Although I sound cheesy, that was a very powerful bit of writing. I understand what it feels like to be discriminated against in a way similar to yours, although it wasn't because of my religion. You really put a lot of yourself in this, and it was very well-written.

*Para Noya*

First off: you had to read Waiting For the Rain? Dewd, so did I in seventh grade.
Second: I feel for you, man. I've been called a Satanist (even after I explained to the poor idiot that if I didn't believe in his God I couldn't worship his devil) and... actually, that's about all I've been called that's G-rated, so yeah...
In my experience, the more you fight back the more they pick on you. If you just go with the flow, the religious fanatics leave you pretty much alone.
But that wouldn't be any fun, now would it?
I've actually gotten to a point where I start looking for trouble. Besides, if we don't stand up to the bigots, who will? Power to the little people!
-StarTeen
PS: Sorry if this is all completely irrelevant. I'm on about an hour of sleep and a liter of Coke. Also, my Algebra homework is looming in the near future...

Wow. Nicely written, got your point across, and it got me thinking 'bout some things. I completely agree with what you've written, and I can definitely relate. But I won't get into that. Keep it up.
-Shadow

wow, amazing piece of writing here. This is the best essay i've seen on fpress. You really make the reader feel for you during your "somber" period. Congrats on a great essay.

This was the point I was trying to make. You have made that point completely clear. I know how the main character feels in this story. That's what ticks me off, when people discriminate and nobody listen.

A story like this not only deserves to be published, but deserves to get reconized as a piece of art. Keep writing my friend...

Now this is the sort of thing that restores my faith in fpnet. This really is tremendous writing; extraordinarily powerful. I have the deepest respect for your ability to come through that experience.

It seems odd, writing from here in Britain, that someone could be that badly treated at school for not believing in God - I came across a comment of GW Bush's the other day, in which he seemed to be saying that atheists weren't proper patriots; no British politician could get away with that sort of thing. But yes, being an atheist (and more to the point, an atheist fur) has caused occasional problems.

Congrats to you and all your triumps1 *claps loudly* Isn't it incredible how narrow-minded people are, expecially about religion? Those things also happened to me when I admitted, no, stated that I was an athiest but it was nothing compared ot the experience you had to go through.

The essay was very well written, few grammer mistakes, but there is only one little problem: The middle part of the eassay seemed to be a bit sidetracked from the topic which is discrimination against religion. This essay is mostly about the effect and idiocy of the discriminating and pathetic (sp?) ways of those narrowed- minded -oh got a little side-tracked myself. *_*.