#proselytising

If not solely in the north at the least….

(Don’t worry, I’m not one of those “abolish all religion” kind of ex-Christian atheists who all too eagerly embraced nihilistic thinking.)

It’s really annoying.

Turn to Allah before it is too late, Islam is the light🙏🏻

What is stopping you from pursuing a life w/ someone who will never leave you & has your best at heart?

𝗔𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘄𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱: 'If you do not know where you want to go, then it doesn't matter which path you take.'

I'm always saying I don't know what is happening or why I'm feeling despondent

— so I agree we don't know how to live.

We're all unique snowflakes, but I think divorce & drugs and alcohol exists so we can try to calm down from all the anger and rage we feel when 𝘄𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻'𝘁 𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 — or the way we want to be treated or remembered.

1.]  If 𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗲𝗿,       Hell is basic entry level for everyone, &

2.]  If GOD sent HIS SON to die on the cross in our       place to avoid this Hell and lead us thru life by       HIS HOLY SPIRIT; &

3.]  HE says there is only 1-way forward & JESUS       is the way/truth/life, that no one comes to       the FATHER except thru JESUS. [John 14:6]

Why would we ever avoid HIS easy yoke? Why wouldn't we ask HIM in to show us the way?

We clearly don't have life/truth/way to GOD, unless we accept JESUS, & life/death begins forever after we're ejected from earth.

I wonder if you were to die in your sleep suddenly: Are you ready to be drop-kicked into eternity?

LOL.

What you seem to be saying is that "god" is the name you give to your feelings. And feelings, as we know, are malleable and manipulatable. As anyone who's ever watched a rom-com, listened to an Adele song, watched the Super Bowl commercials, cranked up their workout with their power track, danced their cares away, downed a vodka-soda at the end of a long week, or got nice and toasted on the weekend can attest. We spend our lives trying to alter our neurochemicals. In some ways that are healthy, some ways that are not. And some ways that are simply delusion.

Your god is a manipulation. And you fell for it. It's kind of well known. Did it never occur to you that people always feel moved by the "holy spirit" during particular types of songs? Or that every church follows basically the same formula? It's all neurochemical, sweetie. It's kind of an open secret that it's a form of mass hypnosis.

It's particularly effective when the mark (that's you) is in a vulnerable position or state. That's how this operates. When you're vulnerable and suggestible, the con artist moves in and offers the "solution" to your woes, the drug he wishes to sell you and get you hooked on.

Oh, sweetie. It's like when my 2 year old niece was inconsolable because her uncle "took her nose." Such a precious little mouse.

This appears to be the best case you're able to make for -- wait, which god is it? Jehovah's Witness-god? Catholic-god? Evangelical Xian-god? Exclusive Brethren-god? Eastern Orthodox-god? Mainline Protestant-god? Westboro-god? Methodist-god? Southern Baptist Convention-god? Does it even matter?

If this is your best shot, I can reasonably conclude you have no tangible evidence, no verifiable justification for your belief. All you have is the kind of child-like naïveté that's indistinguishable from writing a letter to Santa, or making a wish as you blow out your birthday candles. Maybe you could get in touch with Harry Potter or call upon the sparkle-vampires from Twilight; they're characters in books too.

I don't believe in your god - based on nothing more than your oogie-boogie summoning spell - for the same reason you don't believe the mere testimony of those who claim that the goddess Athena bequeathed them reason and wisdom. Not because of the god. Because of the failure of the believer. (That's you.)

It's interesting, though, that your god relies upon you to tell him about me and give him instructions on what to do about it. That you seem to be quite certain that either your god doesn't know about me, or knows but doesn't know what to do about it, and is awaiting instructions from you. This is actually a symptom, and indicative of, the egocentric nature of belief. It's driven entirely from within you. That's actually been studied, by the way. It's the reason your god has all the same opinions you do. Just as every believer's god has the same beliefs as the believer. (You really never noticed this?)

Believers' estimates of God's beliefs are more egocentric than estimates of other people's beliefs

It may make you feel better to know that I've already met your god. He's a smudgy area in your medial prefrontal cortex. That's why he's merely a "feeling" rather than a thing that is measurable and demonstrable in the real world, and why every excuse for his absence constitutes a description of things that aren't real: immaterial, undetectable, insubstantial, etc, etc.

See those dots? That's your god. Give him a wave. Hi there! Thanks for the 4000 genetic diseases and the hole that we breathe, speak and eat through.

What's also fascinating is that you feel completely comfortable, at ease, and un-blasphemous questioning your god's wisdom in creating non-believers to test and challenge your faith. If you truly believed in and trusted your god, you would embrace the fact your god put me in your path, instead of whining to him via the celestial chat line, and trying to goad him into undo what he has done, for your comfort and convenience.

Instead, the confidence is not placed in your god, but rather in that your god will obey your command. Even though he ignores the the prayers of the children your god's priests rape, and the people who starve from the famines and droughts your god sends. But you praying to psychologically manipulate some random non-believer on the internet, that's something he'll take time out of his busy day of baby cancer, COVID and floods to take care of. Just for you. Because you're special. You're the True Xian™. Sure is a good thing he's got you to take the reins and steer him down the right path, isn't it? Where would the cosmos be without your valuable input? That, again, is part of the egocentric nature of your god-belief.

Oh ye of such tiny faith, putting yourself above your own god.

(See what I did there? That's a little joke between you and me - we already know it's just you.)

What a strange person. When a babysitter comes over, they’re supposed to put on movies and TV shows and music that the kids would enjoy, to keep them entertained. It’s never about the babysitter themselves. They’re only there because a responsible human needs to be present. How selfish to make fun time for the kids all about her superstitions.

You might start with simply suggesting you watch or listen to something else, or keep changing the subject and talking about something more your speed.

If that doesn’t work, you might need to be more direct and forceful. If she’s actually your friend, she will understand and agree. You are not unreasonable for expecting to be able to have your own beliefs, and not have hers rammed down your throat. People are free to block or ignore my posts - I don’t come into their houses while they’re eating dinner and point out all the problems in the bible or with their illogical thought process.

If she refuses, I would take it up with your parents (or whoever is in charge of hiring/paying her). It’s no more acceptable for her to be proselytizing to you than if you were to go to her 3 year old brother and tell him that there’s no Santa (or god). But also, she’s not actually doing her job. If you’re uncomfortable about being direct with her first, then maybe just go straight to your parents.

If the friendship ends, it’s because she ended it, because she prioritized preaching over her friendship with you, not because you ended it. No different or more rational than ending your friendship because you don’t want to watch another movie where Tom Cruise spends the whole thing running around with his weird running style, when she does. And it probably indicates she was not really your friend in the first place.