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Search found 26 matches
- May 13th, 2009, 7:19 am
- Forum: Humanism, secularism, freethought...
- Topic: The land of the free
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2217
Re: The land of the free
Stupidity in numbers will win a few battles but it will always lose the war. Some people are born, live and die as evolutionary speed bumps.
- May 10th, 2009, 5:42 am
- Forum: Culture Club
- Topic: Films
- Replies: 231
- Views: 48136
Re: Films
I watched "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and really enjoyed it. I thought it was a story about life and the human experience, with the "aging in reverse" thing simply being a setting rather than the story. I found its examination of life's journey very enriching and poignant. Brad Pitt also p...
- May 10th, 2009, 5:33 am
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Ready to go postal
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1052
Re: Ready to go postal
Lewist, thanks very much for the reply. Our young friend was initially diagnosed with GBM grade IV, which implied almost unequivocally that she'd soon leave this world. As luck would have it, the diagnosis was wrong and confirmed as something more treatable. That tumor was resected and she underwent...
- May 9th, 2009, 7:55 am
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Ready to go postal
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1052
Ready to go postal
I was discussing a young friend's battle with brain cancer with my in-laws and a friend of theirs. They took this conversation as an opportunity to talk to me about Satan, an ostensibly all-powerful deity capable of inflicting brain cancer who nonetheless harbors petty human vices such as hatred, en...
- October 28th, 2008, 10:55 am
- Forum: Social Club
- Topic: The new insomniacs' thread
- Replies: 245
- Views: 118982
Re: The new insomniacs' thread
I woke up at 1:30 am, after nodding off around 8:30pm. It just worked out that way. I wish it were different, but it's a weird life I live right now...somewhat a-structural.
- October 28th, 2008, 10:54 am
- Forum: Humanism, secularism, freethought...
- Topic: Should freethinkers ridicule religion?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4767
Re: Should freethinkers ridicule religion?
If religion is treated like the War on Drugs, that will only make kids want more of it. It's like live action role play, it stimulates the same part of the brain I think. Ridicule is a treat to be enjoyed in the company of the like-minded, and it serves no useful purpose when shared with the subject...
- October 28th, 2008, 10:50 am
- Forum: Humanism, secularism, freethought...
- Topic: Why debate?
- Replies: 27
- Views: 8177
Re: Why debate?
Something I read on another website has made me question the purpose of debating with believers about God. I won't say what it was yet. I want to find out the opinions of people here about whether you really think it's worthwhile spending the time and energy debating with religious believers who ge...
- October 28th, 2008, 10:41 am
- Forum: Humanism, secularism, freethought...
- Topic: Atheist Prayers
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8931
Re: Atheist Prayers
None taken.Lifelinking wrote:I have a quirky sense of humour. No offence intended Lukanator.
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- October 27th, 2008, 10:36 am
- Forum: Humanism, secularism, freethought...
- Topic: Atheist Prayers
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8931
Re: Atheist Prayers
They can be a great people; they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. They who say that we should love our fellow-citizens but not foreigners, destroy the universal brotherhood of mankind, with which benevolence and justice would perish forever. No problem of human destiny is beyon...
- October 23rd, 2008, 10:40 pm
- Forum: Humanism, secularism, freethought...
- Topic: Atheist Prayers
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8931
Re: Atheist Prayers
(golf clap)Lifelinking wrote:They can be a great people; they wish to be.
Superman returns.....
Live long, and prosper.
to Vulcan!
- October 21st, 2008, 11:17 am
- Forum: Humanism, secularism, freethought...
- Topic: Atheist Prayers
- Replies: 30
- Views: 8931
Re: Atheist Prayers
They can be a great people; they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. They who say that we should love our fellow-citizens but not foreigners, destroy the universal brotherhood of mankind, with which benevolence and justice would perish forever. No problem of human destiny is beyon...
- September 24th, 2008, 6:42 am
- Forum: Humanist Vegetarian Group
- Topic: Why are some thoughtful people vegetarian and others not?
- Replies: 80
- Views: 14420
Re: Why are some thoughtful people vegetarian and others not?
I'm not a vegetarian...yet. I haven't figured out how to enjoy food without partaking of meat. Plus I married into a Greek family. Vegetarianism is less common there than in the U.S. by a mile. Avoiding meat when in Athens will be tricky!
- August 28th, 2008, 5:39 pm
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Religion as Self-Medication
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1771
Re: Religion as Self-Medication
I actually felt "happier" when I submitted to the notion of a benevolent deity, which is what made me draw the comparison to recreational drug use and chemical dependency. However, I felt I was being intellectually dishonest and that's a bad habit, regardless of whether it makes you happy or not.
- August 28th, 2008, 5:37 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
- Topic: Venting about traditional weddings
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4208
Re: Venting about traditional weddings
P.S. I wanted to add that before my girlfriend and I got married, we had been together 10 years. Time truly flies when you're having fun. It simply never occurred to me that our relationship wasn't already exclusive and permanent and committed. We saw many, many marriages come and go during the peri...
- August 28th, 2008, 5:33 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
- Topic: Venting about traditional weddings
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4208
Re: Venting about traditional weddings
My Catholic soon-to-be-daughter-in-law (marrying atheist son, who really ought to be banished to outer darkness) wants to know what I'm wearing to their wedding. Unbelievable! Those are exactly the kind of "my values should be your values" assumptions that irk me about weddings. "So where did you g...
- August 27th, 2008, 12:57 pm
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Religion as Self-Medication
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1771
Religion as Self-Medication
Apologies if there's a topic on this already. I realized recently that there's no real difference between self-medicating through religion and self-medicating with alcohol or cigarettes or weed or cocaine or anything else. Reality bites sometimes, and people try to escape the pain somehow. Religious...
- August 27th, 2008, 12:52 pm
- Forum: Religion
- Topic: Christian personality type
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2667
Re: Christian personality type
I have just spent the evening with two Christians with that specific personality type of being very pleasant, but also very bland. The kind who are so blandly nice that even though it appears genuine you can't believe that anyone can be like that. It seems to a be a specific Christian personality t...
- August 27th, 2008, 12:49 pm
- Forum: Humanism, secularism, freethought...
- Topic: Are you a humanist or what?
- Replies: 456
- Views: 229124
Re: Are you a humanist or what?
The best way to piss off people (a mean-spirited passive little game I enjoy) who embrace labels is to not even play the game. When you defy categorization - proactively - it really irritates people who want to see the world in black and white. Ah yes, you're one of those anti-labellists. Dan Hi fi...
- August 27th, 2008, 12:47 pm
- Forum: Humanism, secularism, freethought...
- Topic: A post concerning both religion and secularism
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3199
Re: A post concerning both religion and secularism
Something that has long bothered me in my on-line conversations (even some time ago when there was a Forum for the Humanist Association of Toronto) is the amount of time that is spent fighting about whether there is a god or not, about whether, if there is, anybody can figure out what it wants or n...
- August 27th, 2008, 12:42 pm
- Forum: Miscellaneous Discussions...
- Topic: Venting about traditional weddings
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4208
Re: Venting about traditional weddings
Historically weddings have had traditions or meaning that seem to vary from culture to culture. I know my wife and I footed the bill for our wedding reception, despite the fact that "tradition" says the bride's parents pay for it (whose tradition?) Our emphasis was on having a party, something fun a...