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Picture yourself spending some time with congenial friends, sharing your lives and pictures from your cell phones." They're curious about that cool game, song, movie, camping trip, art show, or other event that fascinated you. You talk about all kinds of stuff, poetry, styles, personal achievements, relationships, and bad days. You can share your inner child, and laugh together. They sympathetically listen to your feelings about serious topics like politics or climate change, even when they don't agree.

Personal validation comes from paying attention to one another, giving more than you get. Everyone respects you and themselves, despite our amazing range of personal tastes and interests. They'll tell you they don't agree with an idea or behavior without implying you're a bad person or somehow deficient. It's an "I'm OK, You're OK" kind of fellowship, where nobody tries to make himself look better by picking on somebody else.

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Kitbull | Pixar SparkShorts

Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Tom Sarbeck 13 minutes ago. 8 Replies 3 Likes

The following showed up this morning in my YouTube daily feed, and I have to say, it just charmed the socks off of me. This is what animation really can do in the hands of a creative and skilled team. Really, it's what animation has done for darn…Continue

Tags: Kitbull, Pixar, Disney

The MMR vaccine and autism: Sensation, refutation, retraction, and fraud

Started by Joan Denoo. Last reply by Grinning Cat Feb 15. 3 Replies 1 Like

The MMR vaccine and autism: Sensation, refutation, retraction, and fraud"Scientists and organizations across the world spent a great deal of time and…Continue

Tags: fraud, scientific, rate, incident, measles

exposing abuse | Jehovah's Witnesses on trial | part 2 (TheraminTrees)

Started by Loren Miller Feb 1. 0 Replies 1 Like

We need to focus on the institution, not the individual priests. Practice and policy; show me the church manipulated the system so that these guys wouldn't have to face charges, show me they put those same priests back into parishes time and time…Continue

Tags: child abuse, TheraminTrees, Jehovah's Witnesses

Web slang

Started by Roswatheist. Last reply by Craigart14 Jan 29. 115 Replies 2 Likes

Is it me, or can most people on social networking sites not spell? I get acronyms, but actual misspelling, really? I'm not that old, either-not even thirty.Does this make anyone else crazy or is it just me?Continue

Introduce yourself

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Ruth Anthony-Gardner Jan 28. 207 Replies 6 Likes

So we can picture you sitting at the table with us, how about telling us your favorite food and drink?I'm Ruth and you'll find me eating a cup of vanilla Greek yogurt, constantly refilling my teacup from a gigantic pot of hot green tea. (I share,…Continue

Tags: food, favorite

F.B.I. Opened Inquiry Into Whether Trump Was Secretly Working on Behalf of Russia (NY Times)

Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Ruth Anthony-Gardner Jan 21. 5 Replies 5 Likes

WASHINGTON — In the days after President Trump fired James B. Comey as F.B.I. director, law enforcement officials became so concerned by the president’s behavior that they began investigating whether he had been working on behalf of Russia against…Continue

Tags: Russia, Putin, investigation, FBI, James Comey

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Comment by Randall Smith on January 21, 2019 at 7:12am: I saw the "partial", but then went to bed and was too lazy to get up when I woke up an hour and a half later. Great photo, Chris.

Comment by Joan Denoo on January 21, 2019 at 2:05am: A most lovely photo, Plinius! And a windmill to boot!

Comment by Plinius on January 21, 2019 at 1:39am: Up too late for the eclips, but the supermoon makes a nice picture this morning.

Comment by Joan Denoo on January 19, 2019 at 1:28am: OK, Patricia, we will be watching for Feb 25 for your surgery. Stay well.

Comment by Grinning Cat on January 18, 2019 at 11:39pm: Thanks for that pointer, Joan.

I find I don't need to look into specific contradictions and specific illogical or immoral doctrines, when "God's plan" is indistinguishable from no god and no plan. Victor Stenger gives many examples in his book God: The Failed Hypothesis, discussing how the hypothesis of a "typical" traditional god existing outside our heads and acting in the universe is testable, and showing how the universe, our planet, our biology and psychology all appear exactly as we'd expect without a benevolent, knowing, powerful god who takes special interest in human beings and doesn't hide from sincere seekers.

Comment by Joan Denoo on January 18, 2019 at 10:45pm: 40 Problems with Christianity BY HEMANT MEHTA

(1) Relative Time

(2) Lack of Gradation

(3) Barbaric Punishment

(4) Hitler, Ted Bundy, and Bill Gates

(5) Evil Nature of God

(6) Transfer of Punishment

(7) Belief versus Actions

(8) Infant Death

(9) Beginning of Life

(10) Miracles

(11) Failure to Return

(12) Delayed Documentation

(13) Fact Checking

(14) Roman Bias

(15) “Growing Fish”

(16) Gospel Contradictions

(17) Raising of Lazarus and Woman Caught in Adultery

(18) Palm Sunday/Good Friday Conflict

(19) Judas

(20) Roman Census in Luke

Go to the rest of the article to find the other 20 reasons, 40 Problems with Christianity, and learn the details of why these are problems for christianity.

~ "Michael Runyan. Michael is a recently-retired risk analyst for the U.S. government. A former Catholic, he currently works as a freelance writer focusing on critical assessments of the Christian religion."

Comment by Patricia on January 18, 2019 at 9:46pm: Yes, Ian, it was Feb. 11th, but now Feb. 25th as the surgeon exchanged dates with another surgeon, but didn't let the hospital booking office know until yesterday, so they called me right away.

No matter, its a pain in the bum, the groin, the hip, the leg, the knee the belly...…..