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Dear Atheists and Agnostics Who Have Been Bugging the Hell Out of Me Recently:

Thousands of years of religion have demonstrated that bad things happen when a person or group of persons decide to act superior to another person or group of persons because of their respective perspectives on God. Your particular perspective that there is not or may not be a God is no different. So stop feeling smug.

I understand that you have issues with the concepts of religion and/or God. You are not special for having noticed the issues, nor are you special for having rejected said concepts.

I understand that it's possible that your cat might be [a] God; how droll and witty you are for mentioning it. If you believe your cat is [a] God, I'm fine with that; but if you don't, then stop bugging me about how possible it might be.

I understand that religion has been used by many people across the the span of time to exploit others for personal gain. Really, what hasn't?

There are plenty of people who are going to agree with you and tell you you are right. Don't be surprised if not everyone does.

As to what I believe: I believe that simply because I believe something doesn't make other people who have different points of view on the same issue wrong. I don't care if you believe there is no God or if someone else believes that there is no God but Allah or if someone else believes that God is everything or if someone else believes that there are an uncountable number of Gods. As far as I'm concerned, everyone's right; it seems to bring peace and help me understand views different from my own. As a result, I will get angry if you declare that religion is lies or legends, just as I get angry when a priest declares that people who are not Catholic are going to burn in Hell for all eternity.

Sincerely,

Tablesaw

Review

So, I got my annual review and raise. I got high marks on most everything, with the lowest on the "Relationships" section:

To some, Tony seems quiet, shy, intense. He strikes others as arrogant and distant.

Why thank you for telling me this! I have never heard this in my entire life! Seriously, I know how I come across to some, particularly those I don't know well, and I've had these exact descriptions repeated to me since high school. I'm used to it, why can't they be?

More interesting was the following suggestion:

He might see if anyone wants to order dinner with him. [A gesture like this] would show he cares about members of the team.

Well, (A) I bring my own lunch to work every night due to the fact that (B) there aren't really a whole hell of a lot of good restaurants open down town at three in the morning when I eat!!!

I was heartened by the fact that the coworkers with whom I work more consistently and with whom I get along better thought most of this to be a load of crap as well (they didn't believe the dinner suggestion until I showed it to them), so I suspect that the "distant" and "arrogant" comments come more from those with whom I have only passing contact at the beginning and end of my shift.

MonNYTX: 5. Good theme, but some of the other clues were iffy. MonLATX: 5:15. TueNYTX: 8:45. Great work with the theme, but is "Long Island Railroad stop" really a fair clue for out-of-towners? TueLATX: 7:45.

Sometimes.

Sometimes you fall out of contact with a person for a few days and nothing happens.

Sometimes you fall out of contact with a person for a few days and are left with five minutes to understand how dancing, a round table, Leeds and glitter fit together.