A little background: brother is a reverend, rapper for Jesus ( i swear) mother Facebook page might as well include the entire new testament.
My whole family us aware I am an atheist. Anytime we speak religion, I'm usually met with condescension. Pretty funny most of the time. Today though, just got under my skin.
Brothers Facebook post:
Yes, lets all remember that the most important thing that came from a religiously fanatic homicidal terrorist attack, was a call to arms for other religions ( i.e Christianity) to become more religiously fanatic themselves.
I want to send this is a reply, but one, I don't want to deal with the backlash today. And two, I really find it disrespectful to be talking about stuff like this ( IE religious/ philosophical differences) when we should all be honoring and respecting those who did suffer. Of course my brother has no issue throwing his "god" all over the internet and taking glory for his "god" for this tragic event. Any thought on if I should reply?
Anyone else seen stuff like this today? Be nice to know I'm not alone in feeling this way.
Thanks Bex
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Thanks for the replies! I ended up not posting, just ignoring. They post this kind of stuff often enough I'll say something on a day not meant for honoring those who've died.
My Mom posted something about remembering 9/11, and one of her idiot 'friends' replied, 'and they banned clergy from the ceremony..what's up with that?' So I told him what was up..I said they weren't banned, they just weren't allowed to rant on the microphone. I also said about 1/3rd of the victims were not xtians. He was a dumbass whose reply was also dumbass-ish, something about other faiths should be allowed to speak. There I kept my mouth shut because I wanted to go off on him, I didn't want to be disrespectful on that day. Thankfully my mom stepped up and said if people wanted, they could go to their nearest church and pray all they want. I love my mom!
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