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Looking for a place to belong
May 22, 2015 at 9:58 pm
Hey Atheist Forums, my name's Danny. I'm a college student in the pacific northwest. I'm a medical marijuana patient. I like to play music and garden and go hiking.
I became an atheist a couple years ago, after nearly 20 years being a Christian. I enjoy discussing serious issues like religion and politics, but I usually have much more to learn than I have to contribute.
Anyway, I don't have a lot of friends IRL (I live in a small, predominantly religious community) and I hope I can end up making some here!
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RE: Looking for a place to belong
May 22, 2015 at 10:04 pm
Welcome aboard, pocket god. Like the name! We have a thread around here somewhere, in which people are invited to explain the meaning of their usernames - it sounds as though yours has an interesting story attached.
You've certainly come to the right place to make friends; this is without a doubt the friendliest place on the net. Pull up a theist and have a seat!
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
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RE: Looking for a place to belong
May 22, 2015 at 10:09 pm
Welcome! I think this is the thread being referred to, if you want to have a look:
http://atheistforums.org/thread-32997.ht...t=username
Have fun! I have family east of Seattle, and thought about going to Oregon Tech, in K. Falls. Nice scenery.
"For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring." - Carl Sagan
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RE: Looking for a place to belong
May 22, 2015 at 10:10 pm
Welcome to the forum!
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein
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RE: Looking for a place to belong
May 22, 2015 at 10:22 pm
Hello pocket god.
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: Looking for a place to belong
May 22, 2015 at 10:41 pm
welcome matey...
I like it here also, it's a breathe of fresh air!
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
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RE: Looking for a place to belong
May 22, 2015 at 11:39 pm
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Fellow inhabitant of the Great North
wetwest.
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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RE: Looking for a place to belong
May 23, 2015 at 12:02 am
Yo d00d
How will we know, when the morning comes, we are still human? - 2D
Don't worry, my friend. If this be the end, then so shall it be.
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RE: Looking for a place to belong
May 23, 2015 at 12:10 am
Bienvenidos.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
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I do though - live east of Seattle, in the deserty part of the beautiful Evergreen State.
