Black Rose Ramblings

I get weary of the same misconceptions about my deconversion from evangelical Christianity and fundamentalists' ideas about atheists. So, I am dividing this post into two parts. The first deals with misconceptions about my own deconversion from fundamentalist Christianity, and the second deals with some prevalent evangelical misconceptions about atheism. I think I speak for many other deconverted fundamentalists when I say I did NOT "choose" to become an atheist for any of the following reasons: 1. Someone in the Church "hurt" me or I saw people being "bad" Christians. No, no, no. Sure, I saw people being obnoxious all the time. Actually, in my experience, some fundamentalists have proven to be some of the most under-handed, back-biting snakes in the grass that I have encountered. However, they have absolutely nothing to do with my deconversion. Zip. Zilch. Nada. No, I just wrote it off as them "not being right with God" and went about my lif...

I was angry at the chihuahua this morning. I was out and about when I received a phone call from my ex: "You know Adora's eye medication?" "Yes." It costs me $25 a tube; I know it, all right. "Uh, Tiki ripped it to pieces." Great. Apparently, my ex walked out of the bathroom to find Tiki sitting among the remains of the metal ointment tubes, with an "oh shit" expression on her face. Agile little beast that she is, she had jumped on the coffee table to retrieve the plastic bag containing the medication. She obviously enjoyed herself, judging by the now-unrecognizable shredded containers. I was pissed. I was REALLY pissed. It was a new tube of the ridiculously expensive eye ointment, having only been used a couple times. It wasn't a mostly-empty tube, or even half-empty. And why the tubes?! They do not look, smell, or taste remotely like any kind of tasty dog treat. Then again, neither does cat poop, but the chihuahua considers it a prized ...