Atheism on Shine

TWILIGHT

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Nightfall does not come all at once, neither does oppression. In both instances, there is a twilight when everything remains seemingly unchanged. And it is in such twilight that we all must be aware of change, lest we become unwitting victims in obscurity.

Lady at the Jewelry Store

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Dainty

There was once a guy who suffered from cancer... a cancer that can't be treated. He was in his 30’s and he could die anytime. All his life, he was stuck in his house being taken cared by his mother. He never went outside but he…

How Do We Explain God To Our Kids When We Don't Believe?

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My husband and I are atheists. My husband's parents are devout Christians. My three year-old daughter loves spending time at her grandparents' house reading their countless old books. Recently she discovered the old Sunday school books filled with childish versions of Biblical stories. She loves sitting on her grandmother's lap and listening to these stories — as any story she gets to hear in her grandmother's lap. She has not yet asked any questions about what she reads, but I am anxiously trying to decide how to answer the inevitable question, "What is god?" My husband and I hope our children will one day discover their own truths about god, based on all sorts of different exposures — when they are old enough to weigh information and make educated decisions; not through indoctrination. How do we explain to our young child this concept we adamantly don't believe in, without potentially offending her grandparents? -Are You There God? Its Me, Mommy

A REAL HEART

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Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, and is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act with a polluted mind, suffering will follow you, as the wheels of the oxcart follow the footsteps of the ox. Everything is based on mind, is led by mind, is fashioned by mind. If you speak and act…

ALONE

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Compassion literally means to feel with, to suffer with. Everyone is capable of compassion, and yet everyone tends to avoid it because it's uncomfortable. And the avoidance produces psychic numbing -- resistance to experiencing our pain for the world and other beings.

It had been raining for…

Has Science Discovered God?

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By Abelardo N. Navarro A Reflection In my cyberspace ministry, I am often asked questions like: Can your God create a rock so big He cannot lift it? How come your God cannot restore an amputated limb? Why does your God demand the death of so many people in the Bible? And other…

MOTHER AND SON

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She looked at the photograph of her son. He would always be seven years old, tow haired and missing two front teeth. Grasping the framed photo tighter in her quivering hands, so tight that the corners of the brass colored left impressions in her flesh, she looked at the American flag covered…

There was a Man Who Wanted To Achieve Everything in Life

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Once upon a time, there lived a man who wanted to achieve everything he was capable of achieving. He was obsessed with this desire. He ate, slept, and walked with one and only dream: to die, having accomplished every single thing he was able to accomplish.

There were so many things he could…

Life After Death

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Life After Death The best proof of another life after this one is Jesus Christ. One thing and one thing only can explain it: His disciples had encountered the real, solid, bodily-resurrected Jesus Christ. Not a hallucination. Not mass hypnosis. Not…