Serious Well... That's Funny.

[Abstract Debauchery]

On September 11th, I helped throw a birthday party for a friend instead of whining about how bad 9/11 was. Because of this, I get a fresh new email in my inbox this morning that stated:

[name removed], I can't believe you would be so insensitive. I know you describe yourself as an asshole, but I never thought it would be the actual truth. To sit there and barbecue hamburgers, drink beer, and celebrate on a day of mourning for the whole country was extremely wrong, insensitive, and I will never forgive you. Did you know that I had a cousin that was in the building when it was hit by the plane? She was taking a trip to New York when it happened and was touring the building. I bet you feel like an asshole now that I've said that. I hate you, [name removed]. I hope God will forgive you for being such an ass. I know you're Atheist, but I really don't care. God loves you anyway. Jesus loves you too. Please understand that.

Now, I could have not done anything, and just shrugged it off. But this isn't the first time I've had dealings with this person on stupid subjects like this one. So, I did what I really shouldn't have done, and replied:

Oh, you mean that cousin of yours that was on the second floor and left the building 5 minutes after the plane hit? It's very nice to know that your imaginary friends love me so much. Tell them I said, "HOLLA", they'll know what it means.

To which I get a lulzworthy reply:

YOUR SUCH AN ASSHOLE! I HATE HATE HATE YOU! WHEN YOU DIE YOUR GOING TOFIND OUT THAT GOD IS REAL AND HES GOING TO SEND YOU STRIAGHT TO HELL!

I just couldn't help myself...:

Holy change in personality, Batman! Seriously, what happened to the grammar? D-did it go to Heaven too? Next time when you try to go all "THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU", please do it with some grammar and sentence structure.

Shit, I think my IQ went down reading that.

Then, I got nothing... Until later when I received a phone call from her boyfriend. To make matters worse, he's a Youth Minister at the church they go to.

The conversation went a little something like this:

Him: [name removed]?
Me: Yes?
Him: This is Jeremy, Lisa's boyfriend.
Me: Okay...
Him: Lisa is upset about you denying God.
Me: I thought she was upset because I threw a bitchin' party, and then denied God.
Him: Well, I wanted to speak to you about Him.
Me: You've got to be shitting me.
Him: Look, I know you think it's cool to be rebellious, but it's impossible to deny the existence of God.
Me: Okay, I'm Atheist because I think it's cool, but it's impossible to think that?
Him: Yes.
Me: Look, Jeremy, you're a nice guy, so I'm going to do the nice thing and not have this conversation with you right now. This is how it's going to end, I'm going to have a bunch of laughs at your expense, and you're going to yell at me and tell me that I'm going to Hell.

10 minutes later after saying that Jesus got all the poontang in the world...

Him: THAT ISN'T TRUE!
Me: JESUS WAS ALL TAPPING THAT ASS, MARY WAS ALL, "OH JESUS!" JESUS LOVED THAT SHIT SO MUCH THAT EVERY CHRISTIAN SAYS THAT SHIT AT CHURCH NOW!

He hung up the phone, and I really couldn't stop laughing. I was then sent one final email:

You are the biggest asshole on the face of the planet. See you in Hell, you bigot.

My final reply:

Oh, so you'll be going there too? Nice. Let's get depraved together.

So, in other words, I've pissed off some hardcore Christians, lost a couple of acquaintances, and had a blast.

In order to make this post appeal to this section of the forum... Was I out of line?

 

[CassinoChips]

See, this is why I can't stand people making 9/11 a frickin' holy day of obligation. It's not your friend's fault that he was born on that particular day, or that terrorists attacked on that day. It was his/her birthday. Does s/he not have a right to throw a party on his/her birthday? Or do we not live in America? And a day of mourning? Really? The football stadia full of people that day would say otherwise.

Now... as per your response... that might have been a bit harsh. I know you say this isn't the first time you've had to deal with this particular person's disconnect with reality, but I would have something along the lines of what I said above. It's not your friend's fault, etc.

Also, I like how she calls you a bigot when she's the one who has a problem with you being different than she is. True Christian there, trying to remove the speck of dust from your eye while ignoring the splinter in her own.

 

[GalaxyFlare]

Dude good on you for throwing a Blasting party!.........you didnt do it to spight those fuckers, and making fun of peoples religions is fun! LMAO your an asshole but one of the best and you did those guys a favor by being said asshole..........you reinforced there beliefs and had a fun time doing it.

Everybody Wins!

Remembering people who die in events or just die randomly, they dont have tobe remembered in sadness, I think the best way......as time passes is to remember them as fondly and have fun with there memory, you can only assume they would want you to have a good time remembering them.

But its a good assumption to have, fob the dickheads out of your life and do what you want.

 

[Channizard]

Woooooooooooow, some people. It's the hardcore Christians like that, that give regular normal Christians a bad name.

Now I'm not a Christian, nor am I an Atheist. I'm rather Agnostic in that I don't believe, or do not not believe in anything. I'm perfectly happy believing that whatever shit goes down, goes down with or without the help of an almighty being.

