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Hello there!
March 12, 2013 at 10:10 am (This post was last modified: March 12, 2013 at 10:15 am by Joel.)
Hi guys! I just joined the forums, after lurking for around a month... Maybe I can add/offer something useful at some point.

I'm a 'new' atheist - as in a few months worth of disbelief and research.

I recently told my mother that I don't believe anymore (She's a fundie) and ever since, there has been a barrage of questions from her/her friends.
I enjoy debates, so this hasn't been too much of a downside, but I hope to gain more answers!
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March 12, 2013 at 10:12 am
Hello and welcome to AF! ^_^
When I was young, there was a god with infinite power protecting me. Is there anyone else who felt that way? And was sure about it? but the first time I fell in love, I was thrown down - or maybe I broke free - and I bade farewell to God and became human. Now I don't have God's protection, and I walk on the ground without wings, but I don't regret this hardship. I want to live as a person. -Arina Tanemura

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RE: Hello there!
March 12, 2013 at 10:48 am
Welcome.
Use the search function, because all arguments have been done to death... or just go straight for the counter-apologetics wiki:
http://wiki.ironchariots.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
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RE: Hello there!
March 12, 2013 at 11:15 am
Welcome Enjoy the forums.
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Joel Offline
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RE: Hello there!
March 12, 2013 at 12:15 pm
(March 12, 2013 at 10:48 am)pocaracas Wrote: Welcome.
Use the search function, because all arguments have been done to death... or just go straight for the counter-apologetics wiki:
http://wiki.ironchariots.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

Thank you for that link, I hadn't come across that site before.
I'll certainly use the search; wouldn't want to aggravate people with old topics.
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RE: Hello there!
March 12, 2013 at 1:54 pm
Hello.

You must be a terrible disappointment to her.


Eh- what can you do.
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RE: Hello there!
March 12, 2013 at 1:56 pm
Howdy!
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RE: Hello there!
March 12, 2013 at 2:21 pm
(March 12, 2013 at 1:54 pm)Minimalist Wrote: You must be a terrible disappointment to her.

That's what she told me... Along with the typical "I pray you find your way back to the Lord." drivel.
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March 12, 2013 at 2:27 pm
Funny how they never consider how disappointed we are in them for continuing to believe such childish shit, huh?

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RE: Hello there!
March 12, 2013 at 2:27 pm
If you want to learn how to debate and answer the inevitable questions and defenses that typical fundies and xtians come up with, go to youtube and search "the atheist experience". I have spent a great deal of time watching these videos and they are incredibly educational.

Matt Dilahunty is my current hero. He is truly a rock star for rational thought and reasoned positions. Watching him will teach you how to approach and refute virtually any argument the xtians con come up with, and many you havent even thought of yet!

Welcome aboard!
"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe." -Einstein
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