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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 11:09 PM Original message |
So I've recently discarded what was left of my religious beliefs. Ask me anything. |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 11:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. Heavy |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 11:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. By all means, pick up a copy of Godless! |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 11:35 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Thanks, I've been meaning to get Dawkins' book. |
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EmilyKent (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 11:19 PM Response to Original message |
2. How does freedom feel? |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 11:22 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Feels good! |
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handmade34 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. no questions |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 09:12 AM Response to Reply #4 |
37. Now I keep thinking of John Lennon's "Imagine" |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 11:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. Ah, the zeal of the converted. |
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EmilyKent (753 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 11:41 PM Response to Reply #5 |
13. The unconverted actually. |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 10:22 AM Response to Reply #5 |
40. Converted? I would say DEconverted... |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 12:26 PM Response to Reply #40 |
48. That is what a true believer would say. |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 01:11 PM Response to Reply #48 |
50. What is? |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 02:12 PM Response to Reply #50 |
52. Your belief is your reality. |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 02:20 PM Response to Reply #52 |
53. Do you mean generally or specifically? |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 02:29 PM Response to Reply #53 |
55. Exactly. |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 04:53 PM Response to Reply #55 |
57. What claims are you referring to? |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 07:39 PM Response to Reply #57 |
60. People tend to claim absolutely on this issue. |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 08:26 PM Response to Reply #60 |
63. Sure, I see what you are getting at. |
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proteus_lives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 10:51 PM Response to Reply #63 |
67. Sure. |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 09:27 AM Response to Reply #67 |
68. Interesting. |
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Tikki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 11:30 PM Response to Original message |
7. Do you think you will get buyer's remorse?!... |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 11:38 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. I doubt it. |
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RKP5637 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 11:31 PM Response to Original message |
8. Similar thoughts here, especially "unquestioning faith leads to irrationality." I follow |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 11:37 PM Response to Original message |
10. Do you feel lighter or lost? |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 11:39 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. Lighter. |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 12:14 AM Response to Original message |
14. Once again, when you see us as a little bitty dot in an incompressible |
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RC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 06:38 AM Response to Reply #14 |
28. Same here. |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 12:18 AM Response to Original message |
15. I'm an agnostic. I don't sorta think there is a god. |
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emilyg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 12:35 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. I like your attitude. |
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OffWithTheirHeads (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 12:46 AM Response to Reply #15 |
17. Absence of evidence for 70,000 years might lead you to be |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #17 |
43. To believe god exists, a hell of a lot more than I've seen, which is none... |
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Goblinmonger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 11:37 AM Response to Reply #15 |
44. Sounds like you are an agnostic atheist. |
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Ozymanithrax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 11:42 AM Response to Reply #44 |
45. Agnostic by definition |
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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 12:49 AM Response to Original message |
18. To me just the idea of an intelligent creator is a childish, simplistic concept. |
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K8-EEE (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
19. Welcome to the club! |
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demwing (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 12:59 AM Response to Original message |
20. Can a god be omniscient and omnipotent at the same time? |
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Critters2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Oct-21-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #20 |
75. Exactly. I don't define God in those terms. That sort of listing of God's |
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elias7 (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 01:16 AM Response to Original message |
21. Sadly, Mr Barker has a very western view of god |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 06:07 AM Response to Reply #21 |
25. "Find another teacher" Why? |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 07:49 AM Response to Reply #21 |
29. It's strange you insist we must feel gratitude to something |
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elias7 (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 08:38 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. I'm not insisting you must do or feel anything |
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muriel_volestrangler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 09:10 AM Response to Reply #31 |
35. The end of your post sure sounds like you are insisting |
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elias7 (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 06:21 PM Response to Reply #35 |
59. The OP seems to me to be searching... |
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Jokerman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 07:42 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. I don't see where you get that the OP was "searching". |
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elias7 (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 09:09 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. wow, tough crowd |
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onager (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 04:13 PM Response to Reply #64 |
70. You think we're tough? |
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elias7 (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 06:55 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. Interesting... |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-10 11:21 PM Response to Reply #72 |
74. I dunno - Hindu fundies can be just as batshit as Christian fundies or Islamic fundies. |
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unorthodox (26 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-20-10 11:08 PM Response to Reply #61 |
73. It's a lot easier these days to be an atheist. |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 03:37 AM Response to Original message |
22. Welcome aboard! |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 04:02 AM Response to Original message |
23. Congratulations |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 08:56 AM Response to Reply #23 |
33. Barker's background is unique. |
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14thColony (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 06:01 PM Response to Reply #33 |
58. I look forward to reading him |
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Nay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 05:40 AM Response to Original message |
24. Welcome to the club! I differ only in the fact that I became an |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 06:11 AM Response to Original message |
26. Congrats! |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 06:16 AM Response to Original message |
27. Essential links for the Atheist/Agnostic |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 08:29 AM Response to Original message |
30. Question |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 08:52 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Religion is infused heavily into our culture. |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 09:01 AM Original message |
Got it |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 09:01 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. dupe |
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intaglio (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 09:11 AM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Doesn't everybody? Well I do |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 09:14 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. True, and I have this complex |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 01:05 PM Response to Reply #30 |
49. Yeah, I never say that. |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
39. In real life |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 10:26 AM Response to Reply #39 |
42. Why is that? |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 09:41 PM Response to Reply #39 |
65. No, not much but, they sure do want to 'save' me. |
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cleanhippie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
41. Welcome to the real world, my friend... |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
46. K&R |
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Deep13 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
47. How can I keep squirrels away from my bird feeders? |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 01:57 PM Response to Reply #47 |
51. While not always 100% effective against A DETERMINED SQUIRREL...... |
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beam me up scottie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 02:27 PM Response to Reply #47 |
54. Get a Droll Yankee Flipper Feeder. |
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madmax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 09:42 PM Response to Reply #47 |
66. lol nt |
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laconicsax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 04:12 PM Response to Original message |
56. Why do you hate America? |
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HarveyDarkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-18-10 07:44 PM Response to Original message |
62. What took you so long? |
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Lost-in-FL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 03:50 PM Response to Original message |
69. Doesn't it feel good? |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-19-10 06:50 PM Response to Original message |
71. good for you. |
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