Glee: We just hate atheists and agnostics, okay?

[shaebay]

I think that a small portion of my f-listers are fans of Glee, and I know that a large portion of my f-listers have the same religious beliefs as I do. If you'll excuse me, I'd like to

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[jewells68]

This post made me kinda glad I didn't spend my evening watching. I loved glee when I started watching halfway through last season, but my time this fall is so much more limited that I was unwilling to give up another evening to television, so I haven't watched this season. There's really only one evening a week I watch regular television now.

As for them praying for his dad, I don't have a problem with that if it's something his dad wants... though they shouldn't have done it behind his back. When my dad was on his deathbed people came and prayed with him and it didn't bother me as an atheist because it comforted him (he believed in god and prayed regularly). To me what mattered was that it brought him a little comfort in what was left of his life, and the fact that I didn't think it did any good was irrelevant. If they wanted to pray with me I politely declined. If he wanted me to sing a hymn for him, and it was one I remembered from my childhood, than I sang it for him, not because I believed in it, but because he did and that was what mattered. At that point it was all about making his last hours more bearable for him, and my beliefs didn't enter into it.

[shaebay]

The biggest part is that his dad's religious beliefs are never made known in the story. For all we know, his dad could be an atheist as well. The way Kurt is offended, it seems that he and his father have the same beliefs. I could understand the other characters' bewilderment if his dad was that same religion, but the episode made it seem like that wasn't the case.

[wings_of_dreams]

I was going to ask if his father's beliefs are shown since I could understand it a bit better if his father had a particular belief.

[jewells68]

That would make all the difference to me.... and it appears from everyone's comments that they didn't make it obvious what his dad wanted or believed... sounds really poorly tackled