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Greetings
#1
Greetings
Greetings, fellow godless folk!
I've been reading various threads, and thought that I would introduce myself before joining in.
I'm an old guy and am probably older than most of you all.
I became an atheist about a half century ago in college.
I also became a Republican. Angry
In the years since I have derived some value from the concepts with which religions deal, but have become more convinced that the god of the old and new testaments and the koran does not,exist, did not pass on some secret knowledge, and that the billions of people who still believe are, to put it simply, primitives.
I also still believe in many of the values that attracted me to the GOP, but those bastards have wandered off into the wilderness, taking as much wealth with them as they could collect.
So, I apologize for my Republican past, and pray for forgiveness to Joe Pesci, believing, as did George Carlin, that he might be able to actually do something.
I am disabled and retired from my profession, but am a long time member of The Society of Wine Educators.
As a Certified wine person, I would start a wine thread here if there is interest.
I host a wine show on Public TV, and love to teach.
Hope to make some new friends here!

Bill Hopkins
Wink Shades
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#2
RE: Greetings
Welcome

And I forgive you for your republican past. Just don't do it again. Big Grin
Quote:"An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. "
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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#3
RE: Greetings
Hey there! You're about four decades older than me, so...Worship (large)
Trudging through endless religion one step at a time.
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#4
RE: Greetings
Hi! I like wine but I don't know much about it. Silly me. >.> Big Grin
Eeyore Wrote:Thanks for noticing.
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#5
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hi, I don't like wine, yet. but that's okay. welcome.
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#6
RE: Greetings
Welcome Padre5.

I'm 63 this month.

I love good wine,but sadly no longer drink due to a vindictive liver.I live in South Australia,where we have three areas which make world class wines; Barossa Valley, Clare Valley and McClaren Vale.

Republican you say? Ah well,no one's perfectAngel Cloud

ME? Pluralist.
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#7
RE: Greetings
Wine is good. Especially French or Italian reds.


Nice to have a third member of the Old Farts Club, too.
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#8
RE: Greetings
Welcome to the forums and happy posting. Join in.
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post

always working on cleaning my windows- me regarding Johari
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#9
RE: Greetings
You said wine, not whine, right? =P
I like the way you think!
...But please stop thinking, it's not you.
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