About gary pete

skeptic/free-thinker - recovered alcoholic

Should Atheists Shut Up and Stop Upsetting Christians?

Should nonbelievers, skeptics, and atheists simply sit down and shut up lest the poor, sensitive Christians feel offended that anyone would dare challenge or criticize their beliefs? There has been an increasing number of people, including some prominent liberal pundits, who have basically been calling for that to happen. They want more Christians to vote for Democratic candidates and think that the presence of vocal atheists is too off-putting.

friends with everyone

if you are a jew, i will read you the torah
if you are a quaker, i will pray with you
if you are a christian, i will call you my brother
if you are a sufi, i will dance in your worship
if you are a buddhist, i will meditate with you
if you are a pagan, i will praise your love of nature
if you are a unitarian, i will talk with you about social justice
if you are an atheist, i will talk life with you over dinner
if you are an agnostic, i will be there to listen
if you are a mystic, i will see God in all things with you
if you are a hindu, i will talk love with you
if you are a Taoist, i will listen to your beliefs

whoever you are–whatever you believe–
i will seek to love you as myself
i will celebrate the mystery of God i see in you
i will dance the circle of life with you
i will with all my heart, for i see God in you
i see that you, too, are wonderfully made.



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Does the Bible comdemn Homosexuality ?

 
My Take: Bible condemns a lot, so why focus on homosexuality? – 
Opponents of gay marriage aren’t defending the Bible’s values. They’re using the Bible to defend their own.
 

“I’m Alive” by Disturbed

Never again will I be dishonored
And never again will I be reminded
Of living within the world of the jaded
They kill inspiration
It’s my obligation
To never again, allow this to happen
Where do I begin?
The choices are endless
Denying the sin
My art, my redemption
I carry the torch of my fathers before me
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Coming out Tips

1. Never come out in an argument or to hurt someone

2. Never come out in a moving vehicle.

3. A person is more intelligent than a group of people, come out to people one at a time and somewhere private.

4. People who are ignorant may say things initially that they don’t realize are painful to hear. Remember that they are simply unaware and in a state of surprise.

5. They may already know.
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What Effect Will Gay Marriage Have?

There is a lot of debate about the legalization of gay marriage. Many see it as a necessary condition for gays having equal rights while others treat it as a sign of the decline of civilization. Would gay marriage really have any great impact on society, positive or negative? That seems unlikely to me — despite the loud cries of horror and doom from the Christian Right, there is no good reason to think that legalized gay marriage would have much of any impact, much less a horribly negative one.
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You’re Not Anonymous

You’re Not Anonymous on the Internet

Thanks to a massive outcry among the internet-using public the music and film industry got their asses handed to them when they tried to get the SOPA law into legislation but while the web was celebrating its victory these people were busy lobbying for worse laws.
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Love – My Philosophy

There are many, many people in this life, all of whom need to love and to be loved

Some people confuse lust and sex with love
Some people seek to impose their love upon others
Some people disapprove of the people that other people love
Some people insist that love is only possible with the opposite sex.

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A poem by Walt Whitman

Passing stranger! You do not know how longingly I look upon you,
You must be he I was seeking, (it comes to me as of a dream,)
I have somewhere surely lived a life of joy with you,
All is recall’d as we flit by each other, fluid, affectionate, chaste, matured,
You grew up with me, were a boy with me . . .

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