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How to acknowledge good fortune?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Ron V yesterday. 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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Ron V replied to Melvinotis's discussion 'How to acknowledge good fortune?'"Are you trying to get an "Intro to Philosophy?"
Let's start with - "existence""
Melvinotis replied to Melvinotis's discussion 'How to acknowledge good fortune?'"Belle, I think you are onto something there. There certainly was a point of time in my life where "if I didn't have bad luck, I'd have no luck at all"--Muddy Waters. As a result I find the good in wherever I happen to be.
BTW, I…"
Jeremy Myob replied to Melvinotis's discussion 'How to acknowledge good fortune?'"Chance has no memory, but after a series of random events we'll have a curve on which the outcomes are distributed. We'd describe someone at the far end of the curve as lucky. I don't think we should ascribe magic powers…"
Kris Feenstra replied to Melvinotis's discussion 'How to acknowledge good fortune?'"I rolled a vehicle once and walked away with nary a scratch. My first thoughts were, "I'm lucky it wasn't worse." Then I realized that was silly. If I was truly lucky, my vehicle wouldn't have rolled in the first place. At…"
Kris Feenstra replied to Melvinotis's discussion 'How to acknowledge good fortune?'"Comes down to definitions. I'd say I was lucky to be born in a time and place where I had decent opportunities ahead of me and didn't have to struggle to survive. By saying 'lucky', I am only recognizing circumstances which…"
Stutz replied to Melvinotis's discussion 'How to acknowledge good fortune?'"I've always understood the term luck to indicate nothing more than having a desirable outcome despite the odds. In other words, flipping a coin and having it land heads three times in a row is an example of luck (assuming you…"
Misty: Baytheist Living! replied to Melvinotis's discussion 'How to acknowledge good fortune?'"Wow!
It's so nice to see that someone feels the same way!
I've been experiencing this lately, too.
I have an incredible life. Seriously. My life fucking rocks.
I'm sure 99% of it is because of the place and time I…"
Tom Sarbeck replied to Melvinotis's discussion 'How to acknowledge good fortune?'"One problem with the English language: so many synonyms. Here, does acknowledging good fortune differ from acknowledging good luck?
Another problem. Here, I suppose we're considering a good-bad spectrum, not a good-evil spectrum.
And so, I…"
Belle Rose replied to Melvinotis's discussion 'How to acknowledge good fortune?'"Hardship of any kind makes a person deeply happy with the simple things in life. I pity those who have so much they cannot stop to smell the roses, or who are so used to pampering that they cannot genuinely say "thank you," or…"
Holo Gram replied to Melvinotis's discussion 'How to acknowledge good fortune?'"I'm afraid that too many of us have the mistaken idea that one head contains an intelligent brain capable of producing many intelligent thoughts, and the other head is not producing anything, it's just an unfortunate image of something…"
Strega replied to Melvinotis's discussion 'How to acknowledge good fortune?'"I think it might partly be positive affirmation. I always think I'm lucky, and I wondered at one stage in my life if the luck would run out. It hasn't but I think its because I notice and remember the good things, and just…"
Holo Gram replied to Melvinotis's discussion 'How to acknowledge good fortune?'"I thought I was agreeing with you. Sorry if I'm so dumb. I'll try not to do it again, sir."
Melvinotis replied to Melvinotis's discussion 'How to acknowledge good fortune?'"Deep thoughts, Holo. I would prefer to compare two adults or two children, but your point is solid that in many ways the two pictures have two humans, and the rest is moot."
Ray R. replied to Melvinotis's discussion 'How to acknowledge good fortune?'"If you actually read what I wrote , instead of attempting to be pithy , you would have noticed I said , "quite a lot to do with good outcomes" . I did not , at any time use the qualifier , "always" , and take umbrage at your…"
Holo Gram replied to Melvinotis's discussion 'How to acknowledge good fortune?'"When times are good, as now when oil is flowing freely, those whose needs are adequately satisfied have a feeling of a good life. A single mother with nine children, living in a drug and gang-infested slum, listening to the echoes of gunfire…"
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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
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