(December 3, 2014 at 12:39 pm)TripleA Wrote: Hi everyone.
Nice to be here.
I have been reading these fora for a while now, so high time I introduce myself.
Although I grew up in a protestant family and school, I have always been an atheist. I think I am missing the gene you need to believe :-) and I never thought it was a 'thing', until I moved to the US (North Carolina). Coming from the Netherlands, that was quite a shock. There are actually people who don't want to have anything to do with you just because you don't go to church. After trying to fit in for 12 years I have moved back to Europe, but it is starting to look like I am heading back there. So I may be in need of some moral support from some fellow heathens :-) at some point.
I won't bore you anymore at this point. Ask away if you want to know more......
Hoi !
MM
"The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions" - Leonardo da Vinci
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
"I think I use the term “radical” rather loosely, just for emphasis. If you describe yourself as “atheist,” some people will say, “Don’t you mean ‘agnostic’?” I have to reply that I really do mean atheist, I really do not believe that there is a god; in fact, I am convinced that there is not a god (a subtle difference). I see not a shred of evidence to suggest that there is one ... etc., etc. It’s easier to say that I am a radical atheist, just to signal that I really mean it, have thought about it a great deal, and that it’s an opinion I hold seriously." - Douglas Adams (and I echo the sentiment)
