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 The group Recovering from Religion plans to start a helpline for people struggling with religious doubts.
June 4th, 2013
03:08 PM ET
Atheists to start 1-800 hotline for doubtersBy Dan Merica, CNN (CNN) – Who can people call when religious doubts arise, but they're afraid to talk to their faith leaders or families? A group that helps people "recover" from religion says it's ready to pick up the phone. Recovering from Religion, which has about 40 support groups in the U.S. and Britain, plans to launch a hotline that will offer doubters an anonymous place to ask difficult questions and find communities of like-minded nonbelievers. The group plans to staff the help line 24 hours a day and is modeling it after services like suicide prevention hotlines. Sarah Morehead, executive director of Recovering from Religion, told CNN that the mission is to help people, not convert them to atheism. “A lot of the times they just need someone to talk to," Morehead said. The 1-800 number has yet to be named. Recovering from Religion is trying to raise $30,000 by June 30 to fund "The Hotline Project" with up to 40 counselors. Ideally, the help line would be live by the holiday season, said Morehead, which is often a difficult time for people struggling with religious doubts. Photos: Famous atheists and their beliefs The idea for the hotline sprang up after calls came in to the Recovering from Religion phone line from people who were questioning their faith and needed to talk to someone. Morehead said she gets a few calls every day and hundreds of e-mails a month from people seeking counseling. From there, she said, it seemed a hotline that provided a permanent, anonymous place to talk to someone was the best option. "Coming out" as a nonbeliever - or even a doubter - can often be extremely difficult, Morehead and others say. In addition to the existential worries, budding nonbelievers run the risk of alienating family and friends. The help line’s volunteer counselors will be trained to not engage in religious debate, Morehead said. Instead, they will try to give callers “practical, action-oriented solutions.” When someone first calls the hotline, the counselor will start by simply asking the caller to talk about his or her personal story, said Morehead. Later, the counselor and the caller might work on an action plan. The caller's goals may concern formally leaving religion altogether, but Morehead said that counselors will also offer advice on finding a new faith or connecting with a local community of nonbelievers. Some blogs have questioned the hotline, however, calling it a ploy to increase the number of atheists in America. Headlines like “New 1-800 Number Funded By Liberals To Convert Christians to Atheists,” for example, have cropped up at a number of conservative blogs. Morehead said her critics fail to grasp the point of Recovering from Religion. “Most of the people who contact us are working their way towards disbelief, so of course we are very equipped to handle that,” Morehead said. “That is not the goal, though, or the job of the facilitators.” Photos: 'Born-again' celebrities This hotline is not completely unique in the world of religious "nones" – people who either don’t believe in God or don’t affiliate with any religious beliefs. Atheists have long discussed disbelief in the comfort of online anonymity. “We have seen how important the Internet is, especially young people questioning their faith, and this provides them with another resource with a different focus,” said Jesse Galef, communications director for the Secular Student Alliance. “For people who want more guidance, I think this resource will be very valuable.” Services that help religious doubters have thrived recently. The Clergy Project, an online community for preachers who no longer believe in God, has grown from 52 to nearly 500 people since its founding in 2011, said Teresa MacBain, the former executive director of the project. MacBain, a former pastor who converted to atheism, called the help line "another way for people to contact someone anonymously and discuss the struggles they are having for their beliefs.” “If this project had been around when I found the Clergy Project, I would have used it.” MacBain said she plans to get training as one of the counselors and hopes to be answering calls when the service launches. soundoff (3,878 Responses)« Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Next »
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What better way to gather the Flock of the Disenfranchised.
We're not a "flock" though. There are a few prominent atheists who are very outspoken, but they don't "shepherd" us at all.
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Sue sayz
Censorship..............................
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http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/05/when-christians-become-a-hated-minority/
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Is It Wrong to Make Babies Cry For Art?
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"................MacBain said she plans to get training......................"
I wonder what her hubby thought about her bein' a pastor. All that wasted effort the hubby put into the wife project!!!
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".............. Jesse Galef, communications director for the Secular Student Alliance..................."
Gubmint creepy kids. Burorats for a daddy figure!
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"...................Atheists have long discussed disbelief in the comfort of online anonymity......................"
