Title: Bonjour!
Post by: bfat on February 05, 2010, 02:11:30 AM
Post by: bfat on February 05, 2010, 02:11:30 AM
Helloo there!
I've been wandering the internet for a few months, reading various atheist and anti-theist manifestos (as well as a few interesting and enlightening documentaries), and I've been slowly accepting the fact that I think I may actually be an atheist. I've always considered myself an agnostic first--that I believe in *something*, just not the Judeo-Christian concept of God, or at least that I accept the possibility that there is more out there. And I still do. I'm just really unconvinced by any arguments that I have heard, and the likelihood that any one religion on this earth is entirely right is idiotically slim. But I believe in other things--ghosts, and the possibility of the paranormal, and the power of the human mind to perform things that aren't yet understood by science. After all, "Nothing happens in contradiction to nature, only in contradiction to what we know of it" (said the enigmatic Dana Scully :) This is a topic that is tough to discuss in real life, and it would be nice to know some like-minded people. At work, I'm surrounded by only my boss and two people who read nothing but the bible in their free time. Anyway, didn't mean to ramble too much in my introduction, I just wanted to give a little bit of background on my philosophical/(non)religious life.
As for the other parts of my life, I'm a video editor (if you ever see an ad for a rerun Family Guy on TV that says "Tomorrow at 6:30 on Fox __," that was me), and I love to read and write. I like documentaries and paranormal thrillers and animals and sushi and Stephen King books, and wearing my pajamas in every hour that I don't have to be outside the house.
So hello again!
-bfat
I've been wandering the internet for a few months, reading various atheist and anti-theist manifestos (as well as a few interesting and enlightening documentaries), and I've been slowly accepting the fact that I think I may actually be an atheist. I've always considered myself an agnostic first--that I believe in *something*, just not the Judeo-Christian concept of God, or at least that I accept the possibility that there is more out there. And I still do. I'm just really unconvinced by any arguments that I have heard, and the likelihood that any one religion on this earth is entirely right is idiotically slim. But I believe in other things--ghosts, and the possibility of the paranormal, and the power of the human mind to perform things that aren't yet understood by science. After all, "Nothing happens in contradiction to nature, only in contradiction to what we know of it" (said the enigmatic Dana Scully :) This is a topic that is tough to discuss in real life, and it would be nice to know some like-minded people. At work, I'm surrounded by only my boss and two people who read nothing but the bible in their free time. Anyway, didn't mean to ramble too much in my introduction, I just wanted to give a little bit of background on my philosophical/(non)religious life.
As for the other parts of my life, I'm a video editor (if you ever see an ad for a rerun Family Guy on TV that says "Tomorrow at 6:30 on Fox __," that was me), and I love to read and write. I like documentaries and paranormal thrillers and animals and sushi and Stephen King books, and wearing my pajamas in every hour that I don't have to be outside the house.
So hello again!
-bfat
Title: Re: Bonjour!
Post by: pinkocommie on February 05, 2010, 02:25:58 AM
Post by: pinkocommie on February 05, 2010, 02:25:58 AM
Welcome to the forum! It's a nice group of people here - very easy to bounce ideas off of.
Title: Re: Bonjour!
Post by: elliebean on February 05, 2010, 02:40:35 AM
Post by: elliebean on February 05, 2010, 02:40:35 AM
Welcome to the forum, bfat!
Title: Re: Bonjour!
Post by: Whitney on February 05, 2010, 04:33:41 AM
Post by: Whitney on February 05, 2010, 04:33:41 AM
Quote from: "bfat"I'm a video editor (if you ever see an ad for a rerun Family Guy on TV that says "Tomorrow at 6:30 on Fox __," that was me),
Yay! Family Guy
Oh, and welcome to HAF.
Title: Re: Bonjour!
Post by: AlP on February 05, 2010, 04:34:58 AM
Post by: AlP on February 05, 2010, 04:34:58 AM
Hello! Welcome to the forum!
Title: Re: Bonjour!
Post by: kenh on February 05, 2010, 01:23:26 PM
Post by: kenh on February 05, 2010, 01:23:26 PM
Hi bfat and welcome!
I'll bet you recognize my location. I actually live close to it.
Ken
I'll bet you recognize my location. I actually live close to it.
Ken
Title: Re: Bonjour!
Post by: bfat on February 07, 2010, 12:12:56 AM
Post by: bfat on February 07, 2010, 12:12:56 AM
Thanks everybody :)