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Posted on: September 29, 2008 - 3:51am
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Hello, all.
English bloke living in France, here.
Numerous negative experiences, and plain old humanist reason and common-sense find me registering on here.
Wife, children, vintage Land-Rovers, and spending time with all are my main motivations; and contrary to the mis-informed odium spat by faith-bucket evangos, the world over, I'm actually a decent and moral chap. However, for a true gauging of this, I'll leave it to my atheist chums on here to deduce.
Drew 5292
50% Nihilistic.
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Welcome to the RRS forums!
"Anyone can repress a woman, but you need 'dictated' scriptures to feel you're really right in repressing her. In the same way, homophobes thrive everywhere. But you must feel you've got scripture on your side to come up with the tedious 'Adam and Eve not Adam and Steve' style arguments instead of just recognising that some people are different." - Douglas Murray
I left the gauging to those on here, and they delivered.
Thanks for the pointer on true atheist criteria, Jill. I'm sharpening my knives as I type, although the delicacy will have to wait 'til lunch. I've already eaten breakfast, and don't do 'Elevenses'.
Now; what could I mash up for starters?
Drew 5292
50% Nihilistic.
Welcome to the hizzle.
Welcome to RRS, Drew!
I, myself, am a touch nihilistic.
I happen to think that's a healthy thing.
A little goes a long way!
Welcome to the forums. Prepare to be continuously dazzled by theist stubborness.
Enlightened Atheist, Gaming God.
Hi! Welcome to the forums. I'm a fellow European here, I'm Nikolaj from Denmark.
Vastet wrote:
That depends on what forums you freaquent most.
If you are just here for the atheistic community, then there's lost of that too.
So don't worry to much about the theists. If you start joining in the various discussions in the theist vs. atheist boards, or similar, here's a little warning of some of the things you should prepare yourself for.
There's a good chance you'll get frustrated by the stubborn ones that keep repeating themselves, and never reply to people's arguments, or even worse, the dreaded hit-and-run poster. Nothing more frustrating with writing a long thought-out challenge to someone that it turns out just stopped by to preach their self-rightiousness, and then never read a single reply.
It's one thing when they don't adress your arguments, but still stick around to spout their nonsense, because then you can expect that they have probably read your reply, and thought about it, and precisely because they realize it was a good reply, they don't dare adress it.
Remember, theist's are just atheists in denial.
Well I was born an original sinner
I was spawned from original sin
And if I had a dollar bill for all the things I've done
There'd be a mountain of money piled up to my chin
Good point.
Enlightened Atheist, Gaming God.
Welcome aboard!!
The stubborness of theists comes as no surprise to Drew.
I spent the best part of a year, over here in France, working for a company which was founded, and mostly staffed, by evangelicals. Interesting as I thought it would be, I pointed out my atheist position, and they expressed a refreshing ease with that. It wasn't long before the hard-sell became a frequent feature of lunchtime exchanges, and whilst they attempted to portray an air of capacity for reasoned debate, their complete failure to grasp the concept of rational enquiry beyond the realms of divine mystery betrayed their true position.
Quite predictably, we parted company, with their masterstroke strategy of attempting to convince me that all human beings are inherently evil being the proverbial straw on the dromedary's back.
As for my nihilism. I defend my right to the moral side of humanity, but spit in the face of theists who assert I cannot be moral without faith observance...Wankers!
Drew 5292
50% Nihilistic.
Drew 5292
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