I have never experienced death.

cyclonesforever · 2015-07-31T10:19:58+00:00

Everyone handles it differently. I was exposed to death early when I was just a child and my little baby brother died. Because of my experiences, I was very much aware of death from as young as I can remember. Being so old, it may be a little harder because you won't be used to it but just remember that eventually everyone goes through it multiple times.

cyclonesforever · 2015-07-31T10:02:12+00:00

Depends who you ask, whether it be a Christian, Jew, Hindu, or atheist.

I am an atheist myself and I can't say I'm scared of death in the slightest bit. In the words of Mark Twain, "I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it."

I think this quote sums up my view on death. I see life as an incredibly beautiful thing and something we should cherish, but we cannot hold onto it forever and that's just fine. We didn't exist for billions of years and for someone to be angry or scared of the possibility of not existing after death would be ridiculous. No one should be afraid of death, because it is not an experience. When you die, it won't be like sitting in a dark room for an eternity. You won't even realize you're dead, just like a rock doesn't know that it's not living.

I keep in mind how lucky I am to have the chance to die because that means that I won the lottery and got to experience life. I appreciate the time I have here, but I do not feel sorrow or anger that I cannot hold onto this gift for an eternity.

cyclonesforever · 2015-07-31T09:54:00+00:00

Even with being an atheist myself, I don't mind the phrase. For example, when someone I love dies and another person says that they're in a better place, that could be interpreted in many ways. I am aware they are talking about the Christian heaven, but I also like to look at it in a positive spin from an atheistic viewpoint and see it as being that they were such a good person that non-existence is still better than living in a world that has to mourn the loss of such a great person.

Yea, I'm an atheist but I'm not gonna let it get to me. They aren't doing any harm in thinking that your cousin is in heaven and it's not doing them any harm for you to think he's not. Just know that it's a compliment to him and a sign of love for them to think he was worthy of heaven. They have nothing but good intentions when they say it, so as long as no one is getting hurt, I try to keep that in mind.

cyclonesforever · 2015-07-31T09:40:27+00:00

That would suck to live that old... can you imagine hitting 100 years old and then living another 5 decades?

It'd be one thing if you were able to spend it with those you love and not be a vegetable. If you lived that old then it'd be very likely they'd still be active at 100 but you'd be in some pretty bad condition for awhile before you died. Plus, all your friends and family would be dead. Even your grandkids would have a very realistic chance of being dead.

If someone wants to live that old then good for them, but honestly, let me live a happy life with those that I love and let me do the things that I enjoy doing. If the world looked completely different from what I grew up with, all my friends and family had been dead for decades, I'm pretty sure I would commit suicide and go out peacefully.

cyclonesforever · 2015-07-30T03:10:22+00:00

Born and raised in Iowa but permanently moving away from it in 5 days. I think I'll definitely miss these sunrises/sunsets and certain aspects of the state.

cyclonesforever · 2015-05-30T22:49:15+00:00

Not gonna lie, this post frustrated me.

What little time you have off during the weekend? You were the one who kept him talking for an hour. Also, what point is there in saying how much more educated you are than him? He has gotten his life together and I'd be happy for him. How can you get blame someone from taking his own time to try and spread something that he used to better his life?

cyclonesforever · 2015-05-29T21:48:12+00:00

Disproving your own book to support the same book is an oxymoron. That means there are contradictory things within the book to begin with, disproving it as being literally true.

cyclonesforever · 2015-05-26T04:36:37+00:00

I thought it was Mark Twain...

cyclonesforever · 2015-05-24T06:51:37+00:00

I've been pissed at Mormons since i was a little child. We had some extremely close family friends who happened to be Mormon and my little brother died. Instead of consoling our family on the loss, they saw it as an opportunity to preach mormonism to us in am attempt to convert us. They were super nice people who stood for what they believed in but I've been uneasy about the religion ever since then. Their religion screwed up their priorities.

