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Thanks Whitney. I wasn't aware of that. Like I posted a friend sent it to me.
Just FYI, I did forward to some of the various groups I'm a member of.
I remember when these clowns crawled out of the sewers, gutters, ditches and cesspools and INFECTED…
Are any of you aware of this being on the March ballot? It was forwarded to me. Here's the message:
Proposition # 4 on the upcoming March 2, 2010 primary ballot reads as follows:
Proposition # 4 PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF GOD
The use of the word “G…
Stephen, why do you think they need to get this information?...And what are they going to do with it?
The article explained that.
Why in over 2000 of the Catholic Church, why do this?
I don't know what this sentence means.
Having been to places,…
Stephen, why do you think they need to get this information? Why in over 2000 of the Catholic Church, why do this?
And what are they going to do with it?
Having been to places, in fact in Poland itself, at the Auschwitz death camp, where people had…
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- Been an atheist since the 1st grade. Looked into religion but it wasn't me.
College educated. Traveled, but want to travel more. Had my own business with a business partner. Now going to start out on my own. I'm single but have come close to getting married twice (then I met their families..).
Like variety in life. Like a variety of food and drink, and yes, even movies and music.
The only exception to this is I don't care for country nor rap. Now there are "some" country and old rap groups I like. But I mean, just how many times can you listen to, "Bitch done took my money" and "My dawg died, the crops failed, my wife left me and my beers flat.."
Politically you can call me a Blue Dog Democrat. Now I was a Republican until 1992. But like so many other the Republican Party left me. The bible pounders took over and just ruined the damn thing. And have come close to ruining this country as well.
We'll be cleaning up after these religious yahoo’s for years to come…
I am a firm believer in the separation of Church and State. Just look at history and you'll see why. You'll also see why the Founding Father's when they created this country would not allow for an official religion.
You see, there is a whole lot of meaning behind the words in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
Remember, the Founding Fathers were victims. They were British subjects who were denied their rights.
Interesting thing, you can see how those who are not “believers” can also have their rights taken away and or denied.
Over all, it is my personal belief that no matter where you go, people are just people. They just want to go through life with the least amount of hassles and problems, with enough food to eat, a place to live, to just be safe, comfortable and warm.
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"The religious factions growing throughout our land are trying to force government leaders into following their position 100 percent. If you disagree with these religious groups they threaten you with a loss of money or votes or both. From where do they presume to dictate their moral beliefs to me? I am warning them today: I will fight them every step of the way if they try to dictate their moral convictions to all Americans in the name of Conservatism."
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BIG BROTHER or BIG PRIEST?
A couple of centuries ago, a group of people had enough of their government’s official religion so they packed up and moved. They tried one or two different places. They were ok but they just didn’t seem to fit the bill.
So they decided to move further away. In fact, they decided to put a whole ocean between… Continue
So they decided to move further away. In fact, they decided to put a whole ocean between… Continue
Posted on February 4, 2010 at 12:30am — 4 Comments
When down and out, hungry, in shock, and at a mental low point offer them a “bone.”
I’m amazed how religions offer help but use it to “convey” their message. The “Evangelicals” are off to Haiti to bring help and so on. Personally, I think that’s great. In fact, I want them to stay there and don’t come back.
Now most of the people of Haiti are Catholic. I know that just upsets th… Continue
Posted on February 1, 2010 at 4:24am —
ASK ANY RELIGIOUS LEADER AND THEY TELL YOU THE MONEY'S NOT IN THE PLATE BUT IN THE WALLET
A few years ago a friend and I were driving out in the country and found a nice little town to check out. We were just killing some time, checking out the towns history, some of the shops and it’s history. It was settled back in the 1800’s by mostly German immigrants.
Of course there were the ever present churc… Continue
Posted on January 12, 2010 at 6:41pm —
Even in prison you can't get away from them...
I’ve had a couple of friend who worked as prison guards.
Mostly they work at the “State” level but also one who works on the Federal level. Reading this news article just made me laugh.
A convicted rapist is an atheist. He's also open about it. At least the guy is straight forward about being an atheist.
You get a lot of prisoners who “find God” as a way to buy favor and make themselves look good to various groups and the parole boards.