It's all been done before as graffiti in the rest rooms at the local park. Find yer own doghouse A&A's.This is a belief blog...
"Jesus is a copy of Horus" dm murdoch
c o m e in bill ni. c alm in
bill ni, do u read me? please advise!
bill ni, u was right. them tarded xtains was 2 smart. they b takin over everywhere. r they at ur place? we r gettin shelled non-stop. major weapon systens they is 2 stooopid to operate r firing all over us. it is doomsday bill. help! can u hear me science guy? i thought them tards was 2 dumb and delusional 2 no how 2 walk and chew tobacco at same x. what 2 do. please advise bill ni
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bill science guy ni, do u read me?
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"Rev 12:16 And the earth helped the woman, and the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth."
Poor little lonely dragonites.
bill ni, r u there? do u read me?
Socialism and suicide go together like slave labor and carnality.
Atheists, Agnostics, or Doubters,
GOD is absolutely Real.
http://www.holy-19-harvest.com
UNIVERSAL MAGNIFICENT MIRACLES
Go splat chad/Austin and lol??
Science wins over creationism in South Korea
Government asks publishers to retain examples of evolution in science textbooks.
http://www.nature.com/news/science-wins-over-creationism-in-south-korea-1.11377
Yes, as real as Santa, for sure; but he certainly does not exist, or rather, if he does, he's a colossal azzhole for being so invisible and undetectable and irrelevant and yet expecting to be treated otherwise.
GOOD NEWS
Oh, he's real because you say so? Wow, that IS convincing! Thank you for clearing that yo for me! 🙂
OTOH
Larry
"It's funny how for someone that don't exist, ppl are willing to go so far to attempt to fight against it with such actions!"
We do not believe that your deity exists, but "Believers" *DO* exist; and they try to affect society (often detrimentally) with their fantasies and supersti'tions.
how bout that strategy, huh folks? god-haters no god don't exist and they don't concern themselves with him. it is his kids who want to control the world that concerns them. total delusionists r 2 powerful. Nazis got 2 get rid of em. they r 2 clever, 2 crafty for em. believers in skydaddy toothy fairy the mentally ill nutjobs pose a big danger to fascists.
there u go. geniuses
You too faithy................see below ............you KNOW the Christians Be Nice article is 4 link from top of page
out of 27,000,000
Prayer changes things ,
Read some where that Chad needs a cookie !
The e word wins all the time creationists ..........no god(s) made US............get over IT
Make sure to highlight above phrase..............then click on the little blue box and search with Bing.
Think out side the box and have fun .
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Feb 09, 2013 · ... who have been made in God's likeness. ... are all over it. ... Evolution WINS hands down...time for the horn-y red devil to get the hell out of the way......
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M_eYSuPKP3Y
Penn & Teller; The Bible is Bullsh-it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RV46fsmx6E
Agree the bible is BS !!!
Biblical Marriage Not Defined Simply As One Man, One Woman: Iowa Religious Scholars' Op-Ed
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/06/biblical-marriage-iowa-scholars-op-ed_n_3397304.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/05/24/has-the-oklahoma-atheist-been-saved/#comments
Prayer does not; you are such a LIAR. You have NO proof it changes anything! A great example of prayer proven not to work is the Christians in jail because prayer didn't work and their children died. For example: Susan Grady, who relied on prayer to heal her son. Nine-year-old Aaron Grady died and Susan Grady was arrested.
An article in the Journal of Pediatrics examined the deaths of 172 children from families who relied upon faith healing from 1975 to 1995. They concluded that four out of five ill children, who died under the care of faith healers or being left to prayer only, would most likely have survived if they had received medical care.
The statistical studies from the nineteenth century and the three CCU studies on prayer are quite consistent with the fact that humanity is wasting a huge amount of time on a procedure that simply doesn’t work. Nonetheless, faith in prayer is so pervasive and deeply rooted, you can be sure believers will continue to devise future studies in a desperate effort to confirm their beliefs!
"Atheism is not healthy for children and other living things"
That's why the data, has shown that atheists have happier and healthier lives than conservative Christians. Your post is built on a lie!
Psalms 9:8
And he shall judge the world in righteousness, he shall minister judgment to the people in uprightness.
