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Picture yourself spending some time with congenial friends, sharing your lives and pictures from your cell phones." They're curious about that cool game, song, movie, camping trip, art show, or other event that fascinated you. You talk about all kinds of stuff, poetry, styles, personal achievements, relationships, and bad days. You can share your inner child, and laugh together. They sympathetically listen to your feelings about serious topics like politics or climate change, even when they don't agree.

Personal validation comes from paying attention to one another, giving more than you get. Everyone respects you and themselves, despite our amazing range of personal tastes and interests. They'll tell you they don't agree with an idea or behavior without implying you're a bad person or somehow deficient. It's an "I'm OK, You're OK" kind of fellowship, where nobody tries to make himself look better by picking on somebody else.

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What are your Memorial Day plans?

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I just wanted to make a fun discussion and see what all of you are doing on Memorial Day.Anyone attending a parade?Anyone honoring vets?Here is an event in Austin that looks very interesting to me.Austin, TXClose Assault 1944 is living history and…Continue

Brutal 4 Minutes for All of Religion Christopher Hitchens

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Brutal 4 Minutes for All of Religion Christopher HitchensJust think about this for a minute, “three thousand years ago, at the most, it was decided,…Continue

Two years of Egypt's Muslilm Brotherhood rule

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This photo essay shows the remarkable benefits of replacing a secular government with a religious one. The fate of Egypt is quite an endorsement for the superior morality of religious rule.I was a bit surprised by the extent to which the temporary…Continue

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Girl Recovered After 10 Years Claimed Dead by Psychic

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Psychics are all BS.Here's an interesting news article.Amanda Berry, a…Continue

Life offers many opportunities for health and flourishing

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Life offers many opportunities for health and flourishing and our bodies have all kinds of red flags it sends up to tell us something is wrong. Pay attention to those flags, they can save your health and your life. I talked to a lady yesterday who…Continue

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Comment by Chris Breman on August 14, 2011 at 11:52pm: Of course I celebrate the earth Alexa, it´s basic. I´m aware (for someone who lives in town) of the cycles of nature going on all the time and it´s my daily celebration to watch and to feel connected - even if there´s not so much nature here.

Comment by alexa penzner on August 14, 2011 at 2:29pm: chris - so simple, so true :]

("Hey, what's the point of bringing common sense to a debate if your opponent isn't?")

Comment by alexa penzner on August 14, 2011 at 2:24pm: hi - i have met 2 atheists into the Earth the way i am. all religions celebrate holidays based way back on the turns of the earth: harvest, new moon, spring, sun return, mid-summer. . . i celebrate the earth. does anyone else feel this connection? being 'intellectual' and using reasoning is very important, but so is the emotional quality of life. please, don't respond if you just want to tell me this not so; i just want to talk to people who wonder about or feel this connection - thanks :]

Comment by Chris Dodds on August 14, 2011 at 10:50am: Hey, what's the point of bringing common sense to a debate if your opponent isn't?

Comment by Ian Mason on August 14, 2011 at 10:31am: Welcome, Susan. Isn't reality wonderful? Fairy stories are good entertainment but you wouldn't like to base your life on them.

They're fine answers, Chris. If people don't want to debate with common sense and logic, why not make fun of them?

Comment by Chris Dodds on August 14, 2011 at 9:31am: I feel I should help us fight the prejudice against atheists out there. Two of the most common questions I get asked as an atheist are "How can you deny that this world is the product of anything but intelligent design?" and "What do you yell out in bed?"

In the case of the former, I answer "I can deny that we're the byproduct of intelligent desgin because you're here." With the latter, I go "Ask your wife."

I know it makes me sound like a dick, but I really don't care.

Comment by Susan Pfuntner on August 12, 2011 at 2:56pm: Hi I'm Susan. My husband and I both turned 40 this year and decided it was time to grow up and stop believing in fairytales. :)

Comment by MolotovDerp on August 9, 2011 at 10:27pm: I was peer pressured here :P

Comment by Diego Veríssimo Lakatos on August 9, 2011 at 8:35pm: I made a mistake, the link for the "Rational Society" is www.sociedaderacionalista.org

Comment by Diego Veríssimo Lakatos on August 8, 2011 at 8:39pm: Hello, sorry for the spam, but it's for a good cause. Along with some friends I'm launching a website called "rational society"(www.sociedaderacional.org). The site is in Portuguese but you can translate the page to the language you wish, and send texts for publication.I invite everyone to visit us. thanks