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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.
Nobody here is into mind games. A discussion started with a loaded guilt-throwing question will be deleted.
This group is not intended to compete with other groups on topics they cover but to "fill in the cracks." Whenever a discussion dwells at length on a topic for which there's an existing group, we urge you to provide members a link to that group to continue along their tangent.
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Discussion Forum
'Crazy ants' a threat in southern U.S.
Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Lillie yesterday. 8 Replies 1 Like
Oh no! Crazy ants!!CNN) -- Beware the "crazy…Continue
10 Things You Can't Do and Become President
Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Randall Smith on Saturday. 7 Replies 0 Likes
This was a fun article to read.When…Continue
Girl Recovered After 10 Years Claimed Dead by Psychic
Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Steph S. on Saturday. 8 Replies 0 Likes
Psychics are all BS.Here's an interesting news article.Amanda Berry, a…Continue
Brutal 4 Minutes for All of Religion Christopher Hitchens
Started by Joan Denoo. Last reply by Joan Denoo on Friday. 2 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
Talented young singer
Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by booklover May 14. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Aldrich Lloyd Talonding is going to take the world by storm. What do you think? He's singing Dance With My Father Again. Continue
Carved shell jewelry
Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Ruth Anthony-Gardner May 13. 3 Replies 0 Likes
Browsing carved shell jewelry by Shinji Nakaba, I came upon this ring.LOL, "Kiss the ring" has a new meaning. They show how it's made.…Continue
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Comment by Idaho Spud on August 8, 2012 at 4:45pm -
Wow Tony, what a great message from Mars!
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Comment by Steph S. on August 8, 2012 at 5:01pm -
Cool Mars picture Tony.So how are you all doing today?
booklover - that was not a true friend if they left you because of your Atheism. You are better without them. Be glad she is gone.
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Comment by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on August 8, 2012 at 5:04pm -
Thanks, Ian. I'm sorry to hear about your depression. Your contributions here are delightful.
Thanks for sharing, Patricia. It's so sad to have the love of your life struggling so.
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Comment by Steph S. on August 8, 2012 at 5:04pm
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booklover (Melinda) I don't keep friends who are stressful to me either. It's not worth it. It's better to have no friends than friends like that. I also know some people who claim they keep all their friends - I'm not sure if I believe them. Doesn't seem possible to me. People grow apart and evolve.
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Comment by Steph S. on August 8, 2012 at 5:07pm
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That's a really pretty GIF Ruth.
Patricia sorry to hear about your hubby.
And Ian I am sorry to hear your battles with depression.
I'll be thinking of you.
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Comment by booklover on August 8, 2012 at 5:14pm -
Thanks Steph, that makes me feel better. :)
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Comment by The Flying Atheist on August 8, 2012 at 5:35pm -
Melinda, I had a friend in college who was very demanding and manipulative. During one of our many altercations I remember finally saying to her, "I've never had to work so hard to be somebody's friend!" And that's the point. True friendship should never be hard work or cause you unwanted and constant grief. I have a VERY small circle of friends, but boy-o-boy, they are THE BEST. About ten or so years ago I made a conscious decision to rid myself of "toxic" associations and of people that had nothing positive to offer. As a result I have fewer friends but I'm much happier with the friends I do have.
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Comment by Patricia on August 8, 2012 at 5:38pm -
Thanks everyone. It's been hard with just losing both my husband's terrific parents one right after the other, that I thought the stress would make him #3, but he's still holding his own. At least I can come here for some laughs or whining.....whatever the mood is! Love this site!!!
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Comment by The Flying Atheist on August 8, 2012 at 5:55pm
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Patricia, I'm sorry to hear so much pain and stress has come upon you....and in such a short period of time. Please know that my well wishes for you are indeed sincere. We're all glad to have you here.....no matter what mood you're in.
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Comment by Patricia on August 8, 2012 at 6:03pm
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Thanks Flying Atheist, so glad I found this site with a great bunch of people.
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My first funeral as an atheist
Posted by Two Cult Survivor on May 21, 2013 at 11:33am 0 Comments 0 Likes
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 7 Comments 2 Likes
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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Unbelievable!!!!!!!!
Posted by Christy Stewart on May 20, 2013 at 2:17pm 6 Comments 0 Likes
This probably should not have shocked me as much as it did (especially since I am in Texas). I actually thought my coworkers were playing a joke on me because they know I am an atheist. Sadly, this was no joke. This actually happened.
I work in a psychiatric hospital. The doctors who admit patients are general MDs. (Psychiatrists see patients after admission) Yesterday evening we received several calls from irate parents. A new doctor who was doing admissions yesterday actually…
Continue anti-atheist rant from an Orthodox Mormon part 2
Posted by Debra Stevenson on May 20, 2013 at 1:09pm 3 Comments 1 Like
What do you think of this,
Nathan Young,
No Jason Torpy it is you that should be banned for promoting atheism, a belief that has no foundation in reality and zero proof behind it. The letter was a mockery of your atheist beliefs. I request to the board here that they remove Jason for his unverifiable beliefs in atheism for which he has no proof other than his arrogance. The letter was a mockery of atheism. Atheism is stupid and it should be mocked and it…
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