RE: Discipline/lack of and atheism
June 12, 2017 at 9:17 am
(This post was last modified: June 12, 2017 at 9:18 am by Adventurer.)
(June 12, 2017 at 9:09 am)Whateverist Wrote:(June 12, 2017 at 9:01 am)Adventurer Wrote: Thank you sir. Now you've brought me a peace of mind. I'm a known nascent atheist on The Thinking Atheist forum, and a long-standing atheist well known and respected on Atheist Foundation of Australia forum, which is my best one for its safe zones and strict rules against attacking someone as a person than ideas. I'm not used to the culture shock that Atheist Forums poses and entails so I can be sensitive at times and try to avenge on those who attack me as a person, when they should only attack my ideas.
The site I mentioned has strict decorum rules as well but you'd be surprised how much derision can be expressed while maintaining surface manners in speech as good as your own. That is what most reminded me of this other guy whose name I am not at all sure of now. Again, sorry for the shot you haven't earned here .. so far as I know. How are things going for you? Guess I'll see what threads you've opened to get an idea of your interests. I have to tell you I have no atheist agenda, just human ones. But I do appreciate the opportunity to converse with atheists where there is no need to tip toe around grown people's special feelings for their secret friend.
I'm doing fine, currently studying architecture post-graduate. I'm on holidays currently so I'm working on portfolios, internet-surfing and indulging in other kinds of creative works. Having learnt my lessons for showing my interests and creative works to some members of this forum, a moderator included, i.e. SteelCurtain, who seemed to joke to a hellish extent about plagiarising and selling copies of my novels or so - coupled with my inability to discern dry humour from genuine claims and in tonal comprehension due to my hearing disability (whilst English is my first language), I can no longer be confident in sharing with anyone, yourself included, Whateverist on what I'm up to, creatively wise. For trust to build up, I need to get to know someone personally very well and after years of interactions.
Anyways, when you mentioned human agendas, I guess it's your humanism, yes? I like humanism, which is inherently atheistic but with a difference - ethical conduct, willingness to adhere to the Golden Rule and philanthropic dealings. I've always firmly believed in cooperation over competition which is why I've ambivalent attitudes towards capitalism and anarchy whilst pioneering a new kind of state that strikes the balance in between.