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dhinojosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 07:40 PM
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Why don't atheists and agnostics have picnics and shit?
I mean christians have like "picnic revivals", "volleyball bible tournaments", or like "softball christ squad". Atheists and agnostics don't have that sort of cool stuff. I think they should. I would love to see atheists play volleyball, and when they miss a shot they can yell "Jesus Christ". Agnostics would be even more fun, cause they don't know anything. You can ask if they want a hot dog and they'd get weirded out by the whole thing.

Now I am agnostic, and have been for a while. But I would love to crash an atheist picnic, and right before I start eating I would say grace, just to fuck with them.

Just a thought.
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Shoeempress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 07:44 PM
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1. I'm an atheist and would not be offended by your saying grace as long
as you don't expect me to join in.
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dhinojosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 07:47 PM
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4. But it's your picnic...hehe :) nt
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 07:45 PM
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2. We don't believe in them. n/t
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swag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 07:46 PM
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3. You missed the Oregonians for Rationality pot-luck.
So did I.

Irrationally enough, it was held in Skamania, WA this year.
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dhinojosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 07:48 PM
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5. Coool! nt
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ismnotwasm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 07:56 PM
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6. 'Cause I'm not part of an organized group
I guess I could join one, but why? I go to picnics for other stuff. And when you crash that picnic and say grace? Say "grace"--get it? (ok, ok, that's dumb I know.)
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Pystoff Donating Member (317 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 08:22 PM
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7. Some of us do
But then we get stoned and decide it's too hot outside and with the bugs and all....awww fuck it nuke a hotdog stay inside and spark another doob up LOL.
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 08:25 PM
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8. You're wrong. Freethought Society of Greater Philadelphia is having
its annual picnic in September. We play Blasphemous BINGO with a nun character and the oldest Catholic school girl, and we eat well too. Lots and lots of other stuff. The founders of Camp Quest usually make it for the picnic.
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Chovexani Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 08:26 PM
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9. Blasphemous Bingo?
Oh man that sounds like fun. :rofl:
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no_hypocrisy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 08:55 PM
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12. It's a hoot. We get into costume and ad-lib an act where we're doing
Catholic BINGO but with a serious twist. The nun plays it straight while the world's oldest schoolgirl (complete with plaid skirt and white shirt) tests the limits of the nun's patience with her impudence and irreverence. An example: The nun pulls out O-25 and the schoolgirl announces "O-25. O-25. O like in obedience. (wait a beat) I like obedience . . . " in a very suggestive way. Stuff like that. We really should take our act on the road.
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NMMNG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 03:16 AM
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15. Sounds like something I might like
I have a fondness for women in private school uniforms
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China_cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-11-05 04:14 AM
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16. Secular Humanists of the Lowcountry
have 2 big blowouts a year in addition to the coffee hour (that can stretch to all afternoon) after their monthly meetings.

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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 08:26 PM
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10. cuz they don't need to recruit
more money
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 08:36 PM
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11. 'Cuz they remember to use the bathroom *before* the picnic!
And wear big-boy underpants.
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Swede Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 08:56 PM
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13. Well if athiests or agonostics met somewhere every week,
they would organise picnics and ballgames.
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texanwitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-05 09:15 PM
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14. I did belong to a bowling group that met every week and we were
called the Holy Rollers.
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