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Is anyone else an atheist with BC besides me?

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  • tb90
    tb90 Member Posts: 299
    edited September 2021

    I really hope you return to your witty and entertaining selves as I love reading this thread. I come here for a smile. I don’t contribute because I cannot possibly keep up with the wisdom and knowledge.

  • illimae
    illimae Member Posts: 5,747
    edited September 2021

    Elderberry, don’t forget that birds aren’t real either. I think some claiming birds are drone spy devices or something like that, geez.

  • mochipie
    mochipie Member Posts: 45
    edited September 2021

    My mom thought ATM cards were the mark of the beast when they first arrived on the scene. They're looking for anything to validate the sky fairy.

  • mochipie
    mochipie Member Posts: 45
    edited September 2021

    Archie McPhee has these on sale, for anyone interested. Smile

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  • everymoment
    everymoment Member Posts: 6,656
    edited September 2021

    Slipping that atheist ornament on the family tree could be fun.

  • divinemrsm
    divinemrsm Member Posts: 6,621
    edited September 2021

    Something about that punctuation mark on the ornament: Period. Full stop. End of sentence (and apparently discussion!)

    Cracks me up.

  • elderberry
    elderberry Member Posts: 1,068
    edited September 2021

    illimae: the bird drone thing is a new one one me. Now I am going to worry about the crow who comes to visit me every day. He/she sits on the railing and looks into the kitchen. If I don't come out quickly enough, the crow comes on to the window sill and taps on the glass. OMG -- I thought it just liked me for the treats I give it but - oh no ..no no no...it is spying on me.

  • alicebastable
    alicebastable Member Posts: 1,962
    edited September 2021

    Elderberry, maybe the crow is warning you and offering protection. I finally like wild birds up close again. Many years ago, I was renting the third floor of my sister's house that she and her husband were rehabbing. The old windows hadn't been worked on yet. One night when I was sleeping, one of the windows on my floor fell out completely. I didn't hear it, but awoke to two birds tangled up in my hair and wildly flapping their wings. My screaming must have raised the entire neighborhood. 😳😱😵

    Oh, here's a shirt I came across that some of you might like. No birds, just attitude.

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  • melbo
    melbo Member Posts: 266
    edited September 2021

    Illimae— I love my frenchies, although I also have guilt about them since they are so overbred. I got the obnoxious one as a puppy from a breeder when I needed a distraction to stop doom scrolling after the 2016 election. The other one came to us from a friend, so we sort of rescued her. :)

    I think I need that atheist Christmas ornament!

  • miriandra
    miriandra Member Posts: 2,240
    edited September 2021

    Hmm, I think I found my DH's X-mas gift this year. xD

    Here's where the bird spycam meme came from. Even though it's a satirical site, the author stays "in character" during interviews.

    Pigeons Aren't Real: The Truth About Government Surveillance Drones

  • alicebastable
    alicebastable Member Posts: 1,962
    edited September 2021

    Ooh, the pigeons! That's the fastest I've ever bookmarked a page! There used to be a hilarious cartoon pigeon cam online, but I think it died with Flash.

  • elderberry
    elderberry Member Posts: 1,068
    edited September 2021

    Alice: There are a few other crows attached to the one who knocks on the window. They are a family or part of a clan who hang around. Every year we get a fledgling with its parent coming to The House Of Good Eats. They don't say "caw caw" - it is more "maw maw" with the inside of their mouths still pink and feathers that are all a mess. Crows are so maligned.

  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0
    edited September 2021

    Alice, I love that t shirt! My son prints all kinds of fabrics at his work. Wonder if I can get him to print one.


  • alicebastable
    alicebastable Member Posts: 1,962
    edited September 2021

    Elderberry, I rather like crows. They're clever. Yes to Corvid, no to Covid!

  • illimae
    illimae Member Posts: 5,747
    edited September 2021

    Melbo, I agree and I am guilty of not preventing an accidental breeding between our English and our Frenchie. The result was 4 amazing little ones, who lived long (10-14 yrs), happy lives but in the future we will adopt local muts.

