"Howzit Titi, really great story. I grew up non-religious too, I remember when I was about 5 and I saw some movie on TV where some kids were praying to God for something, so I asked my Dad if he prayed to God, he said “no we’re Buddhist,…"
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“Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, no matter who said it, no matter if I said it, unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.”
“No one saves us but ourselves, no one can and no one may, we ourselves must walk the path”
“We are what we think, all that we are arises with our thoughts, with our thoughts we make our world.”
“If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let one meal pass without sharing it in some way.”
“Words have the power to destroy and heal, when words are both true and kind, they can change our world.”
“Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”
“Thousand of candles can be lit from a single candle and the life of the candle will not be shortened, happiness never decreases by being shared.”
“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it, do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many, do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books, do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders, do not believe in traditions because it has been handed down for many generations, but after observation and analysis, when you find anything agrees with reason and is conducive with the good and benefit of one and all, then except it and live up to it.”
Buddha
“No one saves us but ourselves, no one can and no one may, we ourselves must walk the path”
“We are what we think, all that we are arises with our thoughts, with our thoughts we make our world.”
“If you knew what I know about the power of giving, you would not let one meal pass without sharing it in some way.”
“Words have the power to destroy and heal, when words are both true and kind, they can change our world.”
“Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.”
“Thousand of candles can be lit from a single candle and the life of the candle will not be shortened, happiness never decreases by being shared.”
“Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it, do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many, do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books, do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders, do not believe in traditions because it has been handed down for many generations, but after observation and analysis, when you find anything agrees with reason and is conducive with the good and benefit of one and all, then except it and live up to it.”
Buddha
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- At 7:14pm on October 12, 2008,
angela said… - I live in a really good part of NC that is really a diverse city, but we are in the middle of the bible belt and it sux. But we love it here and I teach my son and also try to allow him to make his own decisions as he gets older. "christian nation" the most ridiculous statement. if people would only understand that we were founded on secularism not Christianity.
- At 11:34am on October 16, 2008,
HotMess said… - Welcome to "Are You Experienced?" We look forward to getting to know you!
- At 4:16pm on April 17, 2009,
Julia Rutledge said… - Thanks! It was a bit of a transition, I was MEDEVAC'd home half-way, but I'm doing fine and planning my reenlistment.
- At 6:32pm on April 26, 2009, Julia Rutledge said…
- I was at Camp Taji, north of BIAP. I had some friends at Liberty and thereabouts. Yeah, I'm alright. I got my clean bill of health this past week! So exciting. I plan to reenlist for Italy when my window opens in July. So you're AF? What you do?
- At 12:59pm on June 7, 2009,
Armen Martirosyan said… - All is well in Downtown Honolulu. Still trying to get a detailed handle on this social network. For all its intended evil purposes, I still use Facebook much more frequently, mainly to keep up with friends and post pictures.
- At 6:03pm on June 12, 2009, Armen Martirosyan said…
- I agree about facebook and its too many apps. A bit of a chaotic mess to be honest.
It's good to know there's at least 7 of us here in Hawaii. Did you by any chance want to be admin to the hawaii atheists page? I honestly don't have as much time as I should to fix it up and get it to look nice. As you may have noticed, I haphazardly slapped on a geological map of HI with a tongue-in-cheek shark bite out of the fish.
- At 9:25pm on June 12, 2009,
Calvin said… - Pay no attention to all the photo uploads and deletions I'm doing, I'm still trying to figure out all the photo options on this site.
- At 5:53pm on July 20, 2009,
Mike Gonsalves said… - Thanks for the tip on the Godless in Hawaii group, Calvin. I'm looking forward to the local dialogue. ~Mike
- At 8:54pm on August 5, 2009,
BlackRabbit said… - Hey hey. Thanks. Unfortunately, I'm moving to the mainland soon haha. been living here with a friend and we're in the process of moving currently, but yeah, totally. I'll check it out. :)
- At 6:12pm on August 10, 2009,
Kaimana said… - Yeah, I'm definitely a member of the hated minority in Hawaii (Atheist white male?), so I don't think I'll be there much longer.
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