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Hello from Qwerty
January 4, 2017 at 9:52 pm
Just joined the forum a few minutes ago and look forward to participating. Years ago, if somebody asked me religion, I said I was an atheist. But that label only describes what I am not (a theist). It says nothing about all the other things that I am. So I started saying I was an agnostic, but gave that up too because it also only refers to what I'm not.
Today, if somebody asks me about religion or what church I go to, I tell them I'm an existentialist. I don't embrace every principle implied by that term either, but it's probably as close as I'll ever get with words to describing how I prefer to approach life. And you all know that words are only handles to carry the idea of some thing from one person to another--not the thing itself. I'll tell more of my story in that "conversion" forum.
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RE: Hello from Qwerty
January 4, 2017 at 10:13 pm
Hiya!
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: Hello from Qwerty
January 4, 2017 at 10:23 pm
Welcome!
I like telling busybodies I'm a secular humanist. It should make the True Believers among them scream "WITCH!", but so far I haven't evoked that response yet . .
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RE: Hello from Qwerty
January 4, 2017 at 11:32 pm
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Welcome Qwerty!
Fuck it's easy typing your username! lol!
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Know God, Know fear.
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RE: Hello from Qwerty
January 5, 2017 at 4:59 am
I have a friend called 'Bill'. Are you him? I can't imagine there's two Bills in the world.
Welcome.
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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RE: Hello from Qwerty
January 5, 2017 at 8:07 am
Welcome, whatever you are!
God thinks it's fun to confuse primates. Larsen's God!