Oh, I also wanted to comment on Giselle's speculation on a child brought up with no identifying factors and what that child would be upon reaching maturity. In the news recently was a story about a couple in Canada who refuse to identify their new born child by its sex. They are dressing the child i...

Oh dear I haven't posted in so long and now I can't remember how to do quotes. I did want to quote Robert about "isolation and loneliness" Which I experience as an atheist in a family of Christians and as a conservative in a liberal town, county etc. BTW this morning I received a phone cal...

My grandson is 15 years old and desires to be a film director. Last winter he became familiar with this poem (in French class?) and was very taken with it. He decided to film it. He used two class mates as the actors and borrowed the equipment from their town's film center which he is involved with....

pretty much the same people who invented God and Jesus. Mythological thinking comes from the same well.

Well yes, Mark. Where did you get the idea that atheists have their own God? Atheists have no belief in any God or religion. We recently celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary with a huge family party. People coming from far, many who had never been in our house. Think I am the only atheist. Now I ...

I am reading "Absalom, Absalom" I think it is the most difficult book I have ever read. Also not very good, but great word use. It's taking me a while as I only read it just before lights out!

My son and law called my daughter and said he and their son were there and where was she? And then said "oh. . . "

You're really not familiar with the Bible are you. In fact, many of those who attended Jesus were literate, they wrote the Gospels and letters remember. Enough said! No, not like you are. Of course I know about Paul's letters which of course are real, but since Jesus did not exist and therefore did...

Stahrwe: One would think that to know someone and enjoy them implies a personal relationship. Is it that unexpected that you cannot understand what you do not experience. You don't believe in God so how can you understand what it means to know God and enjoy Him? I was not speaking of myself but of t...

My husbands bicycle forum has some very humorous posts on this:

http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.ph ... Ride/page4