"Money, sex, and other pursuits keep me busy; I don't need no stinkin' gods.
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"Say 'Amen' one hundred times each day." WHAT!?!?! Say 'So be it' a hundred times each day?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Kairan Nierde Jun 23. 7 Replies 0 Likes
At the first religious service I've been to in about six years -- a funeral service for "Hank", a religious friend, the minister asked the attendees to say "Amen" 100 times each day. (That…Continue
Tags: rebellion., obedience, passivity, religion
"Once We Free Ourselves of the Shackles of Religion, and Bible-based Big Bang Theology...
Started this discussion. Last reply by archaeopteryx Sep 20. 45 Replies 0 Likes
...the living universe is revealed for what it is: infinite and eternal. A universe which consists of infinite space that has no beginning, and no end."So say the authors of The Big Bang: A Critical…Continue
Is your life after religion what you expected?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Lewal Apr 20. 1 Reply 0 Likes
If I had put my expectations into words I would have said "Life can't get any worse!" (Before college I was a Catholic.)Life couldn't get any worse than that of the only Catholic I knew well: my…Continue
The "under God" and the "under": which does what kind of harm?
Started May 3, 2012 0 Replies 1 Like
Do you want to play a switch in a relationship, or do you want to play the submissive in a dominant/submissive relationship?Look carefully at the words "under God".I dislike the "God" part; I believe…Continue
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Tom Sarbeck replied to Rick Yost's discussion 'If you don't believe in God, can you say why in a single sentence or phrase?'Tom Sarbeck replied to Ed's discussion 'Is there a correlation between rising secularism and improved quality of life?'"U, with only a belief supporting your belief, the fly is in your ointment.
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Tom Sarbeck replied to Gallup's Mirror's discussion 'The incomprehensible Sarah Palin'"When John McCain chose Sarah Emptyhead Palin, he figured he'd found impeachment insurance.
With her next in line for the presidency, who would impeach him?
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Tom Sarbeck replied to Ed's discussion 'Is there a correlation between rising secularism and improved quality of life?'"...The real bugger is that religious inspired hope is still better than no hope at all.
Rj, in a contest between your theory and my reality, your theory fails.
During my years in Catholicism, which included twelve years in Catholic schools, I heard…"
Tom Sarbeck replied to Sydni Moser's discussion 'Question, especially for guys!' in the group Single Atheists"Belle, if a woman's life so plainly has purpose (making babies) without religion, why do more women than men frequent churches?
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Tom Sarbeck replied to Sydni Moser's discussion 'Question, especially for guys!' in the group Single Atheists"Belle, here's an incident much like the one you described above. The details differ but the ways men and women communicate are all but identical.
A woman I know (Call her Louise) said yesterday that a man she knows was rude to a man she…"
Tom Sarbeck replied to Sydni Moser's discussion 'Question, especially for guys!' in the group Single Atheists"Heck, my mom had me scared of women.
Then Ma and Pa Nature started the testosterone flowing and it took over.
I'm 82 and its flow has all but stopped. I now have A-cup boobs and I'm again scared of women.
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Tom Sarbeck replied to Sydni Moser's discussion 'Question, especially for guys!' in the group Single Atheists"Check out "Dutch Uncle". I'm known for saying such as:
1) De Nile is a river.
2) An overcrowded world?
3 More kids? Okay, more people to help pay off the federal debt.
3) On the optimistic side, maybe in their lifetimes the…"
Tom Sarbeck replied to bongani muthwa's discussion 'What is an Ideal world System of ruling?'"Anarchists I have known persuaded me that if I put a few of them in a room they will battle over which of them will be the chief anarchist.
One now-deceased anarchist-atheist-communist told me that volunteers would do the community's work, like…"
Tom Sarbeck replied to bongani muthwa's discussion 'What is an Ideal world System of ruling?'"That's exactly what a Catholic nun told the class I was in.
I filed her explanation in long term memory and a few years passed before I thought about it and realized that the actual vote totals in the states can be carried to Washington as…"
Tom Sarbeck replied to Sydni Moser's discussion 'Question, especially for guys!' in the group Single Atheists"Jae Tracie is a saleswoman and her enthusiasm attracts subscribers. Who are they? What do they need? What will they pay? I hope they will get what they need.