Anyway. as Jesse said, you may have been on the harsh side.. but only up until the point where she had the nerve to bring in her boyfriend to try and save you. Really? Just leave well enough alone. As soon as they try and bringing in the cavalry with their holy water and crosses, then it's seriously about time to just say 'fuck it' and rain on their parade.

...It was pretty funny though. :3

Also Jess, I think the party he threw wasn't for a friend, just a party party to hang with people and have food an shit, not really celebrating anything or one.

 

[Bambi]

I dont think it was out of line

It was 9 years ago. Life goes on. If the world came to a stand still on the anniversary of every death/tragedy, we would bein constant mourning. What does it achieve by sitting there and being miserable? it won't change the events and it certainly won't bring people back.

If they are trying to ram God and religion down your throat calling you an arsehole and insensitive, well. Serves them right for the way you spoke to them.

Also, they tarted it

/immature

Also also, by their logic, someone who has a bday on that date is doomed to never be allowed to celebrate it again?

 

[Will Graham]

I did have a bit of a chuckle and I thought well done on throwing your friend a great party, like others have said you cannot decide your date of birth. To be honest though I think you were out of line a little bit, don't get me wrong I detest their actions and think they were utterly ridiculous, they show total ignorance as well as attempting to enforce a specific belief system on you which is just wrong.

However your response was quite mean-spirited, though what they said and did was awful it did seem fundamentally born from good intentions(road to hell is paved with goo..yadda yadda yadda), but you just seemed tyo decide to be a cnut for the sake of being a cnut. Personally I think you could have resolved that simply by explaining that you were throwing a friend a birthday for a friend on their birthday and that whatever else happened on that date should not matter, then cut contact as nothing good could possibly come out of it.

Once again though good on you for being a good friend

 

[Abstract Debauchery]

Now... as per your response... that might have been a bit harsh. I know you say this isn't the first time you've had to deal with this particular person's disconnect with reality, but I would have something along the lines of what I said above. It's not your friend's fault, etc.

Also, I like how she calls you a bigot when she's the one who has a problem with you being different than she is. True Christian there, trying to remove the speck of dust from your eye while ignoring the splinter in her own.

I'm hostile by nature. Sometimes I really, really can't help it. O_O

True Christian there, trying to remove the speck of dust from your eye while ignoring the splinter in her own.

I'm stealing that line.

Anyway. as Jesse said, you may have been on the harsh side.. but only up until the point where she had the nerve to bring in her boyfriend to try and save you. Really? Just leave well enough alone. As soon as they try and bringing in the cavalry with their holy water and crosses, then it's seriously about time to just say 'fuck it' and rain on their parade.

...It was pretty funny though. :3

Also Jess, I think the party he threw wasn't for a friend, just a party party to hang with people and have food an shit, not really celebrating anything or one.

Now that I go back and read the emails, I can see I wasn't even trying to be levelheaded about it. I just went straight to troll in 6 seconds flat.

However, the whole, "God loves you anyway" thing always makes me facepalm. It was a friend's brithday that day, by the way.

However your response was quite mean-spirited, though what they said and did was awful it did seem fundamentally born from good intentions(road to hell is paved with goo..yadda yadda yadda), but you just seemed tyo decide to be a cnut for the sake of being a cnut. Personally I think you could have resolved that simply by explaining that you were throwing a friend a birthday for a friend on their birthday and that whatever else happened on that date should not matter, then cut contact as nothing good could possibly come out of it.

You're more than likely right... But I love being an ass. However, the thing is, she caught wind of the party by looking at the friend in questions facebook, where he posted, "[my name] is throwing a birthday party at his house. free beer and food!"

She commented on his Facebook that she thought it wasn't right. My friend had the decency to not reply. Seeing as how I don't have a facebook, she sent me the email. She then decided to have a go at me. I didn't tell her about the party simply because I knew she was going to throw a bitchfit.

Once again though good on you for being a good friend

As for what Kelly said, it did happen 9 years ago. Lots of people that mourn this thing had no friends or family in that building. Why care? No need to ruin birthday's for people who share a birthday with 9/11.

Hell, I have a cousin that had her birthday flat out ignored because of 9/11. I was the only one there, eating some ice cream and cake and playing video games with my cousin, while everyone else was watching the news that day.

 

[Shu]

I just smell jealousy in this. Maybe they were not invited? Either way American tragedy does not mean we have to stop the entire day and mourn the loss. We just need to respect it rather from time to time. Religion or not folks were lost, a great number of folks.

Meh I throw parties all the time, 9/11 no different than the other. No offense, but no jihad terrorist will take the piss out of my fun. Some extremist assbags, can't dictate fear. Same goes for these folks who wish to talk to in regards to you denying a gods existence. Debating it over the phone, is like talking to Miss Cleo.

 

[Gaige]

No, you weren't out of line. You don't want to mourn a 9 year old tragedy? That's hardly a crime against God. Yes it's sad but it's nothing to be mourned about every fricking year. Have a party if you like. You're hardly celebrating death. You just aren't crying about something that can't be changed. Some people...

