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Permalink Reply by Sandra Stott on June 12, 2010 at 8:40am

Count me in! That's a monday, so I'll do most of my celebrating on sunday with the kids and then do an "honorable mention" sort of thing on the actual day. :D

Not that you...really...wanted to know.

Permalink Reply by Little Name Atheist on June 12, 2010 at 4:05pm

Ha! Actually, that's the point of this group... what people do for secular celebrations.

Permalink Reply by Little Name Atheist on June 12, 2010 at 4:06pm

Brother Bill... you are so nyeguhtive... focus on the white light. Let people know what you do believe.

Permalink Reply by Eric on June 14, 2010 at 2:00am

Actually, telling people what you don't believe is negative. Why not tell people what you DO believe instead? Why not stand FOR something instead of stand AGAINST something?

One problem I have always had with the word 'atheist' (or 'atheism') is that negativeness is built into the very word itself, with the first 'a' in either atheist or atheism meaning 'against' (as least as far as I know) rather than 'for'. Compare that with 'humanist', which (although there's no 'for' word in it that you can actually see) still basically means 'for' humans or 'focused' on humans, rather than 'against' humans. So the word 'humanist' or 'humanism' to me seems to radiate much more positive energy than the words 'atheist' or 'atheism' does. Although essentially of course they're both just words for nontheists (see, darn it, another word with a built-in negative, the 'non' in nontheist!)

Permalink Reply by Eric on June 14, 2010 at 1:20pm

Thanks Kid! I didn't know that, and I stand corrected! :-)

Permalink Reply by Eric on June 14, 2010 at 1:19pm

I wasn't even aware that what I said had anything to do with self help psychology or with being wishy washy.

I've never seen anything by Zig Ziegler. I've never heard of "The Process," so I don't know what that is. I've never heard of the Hoffman Institute.

Permalink Reply by Little Name Atheist on June 21, 2010 at 10:07am

I was being sarcastic. I generally break out in hives when someone starts talking about someone being "negative".

Permalink Reply by Little Name Atheist on July 11, 2010 at 5:26pm

Do you ever fall into your own sarchasm, Bill?

Permalink Reply by Little Name Atheist on July 12, 2010 at 9:47am

Should we take this dog and pony show on the road?