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Richard started the topic Quit talking, I'm trying to watch my Christian movie. in the forum Atheism, Agnosticism & Science 1 year, 9 months ago
Sometimes I get the feeling when I’m talking with devout Christians is that they are angry because I’m talking during their movie. It’s like when you might watch Star Trek and someone says when the spaceship whooshes by that since there’s no air in space it would be silent. Everybody looks at them because they are ruining the illusion. Just let …[Read more]
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Richard started the topic The problem of the origin of sin… in the forum Atheism, Agnosticism & Science 1 year, 10 months ago
One of the things that keeps liberal Christianity going is the classic struggle between good and evil. Even though there are ways of treating the bible allegorically there still is the need to rationalize Jesus dying on the cross for sins. There are a number of creative ways to describe this that are more acceptable to our modern way of t…[Read more]
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Richard started the topic How would life be different if there were no God? in the forum Personal Spirituality 1 year, 10 months ago
In David’s last letter he stated that a number of people have asked him
to assure them that there is a god because they are so terrified of the possibility that there is not.
I’m not trying to convince anybody of either view, but I have found it useful to move things from a generalized state of fear to specifics. Sometimes in naming the fear …[Read more]
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Richard started the topic Finding meaning and wonder without god in the forum Atheism, Agnosticism & Science 1 year, 11 months ago
This is a great interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson and Steven Colbert that goes for about an hour and one half. Neil shares what gives him meaning without belief in detail. He also shares how he came from the Bronx to being an astrophysicist. There is a lot of good material here and it’s presented often in a humorous wa…[Read more]
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Richard started the topic Richard: Your resident Friendly Atheist in the forum Meet & Greet 1 year, 11 months ago
As I have read the stories shared here I can’t but help resonate with the feelings many of you have described. I come from an extremely conservative Christian religious tradition and was indoctrinated into that tradition since I could remember. My wife and I were in leadership positions within that tradition and produced a large Christmas P…[Read more]
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Richard started the topic A new kind of love song in the forum Living Creatively 1 year, 11 months ago
My youngest son Keith has written a different kind of love song about true love.
You can hear and watch him play at this link….
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Richard started the topic George Carlin on the human race and meaning. in the forum Atheism, Agnosticism & Science 2 years ago
George Carlin has always defied definition. He is one of the most fearless commentators on life that I have known. This is brief segment of a longer interview. What I find refreshing is his absolute commitment to honesty. You may not agree with him, but you can’t ignore him.
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Richard started the topic Finding Meaning without a god narrative in the forum Atheism, Agnosticism & Science 2 years ago
Meaning is, I believe, something unique to the human experience. I don’t believe other living creatures on earth worry that their life is meaningful. There are ancient living cultures such as the Pirahã that are only concerned with the immediate experience of life and really have no use for the concept of meaning. So even among humans we can’t a…[Read more]
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Richard started the topic Christianity in a nutshell in the forum Atheism, Agnosticism & Science 2 years ago
Dan Barker is one of the leaders of the Freedom from Religion organization. He is a former pastor turned non-theist. He has had quite a journey and you can find a link to his longer talk if you would like to hear how he made his way through many of the issues discussed within this forum. His parable presented in this short YouTube video pr…[Read more]