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  you don't believe in god... ever find yourself praying?

  by Calliope in

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  i'm not sure whether there is a god or not.

  so far as i can tell, there isn't much evidence to support his existence... .

  but sometimes i find myself in what appears to be a prayer.

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  Check_Your_Premises

  not a standard put forth by some religious organization saying that they represent god.

  still angry,

  I think you misunderstand what it means to be a "Mere Christian" as opposed to a "True Christian" (aka j-dub)

  My concept of faith has absolutely nothing to do with other people or what they tell me God is/ins't. Religion has it's place. It is kind of like a map I guess. It gives you some ideas about what other people have experienced in their faith... what works... what doesn't. That is about it.

  I am not a fundamentalist.... or even exactly sure what kind of a Christian I am. There is just to much I can't validate.

  And don't worry. I understand what it means to be an athiest. I was one for a good 15 years.

  CYP
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  you don't believe in god... ever find yourself praying?

  by Calliope in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm not sure whether there is a god or not.

  so far as i can tell, there isn't much evidence to support his existence... .

  but sometimes i find myself in what appears to be a prayer.

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  Check_Your_Premises

  It's all good, and sasquatch,

  Thanks for your candor.

  I wasn't sure what to expect when I came back here.

  I have an interesting perspective. I was a youthful Christian, who fell out due to youthful desires. I then became an athiest/agnostic/objectivist.... The problems and unanswered questions of athiesm called me to consider the possiblity of a benevolent creator... partially out of a search for comfort. I would be a liar if I didn't admit that. But also out of a desire to bring my thinking more in line with reality even though I am not able to perceive it the way I do the physical world.

  What I am trying to say, is I can appreciate both perspectives very well. I completely get the ex-jw/athiest disgust with the delusions, and lack of validation inherent in all fundamentalism.

  I guess the only reason I fit in here is cuz I can't stand how jw's act either.
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  you don't believe in god... ever find yourself praying?

  by Calliope in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i'm not sure whether there is a god or not.

  so far as i can tell, there isn't much evidence to support his existence... .

  but sometimes i find myself in what appears to be a prayer.

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  Check_Your_Premises

  i'm not sure whether there is a god or not.
  
  so far as i can tell, there isn't much evidence to support his existence...

  Sounds kinda like picking up a phone and saying hello... you aren't sure if someone is there. An experiment maybe?

  I always wonder about ardent athiests... or agnostics that consider the existence of God to be unknowable, and therefore not worth pondering....

  What happens when you lose all your illusion of control and power that you think you have over your life. What happens when you are desperate, when you have nowhere else you can turn? Do you cry out to Darwin or Marx?

  Don't get me wrong. I am not making fun. I just remember when I was one of the above. It was real easy to be incredulous when things were going good. When things weren't so good I was more than ready to abandon my faith in no God.

  Doesn't prove anything of course... I don't mean to imply it does.

  CYP
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  Movie Qoutes

  by DigitalFokus in

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  one at a time.

  guess the qoute above you and give one for the next person.

  "nobody makes me bleed my own blood, nobody!

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  Check_Your_Premises

  LOL the sequel is correct, but DigitalFokus got the title right.

  At least I didn't get titanic right....

  "Chicks cannot hold de smoke... dat's what it is..."
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  Movie Qoutes

  by DigitalFokus in

  1. jw
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  one at a time.

  guess the qoute above you and give one for the next person.

  "nobody makes me bleed my own blood, nobody!

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  Check_Your_Premises

  "What is that, What the F*** is that??

  hint?
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  Movie Qoutes

  by DigitalFokus in

  1. jw
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  one at a time.

  guess the qoute above you and give one for the next person.

  "nobody makes me bleed my own blood, nobody!

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  Check_Your_Premises

  "Are you a Mexican or a Mexican't?"

  GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR I know this one!!!

  Dusk Til Dawn?

  The Sequel to Desperado?
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  Movie Qoutes

  by DigitalFokus in

  1. jw
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  one at a time.

  guess the qoute above you and give one for the next person.

  "nobody makes me bleed my own blood, nobody!

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  Check_Your_Premises

  "Day off?"

  "Off Day"

  (hint: John Wayne movie)

  McLintock!

  "I'm your Huckleberry"
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  Movie Qoutes

  by DigitalFokus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  one at a time.

  guess the qoute above you and give one for the next person.

  "nobody makes me bleed my own blood, nobody!

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  Check_Your_Premises

  "No time for love, Dr. Jones"

  Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom

  "Excuse me, are you gods?"

  "We are Englishmen, which is the next best thing."

  (hint: Starred Sean Connery and Michael Cane)
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  Movie Qoutes

  by DigitalFokus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  one at a time.

  guess the qoute above you and give one for the next person.

  "nobody makes me bleed my own blood, nobody!

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  Check_Your_Premises

  ..."and I looked at her straight in the eye and said, "look bitch, I dont care about your baby, you're gonna die and I don't feel a thing about it"...

  Helter Skelter?

  "Oh wait, is she a great big fat person?"
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  Movie Qoutes

  by DigitalFokus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  one at a time.

  guess the qoute above you and give one for the next person.

  "nobody makes me bleed my own blood, nobody!

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  Check_Your_Premises

  "I gotsta know"

  Dirty Harry

  "Day off?"

  "Off Day"

  (hint: John Wayne movie)