tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post3328463655782803616..comments2024-03-19T02:42:55.952-06:00Comments on My Own Mind blog / Homeschool Atheist Momma: Your Life Has No MeaningKarenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03309932952235453461noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post-82112417947971206382013-04-23T07:23:13.569-05:002013-04-23T07:23:13.569-05:00Absolutely your choice!Absolutely your choice!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03309932952235453461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post-72792490954601032962013-04-23T05:28:19.111-05:002013-04-23T05:28:19.111-05:00Oh, wow! I'd be honored! Just let me know any ...Oh, wow! I'd be honored! Just let me know any specifics, etc. MamaBeanyhttp://beaningoflife.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post-15863663764805297632013-04-20T22:40:26.483-05:002013-04-20T22:40:26.483-05:00Thank you, Lisa, for leaving your name and blog ad...Thank you, Lisa, for leaving your name and blog address.<br />I think you may have misunderstood my blog post, then, because there is no cause for concern.<br />I say, in this post, that Christians ask me the question "How can your life have meaning without God?" and I reply, my life has a great deal of meaning!<br /><br />SO, you seen, nothing to worry about.<br />I have no need to check out any religious site at all, absolutely no curiosity about that that site offers as "proof". Remember, the words from religions have no weight with me at all. I am an atheist. An extremely happy one.<br />Peace, KarenKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03309932952235453461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post-18375093044241878162013-04-20T22:34:14.540-05:002013-04-20T22:34:14.540-05:00Good reminder, Lana. People who are living in vict...Good reminder, Lana. People who are living in victimized positions do not have the luxury of enjoying this life...<br />It is painful to think of their lives being such...<br />Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03309932952235453461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post-78678295756059858772013-04-20T20:52:09.157-05:002013-04-20T20:52:09.157-05:00I am opposed to debate as well.I am just another h...I am opposed to debate as well.I am just another homeschool mom who came across your blog while searching for something homeschool related. I saw your article saying that life has no meaning and I had comments and questions. This does not qualify me as a debater. <br /><br />I won't bother you anymore (unless you're open for a real discussion). But I do hope you will visit www.proofthatgodexists.org - even if only out of curiosity. I have no motive or agenda, just genuine concern.<br />Take care,<br />Lisa Simply Keeping Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12567198229455289643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post-87138511986504846482013-04-20T20:15:07.622-05:002013-04-20T20:15:07.622-05:00If you are here to enjoy my blog, please comment a...If you are here to enjoy my blog, please comment away.<br />If you are here to play the debate game, I simply don't debate so I will be no fun for you.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03309932952235453461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post-69741646793297371512013-04-20T17:22:52.778-05:002013-04-20T17:22:52.778-05:00Pardon my intrusion on your blog. I was under the ...Pardon my intrusion on your blog. I was under the impression that you LOVE to read comments. :-) <br />But apparently you only love the ones that do not challenge your beliefs. May I ask you one last thing? Do you believe absolute truth exists? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post-72450776786438497782013-04-19T21:06:20.625-05:002013-04-19T21:06:20.625-05:00Here's the thing `Matthew 10:28", is that...Here's the thing `Matthew 10:28", is that your name?, not only do I not accept the Bible as meaningful or worth of honor, I don't believe in sin AT ALL. Nor am I impressed with quotes from a holy book. Neither do I believe in any single god. Or souls. Or an afterlife. or having someone pay my "wage of sin". <br /><br />Since sin has been introduced BY a god to be forgiven BY god for not loving god, I wouldn't embrace a god like that anyway.<br /><br />Very different from you, I do not believe in making honest choices that are "sinful". The "sins" you mention are completely HUMAN and I choose to celebrate my humanness.<br /><br />I DO NOT DEBATE. At all. Feel free to debate others. However, if you are simply posting this as a kindness, thanks. But no thank you. And I promise to not come to your blog and post atheist things.<br /><br />I am an atheist. That's what that means.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03309932952235453461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post-46772072406151070422013-04-19T19:19:09.117-05:002013-04-19T19:19:09.117-05:00Karen,
