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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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Two years of Egypt's Muslilm Brotherhood rule

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Loren Miller 9 hours ago. 1 Reply 0 Likes

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

Tags: Muslim Brotherhood, Egyptian quality of life

'Crazy ants' a threat in southern U.S.

Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Tom Sarbeck 13 hours ago. 10 Replies 1 Like

Oh no! Crazy ants!!CNN) -- Beware the "crazy…Continue

What are your Memorial Day plans?

Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Tom Sarbeck 14 hours ago. 3 Replies 0 Likes

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

Started by Joan Denoo. Last reply by Ruth Anthony-Gardner 15 hours ago. 3 Replies 0 Likes

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

Girl Recovered After 10 Years Claimed Dead by Psychic

Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Lillie yesterday. 9 Replies 0 Likes

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

Life offers many opportunities for health and flourishing

Started by Joan Denoo on Thursday. 0 Replies 0 Likes

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

Tags: tools, for, living, denial, delusions

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Comment by Steph S. on January 18, 2013 at 5:30pm

Comment by booklover on January 18, 2013 at 5:19pm: Lillie, I'm so sorry you had a mother like that. My own Mother had a mother like that. We were all so relieved when she finally died. It was like being held hostage. My Aunt (my Mom's sister) recently became estranged from us by acting a lot like their mother. My aunt had been in therapy for years because of her mother, then she ends up acting just like her! Sad.

Comment by Lillie on January 18, 2013 at 3:20pm: John, I say that the real me was born the day my mother died. It was such a relief. I am so glad she is no longer in this world and since there is no Heaven or Hell, I won't ever have to see her again. This is really sad. I hope my children won't say that about me when I am gone. Whatever my mother did, I tried to do the opposite. Sometimes a strange negative thought comes into my mind and I wonder where in the world it came from. Then I laugh and say, "Margaret lives."

Comment by Patricia on January 18, 2013 at 1:28pm: Just proves the churches can't/won't share the wealth with each other!

Comment by Future on January 18, 2013 at 1:21pm: There are thousands of small churches across the US that could not survive if they were taxed. I don't really wish to see them shuttered because of something outside of their control. However, practicing politics is completely inside of their control, and I am all for removing the tax exemption from any church who is stupid enough to use their captive audience to influence political issues and elections. In my vision of a perfect world, all churches would be shuttered not because they had no choice, but because their members started thinking critically and left.

Comment by Patricia on January 18, 2013 at 1:12pm: As a Canadian I'm on the outside looking in, but as neighbors we're very close to you guys & so many things are showing us the US isn't that bloody wonderful.....nor blessed. We get all your tv networks so we see a lot of your news, & I can't say we like much of what we see. I know we have a lot of our own issues, but your's have gone way beyond the toleration point, & unfortunately we tend to follow. I just have to hope our leaders can stand up to your's as strongly as possible.

Comment by booklover on January 18, 2013 at 11:42am: I'd LOVE to see that also Felaine, but I doubt it will ever happen.

Sending the golden snitch cat to my daughter Steph! :)

Comment by sk8eycat on January 18, 2013 at 11:36am: James and Steph, and anybody, is there any country in the world today that has the courage to tax everyonee, and every business, equally.... including churches?

I keep hoping I'll live to see the day when the US (and each state)will wake up and calculate the income that could be amassed by taxing church property at the same rate that houses are taxed, but I doubt it's gonna happen. Ever.

Comment by Steph S. on January 18, 2013 at 10:14am: I want all those cats booklover. I pick them all.

That was great James. Thanks. I enjoyed reading your comment.

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