'. One of the guys in the 'desk-jockey' jobs where I used to work brought in his son. Okay, many guys did that. But I was startled from my place by the sound of yelling and crying at around noon. There was this guy in the hall, watched by about a half-dozen horrified secretaries and intern-types, smacking his kid repeatedly in the head for - you'll love this - knocking the guy's jar of pens off his desk and onto the floor.

Now, I'm not a violent man, as many of you know. But I did quickly step in and separate the man from his boy. I also separated the man from his consciousness for a good three minutes, though all I did was push him down the corridor with the kind of vehemence I normally reserve for fundies spouting propaganda in my path. Not my fault he tripped and bonked his noggin.

That's hardly a hero's story - it could have gotten me into a lot of trouble, professionally. But that just goes to show you that seeing a kid getting beat up brings out the gorilla in some of us.
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Post by Lagmonster »

Back to the issue at hand, now...

I don't agree with people to get them off my back. But I will often be short with them to get them to leave me alone:

Fundie: "Have you found Jesus?"
Me: "No. BYE."

The trick is to issue the BYE with a glare and the kind of finality of tone that suggests that the fundie *really* does not want to try to continue the discussion.
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When dealing with a fundie you need to put them on the back foot. I would say "Yes i've heard all about <insert god name here> but have YOU heard about the wonders of Satan. Join us ever Thursday when we sacrafice a virgin, come to our club on Saturday and listen to Black Sabbath records backwards......" then watch as they flee screaming.
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No. Everything I say is the truth. (Of course, I may neglect to mention a few inconsequential details here and there . . . )
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Argument at a conservative convention with a Christian fundamentalist:

FUNDIE: "Blah blah blah we should so this because blah blah blah Bible blah blah blah Jesus blah blah blah."

ME: "Alright, hold the phone right there. I'm an athiest, the United States government is secular. So if you're going to sell me a policy, you need better evidence than your imaginary friend in the sky says so."

Always good for quieting down the table. These kinds of things happen all the time when you throw hundreds of college age conservatives, some fundies, some libertarian, together in Arizona for three days with an open bar.
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RedImperator wrote:These kinds of things happen all the time when you throw hundreds of college age conservatives, some fundies, some libertarian, together in Arizona for three days with an open bar.
:shock:

Where do I sign up?!

Edit: You know what they say... One well-placed hand grenade...
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