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The Disappearing Veil of Christian Politeness

when a christian is laughing along with you & enjoying your presence, at work or while in a social context & then somehow by some random comment the fact that you do not believe in the work of fiction they abide by or worship that infamous underdeveloped dramatic character from nazareth as they do, you may get to see a human face quickly wrinkle up in disgust or anger as if a pug was crossbred with some kind of wild boar whose snarling would wake up the neighbors & whose filthy idiotic grumblings are made only with the purest absolute self-righteous certainty, with a dash of condescension & a couple handfuls of hope that there is in fact a place where everybody who doesn’t believe as they do will one day finally burn. you may get to even see them turn completely around, walking away from you as if you have suddenly lost all substance as a human being & while from out of the woodwork will come those that say “we are not all like that,” the fact remains, they believe in the same ridiculous fairytales. they have read the book of revelation they hope in their hearts that when their savior comes that he will wash the earth clean of scum like you so that they will no longer have to answer any questions about the validity of their claims & they can all live happily ever after baaaaaaa-ing in unison & relishing in the fact that their enemies got their just desserts.

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Date: 7/21/2011 5:08:00 AM
ooooh, very well written. and some of those folks won't even be able to look at a poem as a place where all sentiments can be aired safely
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Andrew Delapruch
Date: 7/21/2011 11:31:00 AM
@ Susan Buchel. Thanks so much for taking the time to read this piece! Glad one is not alone on the freedom of speech issue!
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Andrew Delapruch
Date: 7/21/2011 11:31:00 AM
@ Susan Buchel. Thanks so much for taking the time to read this piece! Glad one is not alone on the freedom of speech issue!

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