We've adopted some Big
Sky thinking for our guide on this Big Sky Country.
Not exact matches
But unless you've fallen into some sort of new - economy role in which your chief duty is to daydream, too much blue -
sky thinking isn't all that great — not
for you as a leader, nor
for your business as an entity that actually makes change.
Collins told
Sky News that company leaders will «be in
for a nasty surprise» if they
think shutting Cambridge Analytica will make it possible to erase the data that prompted the investigation.
This acclimation process gives the software a chance to record your brain waves and trains you to use them consistently before it throws a series of increasingly difficult challenges at you, such as reconstructing simply via
thought a fallen bridge needed
for a mystical journey while a fiery
sky changes hue in response to your emotional state.
Those who
think self - driving technology is pie in the
sky or only
for expensive luxury cars,
think again.
just because you are too unimaginative or too scared to
think for a moment that a magic
sky daddy isn't watching over you, please do not lump free thinkers in with your kind.
Much of your argument such as I've seen,
for your
sky fairy (and I really
think that is an appropriate term
for your obviously fictional deity with all the self - contradictory tales about it in the bible), really seems to consist of a combination of willed ignorance and arguments from ignorance.
For all those who are talking to themselves today,
thinking that some supernatural deity is listening to them, please seek professional psychiatric help before you hurt someone or yourself in the name of your
sky fairy, vote against others» rights, or promote your chosen flavor of insanity over the scientific method.
What you're giving up is your freedom to
think for yourself by accepting this fantasy man - in - the -
sky BS that has somehow managed to propagate throughout the centuries of modern human existence.
So, not only do we
think you're an idiot
for actually believing in a magical, all - powerful, invisible man who lives in the
sky and demands things of you, we
think you're an idiot
for turning your back on the teachings of this magical, all - powerful, invisible man who lives in the
sky.
I cintend that the bible also calls us to do the same thing — it calls us to action and then says when we have donr everything we can and there is nothing else we are to stand in faith that it will work out — of course i paraphrase — but wht do people
think all christians do is sit on their butts and pray and look pie eyed at the
sky - this christian worked her butt of on the streets - and look at Mother Thresa - and other christians working
for humanity all over the world - i
think athiests have the wrong idea about chtistians...
I would
think that as Atheists we are more capable of love because we have dropped the need
for a
sky daddy.
get real dude, this is a forum
for poor me's and irresponsible behaviour, then, when the behaviour gets a light shown on it, the hands strat raising to the
sky and calling out some name and
think all will be forgiven and well, we all live under the same roof, same physical laws, beleif blog?
We are continuing to have this insane debate because we continue to beat our heads against the wall hoping that some kind of magical solution that no other country in the world has ever
thought of will drop down out of the
sky that allows us to keep the
for - profit model and still deliver care to all.
For example, I refer to the Judeo - Christian god as a sky fairy (although I think I like sky wizard better — it has the whole magic old man connotation to it) but I don't for example, say you believe in any other g
For example, I refer to the Judeo - Christian god as a
sky fairy (although I
think I like
sky wizard better — it has the whole magic old man connotation to it) but I don't
for example, say you believe in any other g
for example, say you believe in any other god.
A devastating question if we
think of God as an old man in the
sky with a long white beard, and (if we
think in those terms) we can go still further and ask «why not hide from the irascible old eccentric on the mountaintop when he threatens to burn you alive
for all eternity if you don't believe in him?»
America needs a massive social movement to get people to
think for themselves and stop relying on their pretend friends in the
sky to save them.
It's sad so many people still
think and invisible man in the
sky controls the universe just
for them.
Funny, now that I don't believe in a
sky fairy that watches my every move, just waiting to punish me
for thinking a bad
thought, I'm much happier.
Thinking abilities disabled... check Lobotomy performed, just in case any reasoning faculties are still active... check «GOD H8S F.AGS» T - shirt... check Armed with 2000 year old arguments
for invisible old men in the
sky that have been refuted on countless occasions... check
see, you believe prayer is
thinking some magical
sky fairy alters history
for you.
Until we learn to
think for ourselves and not believe in magic
sky people, stories like these will never go away.
If you
think that the
sky fairy is responsible
for all of your triumphs and failures, sorry, but that is really foolish.
I know that this is hard
for a bible whacker to grasp, but Atheists don't even give a second's
thought to any of the thousands of advertized
sky fairies.
And Jesus was a sailor When he walked upon the water And he spent a long time watching From his lonely wooden tower And when he knew
for certain Only drowning men could see him He said «All men will be sailors then Until the sea shall free them» But he himself was broken Long before the sky would open Forsaken, almost human He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone And you want to travel with him And you want to travel blind And you think maybe you'll trust him For he's touched your perfect body with his mi
for certain Only drowning men could see him He said «All men will be sailors then Until the sea shall free them» But he himself was broken Long before the
sky would open Forsaken, almost human He sank beneath your wisdom like a stone And you want to travel with him And you want to travel blind And you
think maybe you'll trust him
For he's touched your perfect body with his mi
For he's touched your perfect body with his mind.
