You guys every play ring around the rosie in school or at home? Do you know where that came from?
Big Dog
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The Atheist's Book of Bible Stories - new - The "Just Pretend" Religion
by RunningMan inthe just pretend religion
i was rooting around on the internet today, and i came across something that gave me a unique insight into how fundamentalists have a good time.
one suggestion was to have the kids re-enact the ten plagues of egypt.
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"You guys are the most preachy atheists I've ever met!"
by GetBusyLiving ina christian friend of mine had a melt down this weekend and screamed at my roommate about both of us being "preachy atheists".
he also said, in talking about me, that "i can see it in his eyes, he think's he's right!
" it was after a bunch of drinks at a bar and my roommate said that he was nearly in tears.
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Big Dog
As the Classicist pointed out, the old Soviet Union was a huge experiment in atheism and it didn't seem to deter aggression, killing, devaluing human life and so on in the way Mr. Dawkins seems to think it would.
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Serial Killing More Common Among White Boys
by Valis inyep that's right if you are a white boy you are most probably a serial killer, because richard ramirez and wayne williams were only flukes.
never you mind anyone on the planet could be a potential serial killer, all we know at this point is most of the ones we have caught are whiteys...see?
i told you so!.
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Big Dog
It will put the lotion in the basket.
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Which meetings did you hate the most?
by JH inout of the 5 weekly meetings, here are the ones i hated the most.. in order.
1. theocratic ministry school ( i hated speaking in public) got me so nervous.. 2. service meeting ( too much crap and statistics and presentations).
3. the book study ( just a waist of time ).
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Big Dog
I think I'd have to say the Sunday meeting (Talk/WT Study) mainly because the congregation we went to when I was growing up had the meeting in the afternoon. That was just brutal as a kid, beautiful Sundays cut in half by the meeting, watching the kids outside playing as we drove off to the hall for our Sunday brainwashing. And if we went out Sunday morning it was even worse, just the whole day shot.
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Do Not Be a Victim of Propaganda!
by stevenyc in.
this is recommended reading for anyone scared to venture into looking at the foundations of the watchtower..
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Big Dog
Good question Skyman, I have often wondered the same thing. I assume the articles get proofed at least several times before publication, does no one say, umm, gee guys, do you see a problem with this article.
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Holy Crap! Prescription meds are EXPENSIVE!!!
by Elsewhere inmy dr. had prescribed advair for my asthma.
for a 90 day supply it will cost me $75.
that's not too bad being that it will be $25 per month for me.
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Big Dog
Else, you should see what the drug reps spend wooing the docs to prescribe their wares. I have seen some unreal stuff, five star dinners, trips to the Carrib, you name it. The drug pimps, er I mean drug reps spend a fortune pushing their wares, the money involved in the whole thing is just insane.
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I miss you all!
by whyamihere ini miss everyone!
i have been laid up in my house with my leg after my surgery.
i can get around ok. alot better than a week ago.
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Big Dog
Hope you feel better soon!
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"You guys are the most preachy atheists I've ever met!"
by GetBusyLiving ina christian friend of mine had a melt down this weekend and screamed at my roommate about both of us being "preachy atheists".
he also said, in talking about me, that "i can see it in his eyes, he think's he's right!
" it was after a bunch of drinks at a bar and my roommate said that he was nearly in tears.
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Big Dog
In response to Mr. Dawkins assertions that religion is akin to loaded weapons (and I want it on the record that all I said was i felt that a belief in God was not harmful, I did not endorse any particlular religion) I would say that a stone atheist is a very dangerous person. An atheist (if I understand the term correctly) does not believe in the spirit world, any after life, etc. so the worst you can do to him is kill him. He can murder, rape, pillage, plunder to his heart's content knowing that there is no justice to be meted out in the here after, as I said before, the worst you can do is kill him. To me a person with no fear of any sort of divine justice is capable of anything, as much if not more so than a "religious" person. Edited to add: This is not to say atheists are immoral, barbaric, etc., this was simply taking Mr. Dawkin's logic and heading the other way with it.
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"You guys are the most preachy atheists I've ever met!"
by GetBusyLiving ina christian friend of mine had a melt down this weekend and screamed at my roommate about both of us being "preachy atheists".
he also said, in talking about me, that "i can see it in his eyes, he think's he's right!
" it was after a bunch of drinks at a bar and my roommate said that he was nearly in tears.
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Big Dog
Doogie, excellent, excellent post. Very thought provoking. There is an old saying in court, that you have the plaintiff’s story, then you have the defendant’s story, and then you have the truth which usually lies somewhere in the middle.
People rip on me sometimes because I am often hesitant to come down with a firm opinion on an issue because I know, just know there is another pretty compelling argument out there for exactly the opposite position.
But I think most people have pretty firm convictions about things that they feel are important to them, their morality and that sort of thing, also I think most of us believe in more than we realize, basic math, basic science, etc., it’s the stuff that we just aren’t sure about that is tough to get totally behind.
I started a thread awhile ago about how much “science” we take on faith because most of us simply cannot understand the math or the physics behind it, we see the evidence of it when the space shuttle flies or our PC boots up, but we can’t say we truly understand how it works.
So when you get into the really big stuff, God/no God, the origin of the species or the universe I think its normal for people, even people who haven’t come out of the JW’s to be a little hesitant to say, yes, absolutely I think its this way, because yes science is self correcting, but the key is that it is correcting, so the scientific “truth” today may not be the scientific truth tomorrow so maybe I want to hedge my bet a little on that and I think that’s your middle ground.
For instance, I have been pretty well convinced that evolution happened, there just seems to be a lot of “facts” or evidence to suggest it has, but how it got started, or if it was helped along, well, the jury is still out on that one. I see that as a middle ground, I accept certain things but leave the ultimate conclusions open for now. -
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Whats your favourite food?
by PaulJ inwhat is your favourite spiritual food?
mine by a long way is my wife's lasagne.
it is out of this world.
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Big Dog
Hey Butt, do you like bernaise on your filet?