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What are your suggestions for best Free-Thinking sites? Thanks for your help!

Started Feb 19, 2012 0 Replies

What are your suggestions for best Free-Thinking sites in the following areas?I’m helping put together a little booklet for an upcoming Free-Thinking Conference in Renton, Washington, which will take…Continue

 

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What are your suggestions for best Free-Thinking sites? Thanks for your help!

What are your suggestions for best Free-Thinking sites in the following areas?I’m helping put together a little booklet for an upcoming Free-Thinking Conference in Renton, Washington, which will take place March 31 and April 1 and which will include as speakers: Anu Garg, Sean Faircloth, and Richard Dawkins, as well “Ask an Atheist” podcast and am including this on the inside back cover.The website for the upcoming conference is…See More
Feb 19, 2012
Steph S. commented on Caleb Burns's blog post How is religiously-influenced family planning working out for Sarah Palin and Rick Santorum? Not too well, I'm afraid
"So much for their idea of family planning."
Feb 19, 2012
Dorris Journeay commented on Caleb Burns's blog post How is religiously-influenced family planning working out for Sarah Palin and Rick Santorum? Not too well, I'm afraid
"Another shining example  - the infamous Duggar family with 20 kids.  The last baby was born prematurely and spent months in the hospital.  Yet I'm pretty sure that Michelle Duggar is still willing to pump out more kids...because…"
Feb 18, 2012
Sentient Biped commented on Caleb Burns's blog post How is religiously-influenced family planning working out for Sarah Palin and Rick Santorum? Not too well, I'm afraid
"Santorum - no birth control.  no abortion.  and no universal health insurance, so when you have your unplanned, possibly unwanted, ill child, you may not be able to care for them.  Evil!"
Feb 18, 2012
Brian George commented on Caleb Burns's blog post How is religiously-influenced family planning working out for Sarah Palin and Rick Santorum? Not too well, I'm afraid
"You shall reap what you sow...."
Feb 17, 2012
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How is religiously-influenced family planning working out for Sarah Palin and Rick Santorum? Not too well, I'm afraid

Both Sarah Palin and Rick Santorum have as their youngest child an infant affected by chromosomal abnormalities. Sarah's child has Trisomy 21, Down Syndrome, and Rick's youngest child has Trisomy 18. I had never heard of Trisomy 18 before but this is a very, very sad condition to have, with limited life expectancy, severe disabilities, etc. To get a clearer idea of what Trisomy 18 is, go to read the article at:…See More
Feb 17, 2012
Caleb Burns commented on Ficking Chucken's blog post The "Test"
"Well, so much of that "Thank god" stuff is a place holder and is in place of deep thought. Kind of like when people ask me what time it is, and, as I rotate my wrist to look at my watch, I say, "Right now?" And I often think to…"
Feb 17, 2012
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"Hello Caleb and welcome to this world of rationality, truth and peace. Unbiased common sense, helped by science, leads to freethinking wisdom free from primitive superstition as you know.     We invite you to make good friends by…"
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"Welcome, Caleb! Glad you could join us. :D Please consider joining a group to meet people and talk about anything that's on your mind, Hang With Friends. You might also like Psychology and Are You Experienced?. "
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How is religiously-influenced family planning working out for Sarah Palin and Rick Santorum? Not too well, I'm afraid

Posted on February 17, 2012 at 6:25pm 4 Comments

Both Sarah Palin and Rick Santorum have as their youngest child an infant affected by chromosomal abnormalities. Sarah's child has Trisomy 21, Down Syndrome, and Rick's youngest child has Trisomy 18. I had never heard of Trisomy 18 before but this is a very, very sad condition to have, with limited life expectancy, severe disabilities, etc. 

To get a clearer idea of what Trisomy 18 is, go to read the article at:…

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At 2:15am on February 17, 2012, Dr. Terence Meaden said…
Hello Caleb and welcome to this world of rationality, truth and peace.
Unbiased common sense, helped by science, leads to freethinking wisdom free from primitive superstition as you know. 
  
We invite you to make good friends by joining the busy group "ORIGINS: Universe, Astronomy, Life, Earth, Humans, Religion, Gods, Atheism, Evolution, Darwin..." with 650 discussion topics and 3200 members.
At 11:07pm on February 16, 2012, Steph S. said…

Greetings! Welcome to the site!

At 10:10pm on February 16, 2012, Ruth Anthony-Gardner said…

Welcome, Caleb! Glad you could join us. :D

Please consider joining a group to meet people and talk about anything that's on your mind, Hang With Friends. You might also like Psychology and Are You Experienced?.

 
 
 

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