Is anyone else an atheist with BC besides me?
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As was noted in another thread:
If I prayed it would be that - Trump gets hemorrhoids.
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Alice, DH was recently called a “candy ass” by religious folks on Facebook b/c he posted support for all the limitations secondary to covid19. They told him he needed to put his faith in God and trust he would be safe. He rarely gets upset about anything but this had him on a rant about how stupid Christians can be. Then our governor set limits to groups of 50 or less and all the churches had to cancel services so DH felt validated and of course had to remark about this to these folks. I told him that this crap is exactly why I am no longer on FB and that maybe he should just block these folks.
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spookiemom, hilarious!
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I am joining this thread because while I don’t want to ridicule people of faith I also don’t want to constantly be gracious about their offer of thoughts and prayers. Most people in my circle know I am an atheist - very happily so - but I come from a god bothering,happy clappy background and they just can’t resist.
My dad who is the most faithful committed Christian and wishes with all his heart that I wasn’t an atheist is one of the few who respects my need not to be prayed for. He is amazing and I love him even more for learning how to give me comfort when his default would beto pray for me.
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I am joining this thread because while I don't want to ridicule people of faith I also don't want to constantly be gracious about their offer of thoughts and prayers. Most people in my circle know I am an atheist - very happily so - but I come from a god bothering,happy clappy background and they just can't resist.
My dad who is the most faithful committed Christian and wishes with all his heart that I wasn't an atheist is one of the few who respects my need not to be prayed for. He is amazing and I love him even more for learning how to give me comfort when his default would beto pray for me.
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I think we can ridicule religion without ridiculing people who believe in it. Religion often deserves ridicule because it is so often wants to control people more than help people.
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Jacfin-- sounds like you have a great dad. Christians who "walk the walk" are rarely difficult to deal with. It's the sanctimonious HYPOCRITES who make me nuts! (My BFF is a Christian Scientist and she and I are very very close! We agree to disagree about the God part.)
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jacfin - Your dad sounds like the kind of religious person I co-exist with peacefully. I have several religious peopl in my family but thankfully, all are live-and-let-live types.
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NSFW - unless you're working from home, then go ahead.
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Excellent video Miriandra…At least creativity is alive and well.
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Really funny video. We need all the humor possible right now.
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The people easiest to dupe are those who have unquestioning faith. They are usually duped by those who say they profess the same faith. For example, Mormons are most often ripped off by other Mormons.
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Spookiesmom, love your Jim Cantori meme! Sounds about right!
Ananda, oh so perfectly true meme “Has power to end world hunger.....”!!! It is simply absolutely perfect. That “God is watching you all the time” was soooo ingrained in my Catholic schoolgirl mind, it is only in the past few years I said to myself, “Wait. No one is watching me when I am alone. What exactly does that feel like to be just with me?” I mean, INGRAINED in my head.
Jacfin, I also try to respect the faiths of others. Yet atheists/agnostics get it the way no one else does, and I need to breathe that air!
Yoga, I am more and more appalled at the total idiocy of people on FB and limit my interaction with it.
Loved your video Mirianda.
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I think all people should be respected, but ideas - not so much. Ideas should be open to challenge at all times.
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Good point, ananda.
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I'm not on FB, too much garbage to weed thru. RE: coronavirus, a group of friends were sending lullabys with words sung to them like "believe in God and it is all ok". Of course none of them understand that I can't get over a normal cold without oxygen, much less would I survive this disease. I sent my own song, Kenny Chesney's "Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to go now." None even made a comment. It doesn't slam religion, just states a truth. Each of them would take chemo drugs if they thought it would give them more days on earth. Some people just can't reconcile that death happens to each of us.0
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nopink - I am often struck by the fact that so many deeply religious people are terrified of dying. If you genuinely believed there was a heaven waiting for you, why wouldn’t you welcome it? It makes me think of the Ricky Georgia’s quote:
“It's a strange myth that atheists have nothing to live for. It's the opposite. We have nothing to die for. We have everything to live for."
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Great Kenny Chesney song to counter with, nopink!
The coronavirus looms large, but backpedaling just a bit....if I'm not mistaken, when Harvey Weinstein was convicted of felony sex crime and rape, I don't think I heard or read any of his victims who commented on his conviction——those appearing in court and those who did not—-none of them gave “glory to God" or thanked their “Lord and Savior". It was all about women's voices being heard and believed—the real deal.
Wanderweg, nice quote
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For residents of Arkansas who feel sick, there is this site for Covid-19 screening. Please share this with your friends and family in Arkansas. https://uamshealth.com/healthnow/
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So many people have been working on the problem of pandemics and yet little is know about the work they do. Here is one I found today.
endingpandemics.org
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The main city in my area is home to a “charismatic” Catholic university. That, combined with the local news station being a FOX affiliate and the local newspaper owned by the Sinclair Corporation, the majority of people here are fed religious propaganda and brainwashed daily and they don’t even realize it.
I follow a Facebook page for the city created by a woman fully entrenched in the area’s Catholic scene. Today, someone made a post basically saying perhaps the coronavirus would lead people to honor God and ask for his mercy. I replied “I don’t believe in a “loving” God that would destroy lives and livelihoods so people would ask for mercy. It sounds satanic to me.”
The post is no longer up on the FB page.
But I’ve had enough of the “god is doing this for a reason”. Oh my, why would I want to believe in that kind of god?
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God is known as angry, furious and vengeful. Doesn't that sound like an abusive person? Sorry, do not want such a being in my life. Like other abusive patterns there is a streak of kindness, asking for forgiveness so that again, they can vent their fury because they love you. Look at literature on abuse and this same pattern of violence and kindness is repeated again and again.
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For those of you who have read Richard Dawkins, which book is your favorite and where should I start? I ordered The God Delusion, but I can start somewhere else if that's better. I've always been an athiest, and my argument has always been basically, "Because it's stupid." I am looking to improve that argument and (maybe) my attitude, lol.
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They keep saying the US wasn't prepared. Actually there was a run thru of what a pandemic would look like in 2019. They predicted pretty much what is happening right now plus worse. The powers didn't listen to a word and disbanded the group. There was also a run thru under Obama. So I don't think anyone in power can say they didn't know what could happen. They just didn't want to spend the money to prepare.
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I've gotten several petitions from various groups rejecting bailouts for various industries and instead asking to funnel those monies directly to the workers who have been impacted by losses of jobs and working hours.
I've been adding my own comments along the lines of: if an industry is so strapped for funds, they can look to redirecting their budgets for lobbyists towards their business. Or they can reduce the bloated salaries and benefits packages of their upper executives. They have plenty of money - they just don't want to spend it on direct business expenses and front-line employees.
Also, playing the stock market is a gamble. There is no guarantee of a profit from stocks, and we as taxpayers should not be obligated to pay to ensure the gains of brokers, day traders, and speculators.
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