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Another noobie here :)
December 1, 2015 at 11:54 am
Hello everyone!
My name is Shelly. I'm new to the forum, but I admit I've lurked for about a month before finally getting the courage to register. I was raised Christian but I let go of that in my early teens. I settled for agnosticism for many years but have just recently crossed that bridge into full atheism. It's been...a process, like puberty, in a way. I feel lost, and sad at times (most of my friends and family are Christians), so I felt drawn to find a community of like-minded people I can be a part of. Thanks to everyone in advance for welcoming me in. And apologies for spelling/grammar errors as I am typing from my iPhone, heh.
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RE: Another noobie here :)
December 1, 2015 at 12:01 pm
(December 1, 2015 at 11:54 am)LadyForCamus Wrote: Hello everyone!
My name is Shelly. I'm new to the forum, but I admit I've lurked for about a month before finally getting the courage to register. I was raised Christian but I let go of that in my early teens. I settled for agnosticism for many years but have just recently crossed that bridge into full atheism. It's been...a process, like puberty, in a way. I feel lost, and sad at times (most of my friends and family are Christians), so I felt drawn to find a community of like-minded people I can be a part of. Thanks to everyone in advance for welcoming me in. And apologies for spelling/grammar errors as I am typing from my iPhone, heh.
Welcome, Stranger.
See what I did there? 
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RE: Another noobie here :)
December 1, 2015 at 12:01 pm
Welcome!
Other atheists are out there in your community to befriend. Sometimes we're just hard to identify.
Hopefully your family has not disowned you. My family and I just made an agreement that we wouldn't talk god/religion with each other and we got along fine.
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RE: Another noobie here :)
December 1, 2015 at 12:20 pm
Hi Shelly, welcome to the community 
Well done for being brave enough to join us. I hope you enjoy the forum!
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RE: Another noobie here :)
December 1, 2015 at 12:29 pm
Greetings, newbie. Pull up a chair.
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RE: Another noobie here :)
December 1, 2015 at 12:30 pm
Heyyyyyyyy
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RE: Another noobie here :)
December 1, 2015 at 12:35 pm
It gets better, Shelly. Welcome to the forum.
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December 1, 2015 at 12:49 pm
Welcome, Shelly
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RE: Another noobie here :)
December 1, 2015 at 12:53 pm
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(December 1, 2015 at 12:01 pm)Crossless1 Wrote: Welcome, Stranger.
See what I did there?
Are you saying that she should avoid you like the plague?
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December 1, 2015 at 12:57 pm
Glad you're with us, Shelly. As You may have seen during your lurking, we have some pretty amazing people here, and with a very few exceptions, the theists here are amusing as they show their true colors and the effects of religious indoctrination on the human brain.
Glad you're now participating in our little community.
A Christian told me: if you were saved you cant lose your salvation. you're sealed with the Holy Ghost
I replied: Can I refuse? Because I find the entire concept of vicarious blood sacrifice atonement to be morally abhorrent, the concept of holding flawed creatures permanently accountable for social misbehaviors and thought crimes to be morally abhorrent, and the concept of calling something "free" when it comes with the strings of subjugation and obedience perhaps the most morally abhorrent of all... and that's without even going into the history of justifying genocide, slavery, rape, misogyny, religious intolerance, and suppression of free speech which has been attributed by your own scriptures to your deity. I want a refund. I would burn happily rather than serve the monster you profess to love.
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