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Emotional resilience and Philistinery
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RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery
(December 31, 2013 at 2:39 pm)Get me Rex Kramer! Wrote: I would be interested in any replies or refutations. I would particularly like to know if there are any conceptions of an atheistic universe that aren't merely reactionary or facetious, but that can make real sense of human action for the billions of emotional human minds that inhabit this dear planet.
I am a human first -- with all the wonder and emotion available to the species -- before I am an atheist. I care deeply about my family, friends, and larger community. I have been present at births, marriages, deaths, and funerals with no need for a relationship with the divine in order to find and share meaning.

For inspiration, I think Neil deGrasse Tyson said it best:


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Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Get me Rex Kramer! - December 31, 2013 at 2:39 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Jackalope - December 31, 2013 at 2:52 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Minimalist - January 12, 2014 at 2:34 am
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Neo-Scholastic - December 31, 2013 at 3:03 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Violet - December 31, 2013 at 6:01 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by mralstoner - December 31, 2013 at 7:16 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Violet - January 1, 2014 at 5:48 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Zen Badger - December 31, 2013 at 11:58 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by rexbeccarox - December 31, 2013 at 3:11 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by -z- - December 31, 2013 at 3:16 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Psykhronic - December 31, 2013 at 3:42 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Kayenneh - December 31, 2013 at 3:46 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Jackalope - December 31, 2013 at 4:04 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by -z- - December 31, 2013 at 5:19 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Chad32 - December 31, 2013 at 4:02 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Violet - December 31, 2013 at 6:10 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Violet - January 1, 2014 at 4:27 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Violet - December 31, 2013 at 6:04 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by là bạn điên - December 31, 2013 at 11:37 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Chas - January 10, 2014 at 11:36 am
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Esquilax - January 10, 2014 at 11:42 am
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Chas - January 11, 2014 at 7:53 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Esquilax - January 12, 2014 at 2:10 am
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Chas - January 12, 2014 at 1:01 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Zen Badger - January 1, 2014 at 8:17 am
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Zen Badger - January 1, 2014 at 9:01 am
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Psykhronic - January 1, 2014 at 9:48 am
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Psykhronic - January 1, 2014 at 11:05 am
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Psykhronic - January 1, 2014 at 11:23 am
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Psykhronic - January 1, 2014 at 11:40 am
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Jackalope - January 2, 2014 at 12:15 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by LastPoet - January 2, 2014 at 8:46 am
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by houseofcantor - January 2, 2014 at 12:28 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Simon Moon - January 2, 2014 at 4:14 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Esquilax - January 3, 2014 at 12:31 am
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Mr Greene - January 2, 2014 at 4:27 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by pocaracas - January 2, 2014 at 8:55 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by pocaracas - January 3, 2014 at 7:38 am
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by pocaracas - January 3, 2014 at 11:56 am
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Mister Agenda - January 3, 2014 at 10:29 am
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Esquilax - January 3, 2014 at 10:30 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Faith No More - January 7, 2014 at 12:12 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Faith No More - January 10, 2014 at 1:37 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by pocaracas - January 3, 2014 at 4:29 pm
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Belac Enrobso - January 4, 2014 at 12:02 am
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by azheathen - January 12, 2014 at 1:12 am
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Esquilax - January 12, 2014 at 6:58 am
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by KichigaiNeko - January 12, 2014 at 8:19 am
RE: Emotional resilience and Philistinery - by Esquilax - January 12, 2014 at 12:35 pm

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