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I am pretty open on this forum, this is a welcoming place for…"
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The future of Africa
Started Jun 8 0 Replies 1 Like
I had a great conversation with a young man from Uganda this week, and we were discussing the geopolitics of Africa.IMO, Africa is in a good position for political enlightenment. It has so many…Continue
Tags: education, geopolitics, Africa
How to acknowledge good fortune?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Ron V May 22. 21 Replies 0 Likes
I think I am a lucky guy. I live a good life. But if luck is a fiction, like a deity is, I am not lucky or blessed or even honored to live this life.So what term defines my life (at least at this…Continue
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 Sarah's discussion 'I want to get off now.' in the group Depression/ Bipolar SupportMelvinotis replied to Rick Yost's discussion ''Smite Club''"Regarding the religio-industrial complex, there seems to be an inevitability to it, at least in the past. Smaller churches seem to be having problems staying alive, and that leaves megachurches. Those will remain for many decades, I…"
Melvinotis replied to Sarah's discussion 'I want to get off now.' in the group Depression/ Bipolar Support"Sarah, remember that anything that doesn't kill you, makes you stronger.
I find that when I speak to the people I most respect, they come from a place of hardship and struggle. They have seen ugliness and shameful actions, but have dealt with…"
Melvinotis replied to Milos Cakovan's discussion 'How common is this?'"If his father uses a computer, rides in a motorized or non-motorized vehicle, he is in fellowship with nonbelievers, believers of different gods, etc.
Something that often amazes me is the disconnection idealogues feel from the worldliness around…"
Melvinotis replied to Tom Sarbeck's discussion '"Once We Free Ourselves of the Shackles of Religion, and Bible-based Big Bang Theology...'"I don't think anyone expects Catholics to be in the forefront of science or technology. If one broke through, that would certainly be the exception rather than the rule. Hmmm as I'm thinking about it, the same applies to the public…"
Melvinotis commented on Unseen's blog post 'Don't be a fool when reading online product reviews'"Have you seen the Three Wolf Moon t-shirt reviews? 2537 reviews. Lulz like crazy."
Melvinotis replied to Sagacious Hawk's discussion 'Sunday School for 2013-06-16' in the group Sunday School"I am disbelieving the Gustave Whitehead claim. It says that he made his flight 2 years before the Wright brothers. By 1905, two years after Kittyhawk, they had made 100's of flights before witnesses, if not 1000's. If Whitehead had a 2…"
Melvinotis replied to Tom Sarbeck's discussion '"Once We Free Ourselves of the Shackles of Religion, and Bible-based Big Bang Theology...'"I read some of the reference material from your earlier post. Eric J Lemer seems to have well referenced responses, but speaks at a level that perhaps only other physicists can follow.
That doesn't make him wrong or right. But it is obviously…"
Melvinotis replied to Rick Yost's discussion 'If you don't believe in God, can you say why in a single sentence or phrase?'Melvinotis replied to Unseen's discussion 'Is Jeb Bush being pilloried for telling the truth?'"Let us dispense with some assumptions here. The immigration Jeb Bush is referring to is both broad spectrum (all immigrants, not just hispanics) and is in regards to legal immigrants.
Here : On average, among 100,000 non-business owning…"
Melvinotis replied to Simon Paynton's discussion 'Jesus died for our sins'"I think the writers, or shall we say the developers of the Jesus story or any religious fiction were storytellers first, able to make a living by passing the hat after a particularly inspiring/horrifying story. They lived in an era of widespread…"
Melvinotis commented on Rob Klaers's blog post 'Big U.S. Companies You Might Not Know Are Religious'"Don't forget Amway."
Melvinotis replied to Misty: Baytheist Living!'s discussion 'Poultry Talk' in the group Atheist Homesteaders"But that's how you get them as tax deductions ;)"
Melvinotis replied to Dan's discussion 'Not sure if Mr Beck is trolling us or....'"There are few more media savvy people on the planet than Mr. Beck. Even if his affliction has given him the grace and introspection for a more--hate to use the word--balanced worldview, this is calculated, make no mistake.
Chances are, while…"
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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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- Why are you here?
- 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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