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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: Freeper on March 24, 2013, 05:28:23 PM
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sarin (112 posts)
Coming Out...
I've known for a long time, but didn't truly embrace it until I was in my late 20's. I remember trying and giving it my best shot as a teenager and even into my early 20's. My wife and I even met under the pretenses of such, but as I grew older, it came clearer that I would have to face the reality of it all. It's hard to be honest about it where I live. San Antonio is a democratically friendly place, but still, to be open in such a way, and as a teacher in middle school, feels like it would bring about a large amount of undo stress upon myself and even my family.
My own family, besides my wife have no idea as far as I can tell. I think they might be open minded, but they are Republicans (in a more traditional sense, not the tea-party nonsense) though my sister's fiance' is definitely of the gun-nut variety. I'm not sure of his opinions on the matter, but still...I'm supposed to be performing their wedding and I would hate to cause any problems in that regard as well. I'm an ordained minister, which feels almost hypocritical...
Happily my wife accepts me, and I have a wonderful son. I feel like I'm living a secret, and I feel like I have to lie about who I am to avoid conflict. I'd like to run for a public office (becoming a precinct chair soon) and I worry it might be an issue as well.
Why is it so hard to feel comfortable admitting who I am? Why do I feel I will be challenged and rejected if I do?
I realize I've intentionally left this a touch misleading, as you may have assumed I meant I'm gay. I'm not, nor do I have those types of feelings, but I can understand and connect with homosexuals quite easily. I am an Atheist, but I'm afraid to admit it.
Does this make any sense at all, or am I being overly cynical to the response of those around me?
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022560933
An atheist ordained minister, will wonders never cease?
If he is catholic maybe he can be the first atheist Pope.
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WTF?
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I'm an ordained minister, which feels almost hypocritical...
Almost? Unless of course he's one of those Unitarian nutjobs.
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I don't talk about religion with my friends pretty much at all. Why would anyone care?
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HiPointDem (14,071 posts)
3. gee, life is tough. imagine if you were a communist.
All of you are communists.
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If he'll just let it be known that he's posting at DU everyone will deduce that he's either an Atheist or pretend Christian.
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There is plenty of room in hell if he doesn't repent.
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well dummy... maybe if you weren't a minister/pastor/whatever then things would be different. The easiest thing to do is quit being a minister. You obviously have lost your faith so give it up. Then nobody will care.
Except if you was an imam or whatever the muslim version of a pastor is. Then they would stone you. The tolerant religion of peace and all that.
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This DUmmy is ordained by a church as a minister, but is actually an atheist. He's married to a woman, but is actually homosexual.
He is the perfect example of franksolich's Rule One: DUmmies lie. Dummies lie all the time.
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...and as a teacher in middle school, feels like it would bring about a large amount of undo stress upon myself and even my family.
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I hope to God this prancer isn't an English teacher, but I can't say I would be a damned bit surprised if it was.
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My imitation of sarin:
Look at MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! I'm an atheist. Are quite shocked?
:yawn:
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WTF?
You said it. This DUmmy is a teacher, or a minister, or gay, or not gay, or an atheist, or all of the above. He (or she) wants to run for public office, but intends to conceal his (or her) real self from the people who would vote for him (or her).
The DUmmy once saw a t-shirt with Freidrich Nietzche's picture and the words "Multiply your perspectives", and it had a profound effect on his life.
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The DUmmy once saw a t-shirt with Freidrich Nietzche's picture and the words "Multiply your perspectives", and it had a profound effect on his life.
Said DUmmy probably though it read, "Multiply your perversions."
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Said DUmmy probably though it read, "Multiply your perversions."
Almost everyone has a slogan or quote which is most influential. Nietzche's "Live dangerously" is one of my favorites.
For a Christian, the Great Commandments spoken by Jesus in the Gospels ("Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind" and "Love your neighbor as yourself") would certainly qualify.
I can see the corporate slogan of DUmmyland being "Multiply your perversions".
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That doesn't make any sense, how can one be a minister/pastor, and be an atheist???
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Does this make any sense at all
No, because your full of shit and your :bouncy: sucks. Whose trolling payroll are you on?
An atheist ordained minister
:whatever: pleeeeze............
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This is what years of brainwashing does to those who go through state run schools. And especially in the halls of higher education.
I think his confusion makes him the perfect candidate for the DUmp and demoncrat party.
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I once knew a guy back in the 70s who paid $20 to be ordained by mail.
The main attraction was that his certificate came with a "Clergy" license plate holder, so he could park almost anywhere without being ticketed.
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If it weren't for taxpayer subsidized housing most useless-eater liberals wouldn't have a closet to come out of.
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That doesn't make any sense, how can one be a minister/pastor, and be an atheist???
It's a 'Very eclectic' faith...?
Seriously, though, he probably paid the fee to become a Unitarian 'Minister' (Or whatever the UUs call 'em).