welcome to the forums! Have fun and don't be afraid to jump right in.

Thank you for the welcome.  Sorry it's taken me so long to respond. 

looked him (Chopra) up on Google.  I read that he was sued but the widow didn't have enough money to pursue legal action against him.  He no longer has a license (said he allowed it to lapse).

Like I said, listening to him put me to sleep.  Not just his voice, but the topic.  It's a good gimmick, if you can keep it going long enough. 

Thanks again.  As I said in my first post, I'm still figuring out how things work. 

Also thanks for the welcome and apologies for the tardy reply. 

Looks like you have (or had) a new baby recently?  Congratulations and best wishes.  I know you will probably do everything in your power to make certain he or she is kept from being indoctrinated into a religion while still a minor in your safe care.

PS: did you hear about the girl who died recently in Weston Wisconsin of complications of diabetes.  Her parents prayed for her to get better. 

Somebody better tell those parents, god isn't responding to sick calls these days.

Welcome to the hizzle!

I consider Deepak Chopra a charlatan - he was an actual doctor and gave it up for the pseudoscientific bullshit. So he knew how to think rationally but realized bullshit pays better.

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Chopra was a doctor.  The operative word being 'was'.  A neurologist, if I remember correctly.  The widow of one of his patients tried to sue him because he proclaimed her husband free of the disease Chopra had been 'treating' him for (with 'ancient homeopathic remedies') and the man died shortly thereafter of the same disease Chopra had declared him cured of (from).

I just don't like happy happy joy joy people.  (Think happy/you will be happy.) Sure that works for a while, but then I just start to believe the person is brain dead or in need of a rest in the mental hospital.  Reality is, not every thing is h h j j.  Not every day. 

Sometimes its more like SOS/DD. 

I've really got to read some more posts here.  I'm way behind. 

I have been posting, intermittantly on FFI...guess what, they don't like me so much.  Granted, I give the muslims a bit more grief than I do the christians.  But the christians (well 1 christian) inferred that FFI doesn't like atheists because 'it gives muslims more ammunition' to use against christians (in arguments).

Funny as far as I'm concerned.  (on many levels)

Life can be good.

I'll be around.  Catch ya later.

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I watched it.  I believe Chopra knew when he had misspoken. 

FFI as I understand it, is a website created (funded) by some guy (?) who goes by the name Ali Sina.  He apparently had left islam and set up the website to 'challenge' muslims to prove islam is the 'religion of piece'; that mohommed is the last profit of god; etc.  A.Sina has offered $$$ and to shut down his site if any muslim can 'defeat' him in a challenge i.e.,debate. 

And then you have others debating whether or not mohammed was a pedophile; did jesus call himself the son of god, etc. 

Yah...anyway, here is the site if you want to take a look:

http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/

It may say faith freedom, but it isn't a freedom FROM faith site.  It's basically christians and muslim apostates, some buddhist, hindu, etc, either trying to convince muslims to abandon islam or individuals slamming or defending various ethnic groups.  Whatever. 

You go away...SoS/DD  It's very much like a soap opera that you can get addicted to if you aren't careful.  You have to remember the soap opera isn't real.  I don't know if that Ali Sina is real or not.  I don't care. 

The christians there try to make it sound like their version is the better, more correct, kinder/gentler religion.  I'm not biting.  So some don't like me putting in my $.02 once in a while...when it doesn't support their agenda.  (Life just ain't fair sometimes). 

Then there are others...I just think they are rabid and need to be put down before they hurt themselves.  They take this internet crap so seriously.  It's NOT life or death people.  Keep it in perspective.

Again, thanks for the link.  I'll be around.

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Gees...don't tell them I recommended them.  I'd much rather you visit Richard Dawkins site (didn't I put that in my first post?)

Don't get me wrong...it can be amusing.  But some of them just take themselves too damned seriously

I was banned from RD.net for defending RRS.  After that I was considered banned on sight.  The moderator told everyone it was because I was name calling and Trolling.  Actually I never called anyone a single name.  I did deliver one mild insult though.  It was, "Do you refute any of my arguments or are you just displaying your normal distasteful personality?"

I posted one post with a long-winded defense of RRS, one bump post, and one last post with that sentence on it.  Immediate ban and deletion of all but my original post.

How the hell can you troll with only two posts(can't count the bump post.  And heck they don't have a rule against bumping, they even added functionality implemented on the website to help people bump more efficiently)?

No.  They banned me for defending the RRS.

Mr. Dawkins is wonderful.  I saw him in Austin a couple weeks ago.  His forums, unfortunately, are utter shit.

Hmmm...sounds like you will fit in perfectly here...

I met Dawkins last year at the AAI convention, and found him charming.  One of my prized possessions is a photo of the two of us.  You will never hear anything but praise for Dawkins coming from me or any other core member of RRS.  It is a pity that the RD board moderators appear more interested in politics than promoting atheism.   Sad to say, but a little face to face dialog (or webcam to webcam) would probably have cleared up any problems.  I hate when rumors are more credible than first hand information.

I had thought to post a few times on RD with the same screen name to see if I got an RRS ban, but it's never really been that important for me to find out.  Suffice it to say that if Dawkins ever wants support from RRS, he'll get it, and contrary to the reputation we seem to have acquired, we're just waiting for the RD forum folks to be nice.

Sorry for the digression, but I thought it was important considering the talk of Watcher's RD issues.  Nice to have you on the boards, Lyz!

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Not many weeks ago FFI had problems.  They said it was because they have been so successful in helping muslims leave islam or at least inferred that muslims had attacked the site. 

Well, whatever the reason, FFI is having problems again today. 

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