Posted by:
extbm1324
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Date: July 14, 2013 03:21PM
Awhile back, a TBM family member asked everyone to comment on his status on what the purpose of life was. Considering almost all of his friends and family are TBM, I knew where the conversation was going quickly. I refrained from posting because I did not want to create controversy.
Well, he noticed I was refraining from participating, so he specifically asked me to participate. I had already reviewed many of the answers, and most of them were the usual mormon bile. "To get a body, live my life like jesus, temple marriage, blah blah blah." I asked him what exactly he would suggest I put, because I knew it could get explosive if I were being at all honest. He then told me not to get religious, aka my "agnostic view" on things....
so I asked him why he was asking for my input..... He then proceeded to say, " Well whats important to you? From what I can see your life revolves around making money, your cats, and enjoying the material world."
It was very condescending. You could tell he was insinuating that if you did not have the church in your life that you are a fool and truly do not understand the complexities and the purpose of life. It was a superiority complex. So from there, I damn well posted my agnostic view on things. Practically wrote an essay on it. At the end of it I finished with telling them that I did not need a God or a written literature to make morally and ethically sounds decisions in my life. Boy did I piss some people off, but he was asking for it.....