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Obligatory Greetings All!
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Obligatory Greetings All!
October 16, 2013 at 5:55 pm (This post was last modified: October 16, 2013 at 5:56 pm by Bob Kelso.)
I'm new to the forums so I figured I'd make a formal greeting to you all, I've liked what I've seen so far whilst lurking and joined up.

I'm a recent convert from Christianity to atheism, and can't feel better about it if I tried. I feel free from oppressive thoughts, such as "God wouldn't like that I though/did this" and so on and so forth.

I've been accused of surrendering morality for 'sin' but frankly I've been more ethical and accepting of others since breaking free of my lifelong indoctrination into Christianity.

I have what I like to think of as a good understanding of most Christian concepts and beliefs, and use these lies and fallacies of an imaginary friend against any bible beating that happens around me. Which is actually a prevalent problem where I live, right on the outskirts of the bible belt in Tennessee.
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RE: Obligatory Greetings All!
October 16, 2013 at 5:57 pm
(October 16, 2013 at 5:55 pm)Aral Gamelon Wrote: I've been accused of surrendering morality for 'sin' but frankly I've been more ethical and accepting of others since breaking free of my lifelong indoctrination into Christianity.
The same thing happened to me - funny how that works. Welcome
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RE: Obligatory Greetings All!
October 16, 2013 at 5:59 pm
Obligatory welcome



You can fix ignorance, you can't fix stupid.

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RE: Obligatory Greetings All!
October 16, 2013 at 6:52 pm
Hiya 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: Obligatory Greetings All!
October 16, 2013 at 6:59 pm
I'm glad you broke free of those horrible chains of bondage. You DO know it's time for your obligatory lessons in baby-eating now, right?

Let us know what works for you.

Welcome! Wink
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RE: Obligatory Greetings All!
October 16, 2013 at 7:10 pm
Grand to have you here.

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RE: Obligatory Greetings All!
October 16, 2013 at 7:14 pm
Welcome! Wherein TN are you?
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Bob Kelso Offline Donators
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RE: Obligatory Greetings All!
October 16, 2013 at 9:06 pm
Baby-eating sounds like a jam!

And I'm just outside of Clarksville ^o^
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RE: Obligatory Greetings All!
October 16, 2013 at 9:09 pm
(October 16, 2013 at 5:55 pm)Aral Gamelon Wrote: I'm a recent convert from Christianity to atheism, and can't feel better about it if I tried.
I remember my first beer.

(October 16, 2013 at 5:55 pm)Aral Gamelon Wrote: ... frankly I've been more ethical and accepting of others since breaking free of my lifelong indoctrination into Christianity.
...or maybe you're just maturing.

(October 16, 2013 at 5:55 pm)Aral Gamelon Wrote: I have what I like to think of as a good understanding of most Christian concepts and beliefs, and use these lies and fallacies of an imaginary friend against any bible beating that happens around me.
I'm sure you make lots of friends proving how smart you are.

Oh, by the way welcome to hell.
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RE: Obligatory Greetings All!
October 16, 2013 at 9:26 pm (This post was last modified: October 16, 2013 at 9:26 pm by Bob Kelso.)
(October 16, 2013 at 9:09 pm)ChadWooters Wrote:
(October 16, 2013 at 5:55 pm)Aral Gamelon Wrote: I'm a recent convert from Christianity to atheism, and can't feel better about it if I tried.
I remember my first beer.

(October 16, 2013 at 5:55 pm)Aral Gamelon Wrote: ... frankly I've been more ethical and accepting of others since breaking free of my lifelong indoctrination into Christianity.
...or maybe you're just maturing.

(October 16, 2013 at 5:55 pm)Aral Gamelon Wrote: I have what I like to think of as a good understanding of most Christian concepts and beliefs, and use these lies and fallacies of an imaginary friend against any bible beating that happens around me.
I'm sure you make lots of friends proving how smart you are.

Oh, by the way welcome to hell.
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