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Book - The Religious Case Against Belief, James P. Carse
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Beth01 replied to Greg Lammers's discussion Columbia Atheists is now in affiliation with American Atheists in the group Columbia Atheists
"Outstanding and WELCOME!"
Beth01 commented on Greg Lammers's group Columbia Atheists
"I think I should write a note to them about SOMETHING once a week! If it is to discourage churchy religious stuff - so be it!"
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This morning I drafted this generic note to legislators, who I looked up at senate.mo.gov and emailed them all. I changed two words and emailed the governor too. We can't escape it so I tried to be positive and…"
Goz replied to Beth01's discussion Book - The Religious Case Against Belief, James P. Carse
"No,but I'm curious."
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Book - The Religious Case Against Belief, James P. Carse
I got this book, quite compelling in form, small, deep red jacket, lettered nicely. I haven't read much of it yet - this is a busy week - but it is next on my list. I will review it eventually. Has anyone read it? - Beth
Beth01 commented on Beth01's blog post A Friend's Story
"Funny one Cartoonoholic - I'll pass THAT one along! ;)"
Jeremy commented on Beth01's blog post A Friend's Story
"I'm not sure i would want to go into combat with somebody who believed in god, they have less motivation to stay alive."
Beth01 commented on Beth01's blog post A Friend's Story
"I hear you Dave - any workplace can be permeated by religious overtones to outright bullying. It's interesting that two institutions that should be most devoid of it seem to be full of it. I didn't mean that as a joke, but "full of…"
Dave Huntsman commented on Beth01's blog post A Friend's Story
"I've been in the Federal civil service for 34 years. I don't want to compare my experience with someone in the military; because the issue of 'rank' and 'orders' takes on an even more serious set of connotations for…"
Mike Gray commented on Beth01's blog post A Friend's Story
"Your friend may want to contact the MRFF if this is a continuous problem.
http://www.militaryreligiousfreedom.org/
There are people working hard on this problem."
Dre Smith commented on Beth01's blog post A Friend's Story
"And people wonder why I have never joined eventhough I've always considered it...it's a shame my tax dollars go to support this violent christian organization known as the US military."
Ray Whiting commented on Beth01's blog post A Friend's Story
"There wasn't much overt religious participation when I was in the Air Force, but in basic training, on Sundays we had a choice -- attend chapel or have a "G.I. Party", i.e., strip the floors, scrub them with brushes and re-wax them.…"
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Beth01 commented on Beth01's blog post A Friend's Story
"Thanks for the great supportive response - I will share that with my friend! She certainly will appreciate your comments."
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Posted on April 19, 2009 at 10:35am 9 Comments 0 Likes
My friend is in the military and on deployment. They had a mandatory potluck to attend (this is the army - you are not volunteered, you are "voluntold" to do things) and after arriving, she started eating because she was hungry. This encouraged the other hungry soldiers to begin. Someone of higher rank then asked her incredulously, why she was eating. She said, "I'm hungry." He then said that they hadn't said grace and asked HER to lead the prayer. She said, "No." Now if you know the military,… Continue
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