The Official Adam Pascal Love thread — Page 457

NO! Don't ignore meeeeeeeeeeeee. I'm going to work on it in like an hour. And I don't want to pluck my eyebrows!! *pouts*

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Yes he can, NTG. If you look out your window...

"Ewwwwww Santa's a pedophile!"

*spits out water onto computer screen* Thank you! That made my day!

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Sure.

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I'm atheist, too, but the rest of my family is Catholic, so I still have to deal with all the Christmas stuff. I absolutely hate putting up the tree and getting dressed up for pictures and stuff...

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som--yeah, we do. Just without the religious part.

And yes...I'm an atheist singing O Holy Night in church on Christmas Eve...work that one out...

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Hm. It's not really my place to judge you or anyone, but I will say that I see a lot of kids who jump the family's religious ship just to be 'rebellious' or because they find church boring, yet they still accept any and all benefits like presents. That may or may not be you two, I can't say. Do your parents know you're atheists?

That's interesting. I hear that from a lot of Catholics, oddly... I was lucky enough to be raised in a very liberal protestant church where the pastor was really friendly and not condescending. Nothing was ever force-fed to me, so I grew to believe it myself and I wanted to be confirmed. Anyway, to each her own. I just hope you're not like some of my hypocritcal friends who follow whatever suits them (based on who they're with) at the time.

*watches*

You girls are so f*cking brilliant. It's amazing.

Meh. Excuse my vulgarity... I'm in a weird mood. But seriously, you guys are amazing.

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And you're amazing, too, Emcee!

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Oh, well thanks. *blushes*

I guess I can semi-contribute. I grew up in a relatively small, really tight-knit Jewish community, kind of integrated into a mostly non-Jewish town. That community has been an ENORMOUS part of my life for as long as I can remember, and my rabbi remains of the most important people in my life. I've been lucky to have had some of the most incredible learning experiences I've ever had within that community. My temple at home was in the more liberal sect of the reform movement, with a lot of traditional customs still involved in practice, so it was a pretty unique environment. Because of that, my experience has been a lot less about faith in a higher power, per se, but more in what people can do themselves; it's a really interesting take, I thought. I guess I'm still not too sure where I stand in terms of the concept of God, but I'm in a pretty comfortable place, I think.

Well, that made zero sense. Someone just put a pillow over my head and tell me to go away, please?

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Right! I mean, that's all about the experience, too. Like, being there reading something that has so much history, and doing it with people you love. There's something really beautiful about that, even if you're not 100% solidified in your beliefs.

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Procrastinating is my life. BUT STOP!

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