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Gorgo
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 09/16/2009 : 01:59:45 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by BigPapaSmurf
You notice how I left out all of the stupid things Ive done...
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But it's still pretty impressive. |
I know the rent is in arrears
The dog has not been fed in years
It's even worse than it appears
But it's alright-
Jerry Garcia
Robert Hunter
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9687 Posts |
Posted - 09/16/2009 : 07:27:28 [Permalink]
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I've always been the kind of person who's asking questions and wants to know how stuff works.
I did get drunk on Christian Kool-aid in the Swedish Pentecostal church from around age 14 up until I was 25.
I never lost respect for science during that time, and I suppose that could have been part of the reason I never felt fully accepted in the church.
Now, I've been a recovering Pentecostal and practicing skeptic the last 15 yeas. I said a definitive bye-bye to religion in -94 just before I moveed to my new town where I got a job and what later turned out to be my wife.
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Dr. Mabuse - "When the going gets tough, the tough get Duct-tape..."
Dr. Mabuse whisper.mp3
"Equivocation is not just a job, for a creationist it's a way of life..." Dr. Mabuse
Support American Troops in Iraq:
Send them unarmed civilians for target practice..
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astropin
SFN Regular
USA
970 Posts |
Posted - 09/18/2009 : 11:23:56 [Permalink]
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Been a skeptic all my life. I always questioned authority (literally) to the chagrin of my parents and most of my teachers....and priests. I didn't like most of the answers I got.
To this day I never say "because I said so" to my kids. They get a reason for my actions. I have also told my children if they can present a reasonable argument or show through logic where I am being unreasonable I will change my mind. My son has already successfully done this on more than one occasion and he did end up getting his way (He's 11 now and argued his first win when he was around 8 or 9).
Shook of most of my religious beliefs in high school and finished the job in college.
While I have a Bachelor's in Science I consider myself to be mostly self educated.
Like someone mentioned earlier my skepticism led to atheism. The more I sought the truth the more ridiculous religion appeared.
I'm 42 now and a hard core "new atheist".
On the stupid front:
I have totaled a car (in a lake no less), a snowmobile (at 70mph), a motorcycle (at 45mph) and hit a boat with a boat (when I was 14). Lost some teeth on the motorcycle crash but have never broken a bone. But that's just the beginning of stupid....really I'm lucky to still be here. |
I would rather face a cold reality than delude myself with comforting fantasies.
You are free to believe what you want to believe and I am free to ridicule you for it.
Atheism:
The result of an unbiased and rational search for the truth.
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Machi4velli
SFN Regular
USA
854 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2009 : 03:08:24 [Permalink]
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T27kB4BjbEg
This contains lots of statistics on atheism, I didn't check the resources, but they are posted and seemed legitimate.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_atheism
Wiki... don't know if its accurate.
My family took me to church every Sunday morning up until probably age 12. I asked a lot of questions, they didn't really have any answers and seemed annoyed that I didn't relent when they told me the answers they thought they had. Plus, the Bible stories always seemed silly, so I quit going. I didn't really know what I thought for a few years until I sort of reassessed and became a skeptical, but weak atheist. Now I'm 23, have a BS in math, and am in grad school (more math).
But we should be careful in drawing causal conclusions from these correlations that apparently exist. |
"Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people."
-Giordano Bruno
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge."
-Stephen Hawking
"Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable"
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 09/19/2009 : 03:41:31 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Machi4velli
But we should be careful in drawing causal conclusions from these correlations that apparently exist. |
You're right. But I suspect there will eventually be clearer statistics, and more studies of the dynamics in play. It seems pretty clear that Europe has become largely faithless, and that the same process seems to have begun in the USA.
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“Biology is just physics that has begun to smell bad.” —HalfMooner
Here's a link to Moonscape News, and one to its Archive. |
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Ricky
SFN Die Hard
USA
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Machi4velli
SFN Regular
USA
854 Posts |
Posted - 09/23/2009 : 17:07:54 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Ricky
| Now I'm 23, have a BS in math, and am in grad school (more math). |
I could have written that myself. In fact, at first I thought I did.
What school are you at now?
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Just started at Florida Tech this term =) |
"Truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority of the people."
-Giordano Bruno
"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, but the illusion of knowledge."
-Stephen Hawking
"Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable"
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average age of skeptic/atheist?
