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Atheists & Agnostics

Lady Freedom Returns

(14,180 posts) Sun Aug 15, 2021, 12:02 AM Aug 2021

Got a Question, it's about an emotional response I had. [View all]

As many know I woke up a couple of years ago. And yesterday a neighbor was showing me something they got in the mail. She took it out of the box, it was a cross.

It was pretty, but I got the same feeling that one would get from turning the TV on and there's Trump.

I held in the emotion so not to seem rude. First time I had an emotional response to an object like that.

Anyone else have such an emotional response to a religious symbol before?

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Got a Question, it's about an emotional response I had. [View all] Lady Freedom Returns Aug 2021 OP

Sometimes the Bible Walleye Aug 2021 #1

I have got rid of all religious stuff I has. Lady Freedom Returns Aug 2021 #3

As someone who has worked in the graphics industry Mr.Bill Aug 2021 #2

I'm use to the feeling... Lady Freedom Returns Aug 2021 #5

I've heard others say this. And a friend who was a hospital chaplain won't wear a cross, catrose Aug 2021 #4

Religions offer no satisfactory explanation of anything for me. Still, I took pleasure in 3Hotdogs Aug 2021 #6

When I see the stars and stripes elephant RainCaster Aug 2021 #7

If you are ever lucky enough to get a chance to multigraincracker Aug 2021 #8

I suspect it is not the cross itself. Beastly Boy Aug 2021 #9

That's the thing. Lady Freedom Returns Aug 2021 #16

No reaction to religious BS at all.... AZ8theist Aug 2021 #10

I often wonder... ms liberty Aug 2021 #11

I am an atheist Woodwizard Aug 2021 #12

No, but I grew up completely without religion Ron Obvious Aug 2021 #13

Pretty much all the time with regard to Christian symbols Susan Calvin Aug 2021 #14

Lenny Bruce used to tell a joke mountain grammy Aug 2021 #15

my reaction to these symbols Brainstormy Aug 2021 #17

So I'm not the only one. Lady Freedom Returns Aug 2021 #18

Think of it as the lower case "t" nt RFCalifornia Oct 2021 #19