If only my friends could sit down with the “Happy… Continue
Mostly they work at the “State” level but also one who works on the Federal level. Reading this news article just made me laugh.
A convicted rapist is an atheist. He's also open about it. At least the guy is straight forward about being an atheist.
You get a lot of prisoners who “find God” as a way to buy favor and make themselves look good to various groups and the parole boards.
If only my friends could sit down with the “Happy… Continue
Posted on January 4, 2010 at 7:47am — 4 Comments
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- At 6:23am on February 4, 2010,
Rick said…
- At 12:52pm on February 1, 2010,
dr kellie said… - Yes, howdy. It's nice to see a fellow Aggie around.
- At 4:42am on February 1, 2010,
Rick said…
- Just had to share this with you all
- At 12:26am on January 8, 2010,
Rick said…
- At 11:31pm on January 7, 2010,
Rick said…
- Growing up I knew I was "different" in the religion aspect. I opened up about being an atheist in High School once. This one guy just got so over wrought that someone could be an atheist. I mean this guy just stewed on it all day long.
There was another guy who I knew from a group I was a member of. He was also an atheist. Mostly because his parents sent him to a Catholic High School.
Can't blame him. Who could?
What got me was knowing this guy, the crowd he hung out with and how he lived his life seemed so anti "Christian" I just wanted to ask him, "How can you look down on me with how you live your life?"
I didn't. But I never was open about my atheism since then.
In college I had two fraternity brothers who were atheists. We discussed it amongst ourselves. How we became atheists and how we had to deal with it with our families.
As one of them pointed out, we couldn't actually be members of the fraternity due to it's membership "guidelines." We both doubted the frat would do anything about it. But we still weren't open about it.
Religion wasn't a factor in our frat anyway. We didn't have prayers or anything like that.
Just a bunch of good guys.
So that's why I suggested the Facebook thing. It's free and like this site, it gives you a chance to find others like ourselves.
And it also brings this site to the attention of others who don't know it exists.
- At 6:01pm on January 7, 2010,
Alex Tyler said… - You know what? You sound a lot like me and you're 100% right man, the little things in life can keep a person going strong. I added you btw, gonna see if I can link my A|N badge onto my profile tonight too. I'm pretty sure I can find some way to get it on there or at least a picture.
- At 6:55pm on January 6, 2010,
HotMess said… - Never mind, I see it right there in your profile!
- At 6:52pm on January 6, 2010,
HotMess said…
- Dumb question, I know, but that IS your fb page, right?
- At 2:35pm on January 6, 2010,
Alex Tyler said…
- Eh, I guess I'll get a Facebook for randomness. Thanks for the link bro.
- At 3:56pm on January 4, 2010,
Rick said…
- This was sent to me from another site, but you really have to see this. These people honestly believe that can do now wrong as long as they have "God" behind them..... gezzzzz
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That doesn’t just make us oddballs or eccentric in their eyes. It makes us a threat to them, to the artificial belief and authority which is the entire structure of what makes their religions work.
They are indeed frightened by us, which makes me t…
That's the best goddamned commercial I've seen in a while.
This is very funny, Rusty! Very surreal.
I used to eat a lot of free food cooked and served by the Krishnas. It sure beat anything I ever had at a Christian-sponsored soup kitchen.
I didn't watch it. I think they should scratch the game. In the past I found it fun to watch but it changed into an exhibition. Maybe they could have an all star weekend with skill tests and fan participation.
These demotivational posters are hilarious! "Creationism. Because desert goat herders living in tents 3000 years ago knew more about the cosmos and biology than mosdern day scientists" Rofl!
Raptor Jesus is my new saviour!
Free Thinker,
I'm agnostic on the whole determinism/free will problem, so I'm not going to go out of my way to argue on behalf of determinist. I will say though that it's experiments like Libet's that we'd expect to be the case if determinism is tr…
Moving and building will definitely take valuable time away from one's activities on Nexus.
Good luck! Hope it works out for you.
Her name was Sarah, and she went to church with me.
She told me she would stay a virgin until God took her on her last dying day. And that she would stay a virgin unless God wanted her for himself.
I told her she was deluded. And then proceeded to…
Or dogdamn it.
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