Hello Everyone,
Just wanted to introduce myself and give a little background information. I am a 20 years old college student majoring in Business Admin. (might specialize in Finance, not sure yet). Although I was raised in a bible belt my parents were never really religious (they were the "only-show-up-to-church-twice-a-year-for-Christmas-and-Easter" type folk lol). I spent a lot of my childhood reading books, I loved reading about outer space, space ships, dinosaurs, the big bang etc. As I grew up I realized what I was reading in my geeky science books never corralated with what I was taught in church and by my community. I also discovered that I never really did beleive in god (I only liked the hypatheticol idea of god... who wouldnt want an all loving, all knowing care bear in the sky that listens to your every concern, rights the wrongs of the world and loves everyone ? haha). Anyway, I am really happy I found this forum and I am excited to interact with you guys on here :)
Welcome -- love your screenname.
hi, welcome to haf.
Welcome!
Where are you from?
Hi ngkp!
Glad you took the time to sign up.
Welcome to HAF
Regards
Chris
Yo ngkp dude!
Nice to meet you and welcome the water's fine.
Quotewho wouldnt want an all loving, all knowing care bear in the sky that listens to your every concern, rights the wrongs of the world and loves everyone ? haha). Anyway, I am really happy I found this forum and I am excited to interact with you guys on here Smiley
That would be me, I'm afraid. The very idea makes me want to puke. If there has to be all this lovey-dovey bullshit, I'd prefer a tarantula. Tarantulas are our friends and they are very moral arachnids. Good looking too but not good to eat so be careful.
Ciao,
Attila
Quote from: Attila on October 13, 2011, 01:56:41 PM
Quotewho wouldnt want an all loving, all knowing care bear in the sky that listens to your every concern, rights the wrongs of the world and loves everyone ?
That would be me, I'm afraid. The very idea makes me want to puke.
I have to ditto that one. The Care Bear scenerio sounds too much like childhood, and I hated childhood.
Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on October 13, 2011, 05:10:04 AM
Welcome -- love your screenname.
thanks ! nice to meet ya :) One of the sayings I grew up with living in the bible belt was "no god, no peace. know god, know peace" so I came up with my screen name "no god, know peace" to counteract it :P
Quote from: Whitney on October 13, 2011, 05:40:11 AM
hi, welcome to haf.
thanks for the welcome :) Iam glad to be here and nice to meet you :)
Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 13, 2011, 06:05:49 AM
Welcome!
Where are you from?
Hi, nice to meet you :) and I am from Canada :)
Quote from: Tank on October 13, 2011, 09:07:27 AM
Hi ngkp!
Glad you took the time to sign up.
Welcome to HAF
Regards
Chris
Thanks for the welcoming :) nice to meet you :)
Quote from: Attila on October 13, 2011, 01:56:41 PM
If there has to be all this lovey-dovey bullshit, I'd prefer a tarantula. Tarantulas are our friends and they are very moral arachnids. Good looking too but not good to eat so be careful.
Lmao I have a feeling that I am gunna have a lot of laughs with you on this forum :D nice to meet you Attila
Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on October 13, 2011, 03:23:14 PM
Quote from: Attila on October 13, 2011, 01:56:41 PM
Quotewho wouldnt want an all loving, all knowing care bear in the sky that listens to your every concern, rights the wrongs of the world and loves everyone ?
That would be me, I'm afraid. The very idea makes me want to puke.
I have to ditto that one. The Care Bear scenerio sounds too much like childhood, and I hated childhood.
Fair enough. I used to the care bear scenario to demonstrate that although the concept of "god" sounds good on paper; it really is silly when you try to apply it to reality haha :D nice to meet you BooksCatsEtc :)
Hi ngkp and welcome. (That seems a bit presumptious as I've only been here about 12 hours longer than you have!)
I didn't even know Canada had a bible belt - or maybe a whole load of them, given the size of the country? What's the story there? For some reason I imagine it's mostly in the Prairies, but I can't justify that except on the basis that there's probably not a lot else to do there on a Sunday. :)
Quote from: no_god_know_peace on October 13, 2011, 05:18:29 PM
Quote from: Attila on October 13, 2011, 01:56:41 PM
If there has to be all this lovey-dovey bullshit, I'd prefer a tarantula. Tarantulas are our friends and they are very moral arachnids. Good looking too but not good to eat so be careful.
Lmao I have a feeling that I am gunna have a lot of laughs with you on this forum :D nice to meet you Attila
And you ngkp. You have fallen in with a nest of total loons. I haven't had this much fun in years. Please add to the mayhem. The more the merrier. ;)
Having fun is the ultimate moral act.
Attila
Quote from: Ildiko on October 13, 2011, 05:30:14 PM
Hi ngkp and welcome. (That seems a bit presumptious as I've only been here about 12 hours longer than you have!)
I didn't even know Canada had a bible belt - or maybe a whole load of them, given the size of the country? What's the story there? For some reason I imagine it's mostly in the Prairies, but I can't justify that except on the basis that there's probably not a lot else to do there on a Sunday. :)
Ding ding ding ! you are correct, it is in the prairie area lol I spent a good chunk of my childhood living out west in Alberta in a small town where religion was donimant. I live in Toronto, Ontario now. I find that the more populated suburbs and the huge cities are not heavily influenced by religion while the smaller towns (regardless of province) are.
Quote from: no_god_know_peace on October 13, 2011, 06:23:02 PM
I live in Toronto, Ontario now. I find that the more populated suburbs and the huge cities are not heavily influenced by religion while the smaller towns (regardless of province) are.
Probably true everywhere. I have a friend who's a vicar in London, UK and she (yes, she) doesn't believe in god. Mind you, that's the Church of England for you.
Quote from: no_god_know_peace on October 13, 2011, 06:23:02 PM
Quote from: Ildiko on October 13, 2011, 05:30:14 PM
Hi ngkp and welcome. (That seems a bit presumptious as I've only been here about 12 hours longer than you have!)
I didn't even know Canada had a bible belt - or maybe a whole load of them, given the size of the country? What's the story there? For some reason I imagine it's mostly in the Prairies, but I can't justify that except on the basis that there's probably not a lot else to do there on a Sunday. :)
Ding ding ding ! you are correct, it is in the prairie area lol I spent a good chunk of my childhood living out west in Alberta in a small town where religion was donimant. I live in Toronto, Ontario now. I find that the more populated suburbs and the huge cities are not heavily influenced by religion while the smaller towns (regardless of province) are.
Hi ngkp,
I observed the same phenomenon in Tunisia (and Turkey). I had a gig in Sfax in southern Tunisia and flew into Tunis. Someone met us with a car and we drove down to Sfax. The roads are not at all superhighways so I could observe behaviour on settled areas on the way south. We drove through some big towns and a lot of small villages. I observed the headgear of the women and in small villages nearly 100% of the women wore scarves. while in the larger urban areas less than 25% had their heads covered. Religion is a social phenomenon and social pressure (as you know) is greater in small towns and villages than it is in larger cities. In Tunis (the capital) religious manifestations in dress virtually disappear. Social pressure rather than belief structure seems to be the major driving force.
Ciao,
Attila