"I am sure that some marketing person will come up with a new catch phrase that defines the attraction to the center cities that is occurring everywhere.
White flight is the wrong term for what is happening, though. The young people moving into…"
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Thoughts on marriage
Started this discussion. Last reply by Melvinotis Jan 21. 32 Replies 2 Likes
I'm in a long term relationship with my girlfriend, we have a house together, and I help raise her two teenage girls. I was married before (Unitarian) but got divorced and I am just not interested in…Continue
The connectedness of religious communities
Started this discussion. Last reply by Melvinotis Nov 5, 2012. 7 Replies 2 Likes
Hi, I have only recently started identifying as an atheist, but I haven't had a deity around for a long time. I was a church goer as a young person though, and one of the parts of attending services…Continue
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Melvinotis replied to Unseen's discussion 'It's little companies who are destroying the middle class'"You are of course, right, but there is a way to slow things down. I believe Pol Pot figured out a way to deal with those troublesome intellectuals wrecking the job market. "
Melvinotis replied to Diane's discussion 'Have you actually read the Bible?'"25 years ago, three times cover to cover. Skipped the begats in subsequent reads though."
Melvinotis replied to Physeter's discussion 'Adult children breaking free from parents...without smashing relationship'"One form of love, especially at your age, is independence. That is a two edged sword though, so be careful."
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Stop Thanking God
"BTW, I just read in HuffPo that the perp/s grew up in a strict JW household. This atrocity happened in my neighborhood. I live about 2 miles away."
Melvinotis commented on futilethewinds's blog post 'Me = Forever Alone'"You are right, When I started doing the real math though, which included those that might like me and I might like them, it was still slim pickings.
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Melvinotis commented on futilethewinds's blog post 'Me = Forever Alone'"Some math I did when I was single made me realize I had to change how I looked at finding a suitable mate:
7,000,000 people on the planet (give or take)
3,500,000 women
700,000 of an age range I was looking for
140,000 not overly religious (about…"
Melvinotis replied to Real Life James Bond's discussion 'What do you guys think?'"I made it through the 3 parts that are on youtube. Completely offensive, which begs the question of how do you intentionally live a life that is purposefully offensive to others, and I mean all others on the planet? Evolutionary theory says that…"
Melvinotis replied to Mercedes's discussion 'I am a Christian....'"Mercedes, welcome to the forum. The more you think about this, the more one-sided you might see it. You give credit to God for getting you through the hard times, but wouldn't the hard times also be because of him?
Sometimes you might say…"
Melvinotis replied to Stijn Bruers's discussion 'The moral hand, a complete and coherent ethic, applied to animal rights'"Tolerance is only intolerant of intolerance. But since there exists a majority of those whose ideals are different than what is mentioned above, these well thought out stances tend to flail in the wind of day to day life.
Your principles are…"
Melvinotis replied to Belle Rose's discussion 'Adoption - Would you?'"Belle, although this is LGBT related, maybe it can work for you, too. Here"
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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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- Christian
- Why you left your religion.
- 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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