#21, RE: The Aha Moment
Posted by Hotaru Lind on Dec-07-12 at 01:38 PM
In response to message #7
>>Hasn't anyone else been tempted to put in "pantheistic multiperson >>solipsism", or is it just me...? > >I was in the emergency department at a Bangor hospital the other day >(sudden epic back/side pain: medical science shrugs, assumes I've had >a interesting convergence of bad luck, muscle strain, and an internal >suture from the Surgery Adventure), and they asked me for my religion >during check-in. I was unable to keep myself from giving the clerk a >What Has That Got To Do With Anything? face for a second or two, then >told her I'm an atheist. That got me a momentary odd look in return >and a box checked on some computerized hospital form, which presumably >means if I die in that hospital at any future point they'll just strip >me for parts and toss me on the burn pile. Which I'm OK with as long >as they're sure I'm really dead. >I've been tempted a few times to answer with Pastafarian, just to watch the reactions. I think it'd be quite amusing. Still, it's probably dietary related or so the staff know which denominational dispenser of Godly wisdom to send to your bedside When Bad Things Occur.
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