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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 Patricia on February 16, 2018 at 1:30am: Maybe the young ones who make it to adulthood, may decide not to have kids for risking them to bullets!

Comment by Patricia on February 16, 2018 at 1:29am: Yes, I support public education too, but I'd be very uncomfortable sending them to the US schools until something changed. I could never quit worrying during the 5 days a week they were there, & who needs that stress, for the kids & the parents? You aren't going to have any of your young ones left if this doesn't change..

Comment by Joan Denoo on February 16, 2018 at 1:08am: Patricia, I agree, parents have every right to take their children out of school, public and private, and homeschool them.

I say this as a firm supporter of public education.

Comment by Joan Denoo on February 16, 2018 at 1:06am: Well, well, well. I just tried a half dozen times to retweet Trump fucked by Russia and could not get it published. Does censorship raise its ugly head?

Comment by Patricia on February 16, 2018 at 12:45am: I just saw something on Twitter about parents should take all the kids out of schools for a week or until something gets changed in the gun laws.

Comment by Joan Denoo on February 16, 2018 at 12:43am: Patricia! Perfectly stated, "Engage with reality and fix your fucking fun laws!"

Comment by Patricia on February 15, 2018 at 2:41pm

Comment by Joan Denoo on February 15, 2018 at 11:41am: Too many parents, at least in my opinion, give too many things to their kids, expecting stuff to replace good parenting. And, too many parents think that transporting their children to music lessons or athletic practice is good parenting. I hear the kids cry out for free time and they just can't have it.

I feel sorry for kids raised in covenant communities because they require limited noise and activities, like play, which helps children develop their attributes.

One of the things I like about living deep in the forests of Washington State is the opportunity the kids have to explore and experiment. They build tree houses and dig caves. They design and create forts and all the while, surrounded by pet animals, and abundance of wildlife. They can give out loud squeals as they discover something new or invent tools to complete a task. They also have chores that matter, i.e., feed the animals, clean the hutches and pens, and load up trash for a trip to the dump.

Jobs of the future will require training in technology. Homes of the future will need plumbers, electricians, carpenters, and other skilled trades. Society needs people who can work with others, plan, design, and create new technologies. World Wide interaction requires skills of valuing diversity and working as part of a team. Is education providing the kinds of training that prepare children for the future into which they will grow?

Comment by Joan Denoo on February 15, 2018 at 11:35am: It was April 16, 1999, in Littleton, CO., at Columbine High School when two teenage boys, Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, murdered 12 students, a teacher, wounded 20 others, and killed themselves.

Why?'

Some say others bullied Harris and Klebold, or that they belonged to a group of social outcasts called, "The Trenchcoat Mafia." Both killers watched violent video games and music. None of the theories were ever proven.

Investigative journalist Dave Cullen, author of the 2009 book ”Columbine,” described Harris as ”the callously brutal mastermind, while Klebold was a quivering depressive who journaled obsessively about love and attended the Columbine prom three days before opening fire.

I don't know why the massacres happened here in Littleton or at the many other places. I do know the atmosphere feels very different in family and community life for children today than in my childhood. There is so much pressure to make a living that stress permeates the family unit. The middle-class kids have tremendous pressure put on them to perform, academically and athletically so they can get scholarships for college. I don't like living with such force, I don't think it is good for marriages, and I very much reject what is happening to the kids.

Comment by Ian Mason on February 15, 2018 at 7:23am: I really don't know what's wrong and I really don't know how to stop it. Is it because the US has a national 'mythology' that problems can be solved with guns? You know, the way John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Clint Eastwood and the rest of them have done. Does each new shooting 'inspire' the next? Would some people rather be famous for a crime than live unnoticed? Is Western society becoming self-destructive? I really don't know.