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Greetings!
October 31, 2014 at 6:22 am
Hello, I am Boes.
I will start off saying I am quite bad at talking about myself, but I think it's nice to introduce myself a bit.
I live in the Netherlands, where most people are non-religious. Although both officially Christian my parents are pretty much atheists. They did not teach me anything about the Christian faith, although my grandparents did. I considered myself Christian until I read a junior version of the bible around the age of seven, then I became an atheist as I simply did not buy it. Sometimes I do question if there is some supernatural power out there because of unlikely things happening in my life, but I realize that if you're going to spend as much time as I do on this planet unlikely things will happen often.
I love learning, and that is what I do all day. I learn about everything that seems important to me, from education to the first world war to climate change. There is so much fascinating knowledge and so many fascinating ideas out there, it is really astonishing. I love to debate and discuss, as nothing beats a meaningful conversation.
One of the most inspiring people to me was my grandfather, a pastor who traveled all around the world to speak to prisoners. Some others are Nelson Mandela, Matt Dillahunty, Neal Barnard, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Martin Luther King, Al Gore, Ken Robinson, Dan Pink, Simon Sinek, Stephen Hawking and some other wonderful people.
Looking forward to some nice discussions!
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RE: Greetings!
October 31, 2014 at 6:42 am
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Hi Boes. Welcome to the forum 
Few other Dutch members here so you'll probably meet them before long You've got a long list of very good inspirational people there, too, especially your grandfather.
Hope you stick around.
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RE: Greetings!
October 31, 2014 at 7:05 am
For Religion & Health see:[/b][/size] Williams & Sternthal. (2007). Spirituality, religion and health: Evidence and research directions. Med. J. Aust., 186(10), S47-S50. -LINK
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RE: Greetings!
October 31, 2014 at 7:12 am
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 Your avatar does bring back memories. Around Portugal, we called that guy "Bocas" It was an awesome cartoon 
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RE: Greetings!
October 31, 2014 at 7:18 am
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(October 31, 2014 at 7:12 am)LastPoet Wrote: Your avatar does bring back memories. Around Portugal, we called that guy "Bocas" It was an awesome cartoon
Really? I thought it was not broadcasted anywhere outside NL.
Thanks Aractus and Fidel!
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October 31, 2014 at 7:42 am
Turns out, it was, back then. It was dubbed in portuguese though, but they did a good job in that.
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October 31, 2014 at 7:45 am
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October 31, 2014 at 8:39 am
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@ LastPoet, I watched a bit of Portuguese dubbed Doctor Who. It was interesting to say the least.
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RE: Greetings!
October 31, 2014 at 8:44 am
(October 31, 2014 at 8:39 am)miniboes Wrote:
@LastPoet, I watched a bit of Portuguese dubbed Doctor Who. It was interesting to say the least.
There's no such thing as portuguese dubbed Dr Who.... perhaps you mean brazillian dubbed... 
As for Boes, welcome!
Damn, that song is catchy... even if I can't understand a word!
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RE: Greetings!
October 31, 2014 at 9:35 am
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(October 31, 2014 at 8:44 am)pocaracas Wrote: There's no such thing as portuguese dubbed Dr Who.... perhaps you mean brazillian dubbed...
wut, but they speak Portuguese in brasil right so it's Portuguese right? What am I not understanding? xD
If you haven't watched doctor who, be careful as this is a mother load of spoilers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJlQxrAPBRk
(October 31, 2014 at 8:44 am)pocaracas Wrote: As for Boes, welcome!
Thank you!
(October 31, 2014 at 8:44 am)pocaracas Wrote: Damn, that song is catchy... even if I can't understand a word!
I can translate it for you if you want! It's great isn't it? I consider it my personal theme song.
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