That's awesome. If I lived in the States and found someone to marry I'd totally want you to officiate the wedding. It would have to involve ponies, though.
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^ I found a woman to officiate my "atheist" wedding and she did a great job. I think we found her at a wedding show or some such. And hubby's crazy-ass Expert-Level-psycho-Moromon sister was thoroughly appalled that hubby and I didn't have a "proper" ceremony....which made me love it even more!
Of course, being an atheist in Texas is hard just in general, so finding someone--anyone- to perform a religion-free wedding was a challenge but we got very lucky in hiring that woman. She was awesome.
Of course, being an atheist in Texas is hard just in general, so finding someone--anyone- to perform a religion-free wedding was a challenge but we got very lucky in hiring that woman. She was awesome.
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Firstly, I would be happy to do so, and secondly, I would expect no less!That's awesome. If I lived in the States and found someone to marry I'd totally want you to officiate the wedding. It would have to involve ponies, though.
You sure of that?
Kind of jumps from his banishment to having a wife and a having a kid. No mention of her being his sister. And who's going to find him and attack him? He's in the land of Nod, everybody else is back near Eden. Major plot holes.The Bible said:
JJ Abrams screws everything up!
JJ Abraham.
My faith module overloaded.
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Well, there's your problem... you let Kirk near it!
I am so embarrassed for you HiJol that you remembered NuKirk's apple scene but not Prime Kirk's apple scene.
No need...I thought what Kirk was eating in TWoK was some exotic fruit from the Genesis Cave!
how apt
My wife and I were Christian non-denominational ministers for a while. We even met on a Christian dating site.
After much deep research, thought, and meditation, we left it behind because we came to the following conclusions:
* Thousands of years ago, humans couldn't accurately grasp the concept of how children came into the world. Out of that ignorance came a religion that cast females as the superior and males as the inferior. Over time, males rebelled against their status and turned the tables by establishing patriarchal-based religion.
* God was created in the human image, not the other way around. Humans have the capacity to be very nasty, so they projected their own negative aspects onto a deity. Some humans can be much more loving and compassionate than the wrathful god of the bible.
* As described, Adam and Eve were created without the mental tools necessary for deep thought but then they were blamed for it. Blindly obey, without question. That's the Christian way. Utter manipulative nonsense.
* Job was basically a victim of God and Satan getting together and making bets on how much misery it would take to be lumped onto his shoulders before Job would renounce God. What the bible describes God doing to Job and his family is cruel, sadistic, and monstrous. The whole thing is a monumental steaming pile.
There are things out there that we don't yet understand that are labeled as 'supernatural'. There is growing research that points in the direction of the likelihood of the existence of other planes of existence that might overlap with this one in some ways at times.
But a great father-overseer responsible for everything that we see around us? No. Unfortunately, a lot of people don't do their homework and don't realize that what they have put their faith in is just another cult, albeit a much larger one.
After much deep research, thought, and meditation, we left it behind because we came to the following conclusions:
* Thousands of years ago, humans couldn't accurately grasp the concept of how children came into the world. Out of that ignorance came a religion that cast females as the superior and males as the inferior. Over time, males rebelled against their status and turned the tables by establishing patriarchal-based religion.
* God was created in the human image, not the other way around. Humans have the capacity to be very nasty, so they projected their own negative aspects onto a deity. Some humans can be much more loving and compassionate than the wrathful god of the bible.
* As described, Adam and Eve were created without the mental tools necessary for deep thought but then they were blamed for it. Blindly obey, without question. That's the Christian way. Utter manipulative nonsense.
* Job was basically a victim of God and Satan getting together and making bets on how much misery it would take to be lumped onto his shoulders before Job would renounce God. What the bible describes God doing to Job and his family is cruel, sadistic, and monstrous. The whole thing is a monumental steaming pile.
There are things out there that we don't yet understand that are labeled as 'supernatural'. There is growing research that points in the direction of the likelihood of the existence of other planes of existence that might overlap with this one in some ways at times.
But a great father-overseer responsible for everything that we see around us? No. Unfortunately, a lot of people don't do their homework and don't realize that what they have put their faith in is just another cult, albeit a much larger one.
As long as we're on these sensitive topics, I'd just like to throw in that it might be nice if politicians who lead whole nations, states, provinces, etc. were required to have some kind of training in leadership... and politics.
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All I can do is live my life to the best of my abilities. If there is a God? I hope he judges me fairly, because I've lived a more "Christian" life than most Christians I know. If I get sent to Hell? Hopefully, I get some nice beachfront property on the Lake of Fire.
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You can stay at my place. I keep the fridge stocked, and there's a jacuzzi out back, on the patio.
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Oh my, no. The lake of fire may be warm, but my jacuzzi gets its water from angel tears. It is very relaxing.
With that one sentence, you are now my friend for life.
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