I agree with the author, Dwill. I remember very many social, sexual, gender and racial discriminations that were the norm when we were a more religious and "traditionally moral" (was born in 1934) and while I grew up in the north east and did not experience extreme discrimination, it was s...

No, I do not believe any man such as Jesus (divine or not) really existed in history. That is the conclusion others have come to (Earl Doherty, Albert Schweitzer) It is not "wish fulfillment" that leads atheists to this conclusion, Ant. . . it is total absence of historical proof. Also fra...

I don't seem to be able to avoid annoying you, sorry. Not intentional. Penny, you do not annoy me at all. We just have very different styles of communicating and when I answer a post like yours as I did, I am merely speaking my truth or how it is that I see things. I am not annoyed nor am I critici...

"I am so sorry LofS!! Sometimes people uphold their denomination - rather than uphold the truth." How I would say this is that religion is not concerned with the truth. Just another way of saying what you have said above, Penny. I'm afraid that I am deeply un spiritual. "There are far...

Penny said:

"Sometimes, we just have to sit in the presence and let the peace enfold us."

what presence? Maybe you mean like a time out, when parents are trying to calm down an unruly child.

Per Johnson’s request for us to return to the original theme, here’s my “How did you stop believing?” story: My youthful disillusionment was further exacerbated by the fact that I had a good pair of ears and used to mingle with the adults before and after church, listening to their conversations. I...

I know my opinion of such psychic, but what do others think? As an addendum, I might add that before Houdini died, he and his wife Bess made a pact to prove or disprove the notion of communicating with the dead. They agreed that if Houdini found it possible to communicate after death he would send ...

To return for a moment to earlier posts on this thread about a life hereafter. Yesterday on t.v. (Dr. Phil show for Americans on this board) there were two psychics who did "readings" for audience members. These were messages received by the psychics from dead relatives of the people havin...

Penny, My comments were addressed to Ant, not you. What have I missed? Where were we discussing money buying love and trust? Well I am much older than you Penny, but still would never refer to myself as an "elderly lady" Also while I'm sure there are many things I could learn from you, enl...

"I've concluded that the reason people of religion seem more optimistic and pleasant than atheists, who to me seem much more pessimistic, bitter (because this is the only shot at life), and arrogant, " Well the above statement seems to be made out of the same whole cloth we atheists ascrib...