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11 "unanswerable" questions for atheists - answered (Aron Ra)

Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Tom Sarbeck Jun 6. 1 Reply 3 Likes

If you spend any time around YouTube and have any history of looking at atheist material (or even theist material!), you will inevitably run into: "XX Questions Atheists Can't Answer." These are occasionally followed by: "XX Questions Atheists…Continue

Tags: apologist, answer, questions, unanswerable, Aron Ra

worshipping narcissists (qualiasoup & theramintrees)

Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Idaho Spud Jun 3. 1 Reply 4 Likes

They're all around us: people who perceive the world as revolving around them and will go to considerable lengths to make it so: narcissists. Such beings have been with humanity, I suspect, since humanity emerged from the gene pool. Even worse,…Continue

Tags: narcissist, QualiaSoup, TheraminTrees

Secular and Reclaimed Winter Holiday Songs

Started by Grinning Cat. Last reply by Grinning Cat May 2. 42 Replies 3 Likes

This is an appropriate day of the year for this subject...What are some of your favorite winter holiday songs?It would be especially good to share powerful new secular lyrics to tunes that have become associated with Christmas.…Continue

Tags: singing, lyrics, reclaimed, reclaiming, HumanLight

appropriating morality (TheraminTrees)

Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Joan Denoo May 1. 7 Replies 3 Likes

We've all heard the claim: "Human morality comes from god." And we've all seen for ourselves what Yahweh's "morality" looks like, from condemnations of homosexuality and the treatment of women as chattel to inexplicable sanctions against the eating…Continue

Tags: morality, appropriating, TheraminTrees

Bible Belt Atheist (New York Times)

Started by Loren Miller Apr 19. 0 Replies 2 Likes

The following showed up in my YouTube feed this morning, and I decided to have a look. Turns out, the New York Times has given us a reasonably even-handed look at a good friend of ours, being one Jerry DeWitt, former bible-thumper and now a pretty…Continue

Tags: Bible Belt, atheist, Jerry DeWitt

How would you respond?

Started by Christina Scribner. Last reply by Christina Scribner Apr 10. 5 Replies 3 Likes

So, this morning, I was at my local coffee shop as I am most weekdays between bus runs. I do the editing on my husband's books so I had my laptop with me. My wallpaper is a picture I found online sometime back of a double helix with the word atheist…Continue

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Comment by Joan Denoo on February 25, 2017 at 10:54pm: Ian, where on Earth is Fuerteventura? ... Canary Islands! Would not a nice little piece of land with a small shelter on it and walking distance to the local farmers' market be just paradise? If you find such a place, let me know and I will join you. Winter is getting very old.

Comment by Joan Denoo on February 25, 2017 at 10:50pm: Ruth, I am sorry to learn you have not been feeling well and hope the remedy is fast and complete.

Also, Ruth, thank you so much for the excellent guidance you give is for writing letters to our Senators and Congress. I haven't received responses yet and I will just keep calling, writing, and sending email statements of the problems evolving and what my position is on each one. Perhaps, one day, they will give me a credible response, not just a propaganda piece. When/if they respond I will let everyone know.

Comment by Loren Miller on February 25, 2017 at 8:05pm: Ruth, been there done that regarding the gallbladder. Your best bet: get rid of it!

Comment by Ian Mason on February 25, 2017 at 5:57pm: Only an hour to go and I start making my way to Fuertaventura. I've had enough of the rain, sleet and clouds so I'm heading to where the sun shines gently on a comfortable 20 degrees C.

Comment by Ian Mason on February 25, 2017 at 5:54pm: Sorry to hear that, Ruth. I hope your doctor finds some relief for you soon.

New continents and new planets. We live in fascinating times.

https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-telescope-reveals-largest-b...

Comment by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on February 25, 2017 at 9:52am: Sorry I've been absent, Randall. Sick lately and putting all of my remaining energy and brain cells into daily political letters. See Writing to Congress. Thought I had pancreatitis a week ago, due to pain. Stopped one of my diabetes medications. When the

endocrinologist finally saw me she said it was my gall bladder. Had ultrasound Tues but haven't heard back from her. Struggling with diarrhea, despite being very careful of fats in my diet.

Can't even keep up with climate news and politics, much less regular news and you guys. Presumably there is treatment, and I will be more functional in the near future.

Comment by Loren Miller on February 25, 2017 at 8:24am: Not quite as severe a shift here in Cleveland, Randall, but much the same kind of change. We've been in the 50s and 60s and yesterday in the 70s (!!!) up until this morning. Right now (9:23 EST) it is 45°F and not supposed to get any warmer, with a projected low tonight of 17!

Oh, but climate change is a hoax from the Chinese, right? Uh-huh, SUUUUUUUUUUURE it is...

Comment by Randall Smith on February 25, 2017 at 7:58am: Hey, where is everybody?

After 8 straight days of above 60 degrees temps, the bottom fell out: now 25 and an inch of snow. And 25mph winds. Winter ain't over yet!

I filled the wood burner this morning, but the fan wouldn't come on. The furnace got really hot which scared me. I had my regular propane furnace serviced last Tuesday (which works fine). I wondered what the technician did to screw things up. I opened the panel and discovered a loose wire that connects the wood burner to the furnace blower. Whew, problem solved.

In other good news, I called my internet provider, Century Link, about lowering my bill. And, surprise surprise, they could and did. I'll save $24/mo and get more mbs. Yippee yahoo. That'll pay for the extra money I had to spend getting HD TV from DISH (which, by the way, is fixed with no frozen pink screen anymore).

That's all. Thanks for tuning in.

Comment by Chris on February 21, 2017 at 12:16am: Loren,

The online live link isn't important. What's important is many participated in the Copley Square "Stand Up for Science Rally." and it was reported by numerous news organizations.

Comment by Loren Miller on February 19, 2017 at 2:51pm: Sorry about that, Chris. It worked fine for me for a bit, then started stalling before the event ended. I saw a note on the end screen which referred to making the video available on climatetruth.org. You might have a look there.