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    Thread: What's Your Hobby
Post: RE: What's Your Hobby

I have many hobbies and leisure activities, but currently the range is far more narrow where I am here in SE Asia, then back home in the western world. Here, I have retained my more abstract hobbies o...
VanessaUSA Off Topic 22 1943 March 16, 2018 at 1:18 am
    Thread: Hi
Post: RE: Hi

(March 15, 2018 at 9:06 pm)Grandizer Wrote: Well, there's a difference between knowledge and belief. Strong atheists don't always make claims of knowledge regarding God's existence, so they too can ...
VanessaUSA Introductions 30 3926 March 16, 2018 at 1:03 am
    Thread: Quick Poll - Do you believe in God?
Post: RE: Quick Poll - Do you believe in God?

I thought that was clear. No. NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO. Were you expecting something else? Well, at least it was a question that didn't take much brain effort to answer.
VanessaUSA Atheism 1632 452233 March 15, 2018 at 12:54 pm
    Thread: And NOW, by polite request:
Post: RE: And NOW, by polite request:

(March 14, 2018 at 5:08 am)Aoi Magi Wrote: Welcome newbie! Go slay some rabid arguments across the board to gain xp and level up! :P What is xp? What si the deal with level up? I also noticed tod...
VanessaUSA Introductions 18 2866 March 15, 2018 at 12:38 pm
    Thread: Hi
Post: RE: Hi

(March 15, 2018 at 9:10 am)Succubus Wrote: Excellent post Vanessa and welcome to the forums. I never could understand the agnostics position, as you say belief is binary, you either believe in god o...
VanessaUSA Introductions 30 3926 March 15, 2018 at 12:35 pm
    Thread: What Major Intellectual Issue Most Keeps You From Accepting The Christian Narrative?
Post: RE: What Major Intellectual Issue Most Keeps You F...

I find this an odd question because Christianity as a whole if chock full of problematic issues from an intellectual perspective as well as from a general perspective of human decency. I first started...
VanessaUSA Atheism 324 32815 March 15, 2018 at 6:38 am
    Thread: Hi
Post: RE: Hi

(March 1, 2018 at 10:08 am)wheatpenny Wrote: I identify myself as an agnostic because I honestly don't know if I can believe in God or not. I'm a follower of an Indian mystic named Osho, and he was ...
VanessaUSA Introductions 30 3926 March 15, 2018 at 6:24 am
    Thread: And NOW, by polite request:
Post: RE: And NOW, by polite request:

Thank you all very much for the nice welcome. As for slaying any dragonish posters or otherwise passing out beatings, even to chess-playing pigeons and the like, I assure you that it is usually done w...
VanessaUSA Introductions 18 2866 March 15, 2018 at 6:08 am
    Thread: Developing systems of morality, outside of religious influence.
Post: RE: Developing systems of morality, outside of rel...

I don't follow any system or derive my moral value system from anyone else. I simply try to be clear about what I value and what I am striving for by knowing what makes me happy and at peace with what...
VanessaUSA Atheism 28 4185 March 14, 2018 at 4:01 am
    Thread: And NOW, by polite request:
Post: And NOW, by polite request:

Hello everyone! By polite request, I've come to introduce myself as a newbie. Quite frankly, I don't even know if I am a newbie as I can't seem to find my previous account for this board, but perhap...
VanessaUSA Introductions 18 2866 March 14, 2018 at 1:36 am
    Thread: Common places you're a regular at.
Post: RE: Common places you're a regular at.

(March 13, 2018 at 4:58 pm)mh.brewer Wrote: Hi ya there noob! Can I persuade you to create an intro thread? Please! Hello! My apologies, then, if that is the expected norm. Sure, I will do that.
VanessaUSA Off Topic 47 4050 March 14, 2018 at 12:59 am
    Thread: Pedophile Priest Hits Close To Home
Post: RE: Pedophile Priest Hits Close To Home

(March 1, 2018 at 9:43 pm)Rev. Rye Wrote: And when my mother told the newspaper about it, they called her Satan. Yes, she was the anonymous "member" cited in the article; I should know, I overheard ...
VanessaUSA Religion 64 10802 March 14, 2018 at 12:56 am
    Thread: How Do Atheists Help[ People?
Post: RE: How Do Atheists Help[ People?

(March 8, 2018 at 1:50 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: All the money saved on not building Sunday palaces and all the overhead associated with running a competitive religion is available for other uses. Saving ...
VanessaUSA Atheism 32 6075 March 14, 2018 at 12:37 am
    Thread: Random Humorous Things - A Light-Hearted Thread
Post: RE: Random Humorous Things - A Light-Hearted Threa...

My random laugh of the day. Life does have a sense of humor. And just imagine encountering that with your wise-cracking children in tow.  The comments section only adds to the fray of course. [Imag...
VanessaUSA Humor 6970 289636 March 13, 2018 at 4:06 pm
    Thread: Why Give God Credit for the Things We Do?
Post: RE: Why Give God Credit for the Things We Do?

So that it is just as easy and fair to blame Satan....and his minions....via our naturally inherited weakness for wickedness via the supposed sin of Adam...for the other things we do?
VanessaUSA Religion 19 2818 March 13, 2018 at 2:26 pm
    Thread: How Do Atheists Help[ People?
Post: RE: How Do Atheists Help[ People?

Atheists are not homogeneous group as atheism, is merely the absence of belief in gods, rather than any unifying belief, system, or traits. Personally, I don't see much need for atheists to help peopl...
VanessaUSA Atheism 32 6075 March 13, 2018 at 2:08 pm
    Thread: The Newly Departed thread: announcements (departures)
Post: RE: The Newly Departed thread: announcements (depa...

Departures are a part of life and unfortunately I've endured a few lately. Someday the social media universe will be one big graveyard. As for me, I hope my own departure waits until I have finally ma...
VanessaUSA Off Topic 5239 712531 March 13, 2018 at 1:49 pm
    Thread: Common places you're a regular at.
Post: RE: Common places you're a regular at.

Libraries, bookstores, coffee shops, hockey games, hiking/biking trails round town....
VanessaUSA Off Topic 47 4050 March 13, 2018 at 1:42 pm