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Greetings, I'm new here
January 21, 2016 at 11:11 pm
Good evening my fellow atheists. I am a new member hoping to participate in some good discussion. About me, I was raised in a semi-religious Lutheran household. My family went to church about 75% of the time, but when we missed the main service, I usually attended Sunday School afterward, and received my confirmation.
I say that I was raised in a "semi-religious" household, because science and education was always the dominating theme during my childhood. My dad always said religion is good, as long as you don't think too deep into it. I agree with his assessment of religion, but eventually I thought too deep into it, which is why I'm here now.
I think people should be educated in the philosophies of religion and Christianity because so much of Western Culture is based on it, and to understand why we are the way are, we need to understand the history of Christianity. Having said that, I think it is more important to have a well rounded understanding of other philosophies, science, physics and math in order to know truth.
I'm looking forward to following your forum!
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RE: Greetings, I'm new here
January 21, 2016 at 11:33 pm
Welcome aboard.
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RE: Greetings, I'm new here
January 21, 2016 at 11:36 pm
Welcome.
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RE: Greetings, I'm new here
January 21, 2016 at 11:38 pm
Welcome! I, like many of us, came from a religious family also. I grew up, figured out science is where it's at, and here we are! Hope you like it here! 
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RE: Greetings, I'm new here
January 21, 2016 at 11:47 pm
Science? What is that? Why am I the last to know? And all this time I thought it was pixy dust running my computer.
Be sure to barbecue kittens, record the NFL without their permission and rip the tags off of your mattress.
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RE: Greetings, I'm new here
January 21, 2016 at 11:49 pm
(This post was last modified: January 21, 2016 at 11:53 pm by Blue Man.)
Thanks for the hellos Minimalist, Beccs, mediocrates!
(January 21, 2016 at 11:47 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Science? What is that? Why am I the last to know? And all this time I thought it was pixy dust running my computer.
Be sure to barbecue kittens, record the NFL without their permission and rip the tags off of your mattress.
Lol Brian, I'm doing all the above, except "barbecue kittens," I might have to look that one up 
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RE: Greetings, I'm new here
January 21, 2016 at 11:54 pm
(January 21, 2016 at 11:49 pm)Blue Man Wrote: Thanks for the hellos Minimalist, Beccs, mediocrates!
But not Brian37. He doesn't know science.
Jk
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RE: Greetings, I'm new here
January 21, 2016 at 11:57 pm
(January 21, 2016 at 11:49 pm)Blue Man Wrote: Thanks for the hellos Minimalist, Beccs, mediocrates!
(January 21, 2016 at 11:47 pm)Brian37 Wrote: Science? What is that? Why am I the last to know? And all this time I thought it was pixy dust running my computer.
Be sure to barbecue kittens, record the NFL without their permission and rip the tags off of your mattress.
Lol Brian, I'm doing all the above, except "barbecue kittens," I might have to look that one up
Barbequing kittens is bad.
puppies however...
Don't mind us, this is a frequent fun exchange here...
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"
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RE: Greetings, I'm new here
January 21, 2016 at 11:58 pm
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(January 21, 2016 at 11:54 pm)mediocrates Wrote: (January 21, 2016 at 11:49 pm)Blue Man Wrote: Thanks for the hellos Minimalist, Beccs, mediocrates!
But not Brian37. He doesn't know science.
Jk
Ha, ha, I'll bet he does...
(January 21, 2016 at 11:57 pm)Beccs Wrote: (January 21, 2016 at 11:49 pm)Blue Man Wrote: Thanks for the hellos Minimalist, Beccs, mediocrates!
Lol Brian, I'm doing all the above, except "barbecue kittens," I might have to look that one up
Barbequing kittens is bad.
puppies however...
Don't mind us, this is a frequent fun exchange here...
Lol, that's funny  My Jack Russell puppy says "bark! bark!"
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RE: Greetings, I'm new here
January 22, 2016 at 1:19 am
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Welcome from Tennessee!
A quick lesson in forum etiquette:
@Beccs has a scalpel and regularly holds hooman hearts. Do not fuck with Beccs. I am reminded of this regularly, as she runs her revenge schemes by me as a sanity check. She scares me, but she's hot as fuck, so I don't notice it too much.
We do participate in baby-ques here. It's not just a funny ha-ha. If you want to fit in, you'll want to develop your baby palate. We have some refined palates here, rivalled by no other place.
@ Losty is the forum harlot, you'll want to get to know her.
@Vic is our Bosnian Spy. Don't tell him anything you don't want the eastern bloc to know.
ETA: You'll want to choose a side soon. The kitten barbecuing sect is above board and proper. The puppy barbecuing cult is whatever. No pressure. Just don't join the wrong one.
"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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