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Do people who hate religion do it because of their Atheism or Agnosticism or because of their ...

nicknotes comments on Dec 2, 2019:

What bothers me is that I pay more in property taxes because of all the churches in my town that don't pay any taxes.

Canadian Family Kept Dead Father’s Corpse in Bedroom for Six Months in Hopes God Would Resurrect ...

nicknotes comments on Dec 2, 2019:

I suppose after 6 months they could no longer stand the smell of rotting flesh.

I came across something regarding the Westboro Baptist Church.

nicknotes comments on Dec 2, 2019:

An interesting assortment of paranoia

Kanye says he may legally change his name to 'Christian Genius Billionaire Kanye West'

nicknotes comments on Dec 2, 2019:

He will be labeling himself as "MORON'

My sister-in-law works at the same conservative fast food place as I.

nicknotes comments on Dec 2, 2019:

Many jobs require a specific uniform....live with it.

Fixing the gargoyle on your screen

nicknotes comments on Dec 2, 2019:

You appear to be a "pro" at video meets.....great advice..

I've heard many times from older men, "I wish I knew 20 years ago what I know now" and as an older ...

nicknotes comments on Nov 27, 2019:

Younger people are so busy they don't have time to learn from older adults whom they don't trust.

Are Believers Better Citizens?

nicknotes comments on Nov 24, 2019:

Believers are just bigger hypocrites.

Do you agnostics decorate for Christmas?

nicknotes comments on Nov 24, 2019:

Put up the Festivus pole. You know...Festivus for the rest of us......who don't celebrate Christmas.

A neighbour invited me for a walk in the woods that turned into a hike and wading in the swamp for ...

nicknotes comments on Nov 24, 2019:

Fabulous photography....

I got a job, one Summer, working for a certain manufacturer that makes ATMs and voting machines.

nicknotes comments on Nov 23, 2019:

I'm glad you survived the terrible experience.

Franklin Graham Promises Christians Chick-fil-A Will Keep Hating The Gays | Michael Stone

nicknotes comments on Nov 22, 2019:

I've never eaten in a chick-fil-a And I never will.

This morning, we had an agency-wide managers’ meeting, offsite.

nicknotes comments on Nov 22, 2019:

It is a shame that we have to cope with Christian's silly prayer antics.

Great question from another site, Jesus was a carpenter what did he build ?

nicknotes comments on Nov 22, 2019:

I heard he was collecting "disability."

How do you sort what you really need?

nicknotes comments on Nov 22, 2019:

I think I would like a woman.

Isn't it interesting that there are so many Christian songs about being in the Lord's army?

nicknotes comments on Nov 19, 2019:

Didn't you hear about the war in Heaven?

[tabletmag.com] Los Angeles ups its bagel game. Better bagels?

nicknotes comments on Nov 19, 2019:

I've been eating bagels for about 75 years. I have discovered a bagel shop in St John's County Florida that is the best I've ever eaten.

Anyone think we need a church of Atheism/Agnosticism in Saint Louis?

nicknotes comments on Nov 17, 2019:

What do you suppose Atheists and Agnostics would actually do when they went to this Church?

What if God is the wrong thing to call something?

nicknotes comments on Nov 17, 2019:

What if there really is a God and he loves Atheists who are smart enough to know that all the religions of the world are BS.

HOW CAN WE PUT A MORE POSITIVE SPIN ON OUR BRANDING??

nicknotes comments on Nov 17, 2019:

We save you money.....you don't have to put money in the basket.

Religion or Culture or Both

nicknotes comments on Nov 17, 2019:

Let's get rid of Christmas and substitute "Bill of Rights Appreciation Day."

