What? All of a sudden you just stopped believing in God?

BMcGilly07 · Post by **BMcGilly07** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:18 am

Pissed Catholic Mom lambasting her outed atheist son.

I can't speak to the kid's ulterior motive- if any, but his mom sure has a way of working things out. God bless.

Warning: Video contains cursing.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=P8Aq00yJSxo

Elizabeth Isabelle · Post by **Elizabeth Isabelle** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:28 am

Looks familiar.

Philosophaster · Post by **Philosophaster** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 6:38 am

Someone happened to be filming at just the right moment?

Still, I am sure that this sort of thing happens off camera quite commonly.

Unidian · Post by **Unidian** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 7:01 am

Love his answer when she objects that he had already been confirmed:

"Yeah, but a lot can happen. You can think."

It seems people do occassionally do that. But like a good servant, mom tries her best to stamp it out quickly.

"No! It's NOT okay, Michael! It is not okay!"

Dan Rowden · Post by **Dan Rowden** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:10 am

Hmm, I'm not convinved of the authenticity of that video. In any event it only goes to show that that particular woman is a mental case.

Elizabeth Isabelle · Post by **Elizabeth Isabelle** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:19 am

Dan Rowden wrote:Hmm, I'm not convinved of the authenticity of that video.

Why not?
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Dan Rowden · Post by **Dan Rowden** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:30 am

Woman's intuition. Er, no, sorry, just intuition. There's something about it that doesn't ring true. The mother falters like she has forgotten her lines or something, but that could just be a result of her Catholic hysteria. I guess it's possible I just don't want to believe that any person could be so completely deranged as to threaten an outed atheist son with Xmas.

Unidian · Post by **Unidian** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 8:37 am

It does seem a bit fake. I noticed this, but decided to ignore it. I think the message is an authentic one regardless. Like Philo said, this probably happens every day.

I guess it's possible I just don't want to believe that any person could be so completely deranged as to threaten an outed atheist son with Xmas.

That part seems quite unremarkable to me.

Elizabeth Isabelle · Post by **Elizabeth Isabelle** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:01 am

Nah, that was just her getting so angry she can't think. I saw hundreds of those scenes from my parents, and probably 50 or so from other people's parents. It isn't very nice, but it doesn't even fall under the legal definition of abuse. Crud, I'd call it normal, between the frequency that this stuff happens and considering what I think of normalcy.
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Dan Rowden · Post by **Dan Rowden** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 9:46 am

In that case I'll have to revise my view of normalcy downward a bit. Damn, and I thought I was already at rock bottom!

Katy · Post by **Katy** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:47 am

Yeah, that was mild compared to my experience. I got hours each day for days on end first yelling, then crying... threats about my continued participation in a religious private school... and my parents weren't even very religious people themselves.

I don't believe this video though. The camera is at too perfect an angle and why is it even on?

Elizabeth Isabelle · Post by **Elizabeth Isabelle** » Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:55 am

It looked to me like a sibling had the camera in hand when the brother announced that he was an atheist, and the sibling realized this ought to be interesting, flipped the camera on, and set it in the dining room table. When the mother started shaking the brother, the sibling with the camera realized there would be hell to pay if he/she were caught, and decided to turn it off.
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