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Greetings
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Greetings
I've been lurking on this site for a while and decided it's time to join in the fun.

I am a 46 year old father of four and grandfather of two. I've been an atheist since I was a teenager. I really don't have a dramatic de-conversion story. Skepticism came easily to me as a child, and I simply realized around age 13 that I didn't believe a word of the church's major claims as recited in the Apostles' Creed. I never looked back.

It continues to blow me away that 21st Century people who have attained the age of reason and have a library card could possibly buy into ancient religious claims. Then again, we are peculiar animals.

I look forward to participating in the conversations and hope to play a small part in helping to advance reason and modesty (two virtues often notably lacking among the faithful).
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#2
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Guten Abend
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#3
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Howdy!
Cunt
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#4
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Welcome to the jungle
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#5
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Hello and 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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#6
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Aw, man, you gotta change your avatar. We already got a guy using that one. It's going to be confusing as hell.

Welcome!
Everything I needed to know about life I learned on Dagobah.
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#7
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A person with good avatar taste I see.



You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.

Tinkety Tonk and down with the Nazis.




 








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#8
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Yay. Another older guy.

Welcome aboard.
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#9
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(July 26, 2013 at 12:40 pm)Rahul Wrote: Aw, man, you gotta change your avatar. We already got a guy using that one. It's going to be confusing as hell.

Welcome!

Surely there's room in this world for two people who choose a famous mouth-breather for an avatar. Anyway, thanks to all for the welcomes.
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#10
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Welcome very muchly and suchSmile
If I were to create self aware beings knowing fully what they would do in their lifetimes, I sure wouldn't create a HELL for the majority of them to live in infinitely! That's not Love, that's sadistic. Therefore a truly loving god does not exist!

Quote:The sin is against an infinite being (God) unforgiven infinitely, therefore the punishment is infinite.

Dead wrong.  The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.

Quote:Some people deserve hell.

I say again:  No exceptions.  Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it.  As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.

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