Hi. Remember THIS thread from a year and pennies ago?
A lot has changed. Mostly in me, how I see the world and whatnot. My parents haven't changed, but more on that later.
So, where to start? Well, not much of anything happened last summer, aside from finally snagging a dedicated personal computer. I spent most of the summer playing video games and not doing a whole lot. Last fall, however, I left for college. I'm a proud member of New Mexico Tech, working slowly towards Mechanical Engineering. I took an elective that explored some cosmology, and it helped instill a healthy respect for presented scientific theories.
I began listening to Stefan Molyneux's youtube series. I have no idea how he's generally received here, being quite the controversial figure and speaker. A lot of his ideas changed how I perceive government in its various forms as well as how I perceive Christianity and my childhood. I'd say that I'm now a Libertarian. I just recently STOPPED listening to his shows and unsubbed from his channel after visiting his forumsite. I read a few of the discussions, what really threw me would be the discussions on BDSM and martial arts, and the reaching hyper-analysis of each. As such, I decided to take a sort of spiritual/mental detox of sorts, and I guess I'm back here now, a return to roots, if you will.
Last semester, I took an applied philosophy/thought experiment course on failure, which got me a bit more interested in philosophy in general, besides someone just telling me that Christianity was child abuse. What's your favorite discourse on whatever topic? I'd like to branch off some thoughts, and I guess this open ended question's a good place to start.
I consider myself an atheist now, I don't fear Hell, which I guess was what was the last chain keeping me tied to Christianity. I've found myself thinking that I'd love to be called up on Judgement Day, give God the finger after unloading all sorts of hate for the confusion I went through from 12-18, and then swandive into Hell. That is, of course, "if I were wrong", but that seems unlikely to me. I can't say I've felt any desire to return to Christianity or to its g/God.
My parents are semi-aware of my "issues with faith", which is a fair litmus for future coming out of various closets. They for the most part think that this is just a phase where my faith is being challenged, and I suppose they're okay with that. Recent developments and things they've said suggest that they'd be okay with a complete reveal of my atheism, but I'm not willing to push that yet.
So, yeah. Hi.
A lot has changed. Mostly in me, how I see the world and whatnot. My parents haven't changed, but more on that later.
So, where to start? Well, not much of anything happened last summer, aside from finally snagging a dedicated personal computer. I spent most of the summer playing video games and not doing a whole lot. Last fall, however, I left for college. I'm a proud member of New Mexico Tech, working slowly towards Mechanical Engineering. I took an elective that explored some cosmology, and it helped instill a healthy respect for presented scientific theories.
I began listening to Stefan Molyneux's youtube series. I have no idea how he's generally received here, being quite the controversial figure and speaker. A lot of his ideas changed how I perceive government in its various forms as well as how I perceive Christianity and my childhood. I'd say that I'm now a Libertarian. I just recently STOPPED listening to his shows and unsubbed from his channel after visiting his forumsite. I read a few of the discussions, what really threw me would be the discussions on BDSM and martial arts, and the reaching hyper-analysis of each. As such, I decided to take a sort of spiritual/mental detox of sorts, and I guess I'm back here now, a return to roots, if you will.
Last semester, I took an applied philosophy/thought experiment course on failure, which got me a bit more interested in philosophy in general, besides someone just telling me that Christianity was child abuse. What's your favorite discourse on whatever topic? I'd like to branch off some thoughts, and I guess this open ended question's a good place to start.
I consider myself an atheist now, I don't fear Hell, which I guess was what was the last chain keeping me tied to Christianity. I've found myself thinking that I'd love to be called up on Judgement Day, give God the finger after unloading all sorts of hate for the confusion I went through from 12-18, and then swandive into Hell. That is, of course, "if I were wrong", but that seems unlikely to me. I can't say I've felt any desire to return to Christianity or to its g/God.
My parents are semi-aware of my "issues with faith", which is a fair litmus for future coming out of various closets. They for the most part think that this is just a phase where my faith is being challenged, and I suppose they're okay with that. Recent developments and things they've said suggest that they'd be okay with a complete reveal of my atheism, but I'm not willing to push that yet.
So, yeah. Hi.
