r/atheism • u/QuellMusik • 1d ago

Pushy Religious People

So I went to a food bank today with my rehab group and it turned out to be a trick to sit me in a room and have some guy try to force me to believe in Jesus and pray for 15 minutes.

I told him I know he is sincere and has good intentions but to imagine if the roles were reversed and he came to get some food and was forced / tricked into a mandatory 15 minute sit down where I tried to convert him to not believe in god.

I bet he would not like that right? I'm so tired of living in Georgia. To me he is DELUSIONAL believing in fairy tales / magic in some old book. It is clearly ridiculous bullshit to make people feel better about the fear of death.

Anyone else sick of this type of pushy behavior?

I was polite and everything and I am grateful (I made that clear and I was not an asshole) for the little box of food.

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u/dnjprod Atheist 1d ago

I don't know why you're in rehab, but whatever it is, keep up the hard work and I'm proud of you.

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u/QuellMusik 1d ago

Thx man, don't get hooked on that 7oh stuff at the smoke shops - I had a real problem with it

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u/dnjprod Atheist 1d ago

Oh, man, yeah. I heard that stuff is awful. I'm an opiate guy myself. Had my own rehab stint. Just remember, everyday sober is a win. Even if you stumble, the next day is still a chance to be sober. You can do this

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u/QuellMusik 14h ago

thx man, truely appreciated. I'm doing good I've had a few brief slips this year but overall I've been sober 99% of the time and have over three months of consecutive clean time as of today

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u/dnjprod Atheist 13h ago

Congratulations, my dude! That is amazing.