Hello

[beanepie]

Hi all. To be frank, I'm super bored and thought this might be interesting. I was raised in a Jewish family that wasn't very religious or observant but we lived in a modern orthodox (ask if you don't know what that means) neighborhood and I went to a pretty religious day school through the 8th grade. We also went to an orthodox synagogue. Our family was and is traditional in that we observe many holidays and kept a kosher home (other than the non kosher food ordered in and eaten on paper ha ha) but no one really cared too much about it all except from a cultural standpoint. I'm still very culturally Jewish and identify as such but I guess I'm an atheist. I say "I guess" because while I realize logically that there is zero proof of god I think my background somehow makes me feel bad about saying it. No need to convince me. I'm convinced. And I don't feel guilty about it. It's almost odd to me that saying it is uncomfortable. I guess there's still a small part of me that was too indoctrinated in childhood to 100% say screw it all. Of course, I don't practice my religion at all so it's almost silly to hang on. I'm obsessed with Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris and as I'm currently unemployed, spend an inordinate amount of time watching videos of them speaking, debating, and whatnot. I get a little crazy when I hear what religious people argue. I can't stand illogical arguments. I also like this show called The Atheist Experience. Love the religious viewer calls. The only time I have ever seen a religious person debate an atheist and not have my blood boil was when Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks debated Dawkins. He actually tripped Dawkins up a bit which was amusing as it rarely happens. Not sure what else to say. I'll admit, I haven't actually even checked out anything on the board yet so hopefully I fit in! Looking forward to learning some things and having interesting conversations. Thanks.