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Hey from Northern VA!
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Hey from Northern VA!
May 3, 2009 at 7:02 pm
Greetings and salutations!
I'm an atheist from Northern Virginia who's not so much anti-religious as totally indifferent to the whole religious paradigm. Like many others, I was raised in a religious family, but after due investigation and thought, I just gave up on the whole thing. I'm looking forward to many enlightening discussions and debates!Smile
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Edwardo Piet Away
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RE: Hey from Northern VA!
May 3, 2009 at 7:20 pm
Hi Gooding.

Welcome, greetings and same to you. Hope to have some good discussions with you too.

Welcome to the forums! I see you are a 'Bright' I assume that's the Bright atheist group (that refer to themselves as 'brights' instead of atheists).

Welcome.

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RE: Hey from Northern VA!
May 3, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Yes indeed.Smile I registered with the Brights yesterday.Totally atheistic and naturalistic worldview.

(May 3, 2009 at 7:20 pm)EvidenceVsFaith Wrote: Hi Gooding.

Welcome, greetings and same to you. Hope to have some good discussions with you too.

Welcome to the forums! I see you are a 'Bright' I assume that's the Bright atheist group (that refer to themselves as 'brights' instead of atheists).

Welcome.

EvF
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RE: Hey from Northern VA!
May 3, 2009 at 9:45 pm
welcome!
I hope you enjoy it here.
I know I do Smile
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RE: Hey from Northern VA!
May 4, 2009 at 5:05 am
I used to be part of the Brights, mainly because they helped my student group on a few occasions, but I don't think they are worth it anymore. I'm more on the side of Hitchens (who recently became my favourite of the 4 horsemen) when he calls the name "Bright" arrogant.

Why can't we just be atheists! Grrrr.
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RE: Hey from Northern VA!
May 4, 2009 at 5:18 am
Wow, another thing Hitchens and I agree on. Smile
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RE: Hey from Northern VA!
May 4, 2009 at 8:06 am
Welcome Gooding to forum!
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RE: Hey from Northern VA!
May 4, 2009 at 9:55 am (This post was last modified: May 4, 2009 at 10:06 am by Gooding.)
(May 4, 2009 at 5:05 am)Tiberius Wrote: I used to be part of the Brights, mainly because they helped my student group on a few occasions, but I don't think they are worth it anymore. I'm more on the side of Hitchens (who recently became my favourite of the 4 horsemen) when he calls the name "Bright" arrogant.

Why can't we just be atheists! Grrrr.

Good point.That's why I just normally label myself an atheist(I'm more of a Dawkins type atheist myself Smile).As of right now the Brights seem to be more of an online thing than anything else, so while I agree with them on many points, I really don't consider myself a "follower".Tongue
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RE: Hey from Northern VA!
May 4, 2009 at 9:59 am
I'm more of a follower of the Dawkst0r too.
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