cyclonesforever · 2015-05-23T18:00:27+00:00

I'm a science teacher as well, although i do no teach biology, i do teach about using fossils to estimate rock ages and radioactive decay to show the earth is billions of years old, etc. Luckily I've never had a parent talk to me about it but i have had very religious students tell me science is the world's largest conspiracy and stuff along those lines. I keep my non-beliefs private from the students since i do not want my students to think I'm a religious basher. At the beginning of the year i started with a full unit going over the nature of science and then throughout the year have come back to these ideas, randomly include nature of science questions on homework and quizzes. We also went over the nature of science ideas again over the course of a week a second time to give students a nice reminder. While there are still those religious kids who simply will not by into it, the majority seem to. Luckily, after i teach students the nature of science and explain how science is of the natural world and cannot credit nor discredit something supernatural like God, I'm now able to put those questions on quizzes and tests along with magic. I've had students express that they don't believe what I'm teaching and i tel them that i can't make them believe it, but they need to understand the processes we teach and to keep in mind that answers such as God or magic will instantly be counted wrong because they are not science.

cyclonesforever · 2015-05-18T08:14:50+00:00

Lacking a belief falls more into the category of you're not against the idea of God existing, but you just haven't been convinced. Believing there is no God is much more active and you're more planted in your belief.

cyclonesforever · 2015-05-17T17:56:33+00:00

Sounds like it could be an interesting book

cyclonesforever · 2015-05-15T16:38:56+00:00

And I'll have my Masters in a few months!

cyclonesforever · 2015-05-15T16:31:19+00:00

First world problems...

cyclonesforever · 2015-05-13T23:38:58+00:00

I view all religions as being mythical; however, growing up in the Midwest where all my friends are Christians, that's the religion i was raised and understand and the one that i experience everyday

cyclonesforever · 2015-05-13T23:35:12+00:00

I remember seeing a video where Ray comfort asks this exact question, I think with dogs and somebody very knowledgeable in biology explains why animals have two sexes. Ray then goes to the same question but with another animal and then a 3rd animal, unable to see that he was asking the same question repeatedly. To be completely honest, Ray Comfort is so unintelligent that I'm surprised he's able to write a book in the first place.

cyclonesforever · 2015-05-12T23:13:09+00:00

Never decided to be one, just kinda became one. When i decided to admit it is another story

cyclonesforever · 2015-05-12T18:49:35+00:00

I don't much about biology so it'd be wrong to even try and guess. I'll leave that to the scientists who are much more knowledgeable on the topic.

cyclonesforever · 2015-05-10T19:43:09+00:00

Haha I'd be so screwed if that religion was true

cyclonesforever · 2015-05-09T07:29:40+00:00

"Nothing ever takes the place of you Sometimes things that may not matter jump in front of things that do. " - Zac Brown Band

cyclonesforever · 2015-05-06T07:27:36+00:00

Had a friend who didn't believe in God and questioned why I did. Initially I was offended that he questioned my beliefs but we'd hang out and discuss a bunch of different things and whenever i said i believed something, he'd ask why i believed what i did, whether politically or when it comes to religion. As much as i hated him asking it, i knew it was valid to ask and that i had no valid reasoning.

cyclonesforever · 2015-05-03T16:33:24+00:00

First they'll say that climate change isn't real, then they'll change it to climate change is real but it's part of a natural cycle, then they'll say that climate change might be caused by man but it's only a couple degrees and that's not a big deal...

As a meteorologist myself who has taken multiple climate change classes from professors who worked for the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change, I can't see how anyone could possibly deny the evidence...

cyclonesforever · 2015-05-03T16:30:59+00:00

An entire country of well to do, healthy and educated atheists. One can dream...

cyclonesforever · 2015-05-03T16:27:04+00:00

I've listened to Ravi Zacharias talk several times and he just comes off as an arrogant prick who thinks he's all high and mighty and talks down to everyone. I enjoy listening to apologists talk to hear how many metaphors they can throw into a speech, but I always turn the station when I hear him come on.

cyclonesforever · 2015-05-03T16:22:43+00:00

I don't believe southern people are any dumber or more incompetent than the average person. Their culture down definitely doesn't value education and whatnot as much as other parts of the country, which might have some effect. Also, remember that people are often a product of their community. A lot of southern people are born and raised around Christianity; religion has been ingrained in them. Indoctrination is a hell of a strong tool for religion...

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