    Here’s a message from God, lol

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  • alicebastable
    alicebastable Member Posts: 1,962
    edited September 2021

    Illimae, I love that!

  • betrayal
    betrayal Member Posts: 3,783
    edited September 2021

    Alice: Your bird story takes the prize for today. I know it was not funny at the time but can you laugh about it now? It's priceless.

  • alicebastable
    alicebastable Member Posts: 1,962
    edited September 2021

    Betrayal, given time, I can laugh about nearly ANYTHING, much to the dismay of my more sensitive loved ones.

  • betrayal
    betrayal Member Posts: 3,783
    edited September 2021

    Alice, you have a gift for making others laugh as well. Thank you for sharing.

  • alicebastable
    alicebastable Member Posts: 1,962
    edited September 2021

    Betrayal, Aw, thanks.

  • everymoment
    everymoment Member Posts: 6,656
    edited September 2021

    It is August and still a neighbor displays the bumper sign "keep christ in christmas" I guess they know that if you take christ out of Christmas, you are left with 'mas' meaning more in Spanish. So getting rid of Christ leaves one with more and they must want less.

  • trishyla
    trishyla Member Posts: 698
    edited September 2021

    I like the way you think, magiclight.

  • elderberry
    elderberry Member Posts: 1,068
    edited September 2021

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  • everymoment
    everymoment Member Posts: 6,656
    edited September 2021

    Clear and explicit venn diagramThumbsUp

  • alicebastable
    alicebastable Member Posts: 1,962
    edited September 2021

    Very clear and very frightening.

    On a lighter note...

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  • blue22
    blue22 Member Posts: 172
    edited September 2021

    Shouldn't that be a book of mormon, and they should be wearing name tags?

    When the mormons wouldn't leave me alone a friend recommend I invite them in for a beer.

  • blue22
    blue22 Member Posts: 172
    edited September 2021

    I find it very refreshing to have conversations with my religious friends/family that are vaccinated and don't have crazy ideas about the origins of coronavirus. But then my mother starts talking about the end of the world coming....Devil

  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0
    edited September 2021

    Blue22 My MIL use to cry about the end until it didn't happen. Now she just doesn't like what's going on in the world today. Well guess what? Most people don't. As long as there are people there will be sickness, wars and just plain old fighting. Seems like people are the problem on Earth. I kinda have to laugh about ppl going to space...like that's going to be any better? Anyone remember the Twilight Zone episode where these guys steal a ton of gold and then wake up 100 yrs later and find it's worthless? We don't need the devil... we are own worse enemy.

  • saltmarsh
    saltmarsh Member Posts: 192
    edited September 2021

    I have to say, after years of dodging and hiding behind my couch when JWs or Mormons came to my door, there finally came a day when I threw it open, so glad to see them! It's when my son was a baby and I was home, alone, all the time. He was medically complicated and I couldn't take him anywhere and so I was stuck in my apartment for months and desperate for interaction with the outside world. So, when the JWs started making the rounds in my neighborhood, I decided to invite them in and have a chat. I love talking about religion and decided, what the heck?

    When they came to my door, it was two women (there were two guys creepily waiting for them in a car with tinted windows), and I invited them in, and they shared their literature with me and promised to come back the following week, on Tuesday. I was so excited! Tuesday they no-showed, but Thursday one of the women showed up with a new woman with her. I had looked over their stuff and I had questions prepared, but perhaps some of my questions were too pointed? Or hard to answer? So they asked if one of the men could. come in. I said yes, but he really didn't like me asking why they had a pamphlet with a picture of apex predators near farm animals and small children, and how that relationship was supposed to work out. He also seemed not to appreciate that I wanted to hear what the women had to say. They left promising to come back, but never did. Ah, well!

  • elderberry
    elderberry Member Posts: 1,068
    edited September 2021

    I think the End Timers must be beside themselves with joy. We've got wars, famine, floods, fires and pestilence. Can the Rapture be not too far away?