I'm so happy...

[Thalia]

that my hubby's not a Christian.

Tony and I have been talking some over the past few months about his beliefs. We've tried to come up with some label but there wasn't one, he just feels how he feels and that's that. So this weekend while talking with a party goer he says "what about apathology?" Perfect!! Tony is an apathologist. This makes me happy because I hated saying that my hubby was sorta a Christian, more a humanist, whatever. I've always known that he just didn't give a fuck but now I have a word for it.

[Pyrogenesis]

Now he can go into politics (http://www.apathyparty.co.uk/) as well!

[Smilin]

hmmmmm,,,,religion is a rough rode between myself and my significant other, Thalia.

I'd love it if my wife gave up her insistnence of the existance of God.

She doesn't practice her faith but you don't know how frustrating it is for us to discuss the topic of religion in my household. :(

[Jinx]

How about this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatheism

[Puck]

Hummmm, I rather think that describes Bobby, too.

He just doesn't give a fuck.

[Godless Dave]

hmmmmm,,,,religion is a rough rode between myself and my significant other, Thalia.

I assume you meant "rough road". If not, this is not the appropriate forum for discussing you and your wife's sex life.

[Smilin]

Freudian slip my friend. I have sex on the brain so to speak. :D

[Pastafarian]

...a rough rode between myself and my significant other, Thalia.
I thought Thalia was married to some other guy.

[Pastafarian]

See, now I feel guilty for piling on. Smilin's just returned and we're ranking on him shamelessly.

[Smilin]

Please, I'm an attention whore!

The more the merrier. Imma slut like that! :D

[Thalia]

How about this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apatheism

So that is what I was talking about, just got the word wrong.

[Pyrogenesis]

That quote is pretty cool: "Theology is the effort to explain the unknowable in terms of the not worth knowing."
-H.L. Mencken

[Alex Bragi]

Hey, me too! I'm actually officially a member of the Universal Church Triumphant of the Apathetic Agnostic (UCTAA), whose motto is "We don't know, and we don't care" and,Thalia, I live happily by that every single day. :)

I really like it when people ask me what "religion" I am, and I can tell them that. Some people look at me like I'm a bit nuts, but I can live with that; others kind of nod and say nothing because they're just not sure. *gg*

[slideyfoot]

hmmmmm,,,,religion is a rough rode between myself and my significant other, Thalia.

I'd love it if my wife gave up her insistnence of the existance of God.

She doesn't practice her faith but you don't know how frustrating it is for us to discuss the topic of religion in my household. :(

It's annoying, but at least my gf doesn't tend to bring it up. I know she isn't into the dogma, but she still occasionally comes out with things like "I don't want to be alone in heaven" . Also happens to work for a Quaker organisation (not a Quaker herself :wink2: ), although they're one of the less irritating Christian sects: lots of middle-aged lesbians, which is a strange but rather fun quirk. :-D

[Smilin]

A religion with lots of middle-aged lesbian participants?

Fascinating....tell me more? :D

[slideyfoot]

Not much more to tell - the place where she works is a Quaker organisation, and there happen to be lots of middle-aged lesbians on staff (who unlike my gf, are Quakers).

Also, I don't know if thats confidential information, so I don't want to be too specific...unless this gets split off into the private section. :-D

But it does make me think that perhaps Quakerism is a good faith for spiritually-minded (or whatever the right term would be: religious?) homosexuals who don't much fancy associating themselves with a church that is bigoted against them. Quakers seem entirely non-judgemental on that score, from the little I've seen of it.

[Smilin]

Quakers seem to beat the hell out of the mormon and jehovah's witnesses proseletizers we have over here in the SouthEast USA.
{shudders} at the thought.

[SwordOfTruth]

I would love to be like your husband in this, Thalia, and just not give a fuck.

I don't know how to do that. I do care. My wife is deeply religious, and my kids are deeply religious as well. I try hard every chance I get to teach them critical thinking skills and to question everything and to demand the truth, and it helps some. When they ask me what I believe, I tell them straight up, but the walls and the closemindedness comes in pretty strong pretty fast.

It may sound odd for me to say I admire your husband for not giving a fuck, but I do.

[Thalia]

Sword, when you say you try to teach your kids to question everything. You mean outside of religion too right? I just ask because maybe if they learn outside of religion than it will come naturally to them and then they may be less likely to judge religion, or lack there of.

It's a tough thing to deal with, religion being different for spouses. Even now sometimes I think "how could Tony believe something like that". He still hangs onto a few religous ideals but just doesn't care if there is a god or not. His philosophy is live the best life you can and deal with after life when it comes. Tony was raised catholic and it used to scare me that he would get involved again and then leave me because I didn't believe. I don't worry about that anymore though.

[SwordOfTruth]

Sword, when you say you try to teach your kids to question everything. You mean outside of religion too right?Yup. If their mom teaches them young earth creationism(and she does..my kids are homeschooled :shock: ), I want them to ask questions that challenge it. If their mom can't handle the questions, I want them to feel free to come to me and ask questions. If I never say a question is silly or offlimits, and I don't, they feel a lot of freedom to ask me about whatever they fancy. It gives me an open door. My wife can't accuse me of trying to turn them away from religion this way. I'm merely answering questions honestly.