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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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bending truth, or "We Can All Be Manipulated" (TheraminTrees)

Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Loren Miller yesterday. 39 Replies 6 Likes

The following is one of TheraminTrees' most thorough-going pieces, wherein he looks at the process and techniques whereby a "religious" organization (which will sound VERY familiar to most of us, once introductions are made!) takes a person who…Continue

Tags: indoctrination, truth, manipulation, TheraminTrees

punishing doubt (TheraminTrees)

Started by Loren Miller Sep 6. 0 Replies 2 Likes

If you are associated with religion and especially a fundamentalist religion, doubt is intolerable. Certainty, however it may be achieved or imposed, becomes a necessary element, especially considering the utter dearth of any form of evidence or…Continue

Tags: religion, TheraminTrees, punish, doubt

Morally Bankrupt Christian Sex Hang-Ups Turned Zika into a Brain Damage Crisis

Started by Joan Denoo. Last reply by Chris G Sep 5. 11 Replies 0 Likes

Morally Bankrupt Christian Sex Hang-Ups Turned Zika into a Brain Damage CrisisGod may have created the…Continue

We Don't Want Your (Atheist) Money! (The Thinking Atheist)

Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Idaho Spud Sep 2. 17 Replies 5 Likes

I suppose I've heard stories like this before:Conscientious atheist donates money to worthy cause.Worthy cause initially accepts money.Worthy cause discovers source of donation.Worthy cause rejects donation.Swell, eh? Well Matt Willbourne of…Continue

Tags: American Baptist Churches Association, Murrow Indian Children's Home, The Thinking Atheist, Seth Andrews

The Whole Bible in 30 Seconds (Betty Bowers)

Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Randy Hatly Sep 2. 3 Replies 3 Likes

Ever decide that you wanted to read the whole bible, cover to cover, only to realize half-way through Deuteronomy that the darn thing is industrial-strength BORING?!? Well, never fear! America's Best Christian, Betty Bowers, has done the Cliff's…Continue

Tags: bible, America's Best Christian, Betty Bowers

Are You a Patriot? (Betty Bowers)

Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Chris G Aug 29. 22 Replies 1 Like

You might think that Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian, would be stepping outside of her comfort zone in tackling the concept of patriotism. As it turns out, not only does she have a proper handle on the term and its implications, she also…Continue

Tags: patriot, America's Best Christian, Betty Bowers

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Comment by The Flying Atheist on June 4, 2014 at 12:19am: LOL That's funny, Patricia.

Comment by Plinius on June 3, 2014 at 8:20am: The few times I saw Lucy I hated her. Never saw Honeymooners.

Poor Sk8eycat with your Aspie sister! In my Aspie brother-in-law's apartment I found some sixhundred DVDs and video tapes; all Disneys, Thunderbirds, dozens of old Dutch and Belgian children's series, most of them too horrible to think of. I fear Bart Simpson is a bit too complicated for brother-in-law. I hope your TV breaks down soon - can't be very long when the thing is twenty years old...

Comment by Randall Smith on June 3, 2014 at 7:53am: It never occurred to me that those old comedies had a lot of shouting and yelling. I did hate Archie. Naturally, it says volumes as to who we are by the shows we prefer.

Comment by Idaho Spud on June 3, 2014 at 6:10am: There's a movie that I like with Art Carney and Jackie Gleason called Izzy & Moe. I think It's quite funny. Gleason is not a blowhard, and treats his family very well.

Comment by The Flying Atheist on June 3, 2014 at 2:17am: Yes, the legendary June Taylor dancers. Great entertainment.

Comment by sk8eycat on June 3, 2014 at 1:34am: I did love Art Carney...and his Brotherhood of the Sewers "anthem."

I also laughed at Reggie van Gleason III and his pomposity. But, you know me...my favorite part of the full Jackie Gleason Show was the June Taylor Dancers. Naturally.

And Ernie Flatt on the Garry Moore Show, and then Carol Burnett's show.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv7hwXKanTY

Comment by The Flying Atheist on June 2, 2014 at 11:43pm: The only complaint I've ever heard through the years regarding the Honeymooners is about the yelling and the arguing.

What's interesting about me, personally, is that I've always hated heated confrontations and yelling and screaming as a form of expressing anger (unless as part of a mass public protest situation.) I'm much more the reasoned-discussion and diplomatic type. Perhaps some of the underlining appeal for me about the Honeymooners is that behind all the yelling, Alice, the woman and voice of reason, always prevails and the blow-hard bully is sheepishly and rightfully put in his place.

I certainly don't condone bullying and yelling as part of a healthy family or personal relationship, and I can surely understand the sensibilities of those who have been in that situation.

With that said, I know I will enjoy the exquisite comedy of the Honeymooners until my dying day.

Comment by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on June 2, 2014 at 10:53pm: Comedies that seemed funny when I was young are often offensive now. Before feminist consciousness raising I didn't notice the misogyny, now it hits me in the face.

Comment by Joan Denoo on June 2, 2014 at 10:48pm: Carl, I like your standing for your favorite in spite of being what appears to be a minority in this string.

Lke Patricia, I associated all that yelling with my father and his rages that physically hurt, but the pain that didn't show was the mental abuse he delivered for no reason other than his own dominance of power.

My favorite was Carol Barnett, too. And Dick Van Dyck

Comment by sk8eycat on June 2, 2014 at 10:22pm: James, you're not missing anything. I think the early episodes were fairly clever, but all I hear from the TV when my sister watches those effing reruns is yelling, shouting, whining. On and on and on.

My sister is nearly 70 years old, but she has Asperger's syndrome, and her sense of humor is that of a pre-teen. She thinks Bart Simpson (the son) is hilarious.

Our TV is about 20 years old now, and I can't wait for it to die. I can't afford to buy another one, and I won't miss it at all.