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New person
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New person
Hi all,
I am Ingrid, & I am just another good old fashioned atheist. I was raised with the idea that I would be Christian, but I never belonged to a specific church. I was a casual Christian. It was my sophomore year of high school when I realized all mainstream religions are the same. That is when I questioned my faith in the mainstream idea of God. The aspect I wanted to hold on to is the afterlife part. The idea of living forever in some capacity it appealing. However, sometime later I realized that it is not like it was a big deal before I was born. I just didn't exist at one point and that was fine. Now I am a cool, comfortable atheist hoping to chit chat about a variety of things with substance. Thx! This is also my test post to see if I'm pressing the right buttons.
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RE: New person
Hey there, welcome to the forum Ingrid Smile

It sounds like you've come to terms with things very well. Whether or not we want there to be an afterlife, or whether we believe in it, has no effect on whether there actually is one. So it's best to face up reality, as you have done!
Feel free to send me a private message.
Please visit my website here! It's got lots of information about atheism/theism and support for new atheists.

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#3
RE: New person
Welcome Ingrid!
Looks like you're pressing the right buttons, and you even push some of the right ones 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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RE: New person
Welcome Smile
Nolite te bastardes carborundorum.
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#5
RE: New person
Welcome!

Always liked the name Ingrid.
Being told you're delusional does not necessarily mean you're mental. 
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#6
RE: New person
Hello, Ingrid.
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#7
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Hi matey from the heathens in Au.
No God, No fear.
Know God, Know fear.
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#8
RE: New person
Hello Ingrid!

So many atheists these days. Must be a SIGN! But of what?!?
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#9
RE: New person
Hi Ingrid. I hope you enjoy your stay here.
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: New person
Welcome welcome.
I am the Infantry. I am my country’s strength in war, her deterrent in peace. I am the heart of the fight… wherever, whenever. I carry America’s faith and honor against her enemies. I am the Queen of Battle. I am what my country expects me to be, the best trained Soldier in the world. In the race for victory, I am swift, determined, and courageous, armed with a fierce will to win. Never will I fail my country’s trust. Always I fight on…through the foe, to the objective, to triumph overall. If necessary, I will fight to my death. By my steadfast courage, I have won more than 200 years of freedom. I yield not to weakness, to hunger, to cowardice, to fatigue, to superior odds, For I am mentally tough, physically strong, and morally straight. I forsake not, my country, my mission, my comrades, my sacred duty. I am relentless. I am always there, now and forever. I AM THE INFANTRY! FOLLOW ME!
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