(August 17, 2011 at 7:58 pm)Godnose Wrote:Quote:Internet forumsTOTALLY irrelevant and COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY not appropriate
Quote:Anonymous internet chatroomsBrrrrr!
Quote:Internet support chatroomsBrrrrr!
Quote:Plenty more I'm sure. The fact is that you chose to talk to a priest, there's always another option.
Nope. Nothing I could think of. Nothing you have suggested. It was quite a while ago now and I still cannot think of anywhere else I could have turned to for the kind of advice I needed. But virtually ANY priest or clergy would have worked. I know, it's a shame. It ought to have been possible to find an atheist. That's my point!
Quote:The idea of having an appointed atheist to dish out advice is not an idea that appeals to me at all.
I recognise that. It's a sticking point in the dogma to which you have allowed yourself to become subject. I advise you to liberate yourself from it.
You've dismissed several of the suggestions with just a "Brrrr!" - what does that mean? I've used the internet many times to discuss personal and confidential issues - the options there, you just don't want to use them.
I'm no subject to dogmatism and I find it insulting of you to suggest I am. Where am I supposed to have obtained this dogmatism from?
No, I don't want an atheist church or atheist priests. Religions have temples and hierarchies because they are essentially businesses, something atheism can't be.
Atheism can not supply you with what you want, if you want a secular public service of the type you are suggesting then it is society your gripe is with.