Amen.
as my brethren know, nazi god hating fascists cannot cope with proof. unfortunately. they could be washed in his blood and made white as snow, but satan runs their lives and they don't know it. they think they r cute and special and cool.
legion, in the name of jesus christ and through his blood, come out of her!
she will get worse b4 he lets go of her
but dodo, how do they offer support to themselves when the new testament is proof jesus christ is god almighty, born of a virgin, died a criminal's death for no crime and was seen by hundreds and revolutionized korn and dylan and jimmy carter and reggie white and c.s. lewis and malcolm muggeridge and corrie ten boon and the nazi who abused her and killed her sister and hundreds of millions more?
Faith,
What do you see as being the ultimate and sensible reasoning behind your post.
Other than the utter suggestion of chaos it would mean right and wrong do not exist.
You cannot have night time at the same time as day time. You cannot light to be dark.
I see no logical reasoning for what you posted.
LJ
Faith,
What do you see as being the ultimate and sensible reasoning behind your post.
Other than the utter suggestion of chaos it would mean right and wrong do not exist.
You cannot have night time at the same time as day time. You cannot light to be dark.
I see no logical reasoning for what you posted.
it means u wash up. i'll save france. go hurry!
Mark , Sue 80:08 is what you should be looking for.
Sue, Mark 10:5 is what you are looking for.
Mark 10:5 shows that the character Jesus is talking to Jews, about divorce. What would that have to do with the topic?
Since we've still got HeavenStench referencing her one book, the Christian book of nasty, let's take a look at what's really in there. From BOTH testaments:
Numbers 31:17-18
17 Now kiII all the boys. And kiII every woman who has slept with a man,
18 but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.
Deuteronomy 13:6 – “If your brother, your mother’s son or your son or daughter, or the wife you cherish, or your friend who is as your own soul entice you secretly, saying, let us go and serve other gods … you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first against him to put him to death”
Revelations 2:23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
Leviticus 25
44 “‘Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves.
45 You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property.
46 You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.
Note that the bible is also very clear that you should sacrifice and burn an animal today because the smell makes sicko Christian sky fairy happy. No, you don't get to use the parts for food. You burn them, a complete waste of the poor animal.
Yes, the bible really says that, everyone. Yes, it's in Leviticus, look it up. Yes, Jesus purportedly said that the OT commands still apply. No exceptions. But even if you think the OT was god's mistaken first go around, you have to ask why a perfect, loving enti-ty would ever put such horrid instructions in there. If you think rationally at all, that is.
And then, if you disagree with my interpretation, ask yourself how it is that your "god" couldn't come up with a better way to communicate than a book that is so readily subject to so many interpretations and to being taken "out of context", and has so many mistakes in it. Pretty pathetic god that you've made for yourself.
So get out your sacrificial knife or your nasty sky creature will torture you eternally. Or just take a closer look at your foolish supersti-tions, understand that they are just silly, and toss them into the dustbin with all the rest of the gods that man has created.
Ask the questions. Break the chains. Join the movement.
Be free of Christianity and other superstitions.
http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/
Bob, how many times do YOU
Bob, these scriptures are about unbelief by not knowing or understanding scriptures, hence, they are spiritually dead.
Since we've still got HeavenStench dumping bible bile on us, and she is unable to respond with any substance to the ramifications of the content of her book of nasty, let's have a look at what's really in her Christian book of horrors. From both evil testaments (and note the comments re context and interpretation):
Numbers 31:17-18
17 Now kiII all the boys. And kiII every woman who has slept with a man,
18 but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.
Deuteronomy 13:6 – “If your brother, your mother’s son or your son or daughter, or the wife you cherish, or your friend who is as your own soul entice you secretly, saying, let us go and serve other gods … you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first against him to put him to death”
Revelations 2:23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
Leviticus 25
44 “‘Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves.
45 You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property.
46 You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.
Note that the bible is also very clear that you should sacrifice and burn an animal today because the smell makes sicko Christian sky fairy happy. No, you don't get to use the parts for food. You burn them, a complete waste of the poor animal.
Yes, the bible really says that, everyone. Yes, it's in Leviticus, look it up. Yes, Jesus purportedly said that the OT commands still apply. No exceptions. But even if you think the OT was god's mistaken first go around, you have to ask why a perfect, loving enti-ty would ever put such horrid instructions in there. If you think rationally at all, that is.
