Is anyone else an atheist with BC besides me?

me too, cremation and burial in nearest National Cemetery. 🇺🇸

let's not let political stuff confuse the discussion

My perspective from Canada is that you're having a harder and harder time keeping church and state separate, so yes, politics is becoming increasingly polluted by religious influences.

There are a not insignificant number of people who are yearning for a Christian theocracy.

Vote for Egads!!!

I'll put a chicken (organic) in every pot....and pot (organic) in every chicken!

I didn't realize that there was a restriction of topics on this thread.  Oh well.

I like that Voltaire quote,,, stealing that.

Beautiful song. I grew up in Kansas and Oklahoma so dust in the wind brought back lots of childhood memories.

but this is the atheist thread - I'm ok with keeping politics out but surely we can talk about our view of religion? otherwise what's the point of an atheist thread??

Moth, Spookies - YES. I'm against discussing politics, but what has that do to with thoughts and musings about life & death?

Atheists & questioners definitely need/deserve a place to discuss their feelings about life & death. Breast Cancer certainly makes everyone of us think of the time we have had and what time we have left.

And yes, there are tons of prayer threads so hopefully anyone who doesn't feel comfortable here will migrate w/o causing a fuss.

Ananda - love the song. Most interesting video.

I have a degree in political science. For me, pretty much everything is political - including life & death - but I get that some people don't like to discuss specific political issues.

What I don't get at all is being asked to not generalize about other people's faith on an atheist thread. It also strikes me that generally speaking people in religious discussions are quite comfortable blaming the ills of the world n society's lack of faith, but somehow atheists gets admonished if we say the ills of the world are a result of religious dogma, or pursuit of theocracy etc.

That said, obviously just as religious folks identify with all sorts of different political views, the same is true of atheists. We're a diverse community & I wouldn't presuppose any commonality beyond the lack of belief in a god.

I'm not afraid of death or dying... just slow decay.

I volunteered at our local hospice.  Pain is not a problem.  Hospice has superior drugs. I don't want anyone having to "care" for me unless it's for the last week or two of my life.  I'd rather die like my 99 year old father-in-law did.  He got up from the pot, pulled up his pants, stepped out of the bathroom and fell over dead. He had all of his faculties until the very end.

SoCalLisa, I completely agree.