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Tien1985

(920 posts)

15. Mr. Rogers--retroactively

Reply to hrmjustin (Original post)

Wed May 29, 2013, 07:01 PM

May 2013

When I was young, I loved the Mr. Rogers show. As an adult, I learned he was a minister.

Made me consider that being religious need not get in the way of loving people just the way they are. Even though I'm not religious, I think it changed the way I think of religious people.

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Who influenced you the most when it comes to your views on religion? [View all] hrmjustin May 2013 OP

Myself. gcomeau May 2013 #1

Life in general. Nt newfie11 May 2013 #2

Allan Watts safeinOhio May 2013 #3

REASON and LOGIC aristocles May 2013 #4

Oddly enough... Wait Wut May 2013 #5

If you get a great priest it really makes the difference. hrmjustin May 2013 #8

She definitely likes okasha May 2013 #23

Dorothy Day. rug May 2013 #6

Myself, and various christians who kept pushing religion at me. Daemonaquila May 2013 #7

My family, who basically said that many people believed differently cbayer May 2013 #9

Who influenced you the most when it comes to your views on religion? Flashmann May 2013 #10

A priest and a lawyer. Graybeard May 2013 #11

Martin Buber Bad Thoughts May 2013 #12

Richard Dawkins, Paul Kurtz edhopper May 2013 #13

Carl Sagan, Isaac Asimov & Bertrand Russell pokerfan May 2013 #14

Mr. Rogers--retroactively Tien1985 May 2013 #15

Christians in general as the Southern Baptist Convention in particular. nt rrneck May 2013 #16

It would be difficult to choose one. Adsos Letter May 2013 #17

My History Teachers. Promethean May 2013 #18

I was born an atheist... MellowDem May 2013 #19

Bertrand Russell Goblinmonger May 2013 #20

Reading Watership Down. It shattered me (a GenXer). The bunnies, the bunnies! anneboleyn May 2013 #21

Mainly myself LostOne4Ever May 2013 #22

My lack of faith as a kid and Aleister Crowley. nt ZombieHorde May 2013 #24