Andrew Brown

Lots of great points!

The New Emperor doesn’t like to be questioned, thus burn the old empire and history away so we can forge a new world.

This reset happened across many civilizations and every library burned equated to 1000s of lifetimes worth of research and discovery lost to the ego of brutes.

We made great strides over the last century…[Read more]

I see your point about the declaration being difficult and everyone is free to choose their family and public persona.

I’m referring to the intellectual step. It’s easy to declare someone else wrong! But now I should justify my position, at least to myself…likely in my personal journal.

We don’t have a choice in the matter! I am that I am!

Consciousness is fuzzy at best. We say humans are conscious, but that’s debatable 🙂 Are dogs conscious? They bark at the mirror until they realize it is themselves. Are spiders conscious? How could we even investigate it? Are rocks conscious? Same problem as spiders… Some people claim atoms…[Read more]

We atheists agree prayer is a purely personal experience and wishing for things doesn’t make them true. Focusing on an idea and praying about it daily will condition one to make progress towards the goal. Prayer is the mechanism by which Christians change the world. If you want to change the world, change yourself.

Meditation and prayer allow the…[Read more]

Hypocrisy abounds in humanity. There is also the fact that few Christians ever read the bible, even fewer try to understand it further than the simple gloss over interpretations of pastors, and even fewer truly understand it as a morality myth then become atheists.

Thou shalt not kill is explicit.
Jesus, as a human, understood that killing is wrong in all circumstances. The person killing you is wrong to kill you, yet you are still wrong to kill your attacker. If you can’t stop them with words and they lay hands upon you to injure you, you must abide as this is God’s will.
Jesus would not raise a fist or ask…[Read more]

You’re correct, the common notion of God (Abrahamic concept) is impossible.

Good thing there is more than one concept. Julius Caesar was a great God after all.

Belle Rose wrote:

If we both agree that a god must exist outside of the natural world then how do you communicate with each other? What medium do you have to interpret what god is saying to you? God communicates to me in my thoughts and through other people. I think there is strength in numbers and the more people are praying the more things…

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Disobeying the law makes you a traitor?

Legal does not equate to Ethical. I will flout the law when it is necessary. I am not a traitor, I am a human who understand morality better than a body politic. I like to walk on grass, the sign requests that I don’t, but I am a human making a decision and the law does not match my wish. Am I a criminal?…[Read more]