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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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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

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

Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Joan Denoo Sep 2. 28 Replies 4 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

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 November 24, 2014 at 1:55am: Wow, Patricia. Your husband's train layout has come a long way since last time you posted a video. He's been working hard I can tell. Lots of very nice scenery has been added. What a great hobby. I know from first-hand experience how much fun it is.

I like falling asleep to recordings of rain and thundershowers. Tonight it's not working, as it is approaching 2 AM here as I write this. I also listen to old radio shows from the 1930's, 40's & 50's as I drift off to dream land,

Comment by sk8eycat on November 24, 2014 at 1:29am: Purrrr-purrrrr-purrrrrr......the sweetest, most relaxing sounds on Earth....cats and the surf. (I spent the first 5 years of my life living next to the ocean in Hermosa Beach. I still have some tapes of the ocean...and seagulls... that I listen to when I need to relax.)

Comment by sk8eycat on November 24, 2014 at 1:22am: Do the guest rooms come with a cat to sleep with? ; > )

Comment by sk8eycat on November 24, 2014 at 1:05am: What a FABulous layout! I always wanted a real model train, NOT one of those 3-rail toy Lionel sets.

Can I come visit, and learn how to run the trains? Please?

PS: Does he have any passenger cars? I used to have a brass engine and tender, plus a custom passenger car with the Holiday On Ice logo painted on the sides. It was a gift from a platonic lover at MAD Magazine....and I had the whole thing on the credenza behind my desk at work. When the new owners fired all of us, they wouldn't let me take the train with me....claimed it was company property. I couldn't afford to sue them...

Broke what was left of my heart (my favorite co-worker was dying of AIDS...that was hard enough to handle.)

Comment by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on November 23, 2014 at 2:52pm: Happy Thankshallowistmas to you too, Idaho Spud!

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Comment by Joan Denoo on November 23, 2014 at 1:32am: Hay Loren, I accidentally ran across a site with snippets of The Newsroom while looking for something else. These are great scenes. Now I am going to have to go find the longer versions; these just tease. Is The Newsroom on this season?

Comment by Joan Denoo on November 22, 2014 at 2:14pm: Patricia, great find! I like the shorter version and it says what the whole book says. Good summary.

Now, let's throw the book out and build a life not based on superstitions. Seems like a great burden lifts from my shoulders. Life is short, it can be hard, there are things that can make it more meaningful and fun.

Comment by Joan Denoo on November 22, 2014 at 2:08pm: Scalia reminds me of a short, fat, obnoxious sophomore boy in my highschool who wanted to be noticed. The methods he used were so dreadful, no one wanted him anywhere near them. He would join a table in the cafeteria and others would leave him all by himself. He had a way of intruding where he clearly was not wanted.

Scalia, the misfit, is the nicest thing I can say about that scoundrel.