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		<title>By: tony miller</title>
		<link>http://atheists.org/blog/2009/01/07/here-s-to-the-newbies/comment-page-1#comment-93473</link>
		<dc:creator>tony miller</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Congrats!</description>
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		<title>By: neowolfe</title>
		<link>http://atheists.org/blog/2009/01/07/here-s-to-the-newbies/comment-page-1#comment-93475</link>
		<dc:creator>neowolfe</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Dave,&lt;br /&gt;
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  Well I went to the site, and read their posts about future meetings, but it obviously is not a forum for discussion.  But, I&#039;m encouraged every time I hear the term freethinker, or freethought.  Because it&#039;s bigger than keeping religion out of government, it&#039;s about putting clear thinking and common sense into every issue we face as a country and as a species.  &lt;br /&gt;
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  Just one man&#039;s opinion, but, I find many of the people who contribute on this site have no idea about the thirst for knowledge, the objective search for facts, an open mind in the face of a convincing new outlook.  It&#039;s more like arguing with fundamentalist atheists, all you have to do is believe there is no god, and you&#039;re in.  You don&#039;t have to leave behind your prejudices, your preconceived notions, you don&#039;t need to hate violence, you don&#039;t need to lose your patriotic identity, you don&#039;t need to bother yourself with genocide in Darfur, you don&#039;t need to bother with the logic of new econonomic plans, all you have to do is ignore the news and decide whether or not you hate Jews or me the worst, and you are a MEMBER.  Not what I came looking for, and if my irritation at some of these idiots has been counterproductive to your objectives, I never intended to interfere.  I&#039;m just looking for people who think outside the spin, have intelligent opinions and wish to compare notes.  People who can challenge me instead of boring me and insulting my intelligence.&lt;br /&gt;
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  Throw me a bone here and hook up with a freethinker BLOG. (smile, should the oportunity arise)&lt;br /&gt;
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NeoWolfe&lt;br /&gt;
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Dave,</p>
<p>  Well I went to the site, and read their posts about future meetings, but it obviously is not a forum for discussion.  But, I&#8217;m encouraged every time I hear the term freethinker, or freethought.  Because it&#8217;s bigger than keeping religion out of government, it&#8217;s about putting clear thinking and common sense into every issue we face as a country and as a species.  </p>
<p>  Just one man&#8217;s opinion, but, I find many of the people who contribute on this site have no idea about the thirst for knowledge, the objective search for facts, an open mind in the face of a convincing new outlook.  It&#8217;s more like arguing with fundamentalist atheists, all you have to do is believe there is no god, and you&#8217;re in.  You don&#8217;t have to leave behind your prejudices, your preconceived notions, you don&#8217;t need to hate violence, you don&#8217;t need to lose your patriotic identity, you don&#8217;t need to bother yourself with genocide in Darfur, you don&#8217;t need to bother with the logic of new econonomic plans, all you have to do is ignore the news and decide whether or not you hate Jews or me the worst, and you are a MEMBER.  Not what I came looking for, and if my irritation at some of these idiots has been counterproductive to your objectives, I never intended to interfere.  I&#8217;m just looking for people who think outside the spin, have intelligent opinions and wish to compare notes.  People who can challenge me instead of boring me and insulting my intelligence.</p>
<p>  Throw me a bone here and hook up with a freethinker BLOG. (smile, should the oportunity arise)</p>
<p>NeoWolfe</p>
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		<title>By: dsilverman</title>
		<link>http://atheists.org/blog/2009/01/07/here-s-to-the-newbies/comment-page-1#comment-93489</link>
		<dc:creator>dsilverman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;p&gt;Neo, While I would hate to lose you, this blog is what it is.&#160; But Angie at Augusta Freethought knows lots and lots of blogggers.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Neo, While I would hate to lose you, this blog is what it is.&nbsp; But Angie at Augusta Freethought knows lots and lots of blogggers.</p>
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		<title>By: vjack</title>
		<link>http://atheists.org/blog/2009/01/07/here-s-to-the-newbies/comment-page-1#comment-93492</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Neo, there are hundreds of excellent atheist blogs out there. Oh, and there is no such thing as a &quot;fundamentalist atheist.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Neo, there are hundreds of excellent atheist blogs out there. Oh, and there is no such thing as a &#8220;fundamentalist atheist.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: dw</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I try to ignore the air of superiority a lot of bloggers exhibit. I fine it difficult to say the least. In the end what these &quot;superior&quot; bloggers are upset about is that another blogger may hold a differing opinion. I have been a member of varying organizations and have left because of certain individuals who believe that once they have said something that that is the final word. There are control mongers in any group. I was hoping to find something different here, but that is not the case.&lt;br /&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I try to ignore the air of superiority a lot of bloggers exhibit. I fine it difficult to say the least. In the end what these &#8220;superior&#8221; bloggers are upset about is that another blogger may hold a differing opinion. I have been a member of varying organizations and have left because of certain individuals who believe that once they have said something that that is the final word. There are control mongers in any group. I was hoping to find something different here, but that is not the case.</p>
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