About American religions

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PR,

I've just experimented, let me know if you find any bugs like that from my posts.

I know after a Niki post, all text is grey even after you cancel fonts, I don't know why, the only way I can think to get around that is an explicit font color=white which I hate to do because if you don't have your browser on default, that text can disappear.

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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Canceling font twice worked, but I think she has it set up so it won't bug out now.
I don't notice any text turning red that shouldn't be. Right after you post in beta, you can always check the text at the bottom of the screen that talks about copyright, and see if it's anything other than plain color, unitalic, unbold text. If it is, you have an html bleed.


Ritual is what happens when we run out of rational.

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Thanks, that's a better solution.

That's what a ship is, you know - it's not just a keel and a hull and a deck and sails, that's what a ship needs.

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I'm atheist, and my (non)belief is as reliable as the tides. Tide comes in, tide goes out; never a miscommunication. ;)

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Nice one, Mike. I also agree about the silliness---to me---of people praying to a god, which to me is no different than praying to ANY “god” throughout history.

Thanx for the book suggestions, I’ll have to look into those. It’s always amazed me how people can be so blind and ignorant about clinging to their religion, and not recognize ANY of the contradictions or irrationality of those who they believe unquestioningly.

I've got nothing against FAITH, especially if it gives people comfort or helps them become more decent human beings. But I don't see that holding true unilaterally (or even necessarily in the majority)in ANY religion.

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I've noticed atheists get thin on the ground when incoming rounds get thick.

Not that I worry about the state of other people's souls. I've never believed in forcing religion on people. If they want it, they know where to find it.

The more I get to know people the more I like my dogs.

...and he that has no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. Luke 22:36

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Evangelical Atheists

annoy the hell out of me.



"Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies"

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I checked the "copyright" thing, Rose, and it looks normal to me. If anyone else gets something weird from my posts, please speak up and I'll try to fix it. Never had "carryover" problems on v.1, and the colors always seemed okay...I had trouble with the colors in v.2, but I thought I got it fixed. Sigh...

Hardware:

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I've noticed atheists get thin on the ground when incoming rounds get thick.

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If I could make heads or tails of that statement, I might be able to reply to it. If you're saying atheists are on thin ground, what "thick" rounds do you mean? I'm not an atheist, by the way, tho' you chose to quote me; the closest you could say was I'm an "agnostic"; I do believe there's an interconnectedness, and maybe some "force" behind it. I just don't believe in a patriarchal figure who's listening to everyone and judging our lives.


Hippie Operative Nikovich Nikita Nicovna Talibani,
Contracted Agent of Veritas Oilspillus, code name “Nike”,
signing off

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PHOENIXROSE

Tuesday, March 22, 2011 4:13 AM

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Originally posted by canttakesky:
The /font tags don't seem to work for me.

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That's because you aren't using a tag, you're using brackets.

Yeah, still getting spillover. You may need to add another closing tag, Niki, I'm not sure why it stopped working from the last time you posted. But, this time I only needed to add one closing tag to the beginning of my post instead of two, so one more in your posts should do it. You have two font tags, you see, one for color and one for face. Both need ending. Then you have another tag in your sig, that also needs ending, but you have that one covered.


On topic: I've never been in a foxhole, but I have been in situations where it would have been super great if God would intervene on my behalf. In my youth, I even tried asking. When my car got stolen, for a minor example, I begged whatever almighty powers that might be out there to get a police car there as soon as possible, to get a safe ride home, to get my car back in one piece. Nothing except the ride home, courtesy of family. For years, I searched for answers to the demons that plagued me in every spiritual pursuit I could stomach. Well, I never got an answer from theology, I got answers from chemistry. I had what could be equated with a religious experience, except it was science that I awoke to, and it continues to serve me well. If I were ever in a foxhole, I would be calling upon armor and kevlar to save me, not God.



Ritual is what happens when we run out of rational.

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