Posted on January 6, 2011 at 4:00pm 7 Comments 2 Likes
Gwaithmir said… Hello!
Thanks for joining Lord of the Rings Atheists. I live in Chester, Mass., so we're practically neighbors. I would appreciate your correspondence. Middle Earth forever!
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Martial Epicurus said… I'm not nearly as avid about astronomy as I'd like to be. It's a field that I wish I had become immersed in many years ago. Little by little I'm learning about the universe and our connection to it. It's so much more beautiful, complicated, and grand than I could have ever imagined. Like your profile says, truth is stranger than fiction. :)
Martial Epicurus said… I stumbled upon a pair of binoculars just the other day so if it's not too cloudy tonight, I will be skywatching aka getting my Carl Sagan on. I've never seen Jupiter and didn't even know that it was visible to the naked eye. I've been planning a trip to meet with the local Astronomy society but local is a pretty far trip. I'm guessing they try to pick the best spots for observing. Thanks again for another great suggestion. I love meeting so many people with esoteric hobbies.
Martial Epicurus said… lol I was a little worried that the quiz would be a challenge. I got 9 out of 10!!! I wish I had the same luck with skywatching. Very cloudy here tonight. Getting rid of some of the light pollution would help too.
I am going to check around for the programs you and Matt mentioned. Or insomnia will kick in and I will watch it in the next few minutes. I wasn't even aware that the Space Station was visible O.O Mindblower. You seem to be pretty deep in Astronomy. How long have you been stargazing? As always thanks for the info, esp. since space is on my Jeopardy study list.
Martial Epicurus said… Those pictures are incredible right! They're even more amazing to me since I only learned about the 8 (9 back in my day!) planets and our sun. Even that "learning" just consisted of the usual My Very Educated Mother... mnemonic. Dropping religion left me with a void. To think you know the origin of the universe and find out you couldn't be more wrong is pretty humbling, lol. Now I'm just soaking up all of the truth I ignored before.
I see you're from Salem. All I know of the place is a small bit of the witch trials. Is it still very steeped in religion?

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Posted by Debra Stevenson on May 21, 2013 at 2:37pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
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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Posted by Debra Stevenson on May 21, 2013 at 2:28pm 1 Comment 1 Like
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…
ContinuePosted by matthew greenberg on May 21, 2013 at 12:18pm 5 Comments 0 Likes
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…
ContinuePosted by Two Cult Survivor on May 21, 2013 at 11:30am 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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