 

[Sir Kenneth]

I celebrate my cat's birthday on 9/11. A. Because I have no friggin idea when the beast was actually born and B. Because it's easy to remember also please note that I'm not some kind of weirdo who throws a big party for the beast or anything. It's really just another lame excuse for me indulge in some cake binge eating (and the beast gets a new toy so I don't feel too bad about it)

Anyway sounds like your acquaintances weren't really worth knowing anyway. Good riddance to them and hopefully you had a fun party.

 

[Dragon Mage]

Bahahahahahaha! Excellent rebuttal, Majere! I love reading your posts for just this reason!

For all those that do not know, 9/11 is now knows as 'Patriot's Day'. It's supposed to be a celebration of love and support for your country. So, honestly, celebration really wasn't all that out of line. Similar to when we Americans took the derogatory 'Yankees' and made it our proud nickname, we're taking the tragedy of 9/11 and celebrating it as a patriotic day. It's kind of like a 'Guess what, we're still going strong and won't be defeated' to the offenders of that day, and to the world in general. Now, this isn't meant to be insensitive -- it is more like a steeling of American resolve for the whole country. So a celebration is hardly out of place -- this halfwit inbred is just looking for a fight.

So this person really was flying off the hook. I'm glad you put them in their place! Good call on that 'The power of Christ compels you!!!' as well. Holy hell, but religious nuts like that make the rest of us laid-back Christians look bad. So thank you, Majere, for shutting this spazztastic fruit loop down!

 

[Ohri-Jin]

Based on your response I have to say this:

You are immature and should grow up, there were many things you could say in a polite way, yet you dont show any respect for their religion or whatever./..This says more off you then off them..

And now you post it here to see other people's reactions , like you are proud of the way you handled it...pfff...

The fact you post this here is retarded/.. be proud of yourself and that you are Atheist.. and NO I AM NOT RELIGIOUS MYSELF...so you cant say OH we have another believer here....Cuz I am not.

You replied in so many wrong ways imo and you got a laugh out of it..

I am laughing at you.. you wont even care but still ..you suck ass mister/. grow up.

 

[Abstract Debauchery]

You are immature and should grow up, there were many things you could say in a polite way, yet you dont show any respect for their religion or whatever./..This says more off you then off them..

Well, you're entitled to your own opinion. I can't help it if you're wrong though. I'll admit I could have been polite, but they should have known better than to pull the "God loves you" bullshit. It's just another way for them to try to stealth some Jesus in your life.

It's not exactly like this is the first time either. I've had to deal with these people before, on multiple occasions. And every time they've tried to get me to "see the light", and attempt to shove some Christianity down my throat. The only difference between this time and the others, is that I gave them a dose of their own medicine.

And now you post it here to see other people's reactions , like you are proud of the way you handled it...pfff...

I'm quite proud, and rather smug about it.

The fact you post this here is retarded/.. be proud of yourself and that you are Atheist.. and NO I AM NOT RELIGIOUS MYSELF...so you cant say OH we have another believer here....Cuz I am not.

The fact that I post this here is great. I wasn't planning on bashing you because of a blind assumption you assume I would make. Don't flatter yourself.

You replied in so many wrong ways imo and you got a laugh out of it..

I'm still getting a laugh out of it.

I am laughing at you.. you wont even care but still ..you suck ass mister/. grow up.

That was kind of the point of the thread. Give people something to have a grin about, and spark a discussion. It's nice to know that my thread served that purpose.

@Dragon Mage:

You're not the first person to say that. I've got quite a few Christian friends, and they all facepalmed when I told them the story. All of the saying that it just made the rest of them look bad. I don't mind religion, I really don't. However, I'm really not fond of people trying to force something upon me. I wouldn't do that to someone else unless provoked, or if I was just in the mood to troll.

I believe the line in the Bible is, "Do onto others as you would have them do onto you." What some fail to realize is... That works both fucking ways.

 

[Sum1sgruj]

I'm supposed to mourn for people I don't know? Yet if I got gunned down right now, nobody that doesn't know me would give a shit_

Besides, America did it to themselves, whether they knew it or not. You don't step on the toes of crazy ass extremists, trying to tap into their indigenous well. If you don't want to be held responsible, maybe you should be more careful when you cast a fuckin vote_

Lesson learned.

Don't disgrace your religion by using it to back you up. All it does is show how uneducated you are on the subject. You can't use the words from the Bible without understanding the ENTIRE matter at hand. Personal perspective is what got mankind in trouble in the first place_

EDIT: I was neg repped for this post, so let me elaborate- the people they voted for were also responsible for 9/11. I don't want people to live in a false belief that the Al Queda did it strictly out of religion. The U.S. gov't antagonized the situation greatly. Whether it was naivety or conspiracy, it happened also from their input. I just hate to see people crouch behind individuals who brought the situation to a head in the first place. There's /two/ evils in play..