Hi (I had to turn up sometime)
Posted on: March 16, 2010 - 6:12am
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Hi (I had to turn up sometime)
At the age of eleven I started the process that resulted in me ditching my faith in stupidity, a process that took me several years, its so nice to be here with those of a more rational view on the way the world really works.
Not always the way that we would wish it to work but the truth is the truth and is unescapable ( that is of course unless you believe in faries or similar).
Anyway coming from the now defunct Richard Dawkins forums, I'm sure I will find time to follow many interesting debates here.
Hi to all believers and rational folk alike.
Dave
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Welcome to the RRS, don't worry too much most of us have had our shots; rye smooth but never before noon.
"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?
Welcome!
Everything makes more sense now that I've stopped believing.
Welcome aboard
Hey, as another RSS newbie, I send my welcome to you. Hope to see you in some good discussions.
Welcome.
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
Welcome to the forums.
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"I guess it's time to ask if you live under high voltage power transmission lines which have been shown to cause stimulation of the fantasy centers of the brain due to electromagnetic waves?" - Me
"God is omnipotent, omniscient, omnibenevolent, - it says so right here on the label. If you have a mind capable of believing all three of these divine attributes simultaneously, I have a wonderful bargain for you. No checks please. Cash and in small bills." - Robert A Heinlein.
Pleased to meet you. There's plenty of fun to be had here.
Hi I'm newish as well.
G'day, and welcome - I'm from Australia.
I made a few posts on RD forums a while back.
Also attended a talk by Richard himself a couple of weeks back.
I hope you find interesting stuff to read and discuss here.
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
(emphasis mine)
This line... I'm going to have to borrow someday. It so beats the hell out of "God works in mysterious ways"
“A meritocratic society is one in which inequalities of wealth and social position solely reflect the unequal distribution of merit or skills amongst human beings, or are based upon factors beyond human control, for example luck or chance. Such a society is socially just because individuals are judged not by their gender, the colour of their skin or their religion, but according to their talents and willingness to work, or on what Martin Luther King called 'the content of their character'. By extension, social equality is unjust because it treats unequal individuals equally.” "Political Ideologies" by Andrew Heywood (2003)