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Hello from the UK :)
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#11
RE: Hello from the UK :)
April 3, 2015 at 6:17 pm
Welcome aboard Emjay. Hope you enjoy your stay.
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#12
RE: Hello from the UK :)
April 3, 2015 at 7:09 pm
Welcome my fellow Brit!
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. - J.R.R Tolkien
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#13
RE: Hello from the UK :)
April 3, 2015 at 7:19 pm
Welcome, Emjay!
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

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#14
RE: Hello from the UK :)
April 4, 2015 at 5:06 am (This post was last modified: April 4, 2015 at 5:08 am by robvalue.)
Hey emjay welcome Smile I'm a Brit too!

Don't worry, no one expects you to be openly slagging off God or anything. We generally do it because we find it fun! You'll fit in just fine without worrying about that. Let us beat up on him for you, until such time as you feel ready to throw the odd bitch slap in too Big Grin

I hope we don't make you uncomfortable, on the whole we are insulting ideas and not people. We insult religion, not the religious. That is my aim anyway Smile A lot of religious people take insults against God and jesus personally, but to me that's just more evidence that both those things are in their mind only.
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#15
RE: Hello from the UK :)
April 4, 2015 at 5:11 am
What Rob said.

And welcome! Big Grin
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.

Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.

Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.

Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.

Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
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RE: Hello from the UK :)
April 4, 2015 at 5:14 am
(April 4, 2015 at 5:11 am)Lucanus Wrote: What Rob said.

And welcome! Big Grin

You're a Brit, too?!?!?! Panic
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#17
RE: Hello from the UK :)
April 4, 2015 at 5:22 am
(April 4, 2015 at 5:14 am)Norman Humann Wrote:
(April 4, 2015 at 5:11 am)Lucanus Wrote: What Rob said.

And welcome! Big Grin

You're a Brit, too?!?!?! Panic

I tend to be mistaken as one a lot, both for complexion and accent Tongue
"Every luxury has a deep price. Every indulgence, a cosmic cost. Each fiber of pleasure you experience causes equivalent pain somewhere else. This is the first law of emodynamics [sic]. Joy can be neither created nor destroyed. The balance of happiness is constant.

Fact: Every time you eat a bite of cake, someone gets horsewhipped.

Facter: Every time two people kiss, an orphanage collapses.

Factest: Every time a baby is born, an innocent animal is severely mocked for its physical appearance. Don't be a pleasure hog. Your every smile is a dagger. Happiness is murder.

Vote "yes" on Proposition 1321. Think of some kids. Some kids."
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#18
RE: Hello from the UK :)
April 4, 2015 at 5:27 am
Welcome from another brit up in the northwest.
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#19
RE: Hello from the UK :)
April 4, 2015 at 6:18 pm (This post was last modified: April 4, 2015 at 6:20 pm by emjay.)
(April 4, 2015 at 5:06 am)robvalue Wrote: Hey emjay welcome Smile I'm a Brit too!

Don't worry, no one expects you to be openly slagging off God or anything. We generally do it because we find it fun! You'll fit in just fine without worrying about that. Let us beat up on him for you, until such time as you feel ready to throw the odd bitch slap in too Big Grin

I hope we don't make you uncomfortable, on the whole we are insulting ideas and not people. We insult religion, not the religious. That is my aim anyway Smile A lot of religious people take insults against God and jesus personally, but to me that's just more evidence that both those things are in their mind only.

Hi there robvalue


Thanks for that reassurance - I didn't think I'd be quite so sensitive about it. I guess I have never truly closed the book on it, just moved away from it as my Atheist theories have developed over the years.
Thank you to everyone for your friendly welcomes Smile I'm looking forward to meeting you all in the other forums Big Grin
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#20
RE: Hello from the UK :)
April 4, 2015 at 6:23 pm
Hi, welcome here!

You, play whomever's advocate you feel like playing, I'm looking forward to your contributions either way Smile
The fool hath said in his heart, There is a God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good.
Psalm 14, KJV revised edition

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