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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:35 am
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:24 am
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 10:06 am
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 11:52 am
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PrezarioKaiser Baron von Turkeypants Sometimes a cigar... It seems to me most people's arguments here aren't really based on reason, all they do is inject their posts with some emotional ranting and leave it at that. ...is just a cigar. However, at the exact same time, some posts from other people are just mind-numbingly beautiful in the sense that they've completely mastered the English language and that they know exactly what they're talking about. Of course, this is a snazzy illusion and probably far from the truth in a number of cases, but either way, I can see where she's coming from. It gets intimidating. Point is that there's a lot to be learned here. When you hang around people whose belief system is founded on FACT, naturally you're gonna learn something. I check this guild twice daily (which is a metric ******** considering my minimal Gaia usage) and learn something new every time. Sometimes it's mind-blowing, sometimes it's trivial, but it's always worth sticking around for and simply contributing when you can. That's very true. But things tend to...not stick with me. I can listen to a podcast and have it go in one ear and out the other. Everything about it will make sense when it's being said, but five minutes after it's done, I couldn't even begin to tell you the key points.
Reading is a bit easier, but a lot of the things discussed in here require a basic religious background knowedge of one or more religions. Seeing as the main body of my religious background knowedge comes from christmas carol lyrics and that Charlie Brown special, I'm screwed.
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 3:30 pm
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 6:25 pm
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:33 pm
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You SOOOOO belong here! Remember, indifference is the goal! As much as I like to debate theism, I'd much rather live in a place where nobody gives a s**t. Cause let's face it, why spend all day thinking about something you don't even believe in. Plus, and more importantly, this guilds is also supposed to be a place for Atheists to just...chat! Hense, the random sub forum. It's a great place to just talk about whatever, which we encurage (spelling?)! It's nice just to be able to talk to people, and here, no matter what you talk about, at no time, will anyone say "Well, I don't believe in that because the bible says it's wrong!" Which makes my p***s shrink. So put in when you feel comfortable, and feel free to start threads that pertain to your interests in the random sub.
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:11 pm
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Dathu You SOOOOO belong here! Remember, indifference is the goal! As much as I like to debate theism, I'd much rather live in a place where nobody gives a s**t. Cause let's face it, why spend all day thinking about something you don't even believe in. Plus, and more importantly, this guilds is also supposed to be a place for Atheists to just...chat! Hense, the random sub forum. It's a great place to just talk about whatever, which we encurage (spelling?)! It's nice just to be able to talk to people, and here, no matter what you talk about, at no time, will anyone say "Well, I don't believe in that because the bible says it's wrong!" Which makes my p***s shrink. So put in when you feel comfortable, and feel free to start threads that pertain to your interests in the random sub.
First he talks about his p***s, then he talks about putting stuff in.
I thought I was the only one for you, Dathu!
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:11 pm
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Posted: Thu Aug 16, 2007 9:16 pm
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Theophrastus Dathu You SOOOOO belong here! Remember, indifference is the goal! As much as I like to debate theism, I'd much rather live in a place where nobody gives a s**t. Cause let's face it, why spend all day thinking about something you don't even believe in. Plus, and more importantly, this guilds is also supposed to be a place for Atheists to just...chat! Hense, the random sub forum. It's a great place to just talk about whatever, which we encurage (spelling?)! It's nice just to be able to talk to people, and here, no matter what you talk about, at no time, will anyone say "Well, I don't believe in that because the bible says it's wrong!" Which makes my p***s shrink. So put in when you feel comfortable, and feel free to start threads that pertain to your interests in the random sub. First he talks about his p***s, then he talks about putting stuff in. I thought I was the only one for you, Dathu!
mrgreen Well, I'm a slut.
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Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:27 pm
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Xiporah Everyone here seems so damn smart about everything, like they can see something to intellegently discuss and be like I'LL TAKE THE CASE and pull a volume of awesome facts out of their a**! It's pretty awesome, but I can't do that. Everyone seems to have come to a conclusion based on years of ardent research and scholarly soul searching.
I certainly hope I am not pulling my facts out of my a**, as you put it; that would hurt. Seriously, though, the ability to recite certain factual information from memory just takes time. For many of us dedicated to science, atheism, reason, and so on, we have to use references and look up the facts before we report then - and this is a good thing. Don't worry if you have to do some research before posting. If you have taken the time to reference your thoughts and words, you will be that much more certain that what you are saying is correct.
Also, you will find that the longer you learn about what interests you and talk about it, the more easily and naturally it will come. Maybe at this point in your life, the great big arguments between atheism and theism are only of passing interest to you, something you can identify with on principle, but don't feel inclined to dive into head first. That's OK. I am sure there are many different things you are very knowledgeable about that you could tell us all about in depth. Just because you are not as deeply interested or knowledgeable about what some others are does not make you any less smart or capable of a person.
Hang in there, keep your chin up, and give yourself time to grow. You'll be fine.
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Posted: Sun Aug 19, 2007 6:30 pm
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Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2007 4:23 am
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Posted: Tue Aug 21, 2007 6:35 pm
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