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    Thread: Are you sane?
Post: RE: Are you sane?

I believed it at one point because it was shoved down my thoat from childhood. I reject it now because it makes no sense and I see no reason to delve into it in an attempt to squeeze something meanin...
Kaptinjoo Life Sciences 33 7053 April 26, 2011 at 4:49 pm
    Thread: Have you read these books?
Post: RE: Have you read these books?

I've read 13 of them.
Kaptinjoo The Arts 50 15574 April 26, 2011 at 2:35 pm
    Thread: The science behind why people reject science
Post: The science behind why people reject science

http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/03/...ris-mooney This is a very interesting article. Oddly enough linked to me in one of my programming newsletters.
Kaptinjoo Life Sciences 6 2748 April 26, 2011 at 2:25 pm
    Thread: Are you sane?
Post: RE: Are you sane?

I don't know how you can believe the Bible and not believe the statements I made... unless you take the view that some random pieces are not to be meant literally and all this sort of thing. IMO you ...
Kaptinjoo Life Sciences 33 7053 April 26, 2011 at 2:11 pm
    Thread: Became an atheist, need advice on Christian fiance
Post: RE: Became an atheist, need advice on Christian fi...

Standard times are Sunday AM 930-12, sunday night 5-6, and wednesday night 7-8. Plus the activities like what chuck mentioned. 1hr a week I could live with, but yeah, this is too much.
Kaptinjoo Atheism 39 11054 April 26, 2011 at 2:08 pm
    Thread: My wife is Christian... i'm not sure what I am.
Post: RE: My wife is Christian... i'm not sure what I am...

Definitely should wait until after the anniversary. And make it dang good one!
Kaptinjoo Atheism 25 7767 April 26, 2011 at 2:06 pm
    Thread: My wife is Christian... i'm not sure what I am.
Post: RE: My wife is Christian... i'm not sure what I am...

My fiance's initial reaction was that since I didn't have some god telling me how to live that I'd turn into some evil baby-eating rapist and run around cheating on her and all this stuff. For a good...
Kaptinjoo Atheism 25 7767 April 26, 2011 at 11:56 am
    Thread: 10 Commandments (remake)
Post: RE: 10 Commandments (remake)

(April 26, 2011 at 11:11 am)Zen Badger Wrote: I actually had one christian tell me that the god of the OT and the god of the NT were different. Like the NT one was god 2.0. How he arrived at that ...
Kaptinjoo Off Topic 23 5608 April 26, 2011 at 11:50 am
    Thread: My wife is Christian... i'm not sure what I am.
Post: RE: My wife is Christian... i'm not sure what I am...

(April 26, 2011 at 11:08 am)IDKWTB Wrote: This is seriously bothering me. I don't know what to do. The anxiety is really getting to me. How do I bring this up? I know there is never a good time...
Kaptinjoo Atheism 25 7767 April 26, 2011 at 11:41 am
    Thread: Gun Ownership - are you for or against it and why?
Post: RE: Gun Ownership - are you for or against it and ...

(April 26, 2011 at 11:20 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: I don't feel a dissonance in my mind about it, but would gladly listen at your knee as to why you feel there is one in America. Quite.
Kaptinjoo Politics 105 24469 April 26, 2011 at 11:37 am
    Thread: Mississippi 'deals with" Westboro Baptists.
Post: RE: Mississippi 'deals with" Westboro Baptists.

These people have always ticked me off. They go way over the line.
Kaptinjoo Christianity 33 8493 April 26, 2011 at 10:47 am
    Thread: My wife is Christian... i'm not sure what I am.
Post: RE: My wife is Christian... i'm not sure what I am...

I was in a similar situation. Not married yet, but engaged (been together 7 years). My faith started dwindling several months ago and it resulted in a lot of tears and emotional distress for my fian...
Kaptinjoo Atheism 25 7767 April 26, 2011 at 10:45 am
    Thread: Are you sane?
Post: RE: Are you sane?

@fr0d0 The "revelation" I had that drove me away from Christianity was science. I looked at the stuff for myself and saw how much of it is either skewed or portrayed as lies by the christian communit...
Kaptinjoo Life Sciences 33 7053 April 26, 2011 at 10:41 am
    Thread: Shariah: Is it "barbaric"?
Post: RE: Shariah: Is it "barbaric"?

Yes it is, and if anyone tries to enforce it on me at any point while I'm alive, I'll either kill them or die in a pile of spent brass and empty magazines.
Kaptinjoo Islam 74 24144 April 26, 2011 at 10:33 am
    Thread: Changes
Post: RE: Changes

Generally people don't kill people for the sake of superstition either, whereas there have been who knows how many murders in the name of some sort of diety.
Kaptinjoo Atheism 14 4027 April 26, 2011 at 10:21 am
    Thread: 10 Commandments (remake)
Post: RE: 10 Commandments (remake)

The viscousness of "god's people" and god himself in the OT is a large part of what finally made me decide that christianity is BS. God is supposedly omnipresent and never changing, yet in the OT he ...
Kaptinjoo Off Topic 23 5608 April 26, 2011 at 10:18 am
    Thread: Gun Ownership - are you for or against it and why?
Post: RE: Gun Ownership - are you for or against it and ...

Well it makes sense that countries that have guns banned would have less gun crime. If a country banned cars DUI would go down too. The key to those phrases though is GUN crime. I seriously doubt c...
Kaptinjoo Politics 105 24469 April 26, 2011 at 9:04 am
    Thread: Became an atheist, need advice on Christian fiance
Post: RE: Became an atheist, need advice on Christian fi...

lol, that would probably work actually.
Kaptinjoo Atheism 39 11054 April 25, 2011 at 11:11 pm
    Thread: Became an atheist, need advice on Christian fiance
Post: RE: Became an atheist, need advice on Christian fi...

I would, I just don't want to get the boot before I find a sweet house. The housing market is in the crapper and people are still wanting outrageous prices for housing around here. It's stupid.
Kaptinjoo Atheism 39 11054 April 25, 2011 at 10:28 pm
    Thread: Became an atheist, need advice on Christian fiance
Post: RE: Became an atheist, need advice on Christian fi...

My dad just came up here and talked to me for about 20 minutes making sure I'm not having sex with my fiance. FFFFUUUUUUCCCCCKKKK I need to find a damn house. Somewhere where I can have all my guns ...
Kaptinjoo Atheism 39 11054 April 25, 2011 at 9:22 pm