Hello, I'm Cindy!

missedtheboat · April 06, 2011, 03:58:21 PM

Hi everyone! Just found this forum, how exciting! Let's see. I'm 22, and live in the bible belt *sigh*. I've been an atheist ever since I was a teenager. My childhood consisted of my grandmother bringing me to a southern baptist church and scaring me into religion. My grandmother told me I would burn in hell if I wasn't baptised, even if I was a "good person." I remember crying and being afraid to sleep because I was scared that I would die at any moment, and it would be too late to be "saved." I got baptised around age 10, I think. I couldn't help but think "Wait, thats it?" "I don't feel any different.." As I got older, I got access to the internet, and began finding that there weren't just christians in the world, there were so many different beliefs and theories. Once I started questioning, and got a bit older, I was able to talk to my older brother who helped me think a bit more logically. Now here I am, a happy Atheist!

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The Magic Pudding · April 06, 2011, 04:15:46 PM

Hello Cindy.
Sacred, scared and scarred seem like words worthy of some creative treatment.

Tank · April 06, 2011, 06:57:00 PM

Hi Cindy

Hope you find a little niche of the Internet that suits you here.

Welcome to HAF!

Regards
Chris

Recusant · April 07, 2011, 04:37:08 AM

Oh my, yet further evidence that Satan roams the internet looking for souls to traduce. :livelong:

missedtheboat · April 07, 2011, 01:28:29 PM

Quote from: "The Magic Pudding"Hello Cindy.
Sacred, scared and scarred seem like words worthy of some creative treatment.

Hahaha, yes I think so!!

Quote from: "Tank"Hi Cindy

Hope you find a little niche of the Internet that suits you here.

Welcome to HAF!

Regards
Chris

I hope so, too! :eek:

I'm glad you found this particular den of iniquity, Cindy.

Hello and welcome to HAF.

I hope you enjoy your time reading and posting here.

Thank you! I'm enjoying so far! woo hoo! :bananacolor:

fester30 · April 07, 2011, 02:30:02 PM

Congrats and welcome!

missedtheboat · April 07, 2011, 02:55:39 PM

Quote from: "fester30"Congrats and welcome!

Thanks!!

hollyda · April 07, 2011, 03:06:32 PM

Hi Cindy!

Sounds like we had a somewhat similar upbringing (scared into church).

If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed. -Albert Einstein

missedtheboat · April 07, 2011, 03:18:21 PM

Yes, what a horrible way to get someone into religion, ha.. but atleast we were smart enough to think for ourselves, right??

It is scary to think what some people would be doing without their religion. It really does keep a lot of people stable..the only motivation for them to be good, is the idea of heaven.

The lack of religion keeps me quite stable though, ha.

hollyda · April 07, 2011, 03:42:29 PM

I know, right? Now that I don't think of myself as a sinner, rather a flawed human prone to making mistakes, I'm much happier. And it actually makes THIS LIFE worth living all the more...if there's nothing that comes next, we need to make this one count.

missedtheboat · April 07, 2011, 05:22:11 PM

You're exactly right

Cecilie · April 07, 2011, 06:32:57 PM

Hello and welcome to HAF, Cindy.

missedtheboat · April 07, 2011, 08:22:49 PM

Quote from: "Cecilie"Hello and welcome to HAF, Cindy.

Cecilie · April 07, 2011, 09:05:43 PM

Quote from: "missedtheboat"
Quote from: "Cecilie"Hello and welcome to HAF, Cindy.
Thank you. Pudding wasn't satisfied with my previous one.

missedtheboat · April 07, 2011, 09:48:21 PM

Quote from: "Cecilie"
Quote from: "missedtheboat"
Quote from: "Cecilie"Hello and welcome to HAF, Cindy.
Thank you. Pudding wasn't satisfied with my previous one.

uh oh what was the other one?

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Hello, I'm Cindy!