maiforpeace
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My Tagline:
Everything you do in life must include, choice, love and passion. ~Nadia Boulanger~
My Interests:
Interfaith issues, Charity, Origin of life debates, History, Movies, TV, Music, Books, Education, Travel, Crafts, Current events, Politics, Art, Environment, Health, Sports, Cooking, Caregiving, Family, Marriage, Pets, Dreams, online forums and chatrooms, constitutional law, anti-war activities, compassionate communication, karaoke, sewing, cuisine, biking, skiing - cross country, downhill and water, kite-surfing, movies and poetry
My Favorite Books, Authors, Musicians, Movies, Preachers, TV shows, etc:
Books: The God Delusion, Letter to A Christian Nation, God is Not Great - How Religion Poisons Everything, Infidel, The End of Faith, The Selfish Gene, The Art of Eating
Movies: Contact, Life of Brian, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Moulin Rouge, Into the Wild, Across the Universe, Dogma
Music: The Cranberries, Pat Metheny, Basia, Coldplay, The Beatles, Tom Petty, Neil Young - can't name them all, and all classical
Who Inspires Me:
My husband, my parents, my family, my friends, my pets and great people
My organizations and affiliations:
Ethical Culture Society of Silicon Valley, Redwood Ramblers Toastmasters
My favorite spiritual activities:
Connecting with nature, connecting with people, enjoying the awe of our planet and everything on it, and all surrounding it, inclusive of THE UNIVERSE!
Who I'm praying for:
I don't believe in prayer
What is your current spiritual mood?:
Humbled
What's your spiritual type?:
Undefinable - These labels (and most labels) don't work for me.
About Me
My personal belief is that it is arrogant of us as humans to think we know the answer to everything, and that there are some questions that have no definitive answer at least, not at this moment in time, like where we came from, where we will go, and how exactly the universe came about. While I think everyone should be allowed to believe what they want, I am avidly against it being foisted on others, within politics and government particularly, and therefore am an activist for separation of church and state. I am also strongly in favor of, and actively seek to remove the stigma that atheists are immoral and untrustworthy, which is, according to the Pew Research Center for Public Inquiry what over 61% of what Americans believe.
I am president of Redwood Ramblers Toastmasters, co-chair of the Ethical Action committee for the Ethical Culture Society of Silicon Valley and a global moderator at Atheist Nation.
The Ethical Culture Society of Silicon Valley
Ethical Culture is a humanistic and educational movement inspired by the ideal that the supreme aim of human life is working to create a more humane society. Our focus is on how we live our lives.
Our faith is in the capacity and responsibility of human beings to act in their personal relationships and in the larger community to help create a better world.
Our commitment is to the worth and dignity of the individual, and to treating each human being so as to bring out the best in him or her.
Members join together in ethical societies to assist each other in developing ethical ideas and ideals . . . to celebrate life's joys and support each other through life's crises . . . to work together to improve our world and the world of our children.
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Richard Dawkins.netMy Basics
Location: Mount Hermon, California, USA
Gender: Female
Occupation: sales and law student
Relationship Status: Married
Faiths:
Atheist
Faith Description: Ethical Culture, Liberal, Moral, Scientific, Secular, Myself, Power of Love, Random chance, Science, Service, Separation of Church and State, Feminist, Humanist, Pantheist, Freethought, Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and Invisible Pink Unicorns
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