Ch 3.7: Smerdy is an atheist #timeforareligiousdebate #grigoryisallworkedup #popskeepspokingateeveryone #thesepeoplearesomethingelse #thebros #hashtagbrigade #pemberlittens
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IndoorDame If the whole thing is this heavy on religious philosophy it‘s going to go over my head 1y
5feet.of.fury Solid cohesive arguments pretty much all around. Fyodor stirring the pot as always. 1y
5feet.of.fury @IndoorDame the LitChart shows some chapters are very heavy on the Faith v Reason theme, but looks like we will have some respite from it after the next chapter 1y
BarkingMadRead @IndoorDame same here @TheBookHippie so accurate 🤣🤣 1y
Cuilin Smerdy is that one kid at Sunday school or R E that the teacher hates and still manages to turn the class agnostic in a few weeks. Lol 1y
SamAnne @Cuilin 😂😂😂😂 yes!! 1y
Aimeesue @Cuilin Yesssss! I may or may not have been that kid myself 😂 1y
Cuilin @Aimeesue moi aussi, 🙋♀️ 1y
CatLass007 I have a friend who was that kid. He was of Jewish heritage and about 5 when his adoptive family decided he needed to go to Sunday school. The teacher was telling everyone how wonderful heaven is when my friend, whose cat had died during the week, asked if his cat would be waiting for him in heaven. She said no, cats don‘t have souls. He said if his cat wasn‘t in heaven then he didn‘t want to go either. The other kids took up the (cont)⬇️ 1y
CatLass007 complaint and eventually the whole class was in tears. His dad decided he wouldn‘t be going to Sunday school anymore. 1y
Bklover @Cuilin I do believe that is me too! 1y
BarkingMadRead @CatLass007 oh no! 1y
mcctrish @TheBookHippie 🤣🤣 1y
mcctrish I don‘t get why a man would die for Christianity instead of forced faith conversion, most religions think men are great so its not like their freedoms would be constricted 🤷🏻♀️ then it all went blah, blah, blah with Schmigadoon repeating himself 1y
BarkingMadRead @mcctrish the amount of #blahblahblah in this book is concerning 🤣 1y
CatLass007 @BarkingMadRead I think it‘s such a hilarious story. My friend has studied the Bible and other religious texts and decided he is an atheist. I imagine it all began in that Sunday school class. The damage people can do to kids is unforgivable. I was tormented by nuns from grades 1-7 and I went through an atheist phase. I now am a member of a progressive, forward-thinking Presbyterian church. 1y
TheBookHippie @Cuilin 💯💯💯 1y
TheBookHippie @mcctrish I kept hearing the Charlie Brown teacher 😂😳🤷🏻♀️. 1y
mcctrish @TheBookHippie that is exactly the voice (edited) 1y
currentlyreadinginCO @CatLass007 that exact story, but with a dog, lives on in my family as well 😂😂 1y
CatLass007 @currentlyreadinginCO Were you the impetus for the story? My Mom had some cringe worthy stories about me in church but turning a classroom full of happy kids into crying kids who didn‘t want to go to heaven was not in my repertoire. (edited) 1y
currentlyreadinginCO @CatLass007 not me! But I have an aunt who left Judaism at a young age because she was particularly bereft over the death of a dog and learned that the dog wouldn't be going to heaven ... an oft-repeated story. I was raised Catholic, but these days the closest that I come to religion is books like our current read 😂😂 1y
CatLass007 @currentlyreadinginCO I strongly believe that animals have souls and will be with us in paradise. If anyone requests proof, refer them to Isaiah 11:6 and Isaiah 65:25. For those who claim that the quotes weren‘t meant to be taken literally, I usually ask if Jesus‘s death and resurrection are meant to be taken literally. 1y
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