It’s a Remembrance, Not an Anniversary

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An anniversary is supposed to be something for a celebration, isn’t it? Birthdays, weddings, even work anniversarys (5, 10 or more year milestone). I don’t consider the remembrance of a tragedy an anniversary. Yes, technically it is, but so are executions of serial killers. The word, to me evokes happy memories, not tears of sadness. I don’t think of the 9/11 attack anymore than I consider Pearl Harbor (December 7, for those that have forgotten) an anniversary. There’s nothing to celebrate in either of these. .So, today, when I noticed the news filled with stories of the anniversary of October 7th I just shook my head. It’s not an anniversary, your communication graduates/english failures: That day was a massacre of innocents. Which led to more deaths of innocents, and a cycle of humanity that never seems to end.

Can We Learn Anything From Early Writings?

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Believe it or not, atheosts read the bible. And other holy books of other religions as well. Why? Well, it makes sense to knw something about a subject to be able to speak about it intelligently. So, I read the bible on occasion. Not daily, but when I’m interested in finding out something that supposedly occurred in the Hebrew text or the Christian work. Some of it is absolutely fascinating, even though not exactly historical in all instances.

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Yes, We’re Becoming More Stupid

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Is it true that as a species, we’re becoming dumber? I was recently viewing a YouTube video that makes this exact claim. At least for the Gen Z and GenA gnerations/(Whoever they are.). I found the video compelling but wanted to know if this content creator was the only one who had noticed this feature in upcoming generations. No, she was not. When I searched YouTube, there were at least a dozen other videos about becoming dumber, or stupid. What’s this all about?

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Praise the Lord – and Pass the Potatoes

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I think it’s interesting to see all of the online Christianity lately. It’s interesting in that it seems that wherever I turn, there’s somone claiming the mantle of Jesus, and informing the rest of us that we are heathens – or at least the tone of their posts seem that way. I don’t think this is the first time where people used some religious connection to make a name for themselves.

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Some People Never Evolve Past Hate

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I watched a YouTube video ealier, by someone from my early days perusing the net as an atheist(I wasn’t into the whole social media scene for a while), and someone, even though at the time he was so “famous” on the net, I just really didn’t care for because I could tell(or so I thought) he was disingenuous. Also, for all his smiling and his soft spoken way, he really was a hater in my opinion. He was one of those, you’re either with me or against me” types and, well, atheists are like a clowder of cats: impossible to herd even though 90% at the time were declared liberals. So, I’m thinking about a response to his YouTube video. Watch for yourself. What do you think of the situation he’s reporting?