Comments on: Changing Religions http://atheists.org/blog/2009/04/29/changing-religions A Blog of Atheist Thought Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:40:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tarma http://atheists.org/blog/2009/04/29/changing-religions/comment-page-2#comment-100738 Tarma Sat, 09 May 2009 23:02:21 +0000 http://atheists.org/blog/?p=1618#comment-100738 Dorky Mommy, glad you found the blog again. Welcome back :) Dorky Mommy, glad you found the blog again. Welcome back :)

]]> By: Dorky Mommy http://atheists.org/blog/2009/04/29/changing-religions/comment-page-2#comment-100635 Dorky Mommy Fri, 08 May 2009 03:24:19 +0000 http://atheists.org/blog/?p=1618#comment-100635 Thank goodness I found the No God Blog again. For a while I thought it was gone. -- I am an atheist, but I was raised in the Southern Presbyterian church. My father was a minister, and my mother was a Home Missionary. (In this day and age she would be a minister too, but they didn't ordain women in the '20 and '30s.) I had Christianity day and night and three times on Sundays. But not the fundamentalist kind. Very logical and rather intellectual, and lots of sermons based on history. My father should have been a college history professor. But I had doubts as early as 8 years old, when I got my first history textbook and fell in love with the Greeks and the Romans. If THEY weren't going to heaven, I didn't want to go their either. Besides, my mother had already told me that "he who calls his brother a fool shall be cast into hell fire" (look it up. It's in the New Testament.) I had called my brother a lot worse things than a fool, so I knew my fate was sealed, and I didn't worry about it. Besides a love of ancient history, I discovered Isaac Asimov, and his guide to the bible, and then Bertrand Russell, and that was that. My children were not baptized. I stopped taking them to church, and I haven't been to a religious service except for weddings and funerals in over 40 years. It feels so good! Now I am an irritant to all my friends because I can't help pointing out the silliness of religion. but in spite of my belief and non-belief, I'm still a Presbyterian. It's a culture thing, like a secular Jew. I miss singing hymns, and listening to an organ, and church parties and circle meetings. My experiences with atheist socializing have been difficult, because everybody wants to be in charge. I like this blog, and the people who respond. (The spelling is better here than on most blogs.) Thank goodness I found the No God Blog again. For a while I thought it was gone. — I am an atheist, but I was raised in the Southern Presbyterian church. My father was a minister, and my mother was a Home Missionary. (In this day and age she would be a minister too, but they didn’t ordain women in the ’20 and ’30s.) I had Christianity day and night and three times on Sundays. But not the fundamentalist kind. Very logical and rather intellectual, and lots of sermons based on history. My father should have been a college history professor. But I had doubts as early as 8 years old, when I got my first history textbook and fell in love with the Greeks and the Romans. If THEY weren’t going to heaven, I didn’t want to go their either. Besides, my mother had already told me that “he who calls his brother a fool shall be cast into hell fire” (look it up. It’s in the New Testament.) I had called my brother a lot worse things than a fool, so I knew my fate was sealed, and I didn’t worry about it. Besides a love of ancient history, I discovered Isaac Asimov, and his guide to the bible, and then Bertrand Russell, and that was that. My children were not baptized. I stopped taking them to church, and I haven’t been to a religious service except for weddings and funerals in over 40 years. It feels so good! Now I am an irritant to all my friends because I can’t help pointing out the silliness of religion. but in spite of my belief and non-belief, I’m still a Presbyterian. It’s a culture thing, like a secular Jew. I miss singing hymns, and listening to an organ, and church parties and circle meetings. My experiences with atheist socializing have been difficult, because everybody wants to be in charge. I like this blog, and the people who respond. (The spelling is better here than on most blogs.)

]]> By: neowolfe http://atheists.org/blog/2009/04/29/changing-religions/comment-page-2#comment-100472 neowolfe Tue, 05 May 2009 04:29:17 +0000 http://atheists.org/blog/?p=1618#comment-100472 Whutthole said: "My avatar is an image of the body of a very nice archtop guitar. Archtops are popular amongst jazz guitarists for their beautiful bell-like tone." Response: When you open your mouth, you cannot unring the bell-like tone. That's not a spear at you, I have had more than one occasion of swallowing what I said, and believe it or not thats what I came here for. But the shape of that guitar is as old as guitars, quality, and trash. Ovation and Martin have some sweet sounding accoustic guitars in that shape, but the unadjustable distance between the high frets and the strings put blisters and callouses on your fingers, especially trying to do bar chords. Why go through those trials when a good amp and a Les Paul will make it sound like the cleanest accoustic ever built? And the strings lay down on the frets like you were touching a lover. NeoWolfe Whutthole said:

“My avatar is an image of the body of a very nice archtop guitar. Archtops are popular amongst jazz guitarists for their beautiful bell-like tone.”

Response: When you open your mouth, you cannot unring the bell-like tone. That’s not a spear at you, I have had more than one occasion of swallowing what I said, and believe it or not thats what I came here for. But the shape of that guitar is as old as guitars, quality, and trash.

Ovation and Martin have some sweet sounding accoustic guitars in that shape, but the unadjustable distance between the high frets and the strings put blisters and callouses on your fingers, especially trying to do bar chords. Why go through those trials when a good amp and a Les Paul will make it sound like the cleanest accoustic ever built? And the strings lay down on the frets like you were touching a lover.

NeoWolfe

]]> By: karen http://atheists.org/blog/2009/04/29/changing-religions/comment-page-2#comment-100345 karen Sat, 02 May 2009 15:56:16 +0000 http://atheists.org/blog/?p=1618#comment-100345 godless I looked at your avatar with my reading glasses on, and can now see the man on the bike. But that's because you explained it! If I didn't already know what it was, I'd have thought it might be a guy steadying a jackhammer! :-) I can't really make out your prosthesis, even knowing it's there. These avatars are for folks w/o bifocal needs. So, how's the biking going? It's pretty hilly in Chapel Thrill. My son bikes around there occasionally. godless

I looked at your avatar with my reading glasses on, and can now see the man on the bike. But that’s because you explained it! If I didn’t already know what it was, I’d have thought it might be a guy steadying a jackhammer! :-) I can’t really make out your prosthesis, even knowing it’s there. These avatars are for folks w/o bifocal needs.

So, how’s the biking going? It’s pretty hilly in Chapel Thrill. My son bikes around there occasionally.

]]> By: what http://atheists.org/blog/2009/04/29/changing-religions/comment-page-2#comment-99941 what Fri, 01 May 2009 20:25:15 +0000 http://atheists.org/blog/?p=1618#comment-99941 Godless <blockquote> Are you saying that you think Im a dog? </blockquote> Whoa. Take it easy there. Down boy. :-) I noticed the prosthesis in your avatar. Does it work well on the bike? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dave Could you make the avatars 3/2 their current size? Please. Godless
Are you saying that you think Im a dog?

Whoa. Take it easy there. Down boy. :-)

I noticed the prosthesis in your avatar. Does it work well on the bike?

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Dave

Could you make the avatars 3/2 their current size? Please.

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