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

Started by Steph S.. Last reply by Lillie on Sunday. 8 Replies

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

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

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

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

Aldrich Lloyd Talonding is going to take the world by storm. What do you think? He's singing Dance With My Father Again. Continue

Tags: Aldrich Lloyd Talonding, child singing sensation

Carved shell jewelry

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Ruth Anthony-Gardner May 13. 3 Replies

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 Napoleon Bonaparte on February 14, 2013 at 6:39am
Comment by Tony Carroll on February 14, 2013 at 5:30am

Happy Valentines to one and all!

Comment by Lillie on February 13, 2013 at 8:55pm

I like Michael Shermer's idea.  Thanks Patricia.

Comment by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on February 13, 2013 at 7:54pm

Apropos of nothing.

Comment by John Lynch on February 13, 2013 at 2:28pm

Maybe some time in the future the Catholic church will self destruct but they are experts at distraction. Catholics hold on to religion like all of them. Good old fear. Younger generations may wise up but in the US where science is being stifled has a long way to go. 

Comment by Patricia on February 13, 2013 at 1:38pm

An idea:

Don't replace the Pope. End Catholicism. Close the Vatican. Sell all that art & give the money to all

those pederasts' rape victims................

Michael Shermer.

Comment by Grinning Cat on February 13, 2013 at 1:22pm

That is a good message, Melinda; quite a few accepting churches would agree. (People who are against equal marriage tend to think "religious freedom" only goes their way.)

Loren showed us a do-it-yourself church sign site which "will take any text you want, blasphemous or not, and create a believable looking church sign for it!" (It's based on photos of real signs.)

Ethical Culture folks might agree with this thought:

Comment by booklover on February 13, 2013 at 9:12am

Love the Koala Steph!  Here is a church sign that is better than most.  Still has gawd talking, but the message is good.~ Melinda

Comment by Steph S. on February 13, 2013 at 5:50am

That's really cool Ruth!

Good morning everyone!

Comment by booklover on February 12, 2013 at 4:04pm
Really cool picture Ruth! Happy Darwin Day!!!
 

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Pope's 'exorcism' caught on film video

Posted by Debra Stevenson on May 21, 2013 at 2:37pm 0 Comments

There is a video of the Pope's 'exorcism' caught on film.  The man isn't demon possessed, there are likely no 'real' demons.  He's just delusional and doesn't want to accept personal responsiblity for his own behavior for his own dysfunctional life.

 

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Do you support 'traditional' marriage, vot now ad

Posted by Debra Stevenson on May 21, 2013 at 2:28pm 2 Comments

There is an ad that reads ' Do you support 'traditional' marriage? Vote Now"!  .

 

 

No, I don't support 'traditional' marriage because there is no such thing. I support heterosexual and same-sex couples marry each other legally , yes.  'Traditional' marriage promoters largely do not believe that heterosexual women are co-equal to their husbands.  Their only purpose in 'traditional' marriage is to sexually satisfy their husbands if they can and raise children and do all…

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War on Christmas in May

Posted by matthew greenberg on May 21, 2013 at 12:18pm 6 Comments

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/texas-merry-christmas-bill_n_3312786.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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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