Title: Greetings to all
Post by: notself on February 24, 2010, 01:59:44 AM
Post by: notself on February 24, 2010, 01:59:44 AM
I found this site by googling atheist forums. It looks like a nice place to discuss various things. I was raised Roman Catholic but stopped believing the dogma when I was in Junior High. I wandered around various philosophies and religions years until one day it dawned on me that I couldn't find the right religion for me because I was an atheist.
About 10 years ago I read a book called What the Buddha Taughtt by Wapola Rahula and finally discovered a religion/philosophy/lifestyle without a creator god or creation story. Perfect for an atheist who want to explore the mind and its workings. I follow the oldest tradition in existence today because I wanted to get as close as I can to the beginning. The following is the goal and the practice of Buddhism:
The non-doing of any unskillful thing,
the performance of what's skillful,
the cleansing of one's own mind:
this is the teaching
of the Awakened.
Glad to have found this site.
About 10 years ago I read a book called What the Buddha Taughtt by Wapola Rahula and finally discovered a religion/philosophy/lifestyle without a creator god or creation story. Perfect for an atheist who want to explore the mind and its workings. I follow the oldest tradition in existence today because I wanted to get as close as I can to the beginning. The following is the goal and the practice of Buddhism:
The non-doing of any unskillful thing,
the performance of what's skillful,
the cleansing of one's own mind:
this is the teaching
of the Awakened.
Glad to have found this site.
Title: Re: Greetings to all
Post by: pinkocommie on February 24, 2010, 02:13:21 AM
Post by: pinkocommie on February 24, 2010, 02:13:21 AM
Welcome to the forum!!
Title: Re: Greetings to all
Post by: Whitney on February 24, 2010, 02:18:01 AM
Post by: Whitney on February 24, 2010, 02:18:01 AM
Welcome to HAF. I've seen a few of your posts already and I think you'll fit in very nicely here!
Title: Re: Greetings to all
Post by: notself on February 24, 2010, 02:22:59 AM
Post by: notself on February 24, 2010, 02:22:59 AM
Quote from: "Whitney"Welcome to HAF. I've seen a few of your posts already and I think you'll fit in very nicely here!Thank you.
Why are the emoticons blue?
Title: Re: Greetings to all
Post by: Whitney on February 24, 2010, 03:10:09 AM
Post by: Whitney on February 24, 2010, 03:10:09 AM
Quote from: "notself"Why are the emoticons blue?
to match the forum theme
and I like blue.
Title: Re: Greetings to all
Post by: elliebean on February 24, 2010, 07:58:29 AM
Post by: elliebean on February 24, 2010, 07:58:29 AM
Hi, Notself! Welcome to the forum.