Originally Posted by cupper3

Meh, if your god exists, he will be pleased that I was able to give a grieving person some peace and thoughts to help her recover from her loss. She found my words fairly inspirational, and we talked about that for some time. She never had the perspective before of us giving back to what we took from nature at least part of what we took while we were alive. That's what worm food does; we feed other living things and become part of the organic

Originally Posted by cupper3

What is negative about becoming worm food? I can't think of a more magnificent way to give back to this earth that nourished us our whole lives.

Every atom that we are constituted from came from somewhere, and every atom we decompose to will go somewhere after it is used for the nourishment of worms, beetles, bugs or plants. What a perfect way to know you will be reincarnated in various forms long after you are dead.

What is negative

Originally Posted by whoppers

Ha!

I was extremely disappointed at the recent Smite video game for not having some of my favorite deities to kick butt with! 78 deities and they couldn't even get a few for me! List of gods - Smite Wiki




It must have been quite confusing to try to edit some overall sense into the many disparate cultural traditions these indigenous Canaanites brought to the table!

Originally Posted by vanguardisle

Many healthy but unwanted dogs and cats are euthanized every year because nobody wants to adopt them. Many no kill shelters say they do not have room to save them because they have trouble finding homes for the ones they already have and yet they often charge expensive adoption fees that many cannot afford .

Animals offer unconditional love that studies have shown benefit people and make their lives better, and yet many will claim that those

Originally Posted by cupper3

I would like to think that at some point human beings will be free from the tyranny of religion. It tells you WHAT to think, not how to think. I'm not just talking about Christianity, but virtually all of the worlds' religions make people prisoners in their minds. There are some exceptions; some branches of Buddhism come to mind, and possibly Taoism. The Tao Te Ching is a wonderful text, with much wisdom in it; much more than in the Abrahamic texts. The later