I serve people and during the holidays I always say happy holidays but yet some people get very ...

nicknotes comments on Nov 16, 2019:

I always say..."Enjoy Your holiday"

I feel similarly. I find it to be a comforting thought.

nicknotes comments on Nov 16, 2019:

It is comforting to think there is a life after death....but for sure there is nothing after death. 5 For the living know they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for their memory is forgotten. 6 Indeed their love, their hate and their zeal have already perished, and they will no longer have a share in all that is done under the sun. [Eccl chapter 9]

A recent poster suggested that the Roman Catholic church in Europe changed society dramatically and ...

nicknotes comments on Nov 14, 2019:

http://alamoministries.com/content/english/Antichrist/nazigallery/photogallery.html Catholic pals.....

Ohio Law Would Allow Students To Give Wrong Answers Because Of Religious Belief | Michael Stone

nicknotes comments on Nov 14, 2019:

These idiots are going too far.

The national debt jumped to $800B in October.

nicknotes comments on Nov 14, 2019:

That is a terrific analysis of the debt situation.

As we attempt to shift our culture from superstition based to one based on science and the reality ...

nicknotes comments on Nov 11, 2019:

Turn all the Churches into Community Centers.

Medical study proves validity of speaking in tongues - The Christian Post

nicknotes comments on Nov 11, 2019:

One individual’s ecstatic speech was tape recorded and played back separately to many individuals who believed that they had the gift of interpreting tongues. Their interpretations were quite inconsistent. How could speaking in tongues be a real literal glossa, or language, if the interpretations of that very same language are contradictory? Jeff Wehr, “Speaking in Tongues,” Our Firm Foundation, Vol. 11, #11, 1996-NOV-11,

Can anyone with theology knowledge (or knows someone with) explain this?

nicknotes comments on Nov 11, 2019:

Can We Have Confidence In the Gospels When They Contain Ridiculous Stories? One of the most ridiculous Christmas stories is found at Luke Chapter 2. 1And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. 3And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. In order to understand the scope of this ridiculous decree, we need to know that the word translated "world" , as in "all the WORLD should be taxed." is the exact same word translated "world" in the following verse; """And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the WORLD for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.""" So you can see that according to Luke, everyone in the world, or at least everyone in the Roman Empire, was to obey the decree of Caesar Augustus, and return to the city of his birth in order to be taxed. Think about how crazy this would be. Millions of people would be traveling many miles, perhaps some traveling hundreds or even a thousand miles, to get "home" during the month of December, the month with the fewest hours of daylight and cold weather. Then after registering for the tax, they would have to go back to where they now resided during the month of January the coldest month of the year. The people would have had to walk, or ride horses or donkeys or ride in wagons. Taking a ship to go home would have been dangerous as it says at Acts 27:9 , because December is after the "fast" or Day of Atonement, which is usually in October."""9Now when much time was spent, and when sailing was now dangerous, because the fast was now already past, Paul admonished them,""" Acts 27:9 We live in a modern world with planes, trains, and automobiles, hotels and motels, fast food restaurants and electricity. We could do it. But imagine the primitive conditions 2000 years ago and you can see how ridiculous this idea is. Does this all seem like a ridiculous way to get Joseph and Mary to Bethlehem for Jesus' birth? Can We Have Confidence In the Gospels When They Contain Ridiculous Stories?

How do you deal with Christmas?

nicknotes comments on Nov 10, 2019:

I don't put up any decorations, I don't send cards, I don't give any presents, .....if a fool gives me a present I say..."thank you"

𝘓𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘔𝘺 𝘙𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯 ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ According to the ...

nicknotes comments on Nov 9, 2019:

Maybe people are starting to smarten-up...

Report: Churches Cost Taxpayers $71 Billion Annually | Michael Stone

nicknotes comments on Nov 9, 2019:

I'm convinced...Tax the Churches....

Catholic Church investigating nuns who returned pregnant after Africa trip

nicknotes comments on Nov 7, 2019:

What is this? More virgin births? Is Jesus replicating himself? ...........Gotta make more crosses...damn.

To any educators in the group.

nicknotes comments on Nov 5, 2019:

Here is an interesting lesson from the Bible..... Which came first man or animal? Which did God make first? According to Genesis chapter 1, animals were made first....then man. Animals were made at Genesis 1:20-25, ....then man was made at Genesis 1:26-27 But according to Genesis chapter 2, Man was made first, and then animals were made. Man was made at Genesis 2:7 and then animals at Genesis 2:19 Who's ignorant? Whoever wrote Genesis and couldn't get his story straight....or those that believe this fable?

