I have the shits

If only. I used to volunteer at the Maidstone museum, which is a different thing. What I do at the NHM is criticise the scientific accuracy of its merchandise, which couldn't be worse on purpose.

I didn't yell, it was a forum. I couldn't justify it theologically, let alone rationally. It's like the professional sportsmen who pray to win, which is both trivial and in direct conflict with the prayers of the other team. Also, I think, grounds to accuse them of cheating if they win, which means they would have to denounce the effectiveness of prayer or forfeit their win, which tickles me no end. But to be so dependent on your god that you even rely on it for grocery shopping... that is sad and potentially dangerous.

Prayer is not asking for an object. Prayer is asking for the tools to earn the object for yourself. Have you been yelling about Faith all these years and not understood that?

Was his argument literally 'I had to pray or else I couldn't shop/I prayed so I didn't need a list'? If not it sounds like he was just making a mental note to make sure he took care not go get rotten fruit. Maybe he was in a rush, maybe the feeling in his hands has left after many years of fruit-related prayer. Maybe he just really wants to get better fruit than everyone else.
I know not all of our brains are as humungous and bloated with seawater as yours, but give the guy a break. Some people are forgetful. Some people like bragging about yelling at people in grocery stores.

I liked when I used to be able to take you seriously.

No, he told me his motivations, and they were quite mad.

I don't know who all these reasonable people are you keep talking about but I don't meet very many at all. Or perhaps I just ask them the right questions?

Gais! Guys! Guys...

Prayer is stupid.

Alcar...

I thought it was gaize.

I make it an effort to avoid anyone who too heavily trivializes faith or simply doesn't understand the other end of the spectrum, because typically they're too far up their own butt to see/not care for seeing Faith as something flexible and lovely rather than obligatory rules or pointless gibberish, and really just want something to yell about (in a grocery store).
I never said I live in some sort of Faithopolis where everyone is reasonable and gets along, I just find it easier to listen to someone who can make a point on either side and not be a huge cock about it, hence my distancing myself from Catholocism and my IMMENSE annoyance with Militancy of any kind.

Also a friend of mine recently returned from working at the circus convinced he was an atheist. I didn't grill him about it because I don't like him that much, but his justification was essentially that Reddit showed him the light. Not by something of substance, but by reading angry people on that damn website. He's still totally brainless to how the Natural world works and isn't any more interested in, well, Science as a whole (urgh, science as a whole). He just convinced himself of it because he doesn't have a GED and needs something to feel superior about because he generally sucks.

Anyway, it's not a surprise the guy was being literal when you said he was essentially prayin' for nice fruits, but damn if I didn't hope he was just some hapless goober who wasn't actually nutty and meant something else.

I'm done.

Okay okay be nice guys, faith has never caused conflict before and I don't want it to happen on my blog. xD

Frivolous claim.

I'm positive that was sarcasm.

When I re-read it, I realised.

fuckin' BM.

fuckin' sarcasm.