Source

A question posted on the Yahoo Answers Religion & Spirituality forum.

What She Said [Verbatim]

“If God is FAIR, why did the Almighty present a former flame to me while I’m married? I am (supposedly) happily married. Have been for 9 years. A couple of months ago, by surprise and by chance I had the opportunity to reunite with a former love that I had not seen in more than 15 years. Anyway, we reunite and “boom” fireworks/old feelings pour in again. Eventually, about 1 a month we would have innocent lunches and meetings. (No kissing or touching) just respectable friends. By all this time, feelings grow DEEPER! Deep to a point that he wants to start new life with me in another state. As crazy in love I feel, I’d love to go. I want to follow my heart. I am convinced that I’ve always been in love, still will be in love and will never forget this guy. (Of course is this fair to my husband) Anyway, I am wondering if GOD knew my situation, why did GOD presented [sic] this former flame to me? This is eating my heart ALIVE. I’m so broken- hearted. I can’t stand it. Can someone please help?”

What she Really Meant

“I’ve been married for 9 years, I’m no longer in love, and I want out. I’m pretending to believe that GOD wants me to be with a former love of mine for some reason that I can’t figure out or understand. Can someone tell me what that reason is so I convince myself that GOD wants me to cheat (or bail) on my spouse and not feel so bad about what I know I’m going to do anyway?”

Classification

Disingenuous Christian Bullshit (a.k.a. Liar-Liar Pants on Fire and Brimstone)

Rating

Stupidity:  8
Delusion:  10
Cowardice:  10
Weakness:  10
Crankiness:  5

Post Mortem

Take note of her odd use of CAPITAL LETTERS for key rationalizing words. She capitalizes “GOD” twice to stress that this is what he wants for her: “I am wondering if GOD knew my situation, why did GOD presented [sic] this former flame to me?”

But here’s the most offensive part. She capitalizes “FAIR” when she talks about the way she wants god to treat her: “If God is FAIR, why did the Almighty present a former flame to me while I’m married?”

But then she switches to lowercase when talking about what’s “fair” to her husband: “Of course is this fair to my husband.”

Now here’s the sweet part. What she clearly meant to say was “this ISN’T fair to my husband” - but I can’t help see this as a telltale Freudian slip!

Clearly, she thinks that “this IS fair to her.”
 

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