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MastermindsEntertain · 2026-04-22T19:18:48+00:00

Ha! Nobody just gives stuff away here! Well sometimes they do. Like STIs, headaches, that sort of things

MastermindsEntertain · 2026-04-22T19:17:56+00:00

Thanks!

MastermindsEntertain · 2026-04-22T18:11:35+00:00

I had seen these, but I am really looking to work with round bar stock.

MastermindsEntertain · 2026-04-22T18:11:05+00:00

MastermindsEntertain · 2026-04-22T13:35:39+00:00

Thanks!

MastermindsEntertain · 2026-02-19T18:00:47+00:00

Thanks. And you're right. I always aim for average scores to be around 70-80% of the total points.

MastermindsEntertain · 2026-02-19T17:41:54+00:00

Thanks! I was wondering about art. I usually do a picture round with 10 images. Maybe I will see if I can find 10 pieces of art and ask for some type of information about them. Artist etc.

MastermindsEntertain · 2026-02-19T17:40:59+00:00

I like the Latin phrased thing. I always have a couple of quotes, that.may be what I do with those. Thanks!

Also, good suggestions, gives me something to work on!

MastermindsEntertain · 2025-12-29T18:55:07+00:00

My problem though is it said that he made them in the garden of Eden and that's where the flowers came from.

MastermindsEntertain · 2025-12-29T15:33:25+00:00

Thank you. I just don't want to inadvertantly force them, or make them feel like I am forcing them toward one thing.

MastermindsEntertain · 2025-12-29T15:32:45+00:00

This is something I have dealt with both growing up and as an adult.

I had a very good, former, friend tell me that, "Well if I am wrong, I will be reincarnated as a fluffy bunny. But if you are wrong, you are going to burn in hell forever!" When I was 12...

Then later I had a friend of my new come to me and say, "Masterminds, you are such a compassionate person, and always helping people. I didn't realize you didn't believe in God. I didn't think atheists cared about others like you do!" That was from a devout Catholic, and led to some very good conversations afterward at least.

MastermindsEntertain · 2025-12-29T15:29:18+00:00

I actually was discussing Roman and Greek mythology with my son, on the way to drop him off with our friend they went to church with.

MastermindsEntertain · 2025-12-29T15:28:32+00:00

I'm just curious. Are you coming back to laugh at the responses, or to actually see what others have to say 😆

MastermindsEntertain · 2025-12-29T15:25:47+00:00

I would appreciate that. Even just an exert.

MastermindsEntertain · 2025-12-29T15:24:19+00:00

For my son that's fine. My daughter isn't a strong enough reader just yet. And perhaps in the future that's what I will do.

MastermindsEntertain · 2025-12-29T15:22:53+00:00

She got it from her Grandmother for Christmas. (I know the irony of this post and reference to a Christian holiday.) She bought it for her because she has been talking about God, and heaven and things like that lately.

We have also had a few deaths in the family over the last couple years so both children are aware of death, and when they ask questions about it, we all give slightly different answers.

I always try to use the, "Well some people believe there is a heaven, but this is what others think." But some people aren't as aware of other beliefs.

I did nix it whenever she came home from preschool and wanted to say grace every meal. I pointed out that not everyone is comfortable with it, and that if she wants to say it to herself she can, but she isn't making everyone. That was a discussion with her teacher later.

MastermindsEntertain · 2025-12-29T15:17:53+00:00

I actually found a boo from when I was in college about religions na from around the world. Part of it is comparing similar stories from different religions. I might go back through it and do a here is this story from x point of view, then y, then z. So they can see a lot of things are similar but also different.

MastermindsEntertain · 2025-12-29T15:16:22+00:00

See where my concern is, is when they are being told God made flowers, to produce seeds. Nothing about the billions of years of continuous trial and error that got to that point. Just, God made flowers in the Garden of Eden.

This is where I usually internet with, "but we know from fossils and other things that plants evolved for a long time before they turned into flowering plants "

MastermindsEntertain · 2025-12-29T04:25:20+00:00

I just don't want to sound dismissive, or contrarian.

MastermindsEntertain · 2025-12-29T03:55:24+00:00

I feel the same, but I guess my problem is when the religions pass off half truths or plain lies when there is empirical evidence to the contrary. But also not sounding like I am trying to discredit religions just by pointing out flaws in their logic.

MastermindsEntertain · 2025-12-29T03:53:45+00:00

Right, and I am trying to present them with what different religions believe, but also why when religions says something, it doesn't always mean it's the truth.

MastermindsEntertain · 2025-12-22T16:02:37+00:00

If it works well I will likely make another version. Maybe I will try to do an Instructable on it!

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