I always love how ultra religious people will quote Leviticus and claim that the bible is gods word.

nicknotes comments on Nov 5, 2019:

If God made everyone then he made gays and lesbians also. Why did God make them if he intended to have them killed? Just another reason to know that God is a phony.

When I first became aware the teachings of the church weren't at all true, I was still attending ...

nicknotes comments on Nov 5, 2019:

A few years ago I was on a Christian forum giving the Christians "Hell." I read the comments of a young man who was trying to be a good Christian.....but he had what he considered a serious problem....he couldn't stop masturbating. His comments indicated that he was considering suicide because he thought he was not good enough. My comments to him to try and persuade him to not kill himself were rejected...he was going to do it. I contacted the webmaster who said he would follow up....the young man disappeared from the forum and I never knew what happened. Christianity puts terrible burdens on people.

In my opinion, evolution is the greatest stumbling block for a theistic worldview, especially when ...

nicknotes comments on Nov 5, 2019:

Scientists have calculated that 95% of all species that ever existed are now extinct. If God made all the animals one has to wonder why he allowed so many creatures of his creation to go extinct? It makes no sense. But if you consider Evolution, survival of the fittest, it makes sense that species that could not adapt to world changes, were replaced by new species that were more fit to survive. Stronger species replaced unfit species in various life niches on our planet.

The question of the so-called "fine-tuning" of the universe and its basic constants is one of the ...

nicknotes comments on Nov 5, 2019:

Plants and animals evolved to fit the physical world.

Randomly decided to look-up the "latest/newest religion on earth" and was directed to this: ...

nicknotes comments on Nov 5, 2019:

It is a great way to avoid taxes...

Poll: Can we not have questions directed at one group or another without the other non-requested ...

nicknotes comments on Nov 4, 2019:

IMO..you can comment on any post you like.

Because most dogs are smart.

nicknotes comments on Nov 3, 2019:

Trump doesn't want to share the spotlight with a dog.

I spent almost a year in the pre civil rights South.

nicknotes comments on Nov 3, 2019:

When I was 10 years old I took a bus trip down south. At a rest stop I got off the bus to get a drink of water. There was a line at the water fountain ...then I saw another fountain without a line off to the side of the building...I was thirsty so I drank from this fountain.....some old witch of a white woman yelled at me for drinking at the colored's water fountain. This was in 1962.

I just read that there have been approximately 108 billion people in history.

nicknotes comments on Nov 3, 2019:

WOW...50 Billion people....let's have a party!

What is a non-religious ritual you commit to?

nicknotes comments on Nov 1, 2019:

I tie my shoe laces right after I put on my shoes.

A serious topic that has to be intelligently understood.

nicknotes comments on Nov 1, 2019:

https://www.chasingthedonkey.com/medjugorje-bosnia-and-herzegovina-medjugorje-hoax/ Read this....

A serious topic that has to be intelligently understood.

nicknotes comments on Nov 1, 2019:

It is not true. There are no cures...

What's the symbol of atheism

nicknotes comments on Nov 1, 2019:

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This afternoon ought to be interesting a Byzantine Catholic church near me is having a homemade food...

nicknotes comments on Nov 1, 2019:

Be careful if you eat their food you might get food poisoning. A while back I attended a covered dish function and foolishly sampled a lot of the food....I spent the next two days vomiting and sitting on the toilet.

Hello everybody, I just joined, and I just wanted to say that I think a community like this is a ...

nicknotes comments on Oct 29, 2019:

I'm glad that you understand we are trying to save the world. You can help.

Ideally, should religious people be:

nicknotes comments on Oct 29, 2019:

How about..."IGNORED" by intelligent folks and by the Gov't.

