Recent content by Masonjar

As someone who's "in this neighborhood," so to speak, it's hard to think of this all in terms of "best thing that ever happened" to me because right now, the negative feelings are so overwhelming.. guilt, pain, loss, failure, guilt, sadness, did I say guilt? Maybe someday, a different...

"Shoegazer" music. Dub Reggae. The punk record label SST (Black Flag, Husker Du, The Minutemen). -Mason

Congrats! Quitting smoking was the best move I ever made (after about 12 years of smoking). I've been a quitter for almost 7 years now. -Mason

I'll believe it when the evidence moves me. There's nothing that you listed above that cannot be explained in some other way. Near-death experience... it's an intense hallucination that people have when they're dying. Jesus? Probably a very smart man, maybe even enlightened more than...

Yes, but, if you didn't believe in Christ, it would follow that death would be "lights out" - what's there to be scared of? You wouldn't feel the worms crawling in and out because.. you'd be dead.. -Mason

I'm 37 so I haven't done much "preparing" yet! As far as I'm concerned right now, yes, I believe it's "lights off" - good night forever. It's the cycle of life. I intend to make the best of the life that I have left and make sure that my family is provided for in the case of my untimely...

They don't care about reasoning or facts or proof. Um, that's what Faith is.. belief without need for reasoning or facts or proof! Those things aren't important to people with Faith, they believe it in their hearts, and that's all that matters to them. I'm sure it was not meant as a...

Wow, I didn't see that at all. This has actually been a very polite discussion (compared to some internet religion wars I've been involved in). -Mason

When I get annoying, my wife points the tv remote at me and clicks. It's understood that she's clicking the "Matthew McConaughey" button. Unfortunately for her, that button seems to be permanently broken. lol -Mason

I wasn't trying to pin that behavior on any one group, I just do know that there are people that while claiming to be Atheist, spent a whole heck of a lot of time talking about God and how bad the Christian God especially and trying convince others that there is no God, etc. That's a lot of...

7 HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE is mostly common sense stuff, things that we all know that if we did every day, our lives would work better. But sometimes, we forget because we're creatures of our bad habits or we're slaves to our emotions. 7 HABITS talks about being proactive, trying to...

thanks Karol! Whatever that "hard-wire" is.. mine was cut a long time ago! I even remember as a child/teen sitting in church (Methodist) thinking.. man, do all these people really believe this stuff or are they just "playing along" in order to have a social activity on Sunday mornings and...

I'm curious, have you read any of the 7 HABITS books by Stephen Covey? From what I hear, they have their roots in LDS philosphy.. Personally, I'm a huge fan and have gotten a lot out of them over the years. -Mason

I wasn't able to vote, but here is my take on this topic. I've always viewed myself as an Atheist. I explained my views and someone said I was actually a Rationalist. That's fine with me because I don't really care about labels. But here, in a nutshell, describes my view: My...

I remember wanting wire frames in the 80's but I couldn't because my lenses were too thick. I hated the plastic. Now, after having several pairs of wire frames, I'm happy with plastic again, and am hoping to find something even more retro than what I have now. Though, I can't say going back...