Hiya, new here!
Offline I'm 15 and I live in the Dominican Republic, in the Caribbean.
I'm an atheist, and a future mathematician 
(no but seriously, even though most of my class is slow in math, im severely ahead of them... and I'm lucky to have an excellent and personable teacher)
hmm.. lets see... I was brought up as a catholic(i was baptised, first communion.. etc..) but my parents are what some might call moderate christians. On my own I began to question the probability(another math subject I love 
) and coherence of what I was being taught. Later I started listening to George Carlin and as I laughed my ass off to his comedy I also got a new sense of morality and ethics you might say. I was led to the debate between RRS and kirk cameron and ray comfort by my brother and I enjoyed it thouroughly as I also learned(tried to.., kirk and ray kinda interfered 
) new stuff about history and evolution. I especially liked when Kelly said, ''I would rather go to hell, than go to heaven and worship a megalo-maniacal tyrant''. That led me to your site and Ive read several articles, watched several videos and I think im gonna love this place!
My school is catholic.. >_>, its basic religious interferences would be:
1) The religion teacher reads a myth... woops.. i mean passage from the bible and then instructs us on the moral(lol) of said myt--passage.
2) 45 minutes of my week are wasted with a religion course.. >_> which is very idiotic because as this idiot is talking about adam and eve, im being taught evolution in science class but thankfully, at least i am being taught evolution.
Its funny because when I took sunday school(or at least the version of that here in DR) I was, as usual, the top of my class(doing all the homework, only one that had memorized all the commandments and sacraments in order, etc..), and how quickly it all crumbled down as I started to use rational and critical thinking. But I'm happy to be past all that.
More about my math interest. Ever since the first years of elementary ive had an acute mental agility when it came to Mathematics(in this case, arithmetics). It was a long time ago and the only general and particular cases I can remember are that in 2nd grade, during math class, my teacher would give me the 3rd grade math book and would put some assignments from that book. The particular case would be once when the math teacher pulled me from 2nd grade to the 4th grade because one of her students couldnt handle an addition of several digits each.... I did it mentally and I felt really smart..lol. I deeply thank my parents for putting me in an english school since prekinder, allowing my alphabetization(is that a word?) in english<<<........irony :/
As a final statement, I'm a gamer . I have a wii and recently got an Xbox 360. My favorite game is Super Smash Bros. Brawl... if anyone wants to play you know what to do.. xD
''Black Holes result from God dividing the universe by zero.''
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Have you explored the morals of, say, Leviticus and Judges? Good times.
Haha, one of my favorites as well.
Our revels now are ended. These our actors, | As I foretold you, were all spirits, and | Are melted into air, into thin air; | And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, | The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, | The solemn temples, the great globe itself, - Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, | And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, | Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff | As dreams are made on, and our little life | Is rounded with a sleep. - Shakespeare
I'm a math lover as well. I too had a great teacher. I was a always partial to integral calculus as it afforded a small challenge. Though this was more than likely due to my complete lack of any effort in class. I found that when I had memorized known integrals/derivatives the mystery was gone, along with the challenge.
I need a refresher course though. It's been 6 years since I used it and sadly most knowledge has been lost.
Welcome to the RRS!
After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him.
The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.
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Do I have to welcome another mathophile?
Welcome to the boards. Hope you enjoy your stay!
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Welcome aboard SSBBJunky!
Slowly building a blog at ~
http://obsidianwords.wordpress.com/
Welcome!
New school interference today >_>
3) Since apparently today is Ash Wednesday, after we sang the anthem and were heading into the school, people would get in line to have ashes put on their foreheads(lolwut). Accompanied with the saying ''Ashes you are, and Ashes you will become'' <......(translation)
and thanks guys!
''Black Holes result from God dividing the universe by zero.''
Greetings to all. I just joined and must say that I’m damned glad to be here and to have the opportunity to commune with like-minded others. A real quick snapshot bio:47-year old, divorced, ex-Army, life-long atheist.* No kids, but a cat.* I am currently back in school, attending Arapahoe Community College in Littleton, CO, for the purpose of obtaining a computer science degree and a new career.* My ex-wife is from Ankara, Turkey; we were married for a bit over 5 years, and are still close, good friends. The divorce was an unfortunate outcome of what we consider to be the unmitigated disaster known as the Bush presidency and the accompanying 8 years. I elaborate thusly…Fatma and I married in early 2001, neither one of us having received the memo on what was coming down the pike later that year. I had just taken a job as the caretaker of the Denver Scottish Rite Masonic Building, which came with a nice apartment on the premises. Fatma and I promptly took up residence, believing the future to be relatively secure. I tell myself and anybody that will listen that I thought that to be a realistic assumption due to the fact that I HAD been a member of the Masonic fraternity or some 11 years at that point, and was fairly advanced in standing and renown in several states.* So, shite happened, and thanks to the Bush-era BS societal malfunction better known as runaway Islamophobia, in 2003 I found myself out of a job, suddenly without friends and struggling to support a wife who took it all, on balance, better than I did. Nonetheless, subsequent to all this and more*, I suffered a breakdown and subsequently, our divorce. There followed a brief period where things were kinda touch-and-go for me, and now here I am in the present, halfway through an associate’s, aiming to continue on to a bachelor’s, and rinse-spin-repeat as long as the economy dictates it necessary. So, that out of the way, I look forward to getting to know as many of you as time and circumstances permit!Must be the dust to dust thing. I still haven't read the entire Bible. I gotta get on that so I can make fun of theist more thoroughly...
After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him.
The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.
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How can you pull yourself to do that? I find every time I read religious texts I can literally feel brain cells dying.
Enlightened Atheist, Gaming God.
Welcome new guy ( AND OR GAL!) Eather way I'm sure you look good in a dress.
"Very funny Scotty; now beam down our clothes."
VEGETARIAN: Ancient Hindu word for "lousy hunter"
If man was formed from dirt, why is there still dirt?
guy, btw.
''Black Holes result from God dividing the universe by zero.''
I can see it already, intelligence has arrived. Yippeee!!
Now what may I ask does the SSBB stand for?? PLEASE
And yet another one.. Yea, we are a roll. WELCOME, welcome aboard.
Our revels now are ended. These our actors, | As I foretold you, were all spirits, and | Are melted into air, into thin air; | And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, | The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, | The solemn temples, the great globe itself, - Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, | And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, | Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff | As dreams are made on, and our little life | Is rounded with a sleep. - Shakespeare
I am obviously illiterate here, what the hell does this mean?!?
Super Smash Bros Brawl (SSBB)
Sounds made up...
Agnostic Atheist
No, I am not angry at your imaginary friends or enemies.
I don't know. It's inexplicable...
I also thought about rewriting some books in a humorous manner. Maybe call it the King Spike's Version.
After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring. He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him.
The moral: When you're full of bull, keep your mouth shut.
MySpace