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Hello there!
I'm a 21 year old catholic-turned-atheist from NY. I grew up in an Irish catholic family living in an Irish catholic neighborhood, but I never felt like I belonged, partially because I could never fully bring myself to blindly follow a belief with so many loopholes. I'd love to make some friends here since I don't know many atheists in real life (I still live with my mother while I attend a local college, and in our house, "atheist" is a dirty word).
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Welcome Smile
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#3
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Welcome
I don't know any atheists outside of Atheist Forums either.
John Adams Wrote:The Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.
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#4
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You guys should really move country...

Welcome
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#5
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It's haaard to leave America. This place just traps you.

Oh, and welcome!
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(January 18, 2013 at 5:21 pm)Napoléon Wrote: You guys should really move country...

Welcome

Trust me, I've actually considered it... I was accepted to a few universities in the UK a few years ago and would have gone had I could have gotten the money together. I'm glad I've gotten to spend all this time with my family though, so it all worked out I guess.
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(January 18, 2013 at 4:09 pm)KaNikki Wrote: I'm a 21 year old catholic-turned-atheist from NY. I grew up in an Irish catholic family living in an Irish catholic neighborhood, but I never felt like I belonged, partially because I could never fully bring myself to blindly follow a belief with so many loopholes. I'd love to make some friends here since I don't know many atheists in real life (I still live with my mother while I attend a local college, and in our house, "atheist" is a dirty word).

She who gets around might get noticed. She who gets noticed has acquired a valuable asset indeed: eyes.

Good luck with making friends... been here for years and I've not made one.... but many Smile

(January 18, 2013 at 4:25 pm)Darkstar Wrote: I don't know any atheists outside of Atheist Forums either.

Sure you do, you just haven't asked them (or they are scared/uninterested to/in tell(ing) you).
Please give me a home where cloud buffalo roam
Where the dear and the strangers can play
Where sometimes is heard a discouraging word
But the skies are not stormy all day
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(January 18, 2013 at 4:09 pm)KaNikki Wrote: I'd love to make some friends here

That shouldn't be a problem, if you don't mind people being a bit loopy, that is Big Grin

You are very welcome to AF! ^_^
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura

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I have only been on this forum for six months and At first I was not ready for the differences of American and British culture. I am now not surprised at all that you don't know any atheists. The level of conformity expected in America shocked me. The amount of posts I am an atheist, but it would upset so many people if I admitted it, means you probably know many, but they will not speak about it openly.

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New intelligence. Awesome. So weary of all the sheep around here. It's like we're all wading waste-deep through retards.

Welcome Nikki

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