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filthy
SFN Die Hard
USA
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 Posted - 11/21/2009 : 03:53:52 [Permalink]
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Hi jacq and welcome to SFN! Looking forward to your input...
Here in rural, southern US we are just as backward and I'll bet we have even more churchs striving to lower the public IQ. We also have Ken Ham. Ken Ham, has an amazing, animatronic monument to Myth & Deceptin. He came to us from Oz -- y'all want him back? Please....
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"What luck for rulers that men do not think." -- Adolf Hitler (1889 - 1945)
"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
Brother Boot Knife of Warm Humanitarianism,
and Crypto-Communist! 
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
13476 Posts |
Posted - 11/21/2009 : 08:58:35 [Permalink]
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| Welcome to SFN, jacq! |
Uncertainty may make you uncomfortable. Certainty makes you ridiculous.
Why not question something for a change?
Genetic Literacy Project |
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Chippewa
SFN Regular
USA
1496 Posts |
 Posted - 11/21/2009 : 16:58:15 [Permalink]
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Welcome jacq!  |
Diversity, independence, innovation and imagination are progressive concepts ultimately alien to the conservative mind.
"TAX AND SPEND" IS GOOD! (TAX: Wealthy corporations who won't go poor even after taxes. SPEND: On public works programs, education, the environment, improvements.) |
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jacq
New Member
Australia
5 Posts |
Posted - 11/21/2009 : 17:49:36 [Permalink]
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We also have Ken Ham. Ken Ham, has an amazing, animatronic monument to Myth & Deceptin. He came to us from Oz -- y'all want him back? Please....
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Um, no.
But I do apologise!  |
"The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully." — Richard Dawkins (The God Delusion) |
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ThorGoLucky
Snuggle Wolf
USA
1487 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2009 : 15:38:19 [Permalink]
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Hi, I'm Torsten Pihl in real life and live in Corvallis, Oregon. I'm a defender of science and church-state separation. And I enjoy the furry fandom. Woof!
Corvallis is a lovely town though there is much woo here, so I get good verbal debate practice at the pubs countering paranormal/metaphysical unsubstantiated assertions over pints of ale. Whee!
Ruby & Thor @ Willamette Park, Corvallis, Oregon.
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sailingsoul
SFN Addict
2830 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2009 : 19:28:38 [Permalink]
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| Handsome dog Thor', welcome to SFN. Any chow in him? Looks like there could a little. I use to travel to Eugene, Or. often, in the 80's. SS |
There are only two types of religious people, the deceivers and the deceived. SS |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 12/22/2009 : 20:05:11 [Permalink]
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| A belated welcome to Skeptic Friends Network, ThorGoLucky! Ruby's a fine looking dog. (Go Beavers, eh?) |
“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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TheMadDeviant
New Member
USA
6 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2009 : 09:54:43 [Permalink]
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| Hello everyone! Former lurker(years and years, more than 7 I think...getting old.. ) and now bona fide member of this network. I love this place, it's been like an oasis in the desert for me and I mean it because here in Puerto Rico there is no such thing as a skeptic community. Lets see if I can actually contribute with something. See you later! |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 12/23/2009 : 10:17:18 [Permalink]
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Welcome to SFN, TheMadDeviant! Nice of you to delurk. I hope you'll let your cloaking device cool off.
This next year, for economic reasons, I'm moving my retirement operation to the Philippines, a land even mores spirit-haunted than the USA. But even there, a skeptical community thrives. Have you searched hard to find skeptics among your compatriots in Puerto Rico? If there's truly no skeptic community there, have you considered starting one? |
“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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ThorGoLucky
Snuggle Wolf
USA
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Dr. Mabuse
Septic Fiend
Sweden
9687 Posts |
Posted - 12/24/2009 : 15:54:27 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by ThorGoLucky
Hi, I'm Torsten Pihl in real life and live in Corvallis, Oregon.
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Hello Torsten! Welcome!
Your name suggests a Scandinavian connection. Both first name and sir name are fairly common in Sweden.
Edit: Torsten is a Viking name meaning "The stone of Thor" and Pihl (the 'h' is a silent marker that the 'i' is long) is the Swedish word for "Arrow".
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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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TheMadDeviant
New Member
USA
6 Posts |
Posted - 12/24/2009 : 19:14:52 [Permalink]
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| Hey Mooner. Thanks for the welcome. Many years ago I tried to find a skeptical community here to no avail. But after reading your post I thought "why not" and found like two groups on the web, with less than 49 members but what the hell! LOL! Here in PR atheism is a very personal thing and a conversation killer so one tends to not bring that subject up. But I'll try to contact what little I can find, thanks fore the advice Mooner. |
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
15831 Posts |
Posted - 12/25/2009 : 02:40:57 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by TheMadDeviant
Hey Mooner. Thanks for the welcome. Many years ago I tried to find a skeptical community here to no avail. But after reading your post I thought "why not" and found like two groups on the web, with less than 49 members but what the hell! LOL! Here in PR atheism is a very personal thing and a conversation killer so one tends to not bring that subject up. But I'll try to contact what little I can find, thanks fore the advice Mooner.
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You are most welcome. Here, you might want to look at this Puerto Rican skeptics site in case you haven't already. |
“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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ThorGoLucky
Snuggle Wolf
USA
1487 Posts |
Posted - 12/28/2009 : 16:34:35 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse
Originally posted by ThorGoLucky
Hi, I'm Torsten Pihl in real life and live in Corvallis, Oregon.
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Hello Torsten! Welcome!
Your name suggests a Scandinavian connection. Both first name and sir name are fairly common in Sweden.
Edit: Torsten is a Viking name meaning "The stone of Thor" and Pihl (the 'h' is a silent marker that the 'i' is long) is the Swedish word for "Arrow".
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Hi, Dr. Mabuse! Yes, Torsten = Thor Stone (known to mean hammer). Rawr! I met another Torsten Pihl in Sweden, so my Facebook says "Torsten Pihl is friends with Torsten Pihl". 
My heritage is from the Danish island of Lolland.
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OldNick
New Member
6 Posts |
Posted - 01/29/2010 : 20:48:29 [Permalink]
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Hello! I've been a lurker on this forum for two months and finally decided to join. The intelligent discussions on this forum will usually brighten my dullest days. So thanks for that guys.
My educational background is in bioengineering (mostly instrumentation, less so genetics and computational modeling), and I currently work in quality control (for better or worse I'm with big pharma). My primary philosophical interests include moral skepticism and consciousness. I guess I also have a weakness for playing the devils advocate (its quite fun). Hopefully I can contribute something to the forum. |
Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art of all. - Andy Warhol |
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