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    Thread: Is blackface always offensive?
Post: Is blackface always offensive?

I won't deny that it has been used in the past to show blacks in a negative light, but was it always intendet to be so? Could it be that in some cases it wasn't actually insulting? Let's take Tom and ...
Der/die AtheistIn Lifestyle & Personal Matters 57 6523 April 19, 2019 at 6:00 am
    Thread: One thing I despise about shock humor
Post: RE: One thing I despise about shock humor

(April 18, 2019 at 2:42 pm)outtathereligioncloset Wrote: I'm curious----how do you feel about Itchy and Scratchy?   (The cartoon Bart and Lisa watch on the Simpsons cartoon.) The episodes I've seen ...
Der/die AtheistIn Lifestyle & Personal Matters 7 1088 April 18, 2019 at 3:29 pm
    Thread: One thing I despise about shock humor
Post: RE: One thing I despise about shock humor

(April 17, 2019 at 2:22 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: In the words of the great Mel Brooks, 'Tragedy is when I stub my toe.  Comedy is when YOU fall into an open manhole and die.' Boru He is right ab...
Der/die AtheistIn Lifestyle & Personal Matters 7 1088 April 18, 2019 at 5:41 am
    Thread: One thing I despise about shock humor
Post: One thing I despise about shock humor

When it throws excessive and/or unrealistic violence at us and expects us to laugh. In some cases there is little to no difference between comedy horror and actual horror. Sadly, the bad comedy horror...
Der/die AtheistIn Lifestyle & Personal Matters 7 1088 April 17, 2019 at 4:13 am
    Thread: People who throw tantrums of ending a relationship
Post: People who throw tantrums of ending a relationship

Have you ever met or heard about someone who threatened someone else with ending the relationship with them but isn't actually willing to do it. If they did this to you would you respond: "I know you'...
Der/die AtheistIn Lifestyle & Personal Matters 8 1448 April 15, 2019 at 6:54 am
    Thread: A reason not to worry what the majority thinks
Post: A reason not to worry what the majority thinks

I recently saw this clip: [Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X75Roe_davA]  What are your thoughts about it? Do you agree? If someone close to you says that you should change who you are because ...
Der/die AtheistIn Lifestyle & Personal Matters 10 970 April 13, 2019 at 2:45 pm
    Thread: Waiting for the results
Post: RE: Waiting for the results

(April 11, 2019 at 12:46 pm)Succubus Wrote: Yes. Along with just about everyone anywhere in the world who attended any sort of a school. I do believe that the best solution in my example would be to...
Der/die AtheistIn Lifestyle & Personal Matters 5 437 April 11, 2019 at 12:50 pm
    Thread: Waiting for the results
Post: Waiting for the results

Have you ever been in a situation where you are unsure whenever You'll pass an exam or project essential for passing a certain class, but have to wait for the results? Not only that, but you still hav...
Der/die AtheistIn Lifestyle & Personal Matters 5 437 April 11, 2019 at 12:30 pm
    Thread: I feel kind of uncomfortable going to counseling
Post: RE: I feel kind of uncomfortable going to counseli...

(April 10, 2019 at 7:37 pm)wyzas Wrote: I don't know you well enough to speculate further. I just believe that there is something(s) going on that's more than religion/parents. What makes you think ...
Der/die AtheistIn Lifestyle & Personal Matters 23 2159 April 11, 2019 at 4:33 am
    Thread: I feel kind of uncomfortable going to counseling
Post: RE: I feel kind of uncomfortable going to counseli...

(April 8, 2019 at 6:54 pm)bennyboy Wrote: I'd imagine that if you go in for psychological counseling, and get proselytized at, licenses could be lost, unless the person has advertised religious coun...
Der/die AtheistIn Lifestyle & Personal Matters 23 2159 April 10, 2019 at 6:55 pm
    Thread: I feel kind of uncomfortable going to counseling
Post: RE: I feel kind of uncomfortable going to counseli...

(April 8, 2019 at 9:33 am)Brian37 Wrote: Are you assuming this is what your therapist will do, or have they already tried selling religion to you? If they have not done that don't assume they will ...
Der/die AtheistIn Lifestyle & Personal Matters 23 2159 April 8, 2019 at 9:35 am
    Thread: I feel kind of uncomfortable going to counseling
Post: RE: I feel kind of uncomfortable going to counseli...

(April 8, 2019 at 8:56 am)Brian37 Wrote: You seriously need to get over this fear if you want help. Any ethical professional isn't going to violate that trust. The only time they ethically do that i...
Der/die AtheistIn Lifestyle & Personal Matters 23 2159 April 8, 2019 at 9:02 am
    Thread: I feel kind of uncomfortable going to counseling
Post: I feel kind of uncomfortable going to counseling

I expressed my anger towards one of my parents mistakes multiple times. My anger has become serious, so I made an appointment for counseling. The problem is, I don't feel comfortable talking about thi...
Der/die AtheistIn Lifestyle & Personal Matters 23 2159 April 8, 2019 at 8:47 am
    Thread: Why are church services usually boring?
Post: Why are church services usually boring?

If you don't find them boring, you have the right to have your own opinion. Most christian churches tend to have boring services. Why? I understand they were made thousands of years ago, when the popu...
Der/die AtheistIn Religion 28 3552 April 7, 2019 at 8:24 am
    Thread: When you can't fully let go of the past
Post: RE: When you can't fully let go of the past

(April 6, 2019 at 5:28 pm)Brian37 Wrote: If ifs and butts were candy and nuts, we'd all have a party. Humans change, over time, for good or bad and in both directions. Don't drive yourself nuts ove...
Der/die AtheistIn Lifestyle & Personal Matters 5 516 April 6, 2019 at 5:39 pm
    Thread: Your point of living?
Post: RE: Your point of living?

(April 6, 2019 at 2:53 pm)amerikkka Wrote: Dear Atheists, What's your point of living? You're all eventually going to die. When you die, there will be no afterlife. It's almost as if you never exis...
Der/die AtheistIn Atheism 82 10586 April 6, 2019 at 5:30 pm
    Thread: When you can't fully let go of the past
Post: When you can't fully let go of the past

Unfortunately, there are terrible things in our lives. The death of someone dear to you will affect you for life, and many other bad things. What if you can't (fully) let go of something that ended we...
Der/die AtheistIn Lifestyle & Personal Matters 5 516 April 6, 2019 at 5:05 pm
    Thread: I tried watching and reading Peanuts
Post: I tried watching and reading Peanuts

If you like the series more power to you, but it doesn't attract me. I don't think it's a bad comic. I watched a few episodes and read a few strips, but nothing made me laugh or feel any emotion for t...
Der/die AtheistIn The Arts 5 437 April 3, 2019 at 3:32 pm
    Thread: When someone wishes to abuse cuts the contact
Post: RE: When someone wishes to abuse cuts the contact

(April 1, 2019 at 6:42 pm)wyzas Wrote: I don't know what to say to you any more. You seem to like being a victim. Maybe I am guilty of this on some level. I don't do this for attention, it's because...
Der/die AtheistIn Lifestyle & Personal Matters 8 962 April 1, 2019 at 6:53 pm
    Thread: When someone wishes to abuse cuts the contact
Post: When someone wishes to abuse cuts the contact

Let's say that someone feels tempted to abuse someone else, but at the same time doesn't. Maybe they used to be in an abusive relationship or maybe they didn't. Anyway, the former decides to cut conta...
Der/die AtheistIn Lifestyle & Personal Matters 8 962 April 1, 2019 at 6:25 pm