Hi!
I'm new to the forum so I thought I'd introduce myself. I'm a 19 year old biochem major going into my sophomore year in college. I go to school in New Hampshire, but I live in Massachusetts. I come from a very catholic background (growing up with two parents and an uncle who happens to be part of a religious order) and I'm just looking to meet some other atheists!
Welcome!
Hi!
I've been to Massachusetts once. It was very pretty there ;D
Welcome!
Hello
New places are best, my particular new place is actually quite old, once great mountain ranges are now reduced to rubble. It used to be a bigger place, half a continent and New Zealand too. I'm not sure if there is or was much of a resemblance to South Wales, maybe JC (our finder, not our saviour) was just good with maps and not names.
If this post seems odd blame xSilverPhinx's new avatar, if I was a more self centred pudding I'd say it was designed to disturb me.
Oooh, biochem is tough! :-[
But anyways, welcome to he forum! Always happy to have more logical people in the world.
@Magicpudding: You know, I can't stop staring at it. It is memsmorising. @__@
Hi Shaarad
Welcome to HAF.
Regards
Chris
Quote from: Sweetdeath on June 26, 2011, 06:56:57 AM
@Magicpudding: You know, I can't stop staring at it. It is memsmorising. @__@
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi.imgur.com%2FCN2q4.gif&hash=85912af611a9012908b74135138e21c307808b81)
Welcome..!
If you don't mind me asking, you becoming an atheist with your background sounds like a story worth telling..?
Welcome to the forum. Another east coaster here. A bit south of you though. Pennsylvania. Wife is from New England though. Have fun and lots of luck with biochem.
And although I find xSilverPhinx's avatar interesting, the one that really catches my eye is DeterminedJuliet's. That is cool looking.
Quote from: McQ on June 26, 2011, 02:23:49 PMAnd although I find xSilverPhinx's avatar interesting, the one that really catches my eye is DeterminedJuliet's. That is cool looking.
All that pales in comparison to Asmodean's avatar. That one has its own cult ;D
You guys are so amusing. <3 <3 :D
Hello Shaarad,
I'm also in Massachusetts. New England is a great place to be. Good luck with your parents and uncle.
Welcome,
With the very catholic background you mentioned how long have you been an Atheist?
Quote from: Jabbles on June 27, 2011, 03:32:50 AM
Welcome,
With the very catholic background you mentioned how long have you been an Atheist?
I've been an atheist for about three years.
Quote from: Asmodean on June 26, 2011, 08:56:34 AM
Welcome..!
If you don't mind me asking, you becoming an atheist with your background sounds like a story worth telling..?
The story isn't too interesting. Catholicism always had a lot of holes in it for me, and my parent's always encouraged independent thought (except when it came to religion). I was (ironically enough) encouraged by a religion teacher in high school to question my faith and the problems I had with religion. Questioning lead to outright rejection, which my religion teacher at the time was surprisingly supportive of. As far as my family goes...well when I'm home from college I still have to go to church every week, and while I have strongly questioned the tenants of the catholic church with them, I don't think I will ever be able to tell them I'm an atheist. It just one of those things that it would hurt them and it would probably just start conversion sessions I'd rather not be a part of.
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on June 26, 2011, 04:13:51 AM
If this post seems odd blame xSilverPhinx's new avatar, if I was a more self centred pudding I'd say it was designed to disturb me.
*blink* Not at all! I removed the previous one for you ;D
I think it would be awesome if kangaroos actually did that, I don't think I could stifle a laugh if I ever saw a group take flight...
Kangaroo meets Monty Pythons Ministry of Silly Walks sketch.
Quote from: Shaarad on June 27, 2011, 06:01:26 AM
The story isn't too interesting. Catholicism always had a lot of holes in it for me, and my parent's always encouraged independent thought (except when it came to religion). I was (ironically enough) encouraged by a religion teacher in high school to question my faith and the problems I had with religion. Questioning lead to outright rejection, which my religion teacher at the time was surprisingly supportive of. As far as my family goes...well when I'm home from college I still have to go to church every week, and while I have strongly questioned the tenants of the catholic church with them, I don't think I will ever be able to tell them I'm an atheist. It just one of those things that it would hurt them and it would probably just start conversion sessions I'd rather not be a part of.
If I had to guess, I'd say that your teacher was a atheist. For someone teaching religion to encourage questioning of the faith is odd...
What sort of questions did he or she ask?
Quote from: Shaarad on June 27, 2011, 06:01:26 AM
The story isn't too interesting. Catholicism always had a lot of holes in it for me, and my parent's always encouraged independent thought (except when it came to religion). I was (ironically enough) encouraged by a religion teacher in high school to question my faith and the problems I had with religion. Questioning lead to outright rejection, which my religion teacher at the time was surprisingly supportive of. As far as my family goes...well when I'm home from college I still have to go to church every week, and while I have strongly questioned the tenants of the catholic church with them, I don't think I will ever be able to tell them I'm an atheist. It just one of those things that it would hurt them and it would probably just start conversion sessions I'd rather not be a part of.
Not bad but you could spice this up with lots of references to drugs and sexual sub-plots...preferably with celebrities.