A discussion on another forum tonight got me wondering how Christians might deal with irrefutable ...

nicknotes comments on Oct 29, 2019:

A good story gets better with every retelling. Much better. And the Bible is no exception. At Acts chapter 9, the Apostle Paul tells the story of his Damascus road experience. We all know the story so I will just copy the words of Jesus as they are written in my NASB. It might help if you follow along in you red letter edition. Acts 9:4 , "Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?" Acts 9:5-6 , "I am Jesus whom you are persecuting, but get up and enter the city, and it will be told you what you must do." At Acts 9, Paul tells a simple story and Jesus has very little to say. A few years later, Paul retells the story of his Damascus road experience, at Acts 22. Notice how the story gets better and Jesus gets more talkative. Acts 22:7 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me?' Acts 22:8 'I am Jesus the Nazarene, whom you are persecuting.' Acts 22:10 'Get up and go on into Damascus, and there you will be told of all that has been appointed for you to do.' Notice how the story has been told better. At Acts 9 it was just plain “Jesus’ , now at Acts 22, it is”Jesus the Nazarene” At Acts 9 it was “enter the city”, now at Acts 22, it is “go on into Damascus” At Acts 9 it was “it will be told you what you must do." , but at Acts 22 it is “there you will be told of all that has been appointed for you to do.' “ By just examining the words of Jesus you can see how Paul has made the telling of this story better. Now towards the end of his ministry, Paul tells the story a third time. Follow along Jesus’ words and see how Paul has made this story much better. Acts 26:14 , 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.' Acts 26:15 , 'I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. Acts 26:16-18 'But get up and stand on your feet; for this purpose I have appeared to you, to appoint you a minister and a witness not only to the things which you have seen, but also to the things in which I will appear to you; rescuing you from the Jewish people and from the Gentiles, to whom I am sending you, to open their eyes so that they may turn from darkness to light and from the dominion of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who have been sanctified by faith in Me.' Wow…Paul has really improved this story. In the early editions of this story Paul only heard a voice. Now Jesus has appeared to him and has a lot more information for Paul. Now Paul has been appointed a minister and a witness. It becomes apparent that the incident is fiction because Paul continually improves the story he is telling.

Are Atheists racist

nicknotes comments on Oct 29, 2019:

It is a shame that an Atheist is a racist. I think if you are smart enough to know there is no God then you should be smart enough to reject racism.

Opinion: Why millennials are skipping church and not going back

nicknotes comments on Oct 29, 2019:

Good article....

Is hope realistic?

nicknotes comments on Oct 29, 2019:

Hope does not affect the outcome but it makes people feel good. Perhaps if we hope we get a better outcome since we are in a better mental state and we make it happen

White Christian Nationalism — Not Secularism — Is Destroying America | Sojourners

nicknotes comments on Oct 29, 2019:

The Christians have made fools of themselves by being loyal to Trump who looks a lot like the anti-Christ.

No gods/no kings?

nicknotes comments on Oct 29, 2019:

The Kings have always used religion to keep the people "in line."

Why so many posts about God?

nicknotes comments on Oct 28, 2019:

God has a lot of Media connections and the politicians often say "God Bless America" With that that amount of PR God gets a lot of attention.

Speaking of dying I just read a post about it.

nicknotes comments on Oct 28, 2019:

I suppose if they are all filled up and need a bed they might consider eliminating a patient who's going to die soon anyway......It's despicable ...but it's not personal...just business....gotta make a profit.

Is anyone else a reptile lover?

nicknotes comments on Oct 28, 2019:

He looks a little pale...is he getting enough sun?

traditionally people ask if God could make a rock so big he couldn't pick it up.

nicknotes comments on Oct 28, 2019:

IHOP often has unlimited pancakes....I think I saw Jesus eating at my local IHOP.