Denying God exists offers similar profits ...Karen, <br />Denying God exists offers similar profits as a person who denies gravity and jumps from a plane. <br /><br />The problem is that at some point in your life, when you had a choice between doing right or wrong, you chose wrong. That's called sin. Whether it was disobeying your parents, stealing, lusting after another person, or hating, you chose the wrong way. This means you personally broke God's law. We all have. <br /><br />Imagine you're standing in court. You've been found to have broken the law and evidence against you is conclusive. The judge announces your penalty -a $500,000 fine. You begin to sweat, when suddenly someone you don't know walks up to the judge and pays your fine in full.<br /> <br />Your fine was paid when God sent his sinless son to die in your place and to pay for your sins. In fact, the bible says he would have died for you, had you been the only one. When you believe that Jesus is the son of God and died to set you free from the power of sin and death, you become legally justified before God. You can leave the courtroom free. <br /><br />You're right about the Catholic church. It only offers religion. But I am offering you Christ. <br /><br />For the invisible things of him [God] from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, [even] his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse:Because that, when they knew God, they glorified [him] not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Romans 1:20-21 <br /><br />And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. -Matthew 10:28 <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post-34774269595093831612013-04-18T20:01:59.621-05:002013-04-18T20:01:59.621-05:00Yea for heaven is such a silly reason to have mean...Yea for heaven is such a silly reason to have meaning. That said, if this life is all there is, then I do think life is meaningless for the people who are stuck in severe starvation and poverty, or locked in the brothal. Its like whats the point...there is nothing else in the future. Lanahttp://www.wideopenground.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post-40019192078701258482013-04-18T01:23:27.907-05:002013-04-18T01:23:27.907-05:00*smile**smile*Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03309932952235453461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post-10657470139474104822013-04-18T00:06:00.265-05:002013-04-18T00:06:00.265-05:00Yes, Yes, Yes, Oh yes!!Yes, Yes, Yes, Oh yes!!Larissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09586721197750246060noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post-87864566883454544252013-04-17T18:33:11.337-05:002013-04-17T18:33:11.337-05:00My thoughts exactly.
HEY, would you consider writi...My thoughts exactly.<br />HEY, would you consider writing a guest post for my blog, B?Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03309932952235453461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post-70135418456383972642013-04-15T20:37:54.114-05:002013-04-15T20:37:54.114-05:00He sounds like a kid with a great heart and mind!He sounds like a kid with a great heart and mind!Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03309932952235453461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post-47599016602749222902013-04-15T08:08:54.750-05:002013-04-15T08:08:54.750-05:00Love this! You hit the nail on the head.
That...Love this! You hit the nail on the head. <br /><br />That's been a long-running contention of mine, too--that organized religion has people focusing on the prize at the end, rather than paying attention to the here and now. It has people constantly looking up for their answers, rather than looking in and around themselves. <br /><br />Religion is the easy path, the low-accountability approach, the pat answer to life. Thinking for one's self has always been the more difficult and worthwhile path to take.<br /><br />To quote Wayne and Garth: "Live in the now!" MamaBeanyhttp://beaningoflife.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357415193462649988.post-68791982857666910422013-04-15T07:45:42.201-05:002013-04-15T07:45:42.201-05:00I got involved in a homeschool co-op this year bef...I got involved in a homeschool co-op this year before I realized how Christian it was going to be, so I'm fairly certain we're the only non-religious people attending. It hasn't been a big deal, but this last meeting my 9-year old son blew the mind of another kid there (who's around 12) by stating we don't read the Bible in our house. She just couldn't understand how you could not read the Bible, and then when she heard we're not Christian, she was completely flabbergasted. It's likely my son is the only non-Christian she knows. I'm proud that my son's response to her comments was "Not everyone in the world is Christian, you know." That showed some great presence of mind, I thought.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com