Comments on: My Parents Are Buddhists, My Husband’s an Atheist, and I Love Jesus

By: leebo1010

leebo1010 — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:42:06 +0000

Hey Pheak! My computer is really sick and I'm getting it looked at so it's hampered my ability to get as much done as normal, so sorry for such a delayed response…I've been missing out on comments and Tweets alike…

I can understand that. My youngest one is in the same boat as your kids, but my 9 year old & I have some interesting conversations about religion and where we (humans) and the earth came from. He's always so good about digging deeper because every answer generates another 5 questions for him. We teach him all of what we “know” and ask him what he thinks. He says he's not sure yet, but that will change soon…

Sounds like a great memorial day. And Father's day is coming up so I hope you have a great time with your fam…and play some 13 for me…ahhh the old days where I could just hang out and play cards with my family for days and not worry about paying the bills – I wish I could be 14 again! LOL

By: Pheak Tol

Pheak Tol — Fri, 29 May 2009 18:13:23 +0000

Hey ms Lee – they too young right now to embrace any kind or type of religion in my opinion, but later on when they're older, whatever they choose is up to them as long as they're happy. the wifey dont really care much but is geared towards buddhist because of her upgringing (her aunt is christian and will push that on her LOL)

in all im too cool and laid back for any type of talk dealing with religion politics or anything that will get heated – i like to just sit back, relax and enjoy the company and time – with that said for memorial day in laws and i played some 13 and push back some drinks and watched some movies – nothing special how was yours?

By: leebo1010

leebo1010 — Tue, 26 May 2009 07:27:57 +0000

Wow. Isn't it funny what we'll do when we think we're in love? Just the hoops we'll jump through is amazing. I know because I've jumped through a few myself=)

I almost became Jewish for an ex-fiance. I'm glad that I'm still just plain ole Jesus-lovin-Lee without a title (Jewish, Catholic, Mormon, etc.) name in front of it.

So what do you teach your son about religion? Are you & your wife on the same page? Hope you had a great Memorial Day weekend=)

By: Pheak Tol

Pheak Tol — Wed, 20 May 2009 14:59:35 +0000

hmmm you’ve won the million bucks, my opinion on myself isn’t what you’ve said though i like how you said it. the goodness in me = i hate seeing other people being picked on i hate discrimination i hate prejudice and i’ll stand up for it, but thats all about it.

I did a lot of things that i’m probably gonna go to hell for lol, its true though, but funny in a way where i laugh at myself at some certain time when i start to catch myself drifting off reminiscing on the things that i’ve done and wished i didnt do. but yet life’s full of mistakes so that’s my excuse for everything i’ve done wrong in the past.

that’s crazy about the bishop raping and doing drugs, but i’ve read a lot about the churches with the priests and what not doing things opposite of what they’re preaching. that’s crazy, but i cant understand how you can just rape another person, thats just me though.

you’re right though we do run parallel within our background. we were here in the 80′s as well and honestly..the girl i spoke of in my earlier post dumped me twice, foolish of me taking her back for the 3rd as well..because her excuse was of difference in religious beliefs but i’ve recently mistakenly stepped into the truth not that long ago and she was cheatin the whole time we was together. so she goes against what she preaches right there to me, and gets mad when my friends(girls) talk to me. hypocritical – cheating – lying – and the falsification of religious beliefs stupid girl =P

it’s because of her i took about 2-3 philosophy classes in college and researched on my own time the many sides to religion and practices – i think i know more about her own religion than she does now. thanks for the compliment at the end of your reply though – but honestly you give me way too much credit for someone im not. but i think you’re one of the coolest i’ve encountered via www.

By: lee

lee — Wed, 20 May 2009 11:01:49 +0000

Pheak our histories run so parallel. I was introduced to Christianity because a church sponsored us over in ’80. And since then, I’ve tried to learn every religion possible just to broaden my experiences. I even got my atheist hubby to go to church with me so we could try to bring some spirituality in our lives and the damn bishop gets convicted of raping 3 members of the church and doing meth. This was a HUGE church too! So our hopes of finding spirituality/religion together was shot to hell pretty literally.

I like ‘independent.’ It suits you…and just from the interaction that we’ve had, I believe you. I bet a million bucks that you’re just a straight shooter and there’s just plain goodness in you.

Keep rambling…

By: Pheak Tol

Pheak Tol — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:41:14 +0000

when my family came over to the united states, we were sponsored by a church called St Mary’s. the sponsors took us to church every sunday and i had to sit there falling asleep, bored and tired from the speeches and what not, while their kids go off to the little sunday school and came back with cool fingerpaints and what not.

i always wondered as a kid what kind of chip they ate and what kind of water they drank. and then stopped wondering because we stopped going, im assuming that my parents refused to go anymore being that they were raised over seas as buddhists

me? im not christian, im not buddhist, im not catholic, im not a scientologist, im not even an atheist…i’d like to call myself an independent. simply because i’ve been raised around so many beliefs and religious standards that, i dont know what to believe, or what not to believe.

so i figured i’ll just create my own label as an independent –do what I think is right and now what others think is right..live by your own standards, pay it forward, accept every person as an equal no matter how ignorant and how much they push you to do believe in a factor that they probably dont even believe in but they were preached and now they’re preaching it..

i know a “heavy christian” that pushed me to read the bible, love the lord, go to church on sundays and even not cuss =/ i grew up cussing because i was around people that cuss (no parents but other kids) but now, i tend to speak with more of an outlook – more of a tongue towards perception (meaning i just bullshit acting like i know what im talking about but i really dont lol), but anyways, she was preaching all these things to me regarding the christian faith and beliefs and how she will not go against it and what not, a few months later, she lost it (you know what im talking about) i dated her by the way, i tried to do what she was preaching to me just becuase i was “in love” with her, and i totally was, but she did me wrong and i stopped caring about what she was preaching when i realized she was just trying to change me from being myself (the awesome person that i am)

but sum it all up just do the things you feel is right, live life to the fullest so there’s no regrets, and decide your own path and direction to create your own future (i think i rambled on ms lee, my fault)