Atheist/non-religious thread

[Silviaschicks]

I left for a single day and look what has become of this thread...
I’m so sorry to all the poeple that came her to talk about nature and spirituality, obviously the topic has changed...

we can shift the topic back to the original one

 

[orloffer]

Name the Venus flytrap I impulse bought

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If you are unable to decide on one name, I suggest giving each trap an individual name.

But as Silviaschicks stated above, we should now turn the thread's topic back to the original one.

 

[cinnamoncockatiel]

I LOVE VENUS FLYTRAPS. I have kept many..

Duckie?

Sorry @HappyDuckie !

How about Ducky

 

[KarynVA]

So happy to see this thread. I'd like to join in, if I may. I have found it interesting to look back at my evolving spiritual beliefs over the years.

I went from being a true believer in the Christian church in which my parents raised me; to breaking away from that in my 20s and considering myself an athiest. After a while of that I started feeling like atheism (for me, not judgiing it for others) is closed-minded because it seems to say I KNOW there is no God and I wasn't ready to close that door.

So I was agnostic for a long time. Didn't know if there is a God. Didn't care.

Then, after several decades of that, during which I was spiritual but not religious, I discovered a book that was written in 1955 that, for me, harmonized science and religion (no, not Scientology, lol!). After reading and pondering that book for a while, I started believing in God again. But this "God" that I am getting to know now is nothing like the God I was taught in Christian organized religion. This God is much more interesting and compassionate than anything I learned in the Bible. This God has scientific principles as its (His/ Her .... who knows? Maybe neither!) outworkings and does not entail conflict between scientific knowledge and spirituality.

At this point, I am still spiritual but not religious, but open-minded to many different perspectives on the topic.

 

[orloffer]

So happy to see this thread. I'd like to join in, if I may. I have found it interesting to look back at my evolving spiritual beliefs over the years.

I went from being a true believer in the Christian church in which my parents raised me; to breaking away from that in my 20s and considering myself an athiest. After a while of that I started feeling like atheism (for me, not judgiing it for others) is closed-minded because it seems to say I KNOW there is no God and I wasn't ready to close that door.

So I was agnostic for a long time. Didn't know if there is a God. Didn't care.

Then, after several decades of that, during which I was spiritual but not religious, I discovered a book that was written in 1955 that, for me, harmonized science and religion (no, not Scientology, lol!). After reading and pondering that book for a while, I started believing in God again. But this "God" that I am getting to know now is nothing like the God I was taught in Christian organized religion. This God is much more interesting and compassionate than anything I learned in the Bible. This God has scientific principles as its (His/ Her .... who knows? Maybe neither!) outworkings and does not entail conflict between scientific knowledge and spirituality.

At this point, I am still spiritual but not religious, but open-minded to many different perspectives on the topic.

Thank you for sharing your perspective. May I ask what the title of the 1955 book is?

 

[black_cat]

Exactly!
That's why you lot just don't get it.

And also why you lot just don't get that we DON"T BELIEVE IN GOD.

We've tried explaining it enough.

YOU DIDN"T NEED TO EXPLAIN IT. YOU CAME ONTO A THREAD FULL OF ATHEISTS, KNOWING THAT IT WAS FULL OF ATHEISTS, AND STARTED EXPLAINING, COMPLETELY UNINVITED

I'm out.

GOOD

 

[KarynVA]

Thank you for sharing your perspective. May I ask what the title of the 1955 book is?

I am happy to private message you with it. I don't want to turn this thread into a book club or hijack it in any way. I hope you understand. But happy to share for those who want to know.

 

[black_cat]

do glasses make people look smarter? should I wear mine or not

idk, I think usually people can have a bias toward people with glasses? It might make you look fancy

 

[black_cat]

i put my hair up and decided to wear my bangs instead of swoop them and I straightened my hair and put MASCARA on dang i'm good

Woooooo!

 

[black_cat]

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