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Consolations of Atheism

                                    CONSOLATION TWENTY-SEVEN: WILDERNESS REJOINED     My last two posts, on the Newtown massacre and the movie "Amour," have gotten me thinking about mortality and my close contact with it every two weeks at the hospice hospital where I volunteer.  The "Wilderness Rejoined" subtitle above is a follow-up to my earlier Consolation Four, "The Wilderness," posted May 19, 2011, in which I define wilderness as every natural object, event, and evolution that has or will…See More
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Think Atheist Baltimore Meet-up at Razorbacks Raw Bar & Grill

April 15, 2013 from 7pm to 9pm
Think Atheist holds monthly meetings (typically the third Monday of every month, but that is subject to change) to discuss topics of interest and simply enjoy the company of other free-thinkers! The site founder, Morgan Matthew, will be in attendance, as well as site administrators, Cara Coleen, Isidore Ducasse, and Robert Karp.This month, we'll be talking about our newly adopted road in Baltimore, and our plans for keeping this stretch of road free of clutter & superstition ;) Click below…See More
Apr 13
SteveInCO commented on richard vitzthum's blog post 'Consolations of Atheism'
"Here we go again."
Mar 21
richard vitzthum posted a blog post

Consolations of Atheism

                                    CONSOLATION TWENTY-SEVEN: WILDERNESS REJOINED     My last two posts, on the Newtown massacre and the movie "Amour," have gotten me thinking about mortality and my close contact with it every two weeks at the hospice hospital where I volunteer.  The "Wilderness Rejoined" subtitle above is a follow-up to my earlier Consolation Four, "The Wilderness," posted May 19, 2011, in which I define wilderness as every natural object, event, and evolution that has or will…See More
Mar 21
SteveInCO commented on richard vitzthum's blog post 'Consolations of Atheism'
"Here's a suggestion, Richard... actually create a totally new post when you have something new to say."
Mar 4
SteveInCO commented on richard vitzthum's blog post 'Consolations of Atheism'
"Yeah so the old (lame) post has been replaced by a newer one."
Mar 4
richard vitzthum posted a blog post

Consolations of Atheism

                                    CONSOLATION TWENTY-SEVEN: WILDERNESS REJOINED     My last two posts, on the Newtown massacre and the movie "Amour," have gotten me thinking about mortality and my close contact with it every two weeks at the hospice hospital where I volunteer.  The "Wilderness Rejoined" subtitle above is a follow-up to my earlier Consolation Four, "The Wilderness," posted May 19, 2011, in which I define wilderness as every natural object, event, and evolution that has or will…See More
Mar 4
richard vitzthum is attending Isidore Ducasse's event
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Monthly Meeting for March 2013 at Eastern Tech High School - Classroom P-1

March 18, 2013 from 7pm to 9pm
Think Atheist holds monthly meetings (typically the third Monday of every month, but that is subject to change) to discuss topics of interest and simply enjoy the company of other free-thinkers! The site founder, Morgan Matthew, will be in attendance, as well as site administrators, Cara Coleen, Isidore Ducasse, and Robert Karp.Below is our agenda for Monday, March 18th.  Many atheists have difficulty understanding how an intelligent person can adopt religious beliefs.  This month’s speaker, a…See More
Mar 1
Heather Spoonheim commented on richard vitzthum's blog post 'Consolations of Atheism'
"There is not benefit to the author in pasting a new blog in an old blog file - other than inheriting irrelevant comments.  Even just editing a blog to renew the date offers no positive - unless you want to make it look as though you…"
Feb 22
richard vitzthum posted a blog post

Consolations of Atheism

                                    CONSOLATION TWENTY-SEVEN: WILDERNESS REJOINED     My last two posts, on the Newtown massacre and the movie "Amour," have gotten me thinking about mortality and my close contact with it every two weeks at the hospice hospital where I volunteer.  The "Wilderness Rejoined" subtitle above is a follow-up to my earlier Consolation Four, "The Wilderness," posted May 19, 2011, in which I define wilderness as every natural object, event, and evolution that has or will…See More
Feb 22
SteveInCO commented on richard vitzthum's blog post 'Consolations of Atheism'
"So I guess this guy has found a cheap way to post over and over again."
Feb 2
richard vitzthum posted a blog post

Consolations of Atheism

                                    CONSOLATION TWENTY-SEVEN: WILDERNESS REJOINED     My last two posts, on the Newtown massacre and the movie "Amour," have gotten me thinking about mortality and my close contact with it every two weeks at the hospice hospital where I volunteer.  The "Wilderness Rejoined" subtitle above is a follow-up to my earlier Consolation Four, "The Wilderness," posted May 19, 2011, in which I define wilderness as every natural object, event, and evolution that has or will…See More
Jan 31
SteveInCO commented on richard vitzthum's blog post 'Consolations of Atheism'
"Diane?  With the date changed? Hmmm... I should experiment on one of mine."
Jan 19
Diane commented on richard vitzthum's blog post 'Consolations of Atheism'
"I think if the original poster edits the post and saves it, it gets re-posted with the previous comments intact.  "
Jan 19
Cara Coleen commented on richard vitzthum's blog post 'Consolations of Atheism'
"hey Richard! you coming to our meet-up the 21st?!"
Jan 18
richard vitzthum posted a blog post

Consolations of Atheism

                                    CONSOLATION TWENTY-SEVEN: WILDERNESS REJOINED     My last two posts, on the Newtown massacre and the movie "Amour," have gotten me thinking about mortality and my close contact with it every two weeks at the hospice hospital where I volunteer.  The "Wilderness Rejoined" subtitle above is a follow-up to my earlier Consolation Four, "The Wilderness," posted May 19, 2011, in which I define wilderness as every natural object, event, and evolution that has or will…See More
Jan 18

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I've just begun a blog called Consolations of Atheism at http://consolationsofatheism.blogspot.com and am looking for readers, followers, and email comment. It's a followup to my 1995 book titled Materialism (Prometheus Press).
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Consolations of Atheism

Posted on April 13, 2013 at 1:58pm 14 Comments

                                    CONSOLATION TWENTY-SEVEN: WILDERNESS REJOINED

     My last two posts, on the Newtown massacre and the movie "Amour," have gotten me thinking about mortality and my close contact with it every two weeks at the hospice hospital where I volunteer.  The "Wilderness Rejoined" subtitle above is a follow-up to my earlier Consolation Four, "The Wilderness," posted May 19, 2011, in which I define wilderness as every natural object, event, and evolution that…

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At 11:21pm on July 6, 2011, Jeff Samuelson said…
Thanks for the add, Richard!
At 11:36am on June 13, 2011, Jerry Myers said…
Hello Richard,  after receiving your request, I suspiciously went first to your blog and after reading your "consolations"  I am super impressed at how you've somehow stolen my thoughts and rearranged them, added some neat data, organized the whole and gave it a terrific invitingly humanistic tone so that I can now explain confidently and without apology why I am an atheist.  Terrific writing and thinking, Richard!
At 7:56pm on June 6, 2011, Robert Karp said…
Welcome to the TA community Richard!!!!
At 5:54pm on June 6, 2011, Monica Salcedo (Monicks) said…

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