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TheBananaKing, in What are your thoughts on the concept of having faith in a Higher Power but choosing to distance oneself from established religious doctrines?

What purpose does the belief part cover?

In my experience, this usually fills in for something that people need to be true.

IonAddis,
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In my experience, this usually fills in for something that people need to be true.

I’m not religious, but I’ve noticed religion can (successfully) act as a mental buffer to help people through hard times. To keep them from simply clocking themselves out during the lowest of lows.

Whether someone else likes that idea or not because it’s “lies” doesn’t really matter if it’s a technique for pure animal survival that works for some members of a species.

Personally, I’ve seen a lot of damage done to perfectly good people done via religious institutions, so I’d prefer if a formalized network of mental health services that was affordable and accessible existed. But, again, my preferences for the type of system that performs a function aren’t going to erase what happens in real life with real people faced with survival problems on the ground.

Zippit,

That’s a good take. It offers hope in times of desperation. A mental health solution would be better, but I’m told constantly that there’s a waiting list of 2 years, even though my GP is trying his very best to get me into a program, sometimes a higher power is all we have.

That said, f*ck all the religious rules. Live your life and hang on, even if you have to believe in a unicorn.

skygirl, in Gifts for young kids who are really into airplanes?

I noticed when I fly a lot of airlines include models of the plane you’re on in the in-flight purchase pamphlet. They’re pretty simple, probably fine for a kid - on the off chance you’re flying somewhere for the holidays.

Quazatron, (edited ) in What are your thoughts on the concept of having faith in a Higher Power but choosing to distance oneself from established religious doctrines?
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Sound like https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudeism .

You might as well abide. Or not.

palarith, in What are your thoughts on the concept of having faith in a Higher Power but choosing to distance oneself from established religious doctrines?
IvanOverdrive, in What's a sci-fi or fantasy book or series that you want to see adapted as a movie/television series?

I came here to say Chronicles of Amber. Damn, I thought I was the last fan left.

spittingimage,
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Not the last. Chronicles of Amber is awesome.

TheFeatureCreature, in Gifts for young kids who are really into airplanes?
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Maybe see if you have an aviation museum in your area. Some cool planes for the kid to see (or maybe even touch!) and also something for you to enjoy as well. Some also have gift shops as well which would probably be of interest to him.

vivadanang,

Yup. Museum of Flight (seattle) or NASM in DC are AMAZING and you can easily spend multiple days just taking in their static displays.

Freddyyeddy, in What's a sci-fi or fantasy book or series that you want to see adapted as a movie/television series?

The Dresden Files 10000% and iron druid.

Jarix,

At least we have a tv show to watch right?

SirEDCaLot, in What's a sci-fi or fantasy book or series that you want to see adapted as a movie/television series?

The Honor Harrington series. Would have to be 3d animated IMHO- One major component of the books is humans have received lifespan extension treatments which greatly slows down human aging. So you would need a ton of 18 to 25 year-old actors who can pull off playing 50 and 100-year-old characters.

Aermis, in What's a sci-fi or fantasy book or series that you want to see adapted as a movie/television series?

Hyperion cantos

thelsim, in What's your favorite thing to dream about?
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Dreams where I’m someone completely different. Doesn’t matter which gender or whatever, just that I’m living a different life. I sometimes have dreams where I have a very consistent identity, like I know I am that person.
I don’t mean for this to sound depressing, my own life is fine. I just really like pretending to be different people :)

NeoNachtwaechter, in What are your thoughts on the concept of having faith in a Higher Power but choosing to distance oneself from established religious doctrines?

just fly solo as a good human

The older you get, the more serious you want to take it. Being true to yourself etc.

But the more serious you take it, the harder it gets. In the end, I’m afraid it’s not doable.

Uranium_Green, (edited ) in Gifts for young kids who are really into airplanes?

On theme though not literally an aeroplane; the parachuter toys, like little army men that have a parachute on them that you throw out of windows/down the stairs, they were always an absolutely favourite of mine.

Make sure to get the type with netting that connects the parachute to the person as opposed to strings as it can never tangle

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Scubus,

This was the first thing i thought of. They also come as fireworks that will launch the little guy into the sky and pretty much always get him stuck in a tree. 9/10 would recommend

AingealDash, in Gifts for young kids who are really into airplanes?

Matchbox used to make a line of plane toys, not sure if they still do. Been a few years since I paid attention to toy cars

Minarble, in What's a sci-fi or fantasy book or series that you want to see adapted as a movie/television series?

The uplift war by David Brin

anubis119, in Gifts for young kids who are really into airplanes?

Amazon has these cool airport play mats. Bundle with a couple toy planes to takeoffs and land with.

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