I'm new to the site, and looking for a good conversation with my fellow Atheists. :)

[Cathee16]

Hello, dear.

Watch out for some of the nuttier xtians we have around here....Godschild comes to mind. He actually makes the muslims look good.

Oh, are they really that bad?

Think of the dumbest xtian you've ever met....double it...and G-C is worse.

At the risk of sounding like I've lived under a rock, what is an xtian? And G-C?

[Justtristo]

At the risk of sounding like I've lived under a rock, what is an xtian? And G-C?

I will happy explain what the following acronyms mean.

xtian = Christian
G-C = Godschild a christian member of this forum

[Cathee16]

At the risk of sounding like I've lived under a rock, what is an xtian? And G-C?

I will happy explain what the following acronyms mean.

xtian = Christian
G-C = Godchild a christian member of this forum

Why thank you very much.
Was pretty obvious now that I look at it.
You will all grow to realise I'm a little slow at times.

[Minimalist]

Yeah...you have to learn the shorthand around here.

[Violet]

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Oh, are they really that bad?

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Comes to mind.

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At least you can respect the KKK: they burn their crosses.

And I can totally bask in that pretty fire

[theVOID]

Well, I'm new to the site. That seems like a pretty plausable place to start.

I'm Cathee (you can call me Cath though) and I'm an atheist. My story isn't very interesting of how I became an Atheist. I was never raised in a really religious household, despite being christened and inflicted upon with the brand of a 'protestent'. Throughout my younger years, I referred to myself as a 'proddy' - the Scottish term for those under the protestent label - despite not being even remotely interested or aware of Christianities teachings (if you can even call them that.) It was in high school when I was at the age where I was at the 'yeah, I hate the world' stage where I really delved into the logical thinking of an Atheist. I started to question things. Like why there are so many problems in the world? Why is there suffering? Why is there death? You know? I would ask my mother at this point, which she would give the obvious shrug and the typical parent-y reply of 'there just is', to which I recieved an even more disinterested answer from my father. My knowledge of the Atheist world was broadened in my RMPS (Religious and Moral Philisophical Studies) class, my first teacher being a very religious man. A reverend believe it or not. He 'preached' to me and my fellow students that you should not ask questions of God, but just do what He says. That sickened me. Why would he give us the ability to think for ourselves if he didn't want us to ask a few questions on the way? It just didn't make sense. Then, thankfully, I got dealt a teacher that was on a completely different spectrum from the previous lunatic. He questioned everything - with a pessimistic heart, though - and wanted us to think for ourselves. Not have our thoughts and opinions forced upon us. I'm 16 right now, and will most likely return to that class to study the world of Atheism. I don't beleive there is a God. Never has been. Never will be. I very much believe the bible is NOT the word of God, but in fact stories written by different people over time, different things being used as symbols - the way they are used in todays literacy. Jesus being the protagonist, faced with many antagonists, just like any other 'adventure story'. Or whatever you want to refer to the bible as.

You may think 'oh shut up, what do you know? You're sixteen, still at school, and obviously haven't experienced the world' but does that not answer your question? Yes, I am only 16 and am still at school, and no I have not experienced the world, but even I - a typically naive teenager - can realise the absurdities created within the religious minds of those around us. That's how easy it is to open your eyes and realise how much of an unreliable source religion is in comparison to scientific evidence for example. You don't have to think like Darwin, Hawking or Dawkins. You could be the next Jim or Bob and still be able to realise this. Unless you're the pope.

Thanks for reading this bundle of very uninteresting crap I just wrote. Felt the need to let you all in to Cathee's brain. LOL.
Anywho, thanks again.

Cath.

Welcome

[Shell B]

Welcome, Cath. Don't worry about the bundle of "uninteresting crap." It is par for course here. I'm kidding. I would live here if it were a real life place.

[Minimalist]

I would live here if it were a real life place.

We know.....we know.

[Shell B]

We know.....we know.

Whatever, you know you would be my bitchy roommate.

[Violet]

Welcome, newcomer...

Yeah...you have to learn the shorthand around here.

Rhiz: Rhizomorph13
Sae: Aerzia Saerules Arktuos
Adrian: Tiberius
Leo: Leo-rcc
Rev or Revie: Reverend Jeremiah
Summer: TheSummerQueen
Zig or Ziggy or Atman: Ziggystardust
Nap: Napoleon
Fr0ds: Fr0d0
Min: Minimalist
Muslim: Chicken.
EvF or DvF or Doubtie or Evie: DoubtVsFaith
Jack or Dad or Dar: Darwinian
Pad: Padriac
VOID: theVOID
Moros or Syna or Ben: Moros Synackaon
Tacky, tack, or your base is under a tack: Tackattack
Shell: Shell B
Kichi: KichigaiNeko
Zen: Zen Badger
CP: Chatpilot
Paul: Paul the Human
Cinj: Cinjin
Zeus or Spats: HeyitsZeus
DP: DeistPaladin
Tav: Tavarish
LP: Lastpoet
WC: Welsh cake
Skip: Skipper
Rye: Rev. Rye
GC or G-C: Godschild
Statler: Statler Waldorf
Acranus: Ryft
Amph: Amphora
Shiny: Shinylight
Phil: Lilphil####
Kay or Kayen: Kayenneh
Miles: MilesTailsPower
Judas: Judas BentHer
John: JohnDG
Loki: Loki_999
Phil (again): Atheistphil
Uber: Ubermensh
TMP or Pudding or Magic P: The Magic Pudding
Scott: Scott Richens

Any use of the term 'misogynist': Dotard