Oh my god it's unbearable talking to my mom on the phone

[Howard Roark]

- It's never less than an hour
- she is basically a walking missionary (in North America wtf...)
- I really resent any reminder of the fact she moved us around because she believed god wanted us to (she still leads her own life this way and thus I've seen her twice in the last 10 years)
- she likes to get sad and miss us but maybe she should tell that to god

yeah I'm heartless




seriously, I tune most it out and go by tone of voice and listen for when I'm supposed to reply, but sometimes I guess wrong and my responses just don't make sense

and if anyone knows what a Salvation Army is (a christian run thrift store) I literally cannot go in there because they play all this piss-poor quality music known as christian rock that my mom used to play all the time (and sadly I've memorized due to exposure)

[Kiro]

Tell her you found the Virgin Mary in your tomato soup and she'll come home for a visit. ^-^

[Howard Roark]

we didn't grow up catholic, thank god

I mean if you're gonna do something, do it right


even when I cared to believe any of it in the slightest, I didn't think that adding excess ceremony and praying to humans (saints and mary) was a good idea to get know god

[Shiroikage]

I bought the rose shirt for $5 or $7.50 at a Sally Ann.

[Shojin]

Have a long proper conversation with her religion, ask her why she believes what she does, and point out the obvious errors in the Bible that have been dis-proven by Science. Make her watch documentaries on how life came about, and how the earth was formed. Just pretty much call her out on all the bullshit.

Convert her, man!

[Kiro]

Yeah dude at that age I don't think that'd work. She'd probably pull some "DEVIL'S CHILD! SHUN" shit.

[Shojin]

Have you tried having a conversation about religion/non-religion with someone overly religious? Holy fuck it can be the most amusing or frustrating shit ever, depending on whether or not you are trolling them

[drwaffles]

Yeah dude at that age I don't think that'd work. She'd probably pull some "DEVIL'S CHILD! SHUN" shit.

Nothing to do with age... I doubt you'll ever see anyone go "Oh, ok then" when their stupid religious beliefs are challenged with logic.

[Sera]

Have you tried having a conversation about religion/non-religion with someone overly religious? Holy fuck it can be the most amusing or frustrating shit ever, depending on whether or not you are trolling them

Lokky tried to do this with Ryko's mom once, hilarious results

[Shojin]

Yeah dude at that age I don't think that'd work. She'd probably pull some "DEVIL'S CHILD! SHUN" shit.

Yeah, tbh I do it just to see what excuses they come out with.

Most popular: God works in mysterious ways.

[Howard Roark]

Have a long proper conversation with her religion, ask her why she believes what she does, and point out the obvious errors in the Bible that have been dis-proven by Science. Make her watch documentaries on how life came about, and how the earth was formed. Just pretty much call her out on all the bullshit.

Convert her, man!

I got all that outta my system at age 17 or so, now it's just mean because I know the reaction, she'll just cry

If I could convert her believe me I would, but I'm not one to push my beliefs on someone

if she asks though (which she won't to any large extent, and she already knows how I feel) it'll probably result in her being overly offended and me trying my best to vent nicely

[Shojin]

God works in mysterious ways.

aka: I have no reasonable answer

[Sera]

Yeah, tbh I do it just to see what excuses they come out with.

Most popular: God works in mysterious ways.

goddddd hasssss a plaaaan for youuuuu

[Shojin]

That too FFFFFFFFFFFFF

[Milkster]

THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!

[Sera]

LET ME PUT MY MOTHER ON THE PHOOONE

[Howard Roark]

the latest reason for her moving to a new place, of course it's god's will, has been indicating september for months, and "oh my gosh son, I see september everywhere, it's like god's trying to tell me buzzzzzzz [me tuning out]"

but now it's november

"So what happened with 'September'?"


and she backpedals and safefaces like you wouldn't believe, ugh

[Milkster]

Try to say "Mom I honestly don't care about your religion. It would be nice if we could have a normal conversation without it once."

Or be ruthless and say and be all Look woman you crazy stop calling me.

[Shojin]

the latest reason for her moving to a new place, of course it's god's will, has been indicating september for months, and "oh my gosh son, I see september everywhere, it's like god's trying to tell me buzzzzzzz [me tuning out]"

but now it's november

"So what happened with 'September'?"


and she backpedals and safefaces like you wouldn't believe, ugh

Oh dude I can't stand those types, using stuff like that as an excuse to make life changing decisions, it's like they have no free will

[Sera]

i would just say "there is no god" every time she mentioned it

think of the possibilities