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[Puke Skywalker]

Should I buy a motorcycle?

[Catholic_Lady]

Should I buy a motorcycle?

Nope. My husband's cousin died when he was 24 in a motorcycle accident. The crash was such that if he was in a car, he wouldnt have died nor been seriously injured. They are unessesarily dangerous.

[energizer bunny]

Thanks for answering. 

You mentioned "outliars." Never heard that term before. What does that mean? 

If you can ask one member here any question, what would that question be and who would you ask? 

Skydiving sounds like fun.  

[Catholic_Lady]

Thanks for answering. 

You mentioned "outliars." Never heard that term before. What does that mean? 

If you can ask one member here any question, what would that question be and who would you ask? 

Skydiving sounds like fun.  

I spelled it wrong lol. It's outliers, not outliars. It just means people who are different from the rest of the group.

I would ask Tib to recount in detail and using members names, the most scandalous behind the scenes thing that has ever happened on AF. He wouldnt tell me though lol.

[Aoi Magi]

Why didn't I come to your mind when somebody asked about diversity?

Yeh, she didn't think of me either... I am diverse damnit!!

But, now that I know her hubby's likes and dislikes I guess I can forgive her

[The Valkyrie]

How much should I demand for the assassination?

[KevinM1]

Is there any place in the US you haven't been to that you'd like to visit?

[Catholic_Lady]

Is there any place in the US you haven't been to that you'd like to visit?

Hawaii, Vegas, Hollywood. In that order.

[Kernel Sohcahtoa]

How do you feel about the cultural diversity here on the forum?

Has any argument presented (here or somewhere else) managed to make you question certain things from your religion?

When do you come visit Europe?

Honestly I don't think there is a lot of diversity on the forum. I know there are people here from all over North America and Europe, but it seems most people nonetheless have the same views on most things, despite being from different countries/cultures. There are a handful of people who are "outliars", like the few theists here, and people like Bella, CaptAwesome, PaulPablo sometimes, that one Republican atheist whose name I forget, and maybe a couple others im not thinking about. Other than that, everyone else seems to be of the same mind on things that matter. Interesting question though. What do you think?

Not really lol. I mean, there have been some good questions asked here about my faith that have made me search deeper for answers, and in doing so I've come to a deeper understanding of my faith. But it's never made me have more doubts than I normally would have.

No plans for Europe as of yet. Personally if I'm going to travel to a new place I'd rather do something tropical and/or exotic. Like a Pacific Island or Asia. But Mr CL wants to go to Europe, so maybe someday.

How do you define outlier? Would the theist members on AF be considered outliers due to the fact that AF is primarily secular or because they are actually highly unique people in general?

Would you say that your faith has evolved over the years? Specifically, does having a deeper understanding of your faith mean that you've found deeper, more sophisticated ways to reinforce what you've always thought and felt, or have you actually changed and modified your faith accordingly via your experience and accumulated knowledge? Have you always felt free to filter out and disagree with specific viewpoints/opinions of religious leaders of the Catholic faith and pursue faith in a way that is special to you and makes the most sense to you?

[Catholic_Lady]

Honestly I don't think there is a lot of diversity on the forum. I know there are people here from all over North America and Europe, but it seems most people nonetheless have the same views on most things, despite being from different countries/cultures. There are a handful of people who are "outliars", like the few theists here, and people like Bella, CaptAwesome, PaulPablo sometimes, that one Republican atheist whose name I forget, and maybe a couple others im not thinking about. Other than that, everyone else seems to be of the same mind on things that matter. Interesting question though. What do you think?

Not really lol. I mean, there have been some good questions asked here about my faith that have made me search deeper for answers, and in doing so I've come to a deeper understanding of my faith. But it's never made me have more doubts than I normally would have.

No plans for Europe as of yet. Personally if I'm going to travel to a new place I'd rather do something tropical and/or exotic. Like a Pacific Island or Asia. But Mr CL wants to go to Europe, so maybe someday.

How do you define outlier? Would the theist members on AF be considered outliers due to the fact that AF is primarily secular or because they are actually highly unique people in general?

Would you say that your faith has evolved over the years? Specifically, does having a deeper understanding of your faith mean that you've found deeper, more sophisticated ways to reinforce what you've always thought and felt, or have you actually changed and modified your faith accordingly via your experience and accumulated knowledge? Have you always felt free to filter out and disagree with specific viewpoints/opinions of religious leaders of the Catholic faith and pursue faith in a way that is special to you and makes the most sense to you?

Ok, I'll be honest. I see most member here as being atheist, liberal, thinking religion is "the root of all evil" (so to speak), and having all the same opinions on all the hot topic social issues. An outlier to me is anyone who falls from that description in any way. A theist, someone with more conservative views, different opinions on some social issues, etc. So yeah, I'm talking along those lines. Not necessarily having a unique personality or anything like that, just having different views than the vast majority here.

Yes, absolutely it has evolved over the years. By that I mean I've found answers to certain aspects of the faith that I hadn't thought about as much before, not that I've "changed" my views on anything. For example, with the problem of evil. The short answer is that we have free will. But then you start asking, *why* must we have free will? And *why* must that involve suffering of any sort? What exactly might God be trying to accomplish by allowing us to suffer? Another big question: why does God stay hidden? ...Seeing those questions a lot here has made me explore them deeper than I had before and seek a better understanding, because the short simple answers were no longer satisfactory.

The only thing in Catholicism that i had disagreed with in the past was with the morality of using artificial birth control. I did not understand why this was deemed immoral while timed abstinence as birth control was ok, and so I disagreed with it. That was about 10 years ago. Since then I've come to understand why and I have come to agree with it. But I'd say that's the only thing that I had issues with. Everything else has made sense to me.