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RE: I'm Not Sure Why I'm Here?
September 4, 2012 at 4:55 pm
(September 4, 2012 at 4:49 pm)discordianpope Wrote: If you mean that other game, then, I have always been and will always be a Newcastle United supporter.
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RE: I'm Not Sure Why I'm Here?
September 4, 2012 at 5:05 pm
(September 4, 2012 at 4:49 pm)discordianpope Wrote: I have always been and will always be a Newcastle United supporter.
When I was like 12 I blindly supported Newcastle simply because Alan Shearer was playing for them. Soon as he retired I lost interest.
They're doing pretty well at the moment though, I might have to start supporting them, certainly looking better than the Villa.
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RE: I'm Not Sure Why I'm Here?
September 9, 2012 at 8:33 pm
(September 4, 2012 at 3:41 pm)discordianpope Wrote: I became an agnostic and realised that going around saying things like "Oh, all theists are just irrational" was just a bit stupid. For a while I decided I wanted to become a christian, but couldn't quite make the leap, so I gave up, and just stayed agnostic.
I don't think it's a stupid thing to say. It may not be something you should shout from the rooftops every minute of everyday, but I think the idea of theism is certainly irrational, and not based in any bit of verifiable evidence.
Also, concerning the big leap to Christianity - I think you made a good move not taking it. I think it's good to keep your integrity in tact.
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RE: I'm Not Sure Why I'm Here?
September 13, 2012 at 5:02 pm
Welcome aboard.
As you can see by my avatar, I too enjoy a good religion/parody religion.
If you stick around, you will have the opportunity to get into some fun debates. It's a good way to hone your debate skills, if that sort of thing floats your boat.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
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September 14, 2012 at 1:01 am
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RE: I'm Not Sure Why I'm Here?
September 14, 2012 at 1:33 am
hey what's up discord.
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September 14, 2012 at 1:48 am
Quote:before finally settling on the ravens.
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September 14, 2012 at 6:10 am
I thought Newcastle was a fancy beer you could only buy at the food dog.
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RE: I'm Not Sure Why I'm Here?
September 18, 2012 at 8:14 pm
(This post was last modified: September 18, 2012 at 8:17 pm by Norfolk And Chance.)
(September 4, 2012 at 3:41 pm)discordianpope Wrote: Yeah, I really don't know what I'm doing here. I guess I thought it would be more fun than signing up to a Christian forum.
Since people seem to describe the history of their relationship with religion in these bits, I guess I'll go ahead and do the same. Though it will likely be pretty close to the opposite of most members.
I grew up in an atheistic family, there was never a mention of God so far as I can remember at all. My only encounter with religion was at funerals, though since I'm in England, where it's sometimes pretty hard to tell if even the heads of the church are actually religious or not, it wasn't too bad. Oh, and the Jehovas witnesses with their weird pamphlets, I remember those guys coming knocking, though they don't knock any more. I think I got myself put on the Jehovas witness blacklist, when I see them coming round our street now, they invariably knock on every door but mine. If anybody wants to know how to get rid of the crazy little dudes just ask.
My first real contact with religious people was when I was at university studying biology. I had a real nutty girlfriend who also studied biology whilst being a christian. I began to wonder how she squared all this cool science stufff we were learning with her religious beliefs. But she would never talk to me about it. It slowly became apparent that she didn't square them. She didn't even try. She just kind of ignored any problems. So I, kind of justifiably, began to believe that religious people were just weird.
This getting way longer than I intended, so I'll start skipping through it. So, I became one of those atheists who thinks all religious people are nuts and the world would be better off without them. ALL OF THEM!!! Started reading Nietzsche. Got interested in philosophy more broadly. Broadened my mind (or polluted it, depending on your viewpoint) with dudes like Kierkegaard, James, Aristotle et al. and many more philosophers, both theistic and not. This made me realise that I didn't know half as much as I thought I did. I became an agnostic and realised that going around saying things like "Oh, all theists are just irrational" was just a bit stupid. For a while I decided I wanted to become a christian, but couldn't quite make the leap, so I gave up, and just stayed agnostic.
So, that's me. Hello All.
The reason that you couldn't quite make the leap to christianity is because you know it's bullshit.
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(September 14, 2012 at 6:10 am)aleialoura Wrote: I thought Newcastle was a fancy beer you could only buy at the food dog.
Welcome.
Nooooo, it's also a place that I live near.
You are currently experiencing a lucky and very brief window of awareness, sandwiched in between two periods of timeless and utter nothingness. So why not make the most of it, and stop wasting your life away trying to convince other people that there is something else? The reality is obvious.
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RE: I'm Not Sure Why I'm Here?
September 18, 2012 at 8:34 pm
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(September 4, 2012 at 3:41 pm)discordianpope Wrote: So, that's me. Hello All.
Avast there laddy thie has a worthy stance matey, Thie speaketh the truth in that thie knowest not, For there be not one man jack of us that ave seen after we be shark bait, and knowest the thruth of old Davy Jones, even though there are those that sayeth they do, keep an open vessel, and thou will saileth true, Arrgh!
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