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"It does seem to cause empathy to be displaced and compassion deferred.  The greater…"

Ted Foureagles replied Jul 21, 2012 to Does belief in an afterlife inhibit empathy?

3 Jul 21, 2012
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"No one is trying to convince anyone of anything.  It's just a silly little thought e…"

Ted Foureagles replied Jul 9, 2012 to What happens if science proves god's existence

164 Aug 10, 2012
Reply by John J Kelly

"Perhaps so, but most who have and use a full brain aren't threatened by ideas that d…"

Ted Foureagles replied Jul 9, 2012 to What happens if science proves god's existence

164 Aug 10, 2012
Reply by John J Kelly

"It's a thought experiment -- it can't hurt you!  No one is being asked to believe bu…"

Ted Foureagles replied Jul 9, 2012 to What happens if science proves god's existence

164 Aug 10, 2012
Reply by John J Kelly

"OK, I'll play.  It would be interesting if the animist worldview that my grandfather…"

Ted Foureagles replied Jul 8, 2012 to Choose one superstitious belief to be true despite all logic. What would you Choose?

27 Jul 13, 2012
Reply by FreeThinker

"You can know that a thing or condition is, but I don't see how you could know with a…"

Ted Foureagles replied Jul 5, 2012 to Are you a Gnostic Atheist or an Agnostic Atheist?

33 Jul 22, 2012
Reply by Dr. Allan H. Clark

"Well now we're talking strategy, and I agree that you have to take a stand somewhere…"

Ted Foureagles replied Jul 4, 2012 to Are Agnostics just cowards?

91 Oct 3, 2012
Reply by Dr. Allan H. Clark

"It seems that we are in almost total agreement. But when you say something like "equ…"

Ted Foureagles replied Jul 4, 2012 to Are Agnostics just cowards?

91 Oct 3, 2012
Reply by Dr. Allan H. Clark

"The point I'd like to make is that absolutism is a dead end street.  Yeah, if we wer…"

Ted Foureagles replied Jul 4, 2012 to Are Agnostics just cowards?

91 Oct 3, 2012
Reply by Dr. Allan H. Clark

"A discussion of this sort needs definitions if it's to accomplish anything.  Unfortu…"

Ted Foureagles replied Jul 4, 2012 to Are Agnostics just cowards?

91 Oct 3, 2012
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i've got no problem with everyone saying "merry christmas" on christmas day.  however, they've turned it into an entire holiday season where it lasts a month or more.  in those situations it should be perfectly acceptable to say "happy holidays" or call it a…

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My first funeral as an atheist

Posted by Two Cult Survivor on May 21, 2013 at 11:30am 0 Comments

I posted the bulk of this on another thread, but wanted to add some context separately.

I finally confronted my faith and embraced the fact of my atheism late last August, 2012. Days after I revealed my "epiphany" to a few friends who knew me from another message board, my sister died from Lou Gehrig's Disease (which pissed her off because she hated catching a disease from someone she never f---ed).

THAT was my sister, understand? She was a beautiful, life-loving, potty-mouthed…

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Death of a family member

Posted by Larry Taylor on May 20, 2013 at 8:15pm 11 Comments

OK. I am venting. My mother died two weeks ago. She was a “god fearing christian.” Before her death she refused all medical treatment. She wanted to be left alone. She even refused to speak with my brother who is a methodist minister. He is a pip, let me tell you! I suspect she did not believe, but a woman born in her time could not and did not state her actual beliefs. This is the opening salvo to all christians; FUCK YOU! I had so many people come and tell…

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