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Meanwhile, back in Cleveland again....
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More priestly mishaps--a Jesuit soliciting sex for money, oh, and he's HIV positive, making…Continue
Have any of you (us, if I'm feeling possessive) run for office?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Melvinotis Oct 6. 8 Replies 0 Likes
As we get into the off-season voting time in the U.S. I've been thinking that many of the religious nut jobs that make it to higher office start out as the proverbial dog catcher, or in some small…Continue
The Catholic Church and pedophilia
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In the ask Dr. Bob thread, there was much academic discussion of damage caused by pedophilia. I thought I should give…Continue
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Immigration office tells atheist applicant to prove church membership
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Margaret Doughty, 64, of Palacios, Texas applied to become a citizen of the United States, but on her application …Continue
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Melvinotis replied to bongani muthwa's discussion 'What is an Ideal world System of ruling?'"There is no panacea, not even democracy can solve all of our problems. "
Melvinotis replied to Unseen's discussion 'The science of "gaydar." Can you spot a gay just by looking?'"The seminary school criteria is real. Gay men growing up in xtian households tend to struggle with their sexuality since it is so stigmatized. They try to find solace in attempting to become asexual. It tends not to work out since they are fighting…"
Melvinotis replied to Unseen's discussion 'The science of "gaydar." Can you spot a gay just by looking?'"I used to date an actress who was revered in the gay community. As a result when we would go out to parties I would occasionally find myself as the only straight man in the room with 50 gay men.
The article is correct in that you could probably be…"
Melvinotis replied to Redlilly Pond's discussion 'Ghost hunting, haunting shows, Faked?'"I met a sound engineer that works for one of those shows. He adds the sound effects in during post production. The actors just have to act as if they heard something and he does the rest."
Melvinotis posted a discussionMeanwhile, back in Cleveland again....
More priestly mishaps--a Jesuit soliciting sex for money, oh, and he's HIV positive, making it a felony.A suburban church sponsors a commercial product--what are they doing? Setting the world record for people set on fire. I fail to see how horribly bad decision making and the risk of life and…See More
Melvinotis replied to Dennis Goos's discussion 'To be or not to be'"Thinking is part of the process of learning. And vice versa to some extent. Its kind of a chicken and egg concept."
Melvinotis replied to Cameron's discussion 'What helped you see through religion'"I was a Christian Scientist growing up (funny how that concept sounds now). Anyway, it was started when medical theory was in a state of disarray. So real science has now replaced most of the theories that Mary Baker Eddy thought up, so now the…"
Melvinotis replied to Morgan Matthew's discussion 'Updates to Think Atheist'"Earlier today or maybe yesterday another one of those spammer types got through with 20 posts or so in a row. Usually its the green coffee people (posting links to green coffee websites) Can you automatically offramp these posts so they don't…"
Melvinotis replied to Unseen's discussion 'Would you vote for a 2016 Jesse Ventura/Howard Stern Presidential ticket?'"I think I could argue that an honest politician could not survive the American process of selection at a national level.
Ventura/Stern will be used as a foil to divert attention from more important things. That will be their function in this…"
Melvinotis replied to Cesar Deicide's discussion 'Long story short: I'm getting married'"Happy wishes, Cesar!
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Melvinotis replied to Melvinotis's discussion 'Have any of you (us, if I'm feeling possessive) run for office?'"That is my concern. The 'vocal minority' is controlling the conversation."
Kairan Nierde replied to Melvinotis's discussion 'Have any of you (us, if I'm feeling possessive) run for office?'"I held office in some clubs at school and university but that doesn't count.
My dad ran the campaign for a third party candidate who lost by a narrow margin--I believe it was a few hundred votes. Not sure if it was for city or state government.…"
Judith van der Roos replied to Melvinotis's discussion 'Have any of you (us, if I'm feeling possessive) run for office?'"I have run for a tram, I have run for a train, but never for an office."
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- Born Christian Scientist, dropped that many years ago, did some searching and never found anything that didn't seem like gobbledy gook.
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- Lurked for a while online via my phone. Monitored some great conversations and thought I'd try to participate more.
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- Xian Scientists supposedly do not use doctors (and occasionally run into difficulty due to that) however, as a teen found out that all of my church leaders used doctors almost regularly. So in the end I feel that Xian Science is a type of reverse hypochondria. Not necessarily a bad thing--controlling your thoughts in a way that makes you well--but not to be ascribed to any outside factors. I did some searching into others, but most of them turned me off. Unitarian Universalism worked for a little while, they are generally more open, but they also seem to be reaching for something unspecified. So here I am. Cheers.
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- At 8:22pm on November 30, 2012,
Reg The Fronkey Farmer said… BTW my neighbor here in Dublin Ireland is from just outside Cleveland. A mighty fine woman she is too.
- At 8:20pm on November 30, 2012, Reg The Fronkey Farmer said…
Thanks you for your kind words. I am all about reason and logic but mainly about helping people to see the beauty of the world with the fog of religion clouding their views or letting them be secure in their fear of holding on to it.
It is almost a full time job...lol
- At 10:51pm on October 23, 2012,
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