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• Daylight savings time ***** up help.com again. posted (2 weeks, 2 days) ago
  No admin to fix the site, site finally broken. :D Yay! Not.…

• Voters today went to the polls in Maine to vote on, among other things, whether or not to repeal a law that treats gay people equally as straight people posted (2 weeks, 3 days) ago
  today went to the polls in Maine to vote on, among other things, whether or not to repeal a law tha…

• I support Larry David. posted (3 weeks, 1 day) ago
  http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2009/10/28/catholic-league-blasts-larry-david-curb-episode-uri…

• Craving jello. posted (3 weeks, 6 days) ago
  Why? Normally I never eat jello. However, in the past 2 days I’ve eaten more jello than I have in…

• ****. posted (1 month, 1 week) ago
  Wanted to change my avatar. No dice either uploading the file or grabbing it from where it is hosted…

• Little religious quiz I thought I’d share with people seeing as it seems pretty accurate. posted (1 month, 3 weeks) ago
  It is designed to see how much in common your beliefs have with other religions and viewpoints. Even…

• I noticed that a lot of posts here ask about people’s favorite music. posted (2 months, 2 weeks) ago
  Now I never thought of it before, but instead of people having to take the time to answer each quest…

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M. Wright's Top (5) Replies by other users' votes

• (4 votes) Prophecy
  

  No religious arguments? That’s going to be a tough one for me. I’ll try not to argue. :)
  
  Humankind is the only animal that predicts its death, then works to achieve it.
  
  - written 11 months, 3 weeks ago – voted for by babacup, Good ole boy, Sans

• (3 votes) Can you answer the mother of all questions ?
  

  The question implies that there are no more cookies. That means they’ve stopped making cookies. They’ve stopped making cookies?!? Nooooooooooo!!!!!!!
  
  - written 1 year ago – voted for by chunkymove, Bekah-Boo, virgin_queen

• (2 votes) Im so tired of it, fighting over STUPID things.
  

  You probably won’t believe me, but I can tell you from personal experience that you cannot have a successful relationship with a person like that.
  
  - written 9 months ago – voted for by ¡ʎuɐɟɟıʇ, ☆miss lilies☆

• (2 votes) Do you believe in a higher power?
  

  Yes. I believe in the unstoppable power of human stupidity.
  
  Look at this map.
  
  http://www.mapsofworld.com/images/world-religion-map.jpg
  
  - written 11 months ago – voted for by Tursnip

• (2 votes) Hope!
  

  Wish. You wait for some force to grant it. Goal. You work for it. Repeatedly if necessary.
  
  - written 1 year ago – voted for by most-wanted-websites, chunkymove

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• Are there clever people who believe in God?
  

  It comes down to childhood indoctrination. Almost the first thing to hit a child’s mind is religion. This religion is written around the primitive brain, the brain that runs on instincts and emotions. Almost everything counter-conducive to religious thought is imprinted outside of it. Logic, knowledge, reason, skepticism. This emotional, religious primitive brain overrides all extraneous thought. This is why most persons’ religion is that of their parents.
  
  Now certainly people grow beyond their primitive brain to an extent. Many successful and intelligent people remain religious. However, they accomplish this by avoiding direct conflict between their primitive brain and their advanced brain. When they have to face this conflict, that’s when they have to make a decision between their primitive brain and advanced brain. Most people have to face the conflict of Biblical literalism and evolution and cosmic origins. Often, people will give credence to their advanced brain because of the evidence instead of their primitive brain. This is a credit to them and to the human species. They’ll acknowledge the evidence behind evolution, the age of the earth, the big bang formation of our universe. However, in areas where there is no evidence suggesting whether the primitive brain or the advanced brain is correct, they’ll choose the primitive brain. They’ll pick creationism over abiogenesis. They’ll pick god over no god.
  
  That’s really indicative of the power of the primitive brain to override the advanced brain. The advanced brain is right so many times. Why doubt it?
  
  Very few people reach that level of completely trusting their advanced brain.
  - written 1 hour, 52 minutes ago

• Why are you conservative or liberal?
  

  Liberal.
  
  For my pro-choice stance.
  For separation of church and state.
  For domestic programs.
  For economic control.
  
  Conservative traits.
  
  My pro-gun stance.
  - written 4 days, 2 hours ago

• Is there anything in the bible about it being bad or a sin for a Christian to be dating a non-christian or an atheist?
  

  [quote Anonymous]So someone is mentally damaged if they don’t belong to a particular religious sect? THAT is sick thinking to me– look at how many religions there are in the world and truly say that every single person in the world is wrong but you. It’s just a close-minded approach to the problem.[/quote]
  
  No. Someone is mentally damaged if they belong to a religious sect. I feel perfectly comfortable saying someone has mental problems if they believe in the Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus, Bigfoot, Abominable Snowman, or God. All are the same product of a poor mind.
  
  Sure I’m close minded. I’m closed minded to joining a suicide cult or marry someone in a suicide cult. I’m closed minded to nonsense. The thing is, all religions have some form of the Kool-Aid. I’m not drinking, and I’d advise an atheist who is seriously consider dating or marrying a theist to really think about the consequences. Do you really want to be involved with someone who thinks your entire world view is incorrect? Do you want to marry someone who places anything above you? What about the kids? Do you really feel comfortable indoctrinating your children with religious ideas? Really think about religious ideas. Do you want your children believing they have no merit without a god? Believing that they will be punished for their beliefs? Do you want them to think for themselves, or have clergy think for them?
  - written 4 days, 2 hours ago

• Is there anything in the bible about it being bad or a sin for a Christian to be dating a non-christian or an atheist?
  

  [quote Anonymous]In what way is it sick?[/quote]
  
  Marrying a mentally damaged person is sick.
  - written 4 days, 3 hours ago

• Is there anything in the bible about it being bad or a sin for a Christian to be dating a non-christian or an atheist?
  

  [quote Anonymous]Why are atheists sick though and what is so sick about her situation?[/quote]
  
  I didn’t say atheists were sick. I said dating or marrying a theist was sick.
  - written 4 days, 3 hours ago

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