Is anyone else an atheist with BC besides me?
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Wrenn, That's who the white people are. After all, if you're not from an Indigenous tribe, you were an immigrant at some point in the past or descended from people who were. I know the Irish and Italians were looked down on when they first arrived. I don't know why difference is so frightening to some people. I would starve if it weren't for ethnic restaurants run by people who are immigrants.
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actually there were no indigenous Americans every group came from somewhere else.
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I guess that means we are all African Americans.
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Happy Easter
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did you find this little one in your back yard?0 -
yes. ..the coyotes haven't found him yet
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i hope he finds a good hidey-hole.0 -
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Does anyone else have this thread showing that there is a new posting but there isn't? Although now there might be.
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Well there is now.0 -
yes
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It looks as though the thread has gone quiet. I did run across a private group on Facebook that was interesting in a really crazy way. It's called Christians against Dinosaurs. Yes they are serious. Evidently some of them believe the bones of dinosaurs were put in the ground by Satan to ruin the faith in the bible by Christians. Others believe that the bones are plastic casts made by godless scientists to corrupt the faith of Christians. Of course this resulted in another private group being established called Dinosaurs against Christians who are against Dinosaurs. This second group is full of bad jokes and silliness (and occasional obscenities from biker groups).The world is just getting crazier all the time.
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when we lived in Spain, the kids played Christians and Moors like we played cowboys and indians
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Thank you all so much for starting this topic! I was beginning to think that I was the only Atheist who has cancer!. I am sick of all the religious aspects of cancer treatment. Most of my colleagues, family and so-called friends are "praying for me", adding me to their "prayer chains" and (my favorite) "putting in a good word with the man upstairs". But, perhaps not surprisingly, not one of them has visited, brought flowers, food, offered to help in any way. Maybe they just sent their invisible friend instead.
My medical records have to be corrected to Atheist every time I am asked. It doesn't seem to stick when I ask for it to be corrected. Atheism is not the same thing as no religion.The hospital chaplains seem to think that "No Religion" translates to "convince me". I was considering changing it to Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, but it would take too long to explain to the poor medical staff.
Being Stage 4, I am well aware that I will have to plan my funeral at some stage (hopefully not for a fair while yet) but I am adamant that there will be NO religion involved. Thankfully my husband shares my religious views, but his family are Catholic, so it could be rather awkward. On the other hand, I will have ceased to exist by then, so it won't matter. to me.
At least here in New Zealand there is pretty good tolerance for religion or the lack thereof - but I suspect most of that is sheer apathy. When I see the horrors perpetrated in the name of religion all around the world, I am quite happy to stay here.
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suems,Welcome. We are a rather slow moving board so don't think that we don't care. I live in a very religious part of America which as you know is a pretty religious country. I just keep my head down and let people pray or rather say that they will pray for me. Praying won't help me, but it might help them in some way.
Lot's happening in cancer treatment. I am optimistic that more effective treatments will be available in the next several years.
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Suems: Welcome! Have you considered putting Pagan on your records? Just wondering if it would stick, and what the chaplain would think when he sees that? **chaplain envisioning naked dancing in the woods** heeeheeeheeee.I hope you do not have to plan your funeral for a very long time, but I do believe that you can just plan it the way you want. Pick the music,,, plan who is to speak,, if anyone. I want to be buried in a way that will replenish the planet in some way. I have heard that they can add your ashes to a coral reef, or to a young tree about to be planted. That sounds good to me, rather than being in a cemetery.
I get a lot of the "i'm praying for you too" type of thing. The Southern part of the U.S. is full of Holy Rollers who feel everyone needs to be "saved", or "born again",,, "Have you meet Jesus?". etc etc. It's annoying.
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Yeah, you could say Pagan, or Wiccan. Might still get some "I'll pray for you" comments though.
Several years ago, seems like I heard of a place in your area Glennie where your ashes could just be scattered. A big field, blowing in the wind type thing.
DH wants his to go back north. I don't. I have 2 of my dogs ashes, and I'd like them to be with me.
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I can be buried in a shroud in my back yard and fertilize one of the large trees on the property. I'm thinking about leaving an instruction to that affect.0 -
I just put in non-theist
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Hi all! I am Pagan and it is listed as such on my records. I continued to get chaplain visits when I was hospitalized until I demanded no more visits unless they were from a Pagan. Problem solved, never saw anyone again! -Moni
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When I was in the hospital, a preacher came into my room. It was hospital policy that if the patient didn't start the conversation, the preacher couldn't so he left after a minute or so. It was a VA hospital. I don't know the policy of our private hospital. I think I had Buddhist on my paperwork. Buddhism is one of the three religions without a creator god. I just studied it as a philosophy though.0 -
i think Buddhism is a good choice if you have to put something done.0 -
Now I will just put down atheist. If preachers want to talk and are polite, I'll listen. What will it hurt? There are quite a few who are atheists but can't quit being preachers because they have no other job skills. Sort of sad really.http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/26/magazine/from-bible-belt-pastor-to-atheist-leader.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/04/ryan-bell-atheist_n_6397336.html
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I have lost patience with people who tell me that god will take care of me. I tell them that if he really wanted to take care of me he wouldn't have allowed me to get cancer in the first place. They have no idea how to counter that statement. I follow that up with "More importantly, why does he allow all the awful things that are happening in the world to happen?" End of conversation.
Then, I feel guilty. Not for being rude so much as for expressing what I feel. I guess it's my deep and lingering Catholic guilt.
I did just make a donation to Freedom From Religion after seeing a great ad for it on TV. It was the first one I had ever seen and I thought it was so brave of them to be running it.
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Hello everyone,
I was surprised to see this Forum. There are really very few people who are willing to come right out and say they are non-believers. Have any of you read The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins? It's hilarious. I had to check out the Christians Against Dinosaurs. I didn't get that far - the Google images page left me in stitches. Thanks for the fun this morning, sisters; hope you all have a great day.
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"More importantly, why does he allow all the awful things that are happening in the world to happen?"When I use that line, I get "well, it's a mystery to us. We just can't understand it. Only God can understand it now, and we will know when we get to heaven."
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I remember sitting in Sunday school and having the teacher say Pagans think that trees have spirits. I thought, of course they do, so I must be a Pagan. My records say Buddhist. They don't go around bothering people so I don't think they would ever just show up. DS is a minister in the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. I loved it when a woman in Oklahoma talked the driver's license people into letting her picture be taken with a colander on her head.
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What happened to all the posts on this thread? I can't see any.0
