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Hello from Illinois!
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(February 18, 2014 at 11:30 am)osdave Wrote: I’ve been a lurker here for a while – this is my first post. I was born and raised in Missouri and moved to the Chicago area when I was 20. I was a Christian for most of my life, up until about three years ago. I then started reading a lot of books on science, atheism, etc. I “came out” to my family about a year ago (all hard-core Christians) – it basically went okay, though I do notice a slight change in our relationship now. I guess part of that is probably because I am a fairly vocal atheist, so I have a hard time letting a lot of their comments slide.

Anyway, I just wanted to come on here and formally introduce myself, as I have had some questions lately that I would like to put out there and get everyone’s input. I look forward to participating here!

It's scary to think that there's all these invisible people lurking in the shadows, reading all the silliest crap that pops into my head. Thanks for making me feel so much more secure, new blood! Tongue

Only teasing. Great to have you aboard, pull up a theist and have a seat and a mug of whatever floats you.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist.  This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair.  Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second.  That means there's a situation vacant.'
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What took u so long. Jk welcome
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Welcome, Dave!
"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great

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Welcome
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
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Hello Illinois. Some great thinkers in that state. Glad to add you to the crew.
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Welcome! Never been to Chicagoland. Only Champaign-Urbana, which I like quite a bit.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
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Thanks again for all the welcomes!
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So, per my first post, I was getting ready to post a question to the board. As I typed it, I figured out the answer on my own. Apparently I just needed to type it out. Then I started typing another question, and the same thing happened. Weird.

Anyway, I guess I'll just sit here and talk amongst myselves until I come up with something worthy to contribute... Smile
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