greenAngels Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rgg, thank you so much for honoring your husband's > wishes to be an organ & tissue donor!! as someone > who works in healthcare, it brings tears to my > eyes when someone finishes the selfless act their > departed one started. Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. This path of
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I will check it out. My husband died suddenly last year and was an organ donor. He helped 89 people, ages 19-92. I had him cremated afterwards since they took just about all of him...He lives on in others, though which is a comfort. There are a few books like this out there. Stiff is another one.
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Whoever said anything about without the constraints of rationality is merely bald-faced gullibility???? Too bad that so many have a generalized world view and so closed minded. No difference than fundamentals, really.
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Any good researcher should be open minded. Being closed is no different than fundamentals, really.
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If you look at history, Einstein was persecuted by many of his peers for his beliefs that were considered "woo woo" to the scientific community at the time and of course his theories have since been proven true. And then if you look at quantum physics, well, even Einstein thought that was "woo woo" so don't we owe it to ourselves to investigate this stuff? It just seems l
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Grew up TBM and never believed, ever. Left the morg when I was 18 and never looked back. Moved to CA in the late 80s and got into new age. Gave that up and become a militant atheist. Then when my husband died suddenly last year I started looking deeper and have found for me that all religion is BS but that conciseness may indeed survive death but it may not have anything to do with a god. Jus
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ificouldhietokolob Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rgg wrote: > "I actually thought the argument was rather weak. > However I can understand why many on this site are > so militant re atheism..." > > What part of "claims without evidence should be > given no merit" did you find "weak?" And how is > r
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ladell Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > The first step is to find a universally accepted, > precise definition of consciousness. Not sure we > are there yet Until we know exactly where consciousness comes from I will believe that I am most likely not a biological robot and that I do have free will. This DOES NOT mean I believe in dogma, santa clause
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ificouldhietokolob Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > exldsdudeinslc Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > ificouldhietokolob - you're nailing it on the > head > > with everything you say. I'll just add a +1 and > > call it good. > > :) Lots of experience pointing out the poor > arg
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ificouldhietokolob Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > rgg Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > I agree with axeldc. > > > > Most of us know that religion is all BS but why > > throw the baby out with the bathwater? Why not > > investigate conciseness surviving death of the > >
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I agree with axeldc. Most of us know that religion is all BS but why throw the baby out with the bathwater? Why not investigate conciseness surviving death of the physical body? Why would that be such a bad thing? Who ever said that this has anything whatsoever to do with mythology? Why are some so threatened by this? I've posted many many times that the tired old debate between atheist
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Actually, the correct term for science is "materialists" or a "materialists view", which means we are biological robots and have no free will.
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I watched his TED talk and was disappointed because he just repeated the same old boring fundamental Christianity vs. atheism debate. I was hoping for peer reviews and white papers but he just gave his opinion. There are people in the world who do not believe in religion and hope for further study instead its just dogma vs. atheism. I would think that in 2014 we would be going further than
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I wasn't referring to you as a new ager....Sorry, my comment went to other POV.
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I am leaning towards your POV, SusieQ yet, I also don't think the "New Agers" have any answers either. Most of them will believe just about anything. I just think if we could move beyond the new agers and the atheists vs. fundamental Christianity debate we might begin to get somewhere and until this happens, we are just stuck on the same hamster wheel. Why would we not want to fi
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TED talks are not debates. The guy had the stage and well....he just used the same old argument between fundamental Christians and atheists....Can't we move beyond this? Science does not know where consciences comes from so for me, that is a start, not, debating religion...
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My point, exactly. WHY even discuss creationists? Like I said, I am sick and tired of the old debate between atheists and fundamental Christians -- yawn...
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I tried to reply to replies to my posts and the thread is now closed so I wanted to start a new one because my comments really do not fit in that post anyway. I had posted that I watched Dawkins TED talk and was disappointed because he used the tired debate of atheists vs. fundamental religion. I already know that all religion is BS so I had hoped for more than this. He simply gave his opinion
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Skepitko.com is a MUCH BETTER site than the one you reference. Its run by Alex Tsakiris and he has over 250 pod casts on his site. Very informative. He interviews all sides and has no skin in the game. VERY informative.
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I don't know the answer to your question but what I did want to add was that I watched Dawkins TED Talk and was DISSAPOINTED beyond belief. All he did was give his opinion and used the same old argument of atheists vs. fundamental Christians. I already know that religion is all BS but where were his peer reviews? Where was his scientific evidence? He had NONE. Just his opinion. He also seemed to
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Ask questions, interviewers love that! Also, when they tell you some of the duties, try and relate it to what you've done before. Good luck!!!!
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I agree with some of the others. Steve, you have become a real bully. This board is about recovering from Mormonism. I agree that oftentimes we do discuss other topics but sometimes you go too far and maybe there are other boards that would be more appropriate for some of your postings.
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I'm sorry for your loss. My dear sweet husband died last year of a brain hemorrhage. Sending you and your family love.
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For all of you quoting Wikipea, maybe when you have time, check out this pod cast. The guy who is interviewed has no skin in the game so to speak so I tend to believe him. Check it out. http://www.skeptiko.com/236-rome-viharo-wikipedia-we-have-a-problem/
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I too used to be a hard core atheist... It was easy when my husband was alive. Since his untimely passing I've begun to do some of my own research - searching... What I have found is that science has no explanation for conciseness. I thought they had it all figured out but they don't. I also found out that atheist activists are actively editing Wikipedia for their own benefit. I watched the Ri
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Richard Dawkins claims we are just all "biological robots".
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Michelle did robo calls and they were very ignorant and bigoted. She claims that transsexuals are child molesters and therefore should not be allowed to use the women's restrooms. Very sad.
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My husband was in ICU for five days and sadly died. I never left that room and at times was on top chairs etc. and there was no such secret numbers. That's just dumb. None of us know, really if there is an after-life or not. No one knows...
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Been an issue my entire life! I hated growing up Mormon. We never lived in Utah... As an adult, I associate with zero Mormons aside from my family. I do not advertise that I grew up in that cult. When people find out most don't even know how to respond. My late husband used to bring it up a lot. He loved me dearly but would tell me bizarre things that he read about the cult. I would of c
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