Title: New Guy Here
Post by: caharris on May 10, 2010, 09:59:09 PM
Post by: caharris on May 10, 2010, 09:59:09 PM
Hey I’m Chris.
I live in Georgia, I’m 17, still in high school (with all A’s), neuroscience kicks ass, I play guitar, I love death metal, my dad is a preacher (yay me, right?), I decided to be an atheist about three years ago and I still go to church more than Christians (crazy, I know).
Since I still go to church, I’m constantly surrounded by people who only know what they’ve cherry-picked out of the bible (I asked the youth pastor about how he knows if Jesus was even a real person, and I got a response that had “You have to realize, science isn’t as objective as it says it is†and I laughed for like five minutes). Yeah there are things that I know you guys would have the answer to that I don’t, but that’s why I’m here! I want to learn as much as I can.
Soooo…. Yeah here I am! Hopefully I’ll be welcome…
I live in Georgia, I’m 17, still in high school (with all A’s), neuroscience kicks ass, I play guitar, I love death metal, my dad is a preacher (yay me, right?), I decided to be an atheist about three years ago and I still go to church more than Christians (crazy, I know).
Since I still go to church, I’m constantly surrounded by people who only know what they’ve cherry-picked out of the bible (I asked the youth pastor about how he knows if Jesus was even a real person, and I got a response that had “You have to realize, science isn’t as objective as it says it is†and I laughed for like five minutes). Yeah there are things that I know you guys would have the answer to that I don’t, but that’s why I’m here! I want to learn as much as I can.
Soooo…. Yeah here I am! Hopefully I’ll be welcome…
Title: Re: New Guy Here
Post by: Davin on May 10, 2010, 10:58:39 PM
Post by: Davin on May 10, 2010, 10:58:39 PM
Welcome. I'm just wondering about you deciding to be an atheist, because it was much different for me; I decided to be more rational and atheism came out of that.
Title: Re: New Guy Here
Post by: elliebean on May 10, 2010, 11:05:05 PM
Post by: elliebean on May 10, 2010, 11:05:05 PM
Hi Caharris! Welcome. :|
Thankfully, I got out of that a long time ago and listen to real people music now.
But I'm a lot older and, without all that pent-up aggression, metal just doesn't do the same thing for me anymore. I still like it now and then, I just don't invest the amount of time in it I used to.
Enjoy the forums!
Thankfully, I got out of that a long time ago and listen to real people music now.
But I'm a lot older and, without all that pent-up aggression, metal just doesn't do the same thing for me anymore. I still like it now and then, I just don't invest the amount of time in it I used to.Enjoy the forums!
Title: Re: New Guy Here
Post by: caharris on May 11, 2010, 01:42:15 AM
Post by: caharris on May 11, 2010, 01:42:15 AM
Quote from: "Davin"Welcome. I'm just wondering about you deciding to be an atheist, because it was much different for me; I decided to be more rational and atheism came out of that.It was a gradual process. Around 9th grade, I decided I wanted to actually see what Christianity was all about on my own other than just going by what people tell me, and I found out that I didn't like it. I didn't just one day sit up in bed and go "ya know what? I don't want to be like my dad, so I'm going to be atheist!" I do love both of my parents, but I can't be honest to myself if I were to say I believe in a god. I put months into thinking about what I believe, and this is how I turned out :|
Thankfully, I got out of that a long time ago and listen to real people music now. :P I'm not old enough to listen to real people music yet.
Title: Re: New Guy Here
Post by: elliebean on May 11, 2010, 02:38:41 AM
Post by: elliebean on May 11, 2010, 02:38:41 AM
Quote from: "caharris"I'm not old enough to listen to real people music yet.Oh, I just meant secular music in general - as opposed to christian music, which is usually, you know, lame.
Title: Re: New Guy Here
Post by: Davin on May 11, 2010, 03:14:50 AM
Post by: Davin on May 11, 2010, 03:14:50 AM
That's cool, the sentence just kind of stuck out to me.
Title: Re: New Guy Here
Post by: caharris on May 11, 2010, 03:18:58 AM
Post by: caharris on May 11, 2010, 03:18:58 AM
Quote from: "elliebean"Quote from: "caharris"I'm not old enough to listen to real people music yet.Oh, I just meant secular music in general - as opposed to christian music, which is usually, you know, lame. :headbang:Quote from: "Davin"That's cool, the sentence just kind of stuck out to me.Yes, I guess it could be
Title: Re: New Guy Here
Post by: Tank on May 11, 2010, 10:12:00 AM
Post by: Tank on May 11, 2010, 10:12:00 AM
Good to see another rational mind rise above the morass of superstition.
Welcome aboard.
Welcome aboard.
Title: Re: New Guy Here
Post by: Cecilie on May 11, 2010, 06:57:07 PM
Post by: Cecilie on May 11, 2010, 06:57:07 PM
Hello, there. Welcome!
Title: Re: New Guy Here
Post by: Ellainix on May 12, 2010, 06:02:46 AM
Post by: Ellainix on May 12, 2010, 06:02:46 AM
Quote from: "caharris"(I asked the youth pastor about how he knows if Jesus was even a real person, and I got a response that had “You have to realize, science isn’t as objective as it says it isâ€
Reality has a "liberal bias", ya know? If your youth pastor insists that science isn't all it's cracked up to be, then perhaps you should point out the following:
He distrusts science, but trusts everything science has created such as cars, cell phones, computers, airplanes. At the same time, he trusts God that he calls loving, peaceful, and merciful when the Bible clearly shows that he is an angry, violent, and genocidal mafia boss. Also, entrapment (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKgDDglSq2s).
BTW, do your parents know that you are unconverted?