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Old Habits Die Hard
Started this discussion. Last reply by SteveInCO Mar 15, 2012. 23 Replies 0 Likes
I am curious if any former religious types have the same problem...Every now and then I find myselft starting to pray for something. I'm not acutally praying. However, I hear the words forming in my…Continue
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Started this discussion. Last reply by Stephen Meadows Mar 7, 2012. 7 Replies 0 Likes
I can't say that I am 100% atheist yet, but I am one in the making. I came from a pretty religious background. However, I was lucky in that my parents encouraged some free thinking. It would still…Continue
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SteveInCO replied to Stephen Meadows's discussion 'Old Habits Die Hard'"That is a damned good article Heather wrote (linked at the end of her comment). It is an important distinction between the most intelligent animals (including us) and the merely intelligent animals (dogs, cats, etc.)."
Dale Headley replied to Stephen Meadows's discussion 'Old Habits Die Hard'" Well, I sometimes fall to my knees and pray for God to kill me - to strike me dead with a lightning bolt as I converse with the Jehovah's Witnesses or Mormons at my door who just told me that God answers prayers. I find it curious…"
Eric Cook replied to Stephen Meadows's discussion 'Old Habits Die Hard'"the big differance is the carton of milk actually exists"
Kelin420 replied to Stephen Meadows's discussion 'Old Habits Die Hard'"Never had that problem as I was never brought religious.
That being said, there is nothing wrong with hope or wishing for success for yourself or others-
But you can wish (pray) in one hnd and shit in the other- you know which will fill…"
archaeopteryx replied to Stephen Meadows's discussion 'Old Habits Die Hard'"Those are the ones I meant Tom - twice 2 =?"
Tom Sarbeck replied to Stephen Meadows's discussion 'Old Habits Die Hard'"archaeopteryx, RE: "I have only two cheeks to turn" - actually, twice that if you don't mind getting kicked."
Also four cheeks if I'm into kink (i.e., being spanked).
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Scott Howard replied to Stephen Meadows's discussion 'Old Habits Die Hard'"Yeah. I experienced this too. Shortly after I left "the faith" I came up for a promotion at work. I found myself wanting to pray for success in getting the job. Then I realized, "pray to who? There's nobody there". That was…"
Cristynfaye replied to Stephen Meadows's discussion 'Old Habits Die Hard'"I have really bad eyes and shouldn't be driving at night, but this one night I had to be out for some reason or other. I was pulling out of a parking lot, and onto a road and I said "Please God let me get there safely", and then…"
Donald S. Chase replied to Stephen Meadows's discussion 'Old Habits Die Hard'"For a perfect example; watch a PGA match. Every golfer believes that leaning, shouting or gesticulating while the ball is in the air will somehow alter the balls flight."
archaeopteryx replied to Stephen Meadows's discussion 'Old Habits Die Hard'"RE: "I have only two cheeks to turn" - actually, twice that if you don't mind getting kicked.
It's true though, from Spirituals - the mother of Jazz and the Blues - to Bach and Beethoven, some of the most incredible music of all…"
archaeopteryx replied to Stephen Meadows's discussion 'Old Habits Die Hard'"Finally! An explanation for Rick Santorum!
pax vobiscum,archaeopteryxwww.in-His-own-image.com"
archaeopteryx replied to Stephen Meadows's discussion 'Old Habits Die Hard'"Good question Stephen - when you're at the craps table, and you've rolled, and you're saying, "Come on, seven!" Are you really praying, and if so, to god, or to the dice?
I know for a fact that I beg my car's…"
IEatDinosaurMeat replied to Stephen Meadows's discussion 'Old Habits Die Hard'"At first I though this was a new movie about Bruce Willis's smoking habits. Harhar
I'm half ashamed to admit to this but I know better now. When I was in college and I was developing my mind on the whole thing still I said I didn't…"
Tom Sarbeck replied to Stephen Meadows's discussion 'Old Habits Die Hard'"My dad sent me (and my sibs) to Catholic schools, where nuns and priests taught me to be helpless and depend on prayer.
At home my parents insisted on quality work and I gained some self-confidence. I was not then aware of a contradiction between my…"
Reg The Fronkey Farmer replied to Stephen Meadows's discussion 'Old Habits Die Hard'"Once I was about to sacrifice a goat but snapped out of it just in time. Still didn’t win the lotto though………."
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