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Thread: Do as I say, not as I do
Post: RE: Do as I say, not as I do
| I've always thought that being a teacher meant that you have the skills and knowledge to help others grow in the subject area. If people benefited despite this hypocrisy, then you could argue that the... |
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Atheism
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May 15, 2017 at 4:12 pm |
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Thread: Do as I say, not as I do
Post: Do as I say, not as I do
| So I just learned that a guy I grew up with, who became a pastor, ended up committing adultery.
This guy found Jesus while we were in high school, got his god degree, started up a mega church in Kent... |
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Atheism
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May 14, 2017 at 2:38 pm |
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Thread: Controlled by fables from thousands of years ago!
Post: RE: Controlled by fables from thousands of years a...
| (January 16, 2017 at 1:52 am)Khemikal Wrote: We imagine that the prohibition against pigs has to do with some sanitary issue but it may have just as easily been the case that the guy who wrote the p... |
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Atheism
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January 16, 2017 at 10:23 pm |
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Thread: Controlled by fables from thousands of years ago!
Post: RE: Controlled by fables from thousands of years a...
| (January 15, 2017 at 12:48 pm)robvalue Wrote: (January 15, 2017 at 11:00 am)thool Wrote: So rather than question the idiocy of these crazy "laws," they come up with creative ways to adapt technolo... |
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Atheism
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January 15, 2017 at 1:20 pm |
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Thread: Controlled by fables from thousands of years ago!
Post: RE: Controlled by fables from thousands of years a...
| (January 15, 2017 at 4:58 am)robvalue Wrote: Yeah, that is stupid enough...
Quote:Working from their research facility in the West Bank settlement of Alon Shvut, they create electronic devices — fr... |
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Atheism
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January 15, 2017 at 11:00 am |
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Thread: Controlled by fables from thousands of years ago!
Post: Controlled by fables from thousands of years ago!
| So I was making some breakfast sausage this morning, and I recalled a time back in college where I was exposed to Jews for the first time. Never met one before, so it was interesting. At the time, I t... |
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Atheism
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January 15, 2017 at 1:30 am |
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Thread: Who is to blame.
Post: RE: Who is to blame.
| We are to blame, by accepting the binary party choice, even when a party's candidate is horrible. We didn't demand better options. We're also very narrow minded, sometimes sticking with our party even... |
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Politics
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November 12, 2016 at 4:31 pm |
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Thread: WikiLeaks publishes searchable database of almost 20,000 emails from DNC.
Post: RE: WikiLeaks publishes searchable database of alm...
| Funny, I recall getting excited about Bernie Sanders early on, but was puzzled why he got no air time. I'm talking when his campaign was just ramping up. Instead, the media focused on the republican f... |
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Politics
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July 26, 2016 at 9:46 pm |
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Thread: Observation after embracing atheism for a year
Post: RE: Observation after embracing atheism for a year
| (July 10, 2016 at 9:47 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: My deconversion was 40 plus yrs ago. I seem to remember a feeling of freedom and release. Shaking off the fucked up thoughts/actions tied to the delusion.
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Atheism
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July 11, 2016 at 8:46 am |
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Thread: Observation after embracing atheism for a year
Post: Observation after embracing atheism for a year
| I've "converted" from Christianity for almost a year now, and the following observation kind of snuck up on me. I'm curious if anyone else has a similar experience they'd like to share.
With Christia... |
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Atheism
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July 10, 2016 at 7:56 pm |
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Thread: 4 Officers Shot Dead By Snipers, 7 Wounded in Dallas Protest Against Police Violence
Post: RE: 4 Officers Shot Dead By Snipers, 7 Wounded in ...
| (July 8, 2016 at 11:45 pm)Tres Leches Wrote: (July 8, 2016 at 9:50 pm)thool Wrote: It would be nice if our country had a leader that could get through all the politics and do something about the p... |
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News & Current Affairs
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July 9, 2016 at 9:38 am |
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Thread: 4 Officers Shot Dead By Snipers, 7 Wounded in Dallas Protest Against Police Violence
Post: RE: 4 Officers Shot Dead By Snipers, 7 Wounded in ...
| It would be nice if our country had a leader that could get through all the politics and do something about the problems. I'm not talking about "thoughts and prayers" which are reactive and ineffectiv... |
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News & Current Affairs
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July 8, 2016 at 9:50 pm |
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Thread: What is our purpose here on earth?
Post: RE: What is our purpose here on earth?
| I started this line of thought based upon asking myself a rhetorical question: what is the purpose of any animal, such as a lion? Lions exist to keep the number of prey at a certain balance, and they ... |
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Philosophy
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March 1, 2016 at 8:58 am |
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Thread: Martin Shkreli is fascinating
Post: RE: Martin Shkreli is fascinating
| This boils down to money. Pharmaceutical companies exist to make money, they lobby so that lawmakers get bills signed that benefit them, their boards of directors exist to make As Much Money As Possib... |
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Philosophy
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February 29, 2016 at 10:09 pm |
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Thread: What is our purpose here on earth?
Post: RE: What is our purpose here on earth?
| One way is to look at "purpose" as what we do on the way to being dead. Unless you are self-sufficient, your existence depends upon others, and they depend upon you, so I would consider everyone has a... |
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Philosophy
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February 29, 2016 at 8:46 pm |
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Thread: What is our purpose here on earth?
Post: What is our purpose here on earth?
| I'm interested in discussing this with you all here...
When you boil it down, humans exist for one reason only: to make more humans, either directly or indirectly. When you consider other animals, th... |
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Philosophy
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February 27, 2016 at 1:54 pm |
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Thread: Happiness level after embracing atheism
Post: RE: Happiness level after embracing atheism
| drfuzzy: Wonderful music there, and it is one thing I miss most about going to church.
It is great hearing supportive feedback. I cringe when I see politicians and candidates acting like they are rel... |
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Atheism
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February 4, 2016 at 10:26 am |
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Thread: Happiness level after embracing atheism
Post: Happiness level after embracing atheism
| I left religion about 6 months ago now, and have observed some changes in myself, some expected and some not. I'm interested in what others felt in their lives, especially if you left a religion. Here... |
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Atheism
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February 2, 2016 at 8:54 am |
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Thread: If you were ever a theist...
Post: RE: If you were ever a theist...
| For me, a combination of things.
First, I realized that there were no tangible or intangible results from the rituals. Second, as far as evidence, second- and third-hand accounts written 150 years af... |
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Atheism
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December 30, 2015 at 10:49 am |
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Thread: Does anyone else feel like this?
Post: RE: Does anyone else feel like this?
| Some music created through religion is beautiful. Just the melody. |
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Atheism
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December 8, 2015 at 11:45 am |
