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October 15, 2014 at 7:57 pm
Hi, name is Blee and I'm from Canada.
I'm not an atheist (I'm Christian, but don't associate myself with any denomination so I can ignore all the baggage that usually comes with it), but I come in peace. I believe debate and discussion is beneficial for everyone, and I'd just like to chime in at these forums and expose myself to the atheistic perspective for a while.
I come from a non-christian background but i've always been exposed to the catholic/christian teachings since when I was in elementary school. Currently, I work full-time with a typical 8-5 schedule in field of engineering, junior level.
I like gaming, drumming, all types of music, manga and... gaming (mostly PC). Your typical nerd.
Hopefully I'll be able to share my perspective as much as I hope to learn from you all.
Cheers,
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October 15, 2014 at 7:59 pm
Hi, Blee.
Welcome aboard.
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
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October 15, 2014 at 8:00 pm
Welcome to the Forum, Blee. Hope you enjoy yourself.
I spent a week in Glace Bay one night.
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October 15, 2014 at 8:03 pm
Welcome Blee
I can't remember where this verse is from, I think it got removed from canon:
"I don't hang around with mostly men because I'm gay. It's because men are better than women. Better trained, better equipped...better. Just better! I'm not gay."
For context, this is the previous verse:
"Hi Jesus" -robvalue
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RE: Hi
October 15, 2014 at 8:05 pm
Welcome Blee
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October 15, 2014 at 8:13 pm
Glad to have another perspective to open up discussions around here. People are so bored they are drawing their names on walls and things.. :/
I was happy to see your first post, it should be a nice starting point challenge for our resident bible technicians.
Welcome, Blee. Look forward to seeing your contributions in future
If I were to create self aware beings knowing fully what they would do in their lifetimes, I sure wouldn't create a HELL for the majority of them to live in infinitely! That's not Love, that's sadistic. Therefore a truly loving god does not exist!
Quote:The sin is against an infinite being (God) unforgiven infinitely, therefore the punishment is infinite.
Dead wrong. The actions of a finite being measured against an infinite one are infinitesimal and therefore merit infinitesimal punishment.
Quote:Some people deserve hell.
I say again: No exceptions. Punishment should be equal to the crime, not in excess of it. As soon as the punishment is greater than the crime, the punisher is in the wrong.
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October 15, 2014 at 8:13 pm
Blee!
We always enjoy an alternative perspective.
"There remain four irreducible objections to religious faith: that it wholly misrepresents the origins of man and the cosmos, that because of this original error it manages to combine the maximum servility with the maximum of solipsism, that it is both the result and the cause of dangerous sexual repression, and that it is ultimately grounded on wish-thinking." ~Christopher Hitchens, god is not Great
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October 15, 2014 at 11:21 pm
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Hello again. And
(October 15, 2014 at 8:05 pm)rexbeccarox Wrote: Welcome Blee Wow you are currently the meaning of life the universe and everything.
If there is a god, I want to believe that there is a god. If there is not a god, I want to believe that there is no god.
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October 16, 2014 at 6:40 am
'The more I learn about people the more I like my dog'- Mark Twain
'You can have all the faith you want in spirits, and the afterlife, and heaven and hell, but when it comes to this world, don't be an idiot. Cause you can tell me you put your faith in God to put you through the day, but when it comes time to cross the road, I know you look both ways.' - Dr House
“Young earth creationism is essentially the position that all of modern science, 90% of living scientists and 98% of living biologists, all major university biology departments, every major science journal, the American Academy of Sciences, and every major science organization in the world, are all wrong regarding the origins and development of life….but one particular tribe of uneducated, bronze aged, goat herders got it exactly right.” - Chuck Easttom
"If my good friend Doctor Gasparri speaks badly of my mother, he can expect to get punched.....You cannot provoke. You cannot insult the faith of others. You cannot make fun of the faith of others. There is a limit." - Pope Francis on freedom of speech
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October 16, 2014 at 6:54 am
Engineering??? Run! Engineering is a bitch in the real world..
Welcome !
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