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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.

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Bible Belt Atheist (New York Times)

Started by Loren Miller on Thursday. 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 19, 2018 at 2:14am: I've always been a big fan of ELO. Love the song All Over The World. It's one of those uplifting songs that has an "anthem" feel to it that you don't want to end.

Comment by Ian Mason on January 16, 2018 at 3:01pm: I've been to see the film 'The Death of Stalin'. While the state terror of the Soviet system is no laughing matter, the film's presentation of the Politbureau as a bunch of clowns and buffoons is comic. Really good performances and direction by all concerned.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Death_of_Stalin

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In September 2017, the head of the Public Council of the Russian Ministry of Culture said the Russian authorities were considering a ban on the film, which, he alleged, could be part of a "western plot to destabilise Russia by causing rifts in society".^[8]

Nikolai Starikov, head of the Russian Great Fatherland Party, said the film was an "unfriendly act by the British intellectual class", and said it was very clear that the film was part of an "anti-Russian information war" aimed at discrediting the figure of Stalin'

Comment by Chris on January 12, 2018 at 11:38pm: Some may fall into metronome synchronization.

Comment by Chris on January 12, 2018 at 11:34pm: For what it's worth.

The Second amendment was ratified to preserve slavery.

Comment by Patricia on January 12, 2018 at 9:40pm: Good stuff, Thomas.

Another I liked was showing prisoners can do something with their energy besides riot.....

Comment by Ian Mason on January 12, 2018 at 9:34pm: Removed from the building, Thomas.

Comment by Thomas Murray on January 12, 2018 at 6:38pm: Patricia,

Here is a wonderful flash mob involving kids! This is a wonderful way to teach kids harmony instead of denunciation.

Historic flash mob in Antwerp train station, do re mi

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=flash+mob+antwerp+station

Comment by Patricia on January 12, 2018 at 1:21pm: Love flash mobs!

Anyone In The Mood for a dance?

Comment by Thomas Murray on January 12, 2018 at 11:19am: Ian,

What happen to her afterwards? Was she incarcerated or just booted out of the mall?

Comment by Ian Mason on January 12, 2018 at 10:27am: Here's the daughter of a friend of mine as a one-woman flash mob, with added security guards. It starts slowly.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc6zpe7YRP0