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the kirk and the scottish clearances versus no irish clearances
Started this discussion. Last reply by Paul Mc Nulty May 12. 2 Replies 0 Likes
If anyone up on history please tell me more on this. I was reading accounts of the clearances at beginning of 19th century. Money hungry scottish landowners agrreed to sell their land to the english…Continue
is ask.com censored?
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I was browsing and even posted a reply on question catogory for religion/ philosophy then I noticed a box on the top of the page which said content filtering had been enabled to avoid offensives…Continue
putting a diagnosis on the table for a change
Started this discussion. Last reply by Mike Hungerford Nov 18, 2012. 1 Reply 0 Likes
There seems to be a re-occuring 10% number as the % of people who grab what they can for themselves with no interest in the long term consequences and they are as tough as bed-bugs to eradicate.…Continue
Know any funny satire books films ?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Secular Forces 2013 Oct 15, 2012. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Check out I Lucifer by Glen Duncan. - clever somewhat ribald satireContinue
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Lex Allen replied to michele ricketts's discussion EU conspiricy theory on immigration to Uk and elsewhere in the group European Atheists
Paul Mc Nulty replied to michele ricketts's discussion the kirk and the scottish clearances versus no irish clearances
"They dont call us the fighting Irish for nothing..."
michele ricketts replied to michele ricketts's discussion dying is ultimately lonesome and an unatheist confession meanwhile..... in the group Loners and Introverts
"Nah-people dont linger but i was filling them in from the subliminal like dreams can offer a solution to a current problem out in life..,.so death can prompt adding people up one last time because they died."
michele ricketts replied to Anthony Jordan's discussion Life After Death
"Cant say i really missed or emotionally lost by their death for these fade out experiences to manifest. Do take your point that death triggers something in me that is putting thier pieces together in a subliminal way. Like when we dream, remember…"
michele ricketts replied to Anthony Jordan's discussion Life After Death
"Jung. All that tunnelling in the dark.on his own. Seems to me he needed a lantern like his Belief.Helped him keep his sanity.? I get your point. Jung interests and facinates me But..... In the same wa Sun Ra , an esteemed jazz pioneer was reading…"
michele ricketts replied to Anthony Jordan's discussion Life After Death
"I call spiritualism evaporation. And I cant stand that idea that meditation is suppose to "empty the mind". Wot? All that effort to turn into a plant? Bhuddists holy men -they have their politics too and they want to stay afloat as…"
michele ricketts replied to Anthony Jordan's discussion Life After Death
"Reincarnation is rubbish. I'm not a bhuddist. I dont believe in being obsequious in the presence of anyone. My take is these monks or meditators have a public image to uphold. Away from public eyes I dont think they are worshipping God or Gods,…"
michele ricketts replied to Anthony Jordan's discussion Religion Motivated Boston Marathon Bombers
"Sorry. Looks like the family are from Dagestan the next country over in the Causcus mountains. It is probably true as poor and tribal as Chechyna."
michele ricketts replied to Anthony Jordan's discussion Life After Death
"You are mixing up up new age with meditation. When people are good at meditative mind they develop strong astral body and have for thousands of years. New age is a flakey adoption of Indian God non-sense. It still doesnt stop these meditators from…"
michele ricketts replied to Anthony Jordan's discussion Life After Death
"I didnt mean immortality but a fade out after death about a week after. Mostly there is consciousness in everyway tied into the physical body. But there is an aspect of a person's consciousness that is not wholly dependent on the physical.…"
michele ricketts replied to michele ricketts's discussion The Corporation with Ethos-a time for change films to see in the group CONSUMER ETHICS
"PBS had a great documentary called the drug wars a couple of weeks back. Did you watch it too? What you dont mention is a very high% of this prison population is black. They are born into the ghetto conditioned to drugs and yet it has become too…"
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The Corporation with Ethos-a time for change films to see
Ethos is by Woody Harralson.Both are on netfix if you don't want to purchase them. A big factor still undealt with is the unlegislated power of corporations-discussed both in The Corporation and Ethos. Regarding consumer ethics Ethos proposes we can limit their power over us by how we buy. Its a new meaning on democracy since they would not be able to switch gears fast enough to keep up with their dependency on how we spend......in fact. Then loss of profits forces them to cut their cloth to…See More
michele ricketts replied to Anthony Jordan's discussion Life After Death
"My opnion is not written in concrete as conclusive. I dont believe science is conclusive either as its an on going process. There is a loose end was my point."
michele ricketts replied to Anthony Jordan's discussion Religion Motivated Boston Marathon Bombers
"The brothers may be muslim but they were Chechens. They say they were affiliated a muslim extremist sect but were acting independently. This adds up as Chechens from what I've read about Chechens, who have a cultural disposition to the us and…"
michele ricketts replied to Hiram's discussion Got Kicked out of Arabia for being too fine, now he's got a global modeling career
"The word they wont use is sexy so they call it "too hansome". How messed up is that? Maybe it refers to a western type of sexiness that the guy has picked up on and hence his modelling career after deported. It is not a middle-eastern sexy…"
michele ricketts replied to Anthony Jordan's discussion Life After Death
"I dont buy into atheism as hard-nosed linear left brain rationality. Obviously there is an incredulous amount of irrationality about theism or its agnostic"possabilities". But I dont see why thinking things that are not provable is always…"
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- At 11:05am on October 25, 2012,
Joan Denoo said… Michele Ricketts, I look forward to reading more of your comments; you clearly are in touch with modern events and growing problems. Exploring for better options interests me. I very much like ideas. Thanks for inviting me to be a friend.
- At 11:39am on September 21, 2012,
Steph S. said… Hey Michele!
I wanted to thank you for your wonderful comments to my discussions!
I am glad you are on the site.
I hope you are enjoying it here.
Have a great day!
- At 11:14am on September 21, 2012, Steph S. said…
Thanks for joining my group! So glad to have you!
- At 1:46pm on June 10, 2012,
Brent Feeney said… Welcome aboard! =) Hope all is going well with you today...
- At 12:00pm on June 10, 2012, Steph S. said…
Greetings! Welcome to the site!
- At 6:39am on June 10, 2012,
Dr. Terence Meaden said… Hello Michele
Welcome to this world of rationality, truth and peace, where common sense and science lead to freethinking wisdom --- as you know as an atheist and true freethinker.
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