Hello people of the Atheist Forum,

I am a 16-year-old sophomore who just so happens to be an atheist. I am 100% Japanese in terms of my ethnicity, but since I lived in the US (GA to be exact) for 4 years, I can speak and write English.

I came here to look for answers that couldn't be answered through YouTube videos, articles, or my own contemplation. As a teenager, I have many economical and intellectual restrictions that hinder me from getting books or thinking through issues thoroughly. I fully admit that I need a helping hand when thinking logically, and that is why I decided to join today.

I go to a Christian international school here in Japan which I joined when I was still a Christian 4 years ago. I love it there because of my friends. However, the education here is extremely biased (which I don't blame them for. It's a private school.) Topics like evolution have a disclaimer in the beginning where a teacher takes an entire class period to explain that it is "not something we believe in, and something you shouldn't either." We have a mandatory Bible class where extremely poor arguments for Christianity like, "God is necessary in our life. We can live without something that is necessary to life. We are alive. Therefore God exists", or the Junkyard Tornado/Kalam Cosmological argument is taught. Most of these arguments are easy to refute, and many people in my school are angry at me for doing that. However, like I said in the beginning, I need some help with other arguments and I decided that this was the perfect place to get that help.

Hopefully, I will enjoy it here!

EDIT: Thought I would put some of my interests here. 
My interests are:
- Softcore gaming:
I'm not that devoted to gaming, but I do enjoy titles like Halo and Elder Scrolls, and I have delved into their lore extensively.

- History
Especially World War II history. There are so many amazing books on it.

- Amateur writing and worldbuilding

- Reading
The A Song of Ice and Fire series is my favourite

- Watching snip-bits from TV shows so I don't have to pirate or spend money
Hannibal, Game of Thrones, and The Walking Dead are the shows that I do this to most frequently.

Welcome!

Hey there, welcome! Thanks for telling us about yourself

Evolution disclaimer. I like it. Hilarious! "Reality bothers us. It should bother you too. Parents produce identical offspring to themselves, everyone can see that. And magic and stuff. What, you think a bee can give birth to a leapord? How would that even work?"

Between the membership here there's a lot of expertise in many areas.

Welcome Herr von Kerpen!

Welcome!

Welcome.

But why on earth did you choose the name of a 13th century grandmaster of the German knights orden as an alias?

(October 24, 2016 at 8:41 am)abaris Wrote: Welcome.

But why on earth did you choose the name of a 13th century grandmaster of the German knights orden as an alias?

Why did you choose abaris as an alias?

(October 24, 2016 at 8:42 am)Bella Morte Wrote: Why did you choose abaris as an alias?

That's actually from my pen and paper roleplaying days and I never bothered to use something different in over 30 years.

Interested in history and ASOIAF? We should get along well . Welcome!