(September 23, 2018 at 3:16 pm)Shell B Wrote:

(September 23, 2018 at 1:30 pm)Aliza Wrote: I'm a theist.

I am the bringer of cooties.

Oh, that. Hahaha, you're fine. We've had theists on staff here. Some get shat on a lot, but they deserve it, for the most part, for other reasons. You might find yourself challenged a lot, but you won't be run off with pitchforks. I don't mind in the slightest that you're a theist.

Aliza's smart and funny.  She's one of my favorite people over on TTA....and now over here.

Aliza,

Do you really believe that "moses" spoke to a burning bush?

I swear at my burning bush all the time.

(September 23, 2018 at 4:00 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Aliza,

Do you really believe that "moses" spoke to a burning bush?

Pfffft.       Minimalist, I just took a closer  look at your avatar.     

No, it's not totally off the topic of a burning bush.

(September 23, 2018 at 3:15 pm)Aliza Wrote:

(September 23, 2018 at 3:09 pm)Mathilda Wrote: Not always. Aliza isn't. Kingschosen on TTA was never an arsehole before he became an atheist.

It's just that being an atheist forum, the arseholes come here to proselytise.

Thank you, Mathilda! I appreciate you saying that.

Assholes comes in all shapes and sizes. Being a theist doesn't make you an asshole and being an atheist doesn't somehow automatically render you as a non-asshole. You're an asshole if you have a piece of shit personality and your belief in a deity or lack thereof doesn't change that. -But it might highlight your existing personality, though.

I agree, Aliza is good people.  Poke at your own peril, folks. Many people will have her back.

Also, Kingschosen didn't become an asshole after giving up on religion, did he?

(September 23, 2018 at 2:05 pm)Aliza Wrote:

(September 23, 2018 at 1:46 pm)anjele Wrote: I was trying to be respectful...I mean, given the topic, as respectful as possible...I'll show myself out.  

You're fine, Anjele. I'm not planning on changing how I spell it just because I joined a new forum. I explained it to TTA, and I'll explain it to AF. It was going to come out one way or another.

(September 23, 2018 at 1:51 pm)J a c k Wrote: Oh man. Now I’m curious.

Jews typically use a dash in place of the o in the word "God."

We're not afraid of typing out the word "God," and we don't think G-d is going to somehow be offended or send us to hell; we don't even believe in hell. It's not a sin to type the o, and I don't have to sacrifice a cow or say a special blessing to ask for forgiveness.

It's like a courtesy because the four letter Hebrew tetragrammaton should, according to our tradition, never be erased. But if you skip a letter, then you never used the tetragrammaton in the first place, so it doesn't matter if it's erased. We apply that logic to English even though "God" is only a representative of the tetragrammaton.

Oh, that's definitely no problem as far as I'm concerned. I prefer to judge people by who they are when I can.

We've had, and have, some awesome theists here.

(September 23, 2018 at 4:00 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Aliza,

Do you really believe that "moses" spoke to a burning bush?

I don't really have a strong stance on that. It sounds like it was a metaphor to me. If at some time in the future, we have the technology to go back and see for ourselves what happened, and it turns out that it really was G-d dressed up as a burning bush, I will be willing to take a firm stance on the matter.

(September 23, 2018 at 4:16 pm)Fireball Wrote: I agree, Aliza is good people.  Poke at your own peril, folks. Many people will have her back.

Also, Kingschosen didn't become an asshole after giving up on religion, did he?

She may get poked, but if she's got thick skin, she'll survive. She seems like she can handle it. For the most part, no one's going to be a dick about it. We'll definitely question and discuss her beliefs, but I imagine she expects that. She can feel free to do the same with our lack of them. Kumbaya all around.

(September 23, 2018 at 3:15 pm)Aliza Wrote:

(September 23, 2018 at 3:09 pm)Mathilda Wrote: Not always. Aliza isn't. Kingschosen on TTA was never an arsehole before he became an atheist.

It's just that being an atheist forum, the arseholes come here to proselytise.

Thank you, Mathilda! I appreciate you saying that.

Assholes comes in all shapes and sizes. Being a theist doesn't make you an asshole and being an atheist doesn't somehow automatically render you as a non-asshole. You're an asshole if you have a piece of shit personality and your belief in a deity or lack thereof doesn't change that. -But it might highlight your existing personality, though.

On behalf of my fellow assholes the world over, thank you sincerely.

Boru

I have aquestion?

Where might one post a vid?

I was out and about in my country side the other day and have some moving wild-life images to share.

Not at work.