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Atheists for Adoption

Started this discussion. Last reply by Secular Forces 2013 Dec 10, 2011. 4 Replies

I received a email with a link this morning with an interesting topic.  The article titled "ADOPT AND…Continue

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Dennis M. Dutton replied to John Spruell's discussion Athiest Literature in the group Military Atheists (MAAF Official)
"I haven't found any specific atheist literature BUT I did find a young children's book on evolution at the Ft Benning PX. To be honest, the book section is not a frequent stop for me at the PX becaues you also find an extreme conservative…"
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Steph S. left a comment for John Spruell
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Pat replied to John Spruell's discussion Atheists for Adoption
"What the heck.  I'd be willing to be adopted by a 30 year old Christian millionaire sex starved model, who owns a bar on a golf course, insists that I hunt and fish all the time, is a gourmet chef, and lets me dominate the TV's remote…"
Dec 9, 2011
John Spruell replied to John Spruell's discussion Atheists for Adoption
"Not likely.  You would probably end up with a religious pamplet, bible, or WWJD bracelet.  I do wonder if the adoption process backfires any on them.  You know, some poor Christian adopts an Atheist, but after repeated back and…"
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Peggy Henderson replied to John Spruell's discussion Athiest Literature in the group Military Atheists (MAAF Official)
"I'd hatched up the notion of asking for The Magic of Reality  Richard Dawkins science book for kids.   Kind of innocuous sounding until you read it. . . just to see if they'll agree to get it?  I'll let you know…"
Dec 9, 2011
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Atheists for Adoption

I received a email with a link this morning with an interesting topic.  The article titled "ADOPT AND ATHEIST" CAMPAIGN BEGINS was released by the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights.  In the article, the Catholic League president Bill Donohue talks about the new initiative to quote "We want atheists to realize that there may be Christians in their community, even if those Christians don't…See More
Dec 9, 2011
John Spruell replied to John Spruell's discussion Athiest Literature in the group Military Atheists (MAAF Official)
"I spoke with Mr. Torpy on the phone the yesterday and had a small discussion about seeing what's on the shelves at the various exchanges and asking the workers work there if they had any Atheist/Humanist literature.  It basically comes…"
Dec 9, 2011
Peggy Henderson replied to John Spruell's discussion Athiest Literature in the group Military Atheists (MAAF Official)
"You know, I noticed the same thing. . .I haven't stopped by the book section in the Ft Wood exchange since I got my kindle, but before that I had the same experience.    As I recall from my active duty days  the AFES…"
Dec 9, 2011
John Spruell added a discussion to the group Military Atheists (MAAF Official)
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Athiest Literature

I am a Staff Sergeant in the Army currently stationed at Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri.  During lunch today, I went into the Post Exchange (PX) on base to browse the usual items (movies, music, magazines, etc...).  As I passed by the book section, a thought popped into my head wondering if maybe they had any literature on Atheism.  I figured there might be a book or two seeing as some of them have been on best seller lists.  I started looking up and down each row of shelves and saw the usual…See More
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At 12:16am on December 10, 2011, Steph S. said…
Greetings! Welcome to the site!
At 5:47pm on December 5, 2011, Ruth Anthony-Gardner said…

Welcome, John! 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.

At 3:01pm on December 5, 2011, Dr. Terence Meaden said…

Hi John and welcome to this wonderful world of atheist truth and peace.

We invite you to make good friends by joining the busy group "ORIGINS: Universe, Astronomy, Life, Earth, Humans, Religion, Gods, Atheism, Evolution, Darwin..." with 580 discussion topics and over 3000 members.
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