This kind of
thought, which at its worst was found in the parody popularized decades ago that «there'll be pie in the
sky, when you die» as a compensation
for injustice today, is hardly attractive to men and women who insist that justice is to be done now.
You
think there's some magical
sky daddy waiting to walk you down streets of golds, and has a mansion on a hill
for you.
If anything ever destroys it, it'll be religious nuts who
think they're fighting some holy war
for the invisible man who lives in the
sky... geez, haven't we outgrown the needs
for these ancient fairy tales yet?
I sing old songs in the cold twilight as we walk,
thinking of what to make
for supper, my voice thin but the stars are coming out, the pines stark as black lace on the
sky.
... don't
think so... if i was a member of American Atheists i would be asking
for a refund of my dues... if people want to believe in a
sky faerie, don't attack them with a billboard... stupid waste of money... this equates atheism with religion and does nothing but cause problems...
If you get pleasure from calling me out
for my beliefs and calling God a
sky fairy, I hope it helps you through your day, but it won't change how I
think or act.
I protect kids
for a living, do everything I can to help ALL people, respect all life and give everybody their dignity, give my time and resources to help others, complain little, hurt nobody, want minimal things
for myself and often go without, sacrifice
for family, friends and community, but because I do not
think there is a deity in the
sky, I'm going to Hell while some selfish, ignorant, mean, destructive, abusive and hateful person who says, «Sorry» to God at the end of their life goes to Heaven.
We wouldn't want the monster who lives under there to get you... But seriously, if you actually believe that there's a God, and he had some «scriptures» written down
for us to follow, don't you
think it would be important enough to this invisible man in the
sky so that he / she / it would make certain we didn't foul it up?
I do not
think it is healthy
for adults to have an imaginary fascist dictator in the
sky who watches and listens to every move they make.»
When I read this, I
think about Paul's words in Romans: «
For ever since the world was created, people have seen the earth and
sky.
For years I always
thought that the good news (gospel) is about believing on Jesus so that we can» go to Heaven when you die» the old» pie in the
sky when you die».
The only people who are as dumb as this friar are the «believers» who
think there is some all knowing being in the
sky looking out
for humans, but not the animals evidently, on Earth.
If it was a problem
for me then I would have problems ranging from
sky wizards answering
thoughts in our heads to genies granting 3 wishes.No problems here, I as sure you no problems here.
So, JIL, how come you and your lot and your
sky fairy
think eternal torture is fair punishment
for mild «sins» in a finite life, «sins» such as reasonable doubt?
I
think we should declare this day «National Talk to Your Imaginary Friend Day,»
for those of us who don't have an imaginary friend to talk to, beg
for his / her / its assistance, then act surprised when that imaginary friend does absolutely NOTHING to help... then we can act just as delusional as you «believers» when you pray... which is really just talking to your imaginary friend who «lives in the
sky» or wherever you imagine him / her / it / them to live.
And two, I
think they don't have a lot to hope
for because what we've handed to them is sort of the Christian answer: Here is the great, stunning hope that God offers you: an eternal church service in the
sky — which is unbiblical, and it's also totally unappealing.
Visionaries have long dreamed of leaving the road
for the
skies, and the idea of a flying car has fascinated pilots as well as Hollywood screenwriters (
think Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Back to the Future, and The Jetsons).
Indeed, the word Elohim, the ordinary Hebrew name
for God, belonging as it does to a large family of Semitic words which spring from the same stem, is
thought by some to have denoted originally a
sky god.
From time immemorial the
sky had been associated with the gods, and in Christian
thought this meant that the chief dwelling - place of God was the
sky or heaven (in Hebrew and Greek there is only one word
for both).
American Thanksgiving irony: Conservatives blow their tops at the
thought of the president saying that they couldn't have had their successes without support from others & gov «t, but then they sit down at Thanksgiving to humbly thank an invisible
sky being
for providing their successes.
In context, I
think it is an encouragement
for believers to dive from airplanes and not open their parachutes, hastening their own deaths and meeting the
sky fairy in which they have so much faith.
I
think spiritual escapism happens when we stop looking to God and instead start looking
for his «benefits», like the latest book on the latest prayer trend by the latest guru that will fix our lives, or the bucket of money that will fall from the
sky as we sing (Man, stories like that one you just told make my skin crawl!)
I
think hummus is the most frequently made recipe in our house ~
for another hummus version (because the
sky is the limit) try this Lemon Herbed Lentil Hummus recipe.
Maybe you
think I am silly
for being so happy with the blue
sky and the sunshine, but if you lived in Canada, you know what I mean.
Wow, I'd never
thought of pumpkin in cornbread, but this sounds good, especially
for these lovely cool October blue -
sky days.