And then, if you disagree with my interpretation, ask yourself how it is that your "god" couldn't come up with a better way to communicate than a book that is so readily subject to so many interpretations and to being taken "out of context", and has so many mistakes in it. Pretty pathetic god that you've made for yourself.
So get out your sacrificial knife or your nasty sky creature will torture you eternally. Or just take a closer look at your foolish supersti-tions, understand that they are just silly, and toss them into the dustbin with all the rest of the gods that man has created.
Ask the questions. Break the chains. Join the movement.
Be free of Christianity and other superstitions.
http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/
bob lies, all the time. she nos better. she's corrected each time she tells this whopper.
"Yes, Jesus purportedly said that the OT commands still apply. No exceptions." prove it dodo
The source for that point is Matthew. Look it up. Now, other quotes above are from the foul new testament of your book of horrors. Let's review the quotes again, especially the NT ones, since you still haven't read them and don't know your own bible very well:
Numbers 31:17-18
17 Now kiII all the boys. And kiII every woman who has slept with a man,
18 but save for yourselves every girl who has never slept with a man.
Deuteronomy 13:6 – “If your brother, your mother’s son or your son or daughter, or the wife you cherish, or your friend who is as your own soul entice you secretly, saying, let us go and serve other gods … you shall surely kill him; your hand shall be first against him to put him to death”
Revelations 2:23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
Leviticus 25
44 “‘Your male and female slaves are to come from the nations around you; from them you may buy slaves.
45 You may also buy some of the temporary residents living among you and members of their clans born in your country, and they will become your property.
46 You can bequeath them to your children as inherited property and can make them slaves for life, but you must not rule over your fellow Israelites ruthlessly.
Note that the bible is also very clear that you should sacrifice and burn an animal today because the smell makes sicko Christian sky fairy happy. No, you don't get to use the parts for food. You burn them, a complete waste of the poor animal.
Yes, the bible really says that, everyone. Yes, it's in Leviticus, look it up. Yes, Jesus purportedly said that the OT commands still apply. No exceptions. But even if you think the OT was god's mistaken first go around, you have to ask why a perfect, loving enti-ty would ever put such horrid instructions in there. If you think rationally at all, that is.
And then, if you disagree with my interpretation, ask yourself how it is that your "god" couldn't come up with a better way to communicate than a book that is so readily subject to so many interpretations and to being taken "out of context", and has so many mistakes in it. Pretty pathetic god that you've made for yourself.
So get out your sacrificial knife or your nasty sky creature will torture you eternally. Or just take a closer look at your foolish supersti-tions, understand that they are just silly, and toss them into the dustbin with all the rest of the gods that man has created.
Ask the questions. Break the chains. Join the movement.
Be free of Christianity and other superstitions.
http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/
Bob
The source for that point is Matthew.
u should b proud of all the evidence u have. y lie? u r a liar. stoopid. get lost dm
Reality as Bob, God is eternal. You are not.
Hey HS............ eternal...........is the print you post on the blog.
166 // aiwniov // aionios // ahee-o'-nee-os //
from 165 ; TDNT – 1:208,31; adj
AV – eternal 42, everlasting 25, the world began + 5550 2,
since the world began + 5550 1, for ever 1; 71
1) without beginning and end, that which always has been and
always will be
2) without beginning
3) without end, never to cease, everlasting
The FLOOD from the dragon is the comments from the A&A's. It shows who is ruling in their temples.
26 “When the Advocate comes, whom I will send to you from the Father—the Spirit of truth who goes out from the Father—he will testify about me. 27 And you also must testify, for you have been with me from the beginning.
58,000 resultsAny time ...................Hey Austin the matrix..................you know no red horn-y beast required or needed.
When religious beliefs become evil: 4 signs – CNN Belief Blog ...
religion.blogs.cnn.com/2013/04/28/when-religious-beliefs-becomes...
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Apr 28, 2013 · hey CNN, this takes the prize ... Hey faithy seems like you have not been weaned yet sort of like chadie .....reminds me of a 5 year old ?
Think outside your box/bible Austin.