tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post8559332953423395408..comments2023-04-03T09:33:55.039-06:00Comments on Ramblings of Sheldon: Coming Out About My Unbelief to My SisterSheldon Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17660822618786253558noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-86480606553164811522013-12-04T09:31:07.955-06:002013-12-04T09:31:07.955-06:00Maybe after some time, who knows.....Maybe after some time, who knows.....Sheldon Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17660822618786253558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-84098892226617886402013-12-04T06:19:54.109-06:002013-12-04T06:19:54.109-06:00I think you would be surprised. But the biggest pr...I think you would be surprised. But the biggest problem is format and patience.<br /><br />Building an audience is difficult I must agree.Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01243905647317437724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-90555092721858595632013-11-30T15:03:05.405-06:002013-11-30T15:03:05.405-06:00I don't know if I would have the time or patie...I don't know if I would have the time or patience (as well as the access to a PC) to write a book. <br /><br />Although, if I could put the blog posts together, along with some details I haven't talked about yet, I wonder if I could put into an e-book on Amazon as I have seen some bloggers do.<br /><br />I definitely need money....<br /><br />I just wonder if anyone would want to read it, no less pay for it. I can only get 1,500-2,000 people a week to read my depressing drivel on the blog for free, and that's after over a year and half's time to build an audience. ;)Sheldonhttp://ramblingsofsheldon.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-9437264602115972042013-11-30T00:55:41.393-06:002013-11-30T00:55:41.393-06:00Sheldon, I am not sure if you have thought about t...Sheldon, I am not sure if you have thought about this. But you should put this journey of yours into a book format. I say this as it is a story which a lot of ex fundamentalists go through and you are putting it in a fashion many people understand.Christianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01243905647317437724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-37395152877366055302013-11-29T14:36:28.034-06:002013-11-29T14:36:28.034-06:00I think that it was probably easier for than most....I think that it was probably easier for than most. As a software designer I never wanted to be bound by the limitations of the rules. I found that the best designers were musicians and artists rather than engineers and mathematicians. In like manner manner who are wire for engineering have a difficult seeing things like life and religion in gray terms. It is why so many go from narrow fundamentalism to narrow atheism.kc bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-33915817125157826992013-11-29T13:59:20.713-06:002013-11-29T13:59:20.713-06:00I'm glad you found your way out of that mental...I'm glad you found your way out of that mentality.Sheldonhttp://ramblingsofsheldon.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-44571895547034590062013-11-29T13:57:53.496-06:002013-11-29T13:57:53.496-06:00It was go as bad as I'm fearing, it will go wo...It was go as bad as I'm fearing, it will go worse than anything I could imagine. ;)<br /><br />In all seriousness, it may come to the point where she might disown me, or I will have to cut her out of my life (which is something I probably should have done years ago, but I never was able to).Sheldonhttp://ramblingsofsheldon.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-34120958266618194922013-11-29T12:14:06.759-06:002013-11-29T12:14:06.759-06:00That's great that your sister reacted so well....That's great that your sister reacted so well. Hopefully when it comes to telling your mom it won't go as bad as you are fearing. Hausdorffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01690401058367596952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-6621892962457845722013-11-29T11:22:14.287-06:002013-11-29T11:22:14.287-06:00About ten years ago I was beginning to make the tr...About ten years ago I was beginning to make the transition from in/out, black/white thinking. I was pretty well on my way out of fundamentalism by then. I am not sure what one might call me these days as I see myself somewhere between the extremes of the religious left and right.kc bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-28513749125631642392013-11-28T13:00:07.233-06:002013-11-28T13:00:07.233-06:00I'm glad that you came around to that realizat...I'm glad that you came around to that realization, where you still evangelical/fundamentalist at the time?Sheldonhttp://ramblingsofsheldon.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-53094662329221979462013-11-28T11:29:48.437-06:002013-11-28T11:29:48.437-06:00First of all congrats on making that call Sheldon....First of all congrats on making that call Sheldon. I applaud your courage. I so resonate with this ...<br /><br /><i>"You don’t have to agree with your family members in order to love them"</i><br /><br />... It took me a few years to understand that my son and daughter did not need another person to judge them - enough folks out there (believers, agnostics and atheists) to do that. For the past ten years I have had a great relationship with the both of them. I believe in them and try to tell them that by what I say and do.<br /><br />Hope your Thanksgiving is a good one.kc bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-14618828946717076362013-11-28T09:18:13.383-06:002013-11-28T09:18:13.383-06:00Two nieces and a nephew.
Right now, they are 9, 7...Two nieces and a nephew.<br /><br />Right now, they are 9, 7, and 5. I look at them, then I look at the children in my neighborhood/in my town that are about the same age, and I realize that they don't have as high of maturity levels, and that I don't know, they just seem naive and more child like than they should even for their age.<br /><br />So many kids I see around me are so much more independent, and worldly wise, they know things at their age that I didn't know until I was a teen, and sometimes, not even until adult hood.Sheldonhttp://ramblingsofsheldon.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-13382130895566246292013-11-28T09:03:36.198-06:002013-11-28T09:03:36.198-06:00It sounds like your sister responded well to the n...It sounds like your sister responded well to the news. I'm relieved.<br /><br />Tell me more about the situation with your nephews. You wrote that they seem more childlike than children their age, and that the isolation of their upbringing is takings its toll. Can you elaborate?Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14675629709031865432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-71194392659277040552013-11-27T19:09:13.112-06:002013-11-27T19:09:13.112-06:00That's what my mother did, she had a violent f...That's what my mother did, she had a violent father, and she feels it gives her the right to do whatever she wants to, to anyone else. "You don't have it as bad as I did". As though that makes anything she does right.....Sheldon Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17660822618786253558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-68708958418469878882013-11-27T19:06:55.025-06:002013-11-27T19:06:55.025-06:00Good for you that you found some acceptance from t...Good for you that you found some acceptance from them. <br /><br />Oh yes, Old/New Testament survey, I remember that. If you want to connect with fellow ACE graduates, check out Jonny Scaramanga's blog, Leaving Fundamentalism (leavingfundamentalism.wordpress.com), or Lana Hope's blog, Wide Open Ground (wideopenground.com).Sheldon Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17660822618786253558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-65092694563645397032013-11-27T18:30:48.296-06:002013-11-27T18:30:48.296-06:00WOW. I too was raised evangelical and in HS went ...WOW. I too was raised evangelical and in HS went to a christian school. ACE - booyah, where they teach lies as truths and you have to practically memorize the whole bible a few scriptures at a time - and you have to read the entire thing for Old Testament Survey and New Testament Survey. I LOVE it when people ask me if I've read the bible as though I am just "back-slidden".. I LOVE that I can say, YES, have you??? Hang in there Sheldon.. my parents were not happy and they don't even TRY to understand where I am coming from, but they STILL love me and haven't withdrawn any type of support from me. :)atheistannie74https://www.blogger.com/profile/17335775195454383023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7477053899127840506.post-49802341982240022902013-11-27T17:44:57.488-06:002013-11-27T17:44:57.488-06:00I've noticed that the sibling who has taken th...I've noticed that the sibling who has taken the most abuse typically identifies/emulates the abusive parent. Andrew Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01495983897864604830noreply@blogger.com