A simple syllogism- if evil exists there cannot be a god both benevolent and all powerful Some ...

nicknotes comments on Oct 27, 2019:

Is God responsible for Evil? Amos 3:6 KJV Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it? 1Kings 22:23 KJV Now therefore, behold, the Lord hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of all these thy prophets, and the Lord hath spoken evil concerning thee. 2Kings 22:16 Thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read:

I have asked on social media, did God know Adam and Eve were going to sin when he created them.

nicknotes comments on Oct 27, 2019:

MY VIEW OF THE ADAM AND EVE STORY Genesis 2:16-17 (New American Standard Bible) 16The LORD God commanded the man, saying, "From any tree of the garden you may eat freely; 17but from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die." It is important to note that God told Adam….””in the day that you eat from it you will surely die." We know that Satan, the Devil’s, statement, “”……"You surely will not die! “ was true because when Eve ate the “”Apple”” she did not die. God had said “”for in the day that you eat from it you will surely die."“ But Eve did not die on the day that she ate the “Apple” After Eve ate the “Apple”, Adam saw that Eve did not die. He now knew that if he ate the “Apple” he would not die because Eve ate the “Apple and she did not die. So Adam ate the "Apple". The Serpent, Satan the Devil, also said to Eve…….“”For God knows that in the day you eat from it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil." [Genesis 3:5] Many people believe that this statement was a lie. But it was a true statement. God himself says “”"Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"“ [Genesis 3:22] This is a very important statement at Genesis 3:22. It demonstrates that Adam did not die a spiritual death, nor had he died a physical death. If Adam could continue eating the fruit of the tree of life he could live forever. He only had to “stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"“ The “Apple” wasn’t poisonous. Eating the “Apple” did not cause death. Read what God did to make Adam and Eve die…… Genesis 3:22-24 (New American Standard Bible) 22Then the LORD God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of Us, knowing good and evil; and now, he might stretch out his hand, and take also from the tree of life, and eat, and live forever"-- 23therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to cultivate the ground from which he was taken. 24So He drove the man out; and at the east of the garden of Eden He stationed the cherubim and the flaming sword which turned every direction to guard the way to the tree of life. By blocking access to the tree of life, with the “cherubim and the flaming sword,” God denied Adam and Eve access to the life giving fruit so that Adam and Eve slowly began to die until they died hundreds of years later. It was like being in a room with the oxygen slowly being depleted until death ensues. Eating the “Apple” didn’t cause Adam and Eve to die....

Suppose you were to try to convince someone of your non-belief in the existence of God, what (in ...

nicknotes comments on Oct 27, 2019:

Atheism is true and correct because Bible God does not exist. "God is Love" 1John 4:8 But Bible God endorses slavery, polygamy, genocide, and the murder of Heretics and Homosexuals. Bible God treats women as 2nd class citizens, and he is prejudiced against the handicapped. God intends to burn Billions in Hell for all eternity. This is not love. "God is love" is contradicted by the above mentioned unloving actions. Therefore God does not exist and Atheism is true and correct

Suppose you were to try to convince someone of your non-belief in the existence of God, what (in ...

nicknotes comments on Oct 27, 2019:

John 17:6-8 New American Standard Bible (NASB) 6 “I have manifested Your name to the men whom You gave Me out of the world; they were Yours and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word. 7 Now they have come to know that everything You have given Me is from You; 8 for the words which You gave Me I have given to them; and they received them and truly understood that I came forth from You, and they believed that You sent Me. So as we can see, Jesus was GIVEN everything he had! This all included miracles, doctrine etc. Basically Jesus did not do anything of his own, he never performed a miracle by his own power, he was given the miracles. He never taught anything of his own, rather he was taught by God and spoke what God told him to speak. John 7:16New American Standard Bible (NASB) So Jesus answered them and said, “My teaching is not Mine, but His who sent Me. John 8:26New American Standard Bible (NASB) I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you, but He who sent Me is true; and the things which I heard from Him, these I speak to the world.” John 14:24New American Standard Bible (NASB) He who does not love Me does not keep My words; and the word which you hear is not Mine, but the Father’s who sent Me. So everything Jesus had was from God, from the Gospel to his miracles. God needs no one to give him power, God needs no one to tell him what to do, therefore Jesus is not God.

OK.