Posts by Madame Quixote

Hand him an ashtray and tell him to STFU because he's a hypocritical bastard who is going to die at or before Armageddon if he doesn't quit smoking, at least that's the JW take, right?

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Is belief in God just the ultimate in CYA?

by nvrgnbk in

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pascal's wager.

blaise pascal offers a pragmatic reason for believing in god: even under the assumption that gods existence is unlikely, the potential benefits of believing are so vast as to make betting on theism rational.

critics in turn have raised a number of now-classic challenges.

Madame Quixote

I'm sure most people flock to religions of all sorts, "just in case" it's true - the same way kids desperately try to go to sleep the night before xmas, even if they're a little in doubt, "just in case" Santa - (or some other authority bribing them with gifts or terrorizing them) - sees their wayward failure to fall asleep like good little girls and boys should do.

I also wonder how many "devout Muslims" in Islamic Republics are plain old atheists who wouldn't dare speak out? Probably more than we will ever know - due to the FOG - fear obligation guilt - induced by the cultural zeitgeist, if not by outright terrorism of oppressive governments.

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Emotion

by MsMcDucket in

i didn't cry when my mother died.

i didn't cry when i saw her laying lifeless in the hospital bed, nor did i cry at the funeral.

my mother used to say bring me my flowers while i'm alive.

Madame Quixote

Ms. Mc D - Your doctor may have over-reacted to your repressed sorrow. There's nothing wrong with a good cry, especially under the circumstances! I am so sorry for your loss. You sound like you're dealing with a depression on top of the grief. I hope you find healing and comfort in your grief. Hugs! Things seem to be very challenging for a lot of people lately. Sometimes it's overwhelming to realize how much sadness and struggle comes with the joy in life.

I hope you are able to get back on track and move forward, but for now, don't rush it. I was speaking with a lady who lost her mom a couple years ago, and she kept working straight through afterwards for about a year, but then ended up taking a year off. She said it ate up all of her savings, "but it was well worth it to take the year off." Some people can choose to do that, and some are forced to.

Either way, sometimes the body will force the mind to come to terms with its grief. I wish you all the best. Again, I'm so sorry for your loss.

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cutting off

by John Doe in

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when someone cuts you off in traffic, what is the best option?.

california howdyimaginative cursingunimaginative cursingwaving fistchasing vehicle into ditch and then setting on firechasing vehicle into ditch mooning while passingflick a booger on windshieldsay "oh dideley okey thing, fick a fuddelly foo!

praise jesus!

Madame Quixote

Without Prozac, I'm a horn-beeper or a cusser and/or a fingerer, heh heh.

With Prozac, I just accuse everybody else of "being on drugs."

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According to a sister in my hall...

by B_Deserter in

the chinese government not only forces women who become pregnant with a 2nd child to have an abortion, they also make her eat the fetus after the procedure.. .

sometimes i wonder if i can keep putting up the facade, but comments like this just make the meetings worth while.

Madame Quixote

I'm wondering if the moo shoo foetus would give me heart burn or flatulence . . . Lately, I'm prone to that and the last time I ate ~~pussy~~ cat it happened.

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Now I've gone and done it

by Uncertain in

as part of my churchly visits while working on my uncertainty, i took communion at a baptist church.

i was baptized twenty-three years ago so it was all on the up and up, at least in protestant christendom.

it had been years, and it was a very moving experience.

Madame Quixote

Good for you. It's best not to be too certain about anything religious because it is, afterall, so uncertain.