Introducing myself, hope you don't mind.

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Introducing myself, hope you don't mind.

Hello, freethinkers. I'm Vince, from (and in) Sweden. I'm new here. Not new to atheism, though. I kinda figured that whole thing out myself when I was something like four and a half, which was not long after I started hearing about religion (so I guess technically I was already an atheist by default). It all sounded very suspicious to me right away, and after finding out that there's more than one religion and they all were created without evidence before people even knew what a planet was, it was settled. It's clearly all made up. That never changed, spite people trying to "explain" religion to me. In such irrational ways that I had a hard time even believing that they themselves believed it. For a while, I honestly thought people were trying to put one over on me, like they did to other kids with the whole Santa thing. And then I realized that these people actually believe this stuff. And I laughed. At them. It was just so ridiculous to me. A lot of 'em tried, over the years, to change my mind, 'cause they thought I just hadn't heard the convincing argument. But they all gave the same arguments. And they were crap. So here I am, something like 21 and a half years old, unconvinced. And I'm starting to get really sick and tired of all the nonsense. So hi. Let's beat this thing.


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Hey Vince.  Glad to have

Hey Vince.  Glad to have you.  

 


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Hi, and welcome.From the

Hi, and welcome.

From the tone and content of your post, I think you'll like it here.

I also never took the religious crap seriously.

 

Favorite oxymorons: Gospel Truth, Rational Supernaturalist, Business Ethics, Christian Morality

"Theology is now little more than a branch of human ignorance. Indeed, it is ignorance with wings." - Sam Harris

The path to Truth lies via careful study of reality, not the dreams of our fallible minds - me

From the sublime to the ridiculous: Science -> Philosophy -> Theology


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Welcome to the hizzle!

Welcome to the hizzle!


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Vince , that is basically my

Vince , that is basically my story too, "me god", Fuck Abraham and all such gods  ....   Thanks for posting.


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HI VincentEL!Welcome I too

HI VincentEL!

Welcome Smiling

I too realized at a young age that something just didn't smell right with the whole god/jesus/heaven story...And of course you know what you do with something that doesn't smell right? Spice it up to cover  up the stink or throw that shit out!

 

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I was probably 5 or 6 before

I was probably 5 or 6 before it even occurred to me to ask why my friends weren't available on Sundays for road hockey. The next ten or so years I was shaking my head in disbelief.

Welcome. Smiling

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Välkommen!

Välkommen!