tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2352648376305239677.post7711742249396273913..comments2023-10-20T08:32:14.040-04:00Comments on Heaving Dead Cats: Yet Another ExperimentAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12653141544095753595noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2352648376305239677.post-41068676203186447252011-04-13T21:07:55.000-04:002011-04-13T21:07:55.000-04:00Neece, Hi! I saw a ping and was reminded that your...Neece, Hi! I saw a ping and was reminded that your post would be up. I'm really looking forward to our experiment and am really hopeful it will be fruitful. By the way, this was a very nice post! I felt honored to be part of it. It's really interesting to hear the story of our friendship told from your point of view, and presented to your readers. You explained yourself well and set things up very nicely. Thank you for that! I look forward to hearing from some of your readers on our mutual blog. Peace!Roxane B. Salonennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2352648376305239677.post-9074763568513301832011-04-14T03:49:20.000-04:002011-04-14T03:49:20.000-04:00Hi Roxane!I'm hoping for a positive experiment...Hi Roxane!<br>I'm hoping for a positive experiment as well. :) See you over at AtheistCatholic.com! :)Neecehttp://www.heavingdeadcats.com/members/neece/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2352648376305239677.post-62438608933177165242011-04-14T10:59:52.000-04:002011-04-14T10:59:52.000-04:00Good luck on this. Debate is a good thing in my o...Good luck on this. Debate is a good thing in my opinion and it will be interesting to see how readers from different points of view will respond to the data and ideas that present during the discussions. One of my best friends believes in God and we have conversations regarding "faith" frequently. What I find most interesting during these discussions is the amount of emotional connection he has to his faith. It is as important to him as food. Its fun to navigate through our conversations...I challenge and he circumvents or he challenges and I look for data which sometimes I cannot produce. At the end of the day we have a nice meal together and he's always happy. That is the shocking thing to me. He's always happy no matter what horrors present or know matter how unjust or undeniably horrible something is. He's just happy. I laugh about it because at the end of the day he smiles going to sleep and I'm tortured with facts and atrocities and worry. When you have faith I just think its easier to let so much stuff "go" People always tell me to lighten up...Maybe I should learn a thing or two from people who believe in Invisible things that comfort them in strange ways. But no.....I'm too rational for that most likely. No flames here I'm not saying that all rational thinkers are without a sense of humor or that they are not happy with life. I just worry too much. My time with my friend who believes does make me happy, though, and I thank him for that even if I remain unconvinced about the existence of God.Haroldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2352648376305239677.post-10006985383653154182011-04-14T17:55:15.000-04:002011-04-14T17:55:15.000-04:00Hi Harold, it sounds like your conversations with ...Hi Harold, it sounds like your conversations with your best friend are great for both of you.<br>I just have to say, Roxane and I aren't debating. We did a bit of it in our email exchange but felt that it just made us both defensive and didn't change anything. <br>No, our blog together is about understanding, conversation and learning from each other. <br><br>About your friend always being happy, even in the face of horrible things, that doesn't sound healthy to me. Of course, worrying and making yourself miserable about things you can't do anything about isn't healthy either. <br>Maybe the best way of approach would be somewhere between the two of you, where you are happy when things are good and upset about things when they are bad, but then you try to make things better during the bad times. In other words, being proactive and realistic. <br>Of course, hopefully you already are proactive. You didn't say, I'm just saying what I think is a good way to go through life. :)Neecehttp://www.heavingdeadcats.com/members/neece/noreply@blogger.com