I use to be very active. I ran when I lived in Oregon and biked and climbed and even lettered in crew when I went to the University of Oregon, but I was badly injured in the Marine Corps and with time it got worse. Long story short, about about 6 years ago I had my leg amputated. I now have a prosthetic leg and even walking is difficult.
Man, that's a tough one
I find that problems are best dealt with by keeping them in perspective and my perspective on this is just that this is the price it cost me to live this long.
As a long time computer hobbyist and Linux user I totally get your reference to preferring no documentation over bad documentation. When I came up with that sigline I was thinking of applications other than software.
It did! The strangest being humans, IMO.
You got that right.It did! The strangest being humans, IMO.
There are quite a few groups in Florida, LS. Do a web search for "Atheists Broward County." Other terms are Humanists and Freethinkers. Also, go to the website (not Meetup of Facebook pages) of the Central Florida Freethought Community. One of the website pages lists all of the groups in Florida with a map.
Join and Atheist group or start one. American Atheists has all sorts of help tools; however, for some reason, I can't find them on their website. You can contact them. If I have the wrong organization, they'll tell you which one is the right one. There are all sorts of national and local organizations.
If it were able to survive, the only reason it would be wacky is that you might think it was. If you take a look at many of the extinct organisms and even many of the non-extinct ones, Ohio, I'm sure you'll find hundreds or thousands that will seem wacky to you.
I sure would not attend that church. If you are an atheist, you're told to leave the church?! I can just see (not) Jesus pleased over sending an person who honestly admits to being an atheist he's not welcome. How is he going to learn/hear the Word of God if you shut the church building doors on him?
And what most people don't realize is that a huge number of Jews are secular. There's even a denomination of Judaism called Humanistic Judaism. However, as far as the priests and ministers are concerned, most, if not all, are living in conflict. Many end up either jumping ship cold turkey or going through "The Clergy Project" which helps clergy transition. In addition to the problems that the lay community have, they need to give up their livelihoods.I was raised as an atheist and I believe in the Humanist thoughts of compassion, ethics, science, and nature. Four beliefs I can actually see the benefits of. I've never really felt the need to belong to a group that feels the same. People have their own personal beliefs. There are many priests and ministers who are atheists.
Buddha's intent was a philosophy of life based on compassion. He did not believe in one religion or set of traditions because he knew that everyone could not conform to set rules or beliefs and should develop their own. I've often wondered if the phrase, "My religion is in my heart" came from that.
Even Frank Lloyd Wright stated, "I believe in God, only I spell it N-a-t-u-r-e.
I'm confused, Elsie. I don't see the difference whether they're on T.V. or in church buildings. I don't follow them and so don't know; however, it would seem to me that they various television preachers are all preaching their own interpretations of the bible (whichever translation each is using). Can you please explain how this is different? Thanks!
There are also Messianic Jews who believe Jesus has been to earth and was crucified.
Messianic Jews are evangelical Christian, there are almost no "Real" Jews in this movement; that is especially true of 'jews for jesus.'
Yes. They call themselves Jews; Jews call them Christians. Whichever floats your boat. Anyway, this means that although they call themselves Jews, they aren't covered under the Law of Return by Israel.
It's another ploy to convert Jews and for that they are despicable. At least the Mormons wait till the Jew is dead to convert him/her. Also despicable and mind numbingly repulsive.
I have a HUGE problem with anyone who tries to convert me to anything. I'm a Jewish Atheist; Jews absolutely don't convert. As a matter of fact, if someone want to convert to Judaism with an Orthodox rabbi, the rabbi is going to do everything possible to convince the individual not to convert. I also have a HUGE problem with Atheists who try to deconvert people. I don't think it's any of anyone's business what someone else believes. If two people want to have religious discussions, that's fine; I believe everyone should have a course in comparative religions. But that's as far as it goes. (Off my soapbox)
I'm not surprised that I confused you.
As an Atheist, I'm looking for clarification, Elsie, and doing so with respect to you. What makes you say that they give god's true messages? Looking at it from the outside, I see that there are many thousands of groups (and individuals) who believe they're getting god's true messages. If I were to ask any one of them, I'd be told the same thing even though in huge numbers of instances they're in contradiction to each other. Can you please explain this? Thank you!I'm not surprised that I confused you.
It was because off my Essential Tremor full body shaking that I finally turned to searching to find a T V Christian preacher, instead of attending any particular church . I first found a couple of preachers I thought were on target preaching God's Word. Big mistake. After a time of more searching, I came across 3 non-phony preachers that preach with wisdom scriptures from the Bible. Dr. Charles Stanley, Yousef and David Rodrigous. They each have their own method of preaching, but they all give God's true messages.....
Hard to explain. You might even think I'm nuts.As an Atheist, I'm looking for clarification, Elsie, and doing so with respect to you. What makes you say that they give god's true messages? Looking at it from the outside, I see that there are many thousands of groups (and individuals) who believe they're getting god's true messages. If I were to ask any one of them, I'd be told the same thing even though in huge numbers of instances they're in contradiction to each other. Can you please explain this? Thank you!
You've heard of praying/asking Christ Jesus to come into your heart to be your Lord and Savior? Well anyway, believe it, or not, when I did, over time I started to recognize that those things/actions/thinking I thought were fine, mine and others, really weren't. It's pretty much the same that when I listen to some preachers, I get an uncomfortable feeling deep inside that something is wrong here. 
