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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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Bible Belt Atheist (New York Times)

Started by Loren Miller Apr 19. 0 Replies 1 Like

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

The Fake Christian Busybody Show (Andrew Bradley)

Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Plinius Apr 9. 1 Reply 3 Likes

It seems as though there was a Gay Pride parade in some town somewhere and a Christian commentator, herein known as The Activist Mommy, apparently got her panties so in a bunch about it that she had to fire up her video camera and record a…Continue

Tags: gay, pride, The Activist Mommy, Andrew Bradley, America's Best Christian

America Held Hostage: Day 436 (MisterDeity)

Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Ruth Anthony-Gardner Apr 9. 1 Reply 3 Likes

Now that Sinclair Broadcasting has stated their position regarding fake news and its threat to our democracy, Mister Deity's Brian Dalton has decided to throw his $0.02 worth in as well ... though I don't quite think his presentation was really what…Continue

Tags: fake news, Deity, Mister, Broadcasting, Sinclair

Guns: Both Sides Now (Betty Bowers)

Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Christina Scribner Apr 3. 3 Replies 4 Likes

Oh, NO! The gun debate has gotten so heated that it has Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian, TALKING TO HERSELF! Apparently, one of her has had a stroke or a serious breakdown in cognitive skills, as she does little more than parrot the NRA's…Continue

Tags: NRA, guns, America's Best Christian, Betty Bowers

how dogma pollutes discourse (qualiasoup & theramintrees)

Started by Loren Miller Apr 3. 0 Replies 2 Likes

"The Lord is our God; the Lord is One." "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father, but by Me." "There is no god but Allah, and Mohamed is his prophet." Assertions, taught as fact, but without any form of corroborative…Continue

Tags: dogma, QualiaSoup, TheraminTrees

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Comment by The Flying Atheist on January 25, 2017 at 11:20am: I heard inklings Verizon was interested in purchasing Comcast. What a disaster that would be. I have Verizon cellular service fifteen years or more and I've been extremely happy with the coverage and service.

Although I despise how all these huge telecoms gouge you of money, you have to pick your poison. I've never been a customer of Comcast but have heard nothing but horror stories about them. And they consistently rank at the bottom or near bottom for customer service ratings and at the top of lists for the most hated companies in the US.

I've been thinking about getting rid of my AT&T landline to save money but have been hesitant to do so. The voice quality is superb but I don't use it much. I'm not a big telephone talker to begin with. I also like the fact that in an emergency 911 call, dispatchers can trace your location immediately without you saying anything. Perhaps I'm letting fear override my decision.

I don't have cable TV and don't want it. I have AT&T for my home wireless internet. It would be nice to only pay for AT&T internet and Verizon cellular. If i got rid of my landline my cellular bill would definately increase. Hmmm. Decisions. Any suggestions?

Comment by Loren Miller on January 25, 2017 at 9:21am: We have Spectrum cable here (formerly Time-Warner) and just negotiated an upgrade to our service which will save us a TON of bread. The only casualty is our old landline phone, which we kept around mostly just-in-case.

Times change, I guess.

Comment by Idaho Spud on January 25, 2017 at 8:54am: Big bummer Randall.

Comment by Plinius on January 25, 2017 at 7:31am: Dire straits, Randall! They could go on forever like that.

Comment by Randall Smith on January 25, 2017 at 7:14am: A fourth DISH technician is to arrive in about 30 minutes. This is beginning to get silly. To refresh your memory, my screen comes on with a pink picture, then freezes. I have to unplug everything and wait 15 minutes for it to download. Very aggravating. I keep calling and they keep sending out someone new. This could be the final straw.

Comment by Grinning Cat on January 24, 2017 at 11:19am: Spud, yes, I switched my avatars to black-bordered upside-down flags for President* Don the Con Trumputin's inauguration, since I don't have a house front from which to fly a physical one.

I'll switch to a filtered version of my usual one now.

Comment by Idaho Spud on January 23, 2017 at 2:06pm: Grinning Cat, is your upside-down flag because of Trump?

I was thinking about flying a flag at half mast, but don't want to get any hate from the mormons here.

Comment by Grinning Cat on January 23, 2017 at 1:27pm: Daniel, I'm so sorry to hear that Baigou is gone! Irving Townsend was so right about the furry friends in his life succeeding, not replacing, one another.

Comment by The Flying Atheist on January 22, 2017 at 9:13pm: Daniel, sorry to hear about Baigou. The loss of a beloved pet is always difficult.

I've never ingested marijuana through a food source, but I've been told that you have much lesser control over dosing amounts using that method. It's much easier to regulate it by smoking, but of course the act of smoking in itself is a drawback for your lungs. Personally, I think the frequency of use probably matters more.

I recently read that regular marijuana use can be detrimental to teenagers because their brains are not fully developed, which occurs around age 25.

I like alcohol now and then. I really love wine and gin and tonics. I'm very conscious of babying my new kidney, as you could imagine, so my alcohol intake is extremely limited. When I was a flight attendant I was subjected to surprise random drug and alcohol testing, so not much has changed. I guess I could start smoking pot now if I wanted.

Comment by Randall Smith on January 22, 2017 at 7:15am: Daniel, a real bummer losing your dog. When I lost my dog, I rushed right to the humane society and got another. It helped a lot. Your decision.