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SRW
19th July 2009, 01:58 PM
I was siting down watching the stupid Nostradamus show on the History Channel, when the door bell rings. I could see a young girl there who looked to be about my sons age so I just yelled come in assuming a friend of one of the boys. Well she just yelled back hello. So I got up and went to the door, immediately I saw the mistake as she was carrying an armload of books. She was a cutie, 20 something, Eurasian mix, my son's favorite Tina Fey glasses and all. So I thought, stall until my son come out.

She wanted to know if I like to eat, cause she is selling cook books, so I go on about my culinary skills, but explain that I have way to many cook books. So she asks if I ever read.

That sort of stumped me, so I said I have read a book or two in my time. She asked what type of books I like.

So to keep her around I lied Si Fi. Then she blew it.

She pulled out a book called the "History of The World" and said this is a book about how God has protected the world, then she asked "are you Christian?"

No, I'm an atheist.

She did not miss a beat, she said that the book had a chapter in it about when atheists ruled the world, during the French Revolution.

To which I answered I already read the bible I do not need any more fairy tales.

She handed me a throw card which and said this may help you and walked quickly off. As she was walking a way my son came up behind me. I handed him the card "Bible Studies That could Change Your Live". And told him she was a cute coming as she is going.

"Not worth the effort", he said.

Oh well back to yelling at the TV.

Hokulele
19th July 2009, 02:20 PM
Smart son.

Denver
19th July 2009, 02:35 PM
Interesting how that Nostradamus show, and your unwanted visitor, were both followed on the History Channel by "Life After People".

Almost... prophetic...

steve s
19th July 2009, 03:29 PM
...about when atheists ruled the world, during the French Revolution.

Huh?! Any idea who she was referring to? The Enlightenment maybe? Yes it was such a terrible time when people revolted against their divinely-ordained monarchies and established secular democracies. Those dang founding fathers and their atheistic values.

Steve S.

Ralph
19th July 2009, 03:39 PM
I am happy to say that my 23 year old daughter is a big fan of Mr Randi and Phil Plait.

She has also come to the realization that religion,gods,demons, and angels are simply fairy tales created in the minds of men--to control others.

She was drifting into a little woo when she was younger but she seems to have grown out of it.

My own dad wasn't a believer either......nice to see the family tradition continuing.

SRW
19th July 2009, 07:11 PM
Huh?! Any idea who she was referring to? The Enlightenment maybe? Yes it was such a terrible time when people revolted against their divinely-ordained monarchies and established secular democracies. Those dang founding fathers and their atheistic values.

Steve S.

I was tempted to poke into the book and see how it could possibly make a conclusion like that, but I have better things to do with a twenty.

quixotecoyote
19th July 2009, 11:20 PM
I was tempted to poke into the book and see how it could possibly make a conclusion like that, but I have better things to do with a twenty.

It's not hard. The French Revolution was largely anti-church and descended into the Reign of Terror. Of course that only lasted a year, and Robespierre was a deist who managed to stifle most atheist factions anyway, but its easy to see what arguments they'll make.