This morning, I was driving and there was a car in front of me with a Brian Dubie sticker, an “I ♥ my wife” Promise Keepers sticker, and a sticker for “The Light 91.5.”
For those of you out of the loop – that is, most of you – that’s the Vermont Republican gubernatorial candidate, an evangelical Christian men’s organization, and a Christian talk radio station.
That could have been me a couple of years ago (well, except I don’t ♥ my wife).
What a strange feeling that brings up in me.
If that was you, no offense. I am not saying that there is anything wrong with you.
It’s just, that’s not me anymore, but it used to be. So, it’s really surreal. That’s all.
I know the feeling. It seems strange to look at things from the “outside.” I was at school the other day picking up my books, and there was a modestly dressed woman in line behind me.
She said “What’s taking them so long?” and I said “I have no idea.” Just making light conversation, you know. Then she asked me what I was going to school for. I said “Anthropology, I’m a freshman.” She said “Oh, this is my last semester, please God let it be my last semester!” And she crossed her chest like the Catholics do and looked up at the ceiling.
I just smiled and nodded, but suddenly felt distant and cold. I’m an atheist, and there’s no way she would have known that. But for her to wear her faith on her sleeve (quite literally, seeing how modestly dressed she was) was so alien to me.
Strange. o_o
(Also- Have you ever heard of the site CafeMom? There’s a lot of atheist moms on there, especially a lot that used to be Christian. It’s a big site, there’s message boards and journals and all that dandy stuff. I’m a member over there
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Um, there is something wrong with that person in the car. They’re an idiot.
Cait, I’ll have to check out CafeMom. I joined years ago, but I never got into it. I was blogging about homeschooling then, so I had a community with other homeschool bloggers and I didn’t really find a need for yet another community. But, I don’t mom blog anymore, so I should take a look at it. It would be great to meet some other former-Christian atheist moms.
JD, I don’t agree. I don’t think I was an idiot when I was a Christian. I was just wrong. I believed something that isn’t true. That doesn’t make a person an idiot. Of course, you thought I was an idiot when I was a Christian, and probably still do because I am still a libertarian, so I don’t expect you to agree!