Boston Area Coalition of Reason Kick Off Event (Nov 2)

[nvidia99999.livejournal.com]

Good without God? Millions of Americans are.
boston.unitedcor.org/

Kickoff Event

When: Monday Nov.2, 7:30-9:30 PM
Where: Harvard Science Center Hall D. Free and Open to the Public

I thought this could be of interest. One of the member organizations is the Tufts Free Thought Society. www.facebook.com/group.php

Comments

Nope.

[turil.livejournal.com]

Not my interpretation at all. It's what others have expressed. And clearly, as an atheist, you aren't likely to have the same beliefs as someone who believes in God does. I don't either. But I do listen to these folks, and go a bit deeper into what they believe, and it's pretty impressive as to what you can discover if you simply ask...

Re: Nope.

[maelithil.livejournal.com]

Uhm, I talked to people about god while I was a Christian. I was an altar girl, I served mass. I talk to people about god now, too. My entire family is Roman Catholic and I like them very much.

I have never met anyone, laity or clergy, who would have read that sign and somehow extrapolated that it meant one could be good without love. Never. They must be hiding somewhere, having secret metaphor parties.

We're not talking consciously here.

[turil.livejournal.com]

We're talking about how connections are made in the brain, on an unconscious level. The sort of level that marketing works on. People aren't usually aware of all the little triggers that are happening in their brain because the conscious mind filters it out, but the body reacts to them nonetheless.

Ask people who say they believe in god/s what it feels like to be embraced by god/s, or what it felt like if they ever had a sense of being touched by god/s and you're very likely to get a response that includes the sensation of warmth, a feeling of pure love, and/or a pure white light. Thus when they think of god/s they feel love, light, warmth, etc. They may not be consciously aware of those feelings, but if this is their experience of god/s, then those feelings will be there in the body along with the conscious thoughts.