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Well that is nice to know, I've been classed by his parents, laughingly btw, as a "Corruptive Influence" on my nephew, Henry....LOL.
Whilst out at the Shopping Complex this morning doing usual Grocery shopping, etc, I met up with Henry and his parents.
As I had already bought his xmas pressies earlier, I was 'begged LOL' by his parents to keep him busy while they did their shopping for his xmas pressies.
I did and after about 15 minutes Henry says to me, " You know I'm as dry as a stone, really thirsty, can we get a milkshake please?"
How can anyone say No to such a thirsty child, so off went to the Cafe, got 2 milkshakes, found a table outside and sat down.
About 5-6 minutes later, along comes a local, well known God-botherer preaching to everyone about, you guessed it, Jeebus Chrust, Xmas and the other garbage as well.
He comes up to Henry and says to him, " Do you know Christmas means?"
Henry smiles and winks at me then answers, Yes, lots of present and Father Christmas comes at night and brings them to me."
God-botherer looks at Henry ands says, "No, Father Christmas is Jesus dressed up, he brings gifts so you can help celebrate His birthday."
7 year old Henry looks God-botherer straight in the eyes, frowns and says extremely loudly, " Get out of it, do you think I'm silly or something, Jesus is rubbish, my Uncle says so, I trust my Uncle because he always tells me the truth, you're a liar."
Then, I saw our 'audience' standing behind the God-botherer, Henry's Mum and Dad trying their very hardest to keep a straight face and muffle their laughter.
I reckon that it's score ONE for Henry, absolute ZERO for the God-botherer.
What do you think?

Triphid 9 Dec 22
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Keep it up, wish I had an uncle like you when I was younger.

Me too, but mine was my Great Uncle, Vic, he taught me all sorts of things especially how to make fun of religions and the religious.

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Keep telling that boy the truth, Uncle T, he knows who to trust and also who spews horseshit. His mom and dad sound pretty cool too.

Oh they most definitely you can trust me on that one.

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Smart kid.

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As @KKGator has said, Henry is a smart kid.

I wish I had been there to watch!

Ditto!!

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You're a great uncle, and Henry is a smart kid.

I try my utmost thank you, BUT, now Henry wants me to teach him everything I know, including ALL the truth about religion being, in his words, " complete garbage."
Blimey, here I am 67 years old and there's a 7 year old wanting to everything I've learned over all those years.
Some much to teach and pass on and so little time, where am I going to start?

@Triphid My niece tried that on me (though I was only 40 at the time). I told her that all I learned that that I know very little about the universe, but I did learn to keep looking for answers that give more questions for me to try to find answers for. It is the adult version of asking "why"

@Triphid We do what we can. That's all we can do.

@PadraicM Henry's THIRST for knowledge is more like a Ravening Hunger than a mere thirst imo.

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