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New member - Hi everyone!
Chuff Offline
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New member - Hi everyone!
February 9, 2012 at 6:01 am
Hi everyone!
My name is Chris, and I’m a devout unbeliever.
I sometimes find life as an atheist quite a lonely one, other than my(equally non-believing) wife I don’t really have anyone to talk to about my world view, so I thought joining a forum with likeminded people might be a good idea.
I’m lucky that we live in the UK where the majority of people are either agnostic or hold onto some vague notion of Christianity, but as an atheist even here I am often frustrated at how deeply ingrained mysticism is in our culture.

I am really looking forward to reading other people’s views, and also contributing to the debate.


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Tiberius Offline
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RE: New member - Hi everyone!
February 9, 2012 at 6:13 am
Welcome! Quite a few of us are from the UK too.
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RE: New member - Hi everyone!
February 9, 2012 at 6:14 am
Welcome to the forums, glad you could find a place to chat!
"There ought to be a term that would designate those who actually follow the teachings of Jesus, since the word 'Christian' has been largely divorced from those teachings, and so polluted by fundamentalists that it has come to connote their polar opposite: intolerance, vindictive hatred, and bigotry." -- Philip Stater, Huffington Post

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KichigaiNeko Away
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RE: New member - Hi everyone!
February 9, 2012 at 6:46 am
Hi Chris (and wife!) Welcome

Enjoy your stay here
"The Universe is run by the complex interweaving of three elements: energy, matter, and enlightened self-interest." G'Kar-B5
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RE: New member - Hi everyone!
February 9, 2012 at 7:06 am
Thanks guys. The wife may well join of her own accord Smile
Nice to see we've got people from all over the world including the uk, should make for some interesting chats
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RE: New member - Hi everyone!
February 9, 2012 at 7:17 am
welcome
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RE: New member - Hi everyone!
February 9, 2012 at 7:54 am
Welcome dude.
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RE: New member - Hi everyone!
February 9, 2012 at 9:13 am
Hi Chris from the UK! I'm Chris from the UK too!

Enjoy your stay mate.
The truth may be puzzling. It may take some work to grapple with. It may be counterintuitive. It may contradict deeply held prejudices. It may not be consonant with what we desperately want to be true. But our preferences do not determine what's true - Carl Sagan
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RE: New member - Hi everyone!
February 9, 2012 at 9:20 am
Isn't it a good thing we can choose our names on the internet?

I went through elementary/primary school with 5 other Rachels in my class - and some of us shared last initials.
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RE: New member - Hi everyone!
February 9, 2012 at 9:25 am (This post was last modified: February 9, 2012 at 9:26 am by Napoléon.)
(February 9, 2012 at 9:20 am)thesummerqueen Wrote: I went through elementary/primary school with 5 other Rachels in my class - and some of us shared last initials.

I know the feeling. I wish I had the balls to change my name in the real world like Tiberius is doing.
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