Believe? Believe What?

Something that has always bothered me about religion (name your poison), are the almost infinite interpretations of the holy scriptures attended and how different groups of believers choose to dissect the exact same text. Within, Christianity alone, there are multiple sets of beliefs, all based on “the bible”. For instance, one major sect, venerates certain dead people as having influence in heaven and by praying to them, there might be a resolution to whatever their interlocutory concerned.

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Opinions are Like…What?

I’ve been accused, many time in my life, of not really caring what other people think. I know that to be true, sometimes, but in general, I don’t believe that’s true. What’s more true is that I won’t listen to idiots. How am I able to discern someone worth listening to versus someone I consider an idiot? I’m actually not sure what to say other than experience.

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Is Atheism Irrelevant?

It doesn’t seem that long ago, at least to me, when atheism was in the news and controversial, at least in some people’s eyes. Today, it appears to have completely vanished from the social conversation completely. Is that for the good or not? Does it really matter that atheism remain in the spotlight and contentious with mainstream society? Well, aren’t we, atheists, part of mainstream society? If not, how not?

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What Kind of Christian are You?

I had a delivery mde to my home where, since I am a little under the erather right now, I asked the guy to com in and set it n the table fr me. I then thanked him where he replied “you’re welcome”, not an unexpected resomse but then he went on to say, You have a blessed day. I thanked him again and didn’t really consider the encounter unti later whn I wondered why he said that. To me.

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