I'm not so sure about her "Be the kind of person you want to attract".
For…"
Tom Sarbeck replied to Sydni Moser's discussion 'Question, especially for guys!' in the group Single Atheists"Belle, I clicked that link and saw only a white screen.
Flirting is fun if both people are doing it. Jerks are too needy to do it.
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Tom Sarbeck replied to Sydni Moser's discussion 'Question, especially for guys!' in the group Single Atheists"Belle, I too wondered that if I change and stop attracting passive women, what else will I change?
I started attracting non-passive women. I found them a lot more fun, and I was free of a burden.
You might start attracting non-jerks.
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Tom Sarbeck replied to bongani muthwa's discussion 'What is an Ideal world System of ruling?'"Mike, I don't read minds well enough to know when people want to brainstorm.
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Tom Sarbeck replied to Sydni Moser's discussion 'Question, especially for guys!' in the group Single Atheists"Belle, the above post by the invisible man pointed out some of the problems between men and women.
I was seeing as well the stereotypical responses -- the male inclination to fix a problem and the female inclination to discuss a problem. When I…"
Tom Sarbeck replied to bongani muthwa's discussion 'What is an Ideal world System of ruling?'"You have identified several needed actions. Reason has not yet persuaded and probably won't enough people to accept them.
Ma and Pa Nature might do the job. A parallel between human and bacterial populations might illustrate.
In a newly evolved…"
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- Atheist
- About Me:
- Korean War veteran, was an electrician aboard a US Navy destroyer. BA in math and economics from the University of Florida. Married for 6 years to a freethinker, and for reasons too complicated to tell here we chose to remain childless. Retired from computer manufacturing. Running for election to Arizona Legislature was another education; I learned a lot but happily the incumbent won. Now living in SF Bay Area's Napa County and loving it.
- Age
- 77-82
- Relationship Status
- Single
- Why are you here?
- For 16 years I've been one of a very few out atheists at a home for retired veterans. Most here are xians, some of them extremely conservative. Most here are Dems and they give me no flak. They all accept my refusing to pledge allegiance to a piece of cloth; I told them I will discuss the issue when they pledge allegiance to the Constitution. I enjoy the mental exercise I get in conversations on atheist websites.
- The religion you left
- Catholic
- Why you left your religion.
- When my parents told me I was going to college because I was too lazy to get a job, I threw them and their god out of my life. Several years later I made a peace of sorts with my parents. In April of 2012, in a Toastmasters Club here, I told of my leaving Catholicism for agnosticism and 50 years later leaving agnosticism for atheism. There are many out xians here. Very few try to recruit me; I tell them that but for 12 years in Catholic schools I might still believe one or more gods exist. To the very few who try to recruit me, I say religion is the biggest fraud ever perpetrated on humankind. They stop trying.
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- No
- How did you hear about Think Atheist?
- When TA was a contestant in the About Contest.
Comment Wall (5 comments)
- At 8:28pm on July 16, 2013,
archaeopteryx said… RE: "arch, your posts have shown me that you are a worthy debater" - only because I'm out of vodka.
As for Google, you seem to be more popular than I - try, http://in-his-own-image.com/2010/01/24/-in-his-own-image-.aspx
- At 2:25am on June 23, 2013,
Karl Hanks said… Hi Tom! Just joined so I only have said hello! Hello!
- At 2:32pm on June 9, 2013,
Simon Paynton said… Thanks Tom. I'm glad to hear it. Yes I am.
- At 11:05am on December 16, 2012,
Denise M. Purtell said… Dude, all I was saying is that religion, or the lack there of, rather - has nothing to do with some nutcase and killing children. Holy rollers have been seemingly blaming the fact of "no religion in school" is the cause. It is an observation I've made. So all I was doing was trying to make a point that it is nothing to do with that and it has everything to do with the individual idiot just being a crazy bastard.
That is all I was saying.
- At 8:42am on February 27, 2012,
Robert Karp said… Welcome to the Think Atheist community Tom! Join us in the chat on the bottom right of the screen and feel free to ask questions and get involved as much or as little as you want! If you would like to, add me as a friend and I'm also on twitter as RSAnative if you care to follow. Welcome again and make yourself at home!
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