tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198693124678067586.post8268825474627322982..comments2023-03-24T05:51:43.167-05:00Comments on Rioting Mind: My StoryBeamStalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17772110446629492132noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198693124678067586.post-42283138001854446042009-09-30T14:31:16.398-05:002009-09-30T14:31:16.398-05:00The wallet stuff cracked me up. My dad and I both...The wallet stuff cracked me up. My dad and I both watched that episode. The one guy who realizes that Derren just stole his wallet and then Derren immediately steals it from him again had me literally rolling in the floor.BeamStalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772110446629492132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198693124678067586.post-53516819333857313682009-09-30T14:18:05.516-05:002009-09-30T14:18:05.516-05:00Good story Beams,
Derren Brown also had something...Good story Beams,<br /><br />Derren Brown also had something of a revelatory impact on me, as I hadn't truly realized how easily our minds can be deceived (especially when we make no special effort avoid being deceived!). Watching him ask people for the wallets/cellphones and having them willingly oblige, or seeing him 'cold read' a room full of people with ease really hammered home the fact that we have an innate ability for self-delusion (unique to our species, I think!).<br /><br />And that's without getting into the authorship of the Bible stuff!<br /><br />Cheers,ExPatMatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08666078524214384329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198693124678067586.post-61835448964663028992009-04-05T13:37:00.000-05:002009-04-05T13:37:00.000-05:00I got off lucky with my family, My Dad's parent we...I got off lucky with my family, My Dad's parent were fairly religious but they died when I was 14, my other Grandmother is very catholic but she's more pagan then anything, real superstitious. My parents couldn't be bothered. I went pagan for a little while and being the little shit that I am, I announced it to EVERYONE ;) I still tease them about how pagan Catholicism really is. I still wear my pentacle but mostly because I like stars and it shows I'm a little different in my religious thinking. For the most part, I'm atheist but hey, anything is possible ;P I'm my nephew's Godmother despite my sister knowing I don't believe so it really is a nonissue in my family. While the kids are young, I'm not going to go telling them there is no God anymore then I'd tell them there isn't a Santa, but I with both, I don't like lying to them.<BR/><BR/>;) Bunnies be with you.Kerri Lovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05368500873620219614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198693124678067586.post-8019715374168934602009-04-03T01:05:00.000-05:002009-04-03T01:05:00.000-05:00Great story BeamStalk. Like Wem says, it's always ...Great story BeamStalk. Like Wem says, it's always interesting to hear people's back stories, because an atheist is not an atheist is not an atheist. I've never lived anywhere where being an atheist would actually be difficult, so I'm pretty impressed by your courage. Good stuff.<BR/><BR/>You've got yourself another subscriber.<BR/><BR/>Frodo loves you.FrodoSaveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15224011199139875343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198693124678067586.post-66206932776649589302009-04-02T15:18:00.000-05:002009-04-02T15:18:00.000-05:00Forgot to add, what is funny is my sister is frien...Forgot to add, what is funny is my sister is friends with me on facebook. This is where I am friends with PZ Myers, the Atheist Community of Austin, fan of Pat Condell and Edward Current, my religion is listed as the Cult of Yivo (Futurama movie religion). So it is not like I am hiding it.BeamStalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772110446629492132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198693124678067586.post-86831106797750702062009-04-02T15:15:00.000-05:002009-04-02T15:15:00.000-05:00Well I haven't told them. I don't go to church an...Well I haven't told them. I don't go to church and my mom asked me about that the other day (I live in the same small town as them). She asked if I was going to another church and I said I was making my own way. She accepted that answer and hasn't asked anything again.<BR/><BR/>My friends know and a couple of them are atheists also, so no big shocker there.<BR/><BR/>I haven't told my sister because I don't want the hassle. I tried to talk to her about evolution and she went off saying how Jesus was real and working in her life. I just dropped it at that point. My mom even tried to get her to read the Kenneth Miller books and my sister refused. So now I teach my nieces magic tricks and how people trick themselves. I can be a bit passive aggressive at times.BeamStalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17772110446629492132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198693124678067586.post-32198970837859494062009-04-02T15:07:00.000-05:002009-04-02T15:07:00.000-05:00I like knowing these kinds of things about the peo...I like knowing these kinds of things about the people I associate with. It helps me understand their reactions to various questions and such.<BR/><BR/>Without sounding silly, thanks for sharing that Beams.<BR/><BR/>Besides the atheism (and the divorce, et al), have there been any social consequences to the conversion? How's your relationship with your parents, if you don't mind me asking...Whatevermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14458601080799278850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4198693124678067586.post-8096590910927156682009-04-02T12:02:00.000-05:002009-04-02T12:02:00.000-05:00Great story, BeamStalk, and I'm glad you'll be in ...Great story, BeamStalk, and I'm glad you'll be in Hell with me.<BR/><BR/>cheers from finally sunny Vienna, zilchzilchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01695741977946935771noreply@blogger.com