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Your Religious Status: Atheist, Secular/Nonreligious/Agnostic

About Me:: I''m curious, free thinking and accepting of others.
Also a Mum and wife to a fab guy.

Age: 31-35

Why are you here?: Life the universe and everything...

The religion you left: Christian

Twitter: twitter.com/chele6

My Profile pic is from the Storm Production Blog which is the blog for the team making Tim Minchin's Storm into an animated movie.

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Should we try to stop people being religious?

Posted on April 12, 2009 at 8:20pm 23 Comments 0 Likes

Should we be trying to stop people being religious? There seems to me to be a personal psychological payoff for people to be religious and it can help some communities come together in a positive way. So why stop religion? Why not fight for tolerance. Perhaps this is impossible and I am being naive, but I think it is equally impossible to stop a way of thinking that is so deeply ingrained that it is like a rushing river. And perhaps necessary for some people to cope. The majority of people are… Continue

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At 8:50am on September 16, 2010, Julienne Cowburn said…: Could you please slash the tyres of the pope mobile so he can't make it to my end of the country!

At 7:49am on May 2, 2009, Roospy said…: Indeedy. I'm usually on at random times throughout the day :P

Have a good weekend :)

At 6:56am on May 2, 2009, Roospy said…: Another Scottish atheist yay

At 9:17am on April 18, 2009, Jin-oh Choi said…: Singing isn't my greatest forte. Catch you round. :)

At 8:52am on April 18, 2009, Jin-oh Choi said…: I been to cities that never close down
From New York to Rio and Old London Town
But no matter how far or how wide I roam
I still call Australia home

I'm always travelling
I love being free
And so I keep leaving the sun and the sea
But my heart lies waiting over the foam
I still call Australia home

All the sons and daughters
Spinning around the world
Away from their family and friends
But as the world gets older and colder
Its good to know where your journey ends

Someday we'll all be together once more
When all of the ships come back to the shore
I realise something Iâ��ve always known
I still call Australia home

But no matter how far or wide I roam
I still call Australia
I still call Australia
I still call Australia home

But no matter how far or wide I roam
I still call Australia
I still call Australia
I still call Australia home

At 8:36am on April 18, 2009, Jin-oh Choi said…: Oh you have been away from home. Not sure if you still call Australia home since you've been away so long.

At 8:22am on April 18, 2009, Jin-oh Choi said…: Hi Chelle, I was going to say hi, in the chat. But it is abit unstable tonight. Where in OZ were you from, why the move?

At 9:05pm on April 12, 2009, Jin-oh Choi said…: Hi Chelle, I loved what you said in your "Should we try to stop people being religious?" blog post. Hope you don't mind that I posted it, as a discussion point on "Each to their own" or “I’m not interested, please leave me alone”.

At 1:03pm on March 23, 2009, Jess said…: I feel the same way about a child's upbringing as you do. I was raised in a freethinking household - my parents would have loved me regardless if I had believed in Santa until 20 or the FSM. I think it's the responsible way to raise a child, to let them think for themselves, and I'm glad there are more and more people like you out there doing just that.