Hello all!!
My name is Terry and my internet handle is Analyzed Atheist. I have been 'active' in the atheist/skeptical community for a few years now and I run a blog over at Tumblr called The Analyzed Atheist.
Link here: Oops missed that rule.
I am from St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada, and I am dying to find more atheists/skeptics/freethinkers/nonbelievers in my area. If there are current or former Newfoundlanders in this forum, it would be great if you would join one or both of the Facebook pages we have:
Atheists of Newfoundland - Oops missed that rule.
St. John's Skeptic Society - Oops missed that rule.
Anyways, I am married to a lovely skeptical and atheist lady, and we are very happy atheists together!! She is not as outspoken on the issue of religion as I am, but I do enough talking for the both of us :P She backs me up on pretty much everything I say on the topic though, and she wouldn't if she thought I was out of line, believe me.
To be perfectly honest, I'm not the best with forums, and my main reason for joining was to try to find some more non-believers in my area, but I'm gonna do my best to get involved in the community here.
-Terry
EDIT: Sorry I overlooked that rule!! My apologies.
Ahhhh!! Another Newfie!! ;D 'owshe gettin' on, b'y?!
But seriously, this is a pretty cool little community. I hope you stick around. I'll check out the facebook pages, though, like many other Newfoundlanders, I'm living out of the province at the moment.
Hey Juliet!
That would be great if you would check out the groups. We're really trying to get some good discussion and banter there. We do use a lot of humour, but there's plenty of seriousness as well. I look forward to seeing you there.
Terry
Hello and welcome to HAF, Terry. I'm impressed that you edited your own post; I think that says a lot for your perspicacity and integrity. (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg717.imageshack.us%2Fimg717%2F2339%2Fbluethumbup.gif&hash=5fe03c6701607da88624dfc89a3acd7df124c467)
QuoteNotes for new members from Tank:
The Rules. (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=1522.0)
Users who comply with forum rules will graduate to full membership after 10 posts. Till that time your ability to post is limited to the "Getting to Know You" (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/index.php#2) section of the forum. It is our hope that this small restriction improves the overall atmosphere of HAF.
Some threads you might find interesting.
Where did you get your username from? (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=5133.0)
10 Things About Yourself (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=4940.0)
Tell us A Bit About Where You're From (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=8215.0)
Photography (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7607.0)
Non-religious pet peeves (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=6917.0)
Pets...what do you have? (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7.0)
How to tell your family you are an atheist. (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=5111.0)*
"Rules for Conducting a Discussion" by Dr. Mortimer J. Adler (http://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=5631.0)*
*You will need 10 posts before you can add a post to this thread, but you can read it at any time.
I hope you enjoy your time reading and posting here! (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg825.imageshack.us%2Fimg825%2F7082%2Fsmileykp.gif&hash=44804682878b80211a94c6a1e69670528bd9c4a7)
Welcome. I look forward to seeing your posts after your tenth.
Heya Terry, welcome from a fellow Canadian (alas, not a Newfie!)
I hope you enjoy HAF! It's a fun place, and you'll definitely find good conversation and community here. :)
Hello, Terry! Sounds to me like you'll be an asset here if you stick around.
Hi Terry
Very impressed with your behaviour so far, editing out your own links like that.
Welcome to HAF ;D
Regards
Chris
Welcome!
Hi and welcome Terry! Hope you stick around, this is a great group!
Quote from: Recusant on July 04, 2012, 01:45:01 AM
Hello and welcome to HAF, Terry. I'm impressed that you edited your own post; I think that says a lot for your perspicacity and integrity. (https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg717.imageshack.us%2Fimg717%2F2339%2Fbluethumbup.gif&hash=5fe03c6701607da88624dfc89a3acd7df124c467)
Thanks so much, and thanks to everyone else with their kind words. I'm not that good with forums, like I said before, like sometimes forgetting to read the rules, but I was lucky enough to catch myself this time. If I'm going to be posting here regularly, I'm going to have to do some research on formatting forum posts and using HTML...I suck at it!!
Thanks again to everyone, and I think I might do some posts in the suggested threads.
-Terry
Quote from: analyzedatheist on July 05, 2012, 01:49:25 AM. . . I'm going to have to do some research on formatting forum posts and using HTML...
HTML actually won't be of any use here. This forum uses phpBB code, which is similar in some cases to HTML, but in others not so much. On the text editing page (what you get by clicking "Reply" or "Quote") you will find that the buttons above the editing box will produce versions of that code that work on this forum. For instance, the button marked with a bold "B" will give [b ][/b ] (without the spaces), which produces
bold text. Some experimentation using the "Preview" button should help you familiarize yourself with the workings of the forum code.
Terry you might find this thread useful. http://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=7473.0
But frankly the only 'tags' you need to understand are the 'quote' tags which is dealt with here http://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/index.php?topic=203.0
Hello and welcome Canadian friend! What aboot atheism do you analyze exactly. Sorry I couldn't resist ;D
I love me some more Canadians ~ ;)
Welcome, and hope you make 10 posts soon ~
Welcome Terry. HAF is a great place. You'll like it.