Title: Bitter Godless Sort Seeks Same
Post by: matty.the.damned on November 07, 2007, 11:17:53 AM
Post by: matty.the.damned on November 07, 2007, 11:17:53 AM
. . . in the most innocent possible way.
Greetings Fellow Passengers on the Express Train to Hell,
I'm known as Matty the Damned but most people call me Matty. I'm a 32 year old from Australia and I've been what I consider to be a militant atheist since I was 15.
Reading a book by Doris Lessing (don't ask me which one, I can't remember) taught me that all things can be understood by the rational mind and suddenly the who religious thing dissolved.
It was most liberating.
I reject all theisms, but Christianity and Islam annoy me the most, mainly because they proselytise. I agree with Sam Harris; that shit is straight from the Bronze age.
Of late my local community has been beset by an influx of members of a strange christian cult called the Exclusive Brethren. It is most tiring.
Regards,
MtD
Greetings Fellow Passengers on the Express Train to Hell,
I'm known as Matty the Damned but most people call me Matty. I'm a 32 year old from Australia and I've been what I consider to be a militant atheist since I was 15.
Reading a book by Doris Lessing (don't ask me which one, I can't remember) taught me that all things can be understood by the rational mind and suddenly the who religious thing dissolved.
It was most liberating.
I reject all theisms, but Christianity and Islam annoy me the most, mainly because they proselytise. I agree with Sam Harris; that shit is straight from the Bronze age.
Of late my local community has been beset by an influx of members of a strange christian cult called the Exclusive Brethren. It is most tiring.
Regards,
MtD
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Post by: SteveS on November 07, 2007, 03:43:12 PM
Post by: SteveS on November 07, 2007, 03:43:12 PM
Hi Matty - welcome to the board. Exclusive Brethren? That sounds very ... exclusive :wink: . Sorry for the Xtian influx - I guess nobody escapes this sort of thing. Sigh.
Steve
Steve
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Post by: tomday on November 07, 2007, 05:17:44 PM
Post by: tomday on November 07, 2007, 05:17:44 PM
Hi Matty, nice to meet you. Sorry to hear of your infestation; 'Exclusive Bretheren' are weirdos from over here and are one faction of the so-called Plymouth Bretheren. I only close to Plymouth, but I had no part in sending them over to you - honest!
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Post by: Bella on November 07, 2007, 05:28:38 PM
Post by: Bella on November 07, 2007, 05:28:38 PM
Great to have you, Matty. 
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Post by: MommaSquid on November 07, 2007, 05:34:46 PM
Post by: MommaSquid on November 07, 2007, 05:34:46 PM
Quote from: "Matty"Greetings Fellow Passengers on the Express Train to Hell,
Welcome to the forum, Matty.
I prefer "Highway to Hell" myself.
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Post by: rlrose328 on November 07, 2007, 06:34:01 PM
Post by: rlrose328 on November 07, 2007, 06:34:01 PM
Welcome, Matty... great intro. I so wish I'd discovered logic and reality at age 15... I didn't free myself until I was well past 30 (though I knew I didn't believe, I wasn't willing to make the leap to atheist... Bush being re-elected pushed me over the edge).
Great to have you here!
Great to have you here!
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Post by: matty.the.damned on November 07, 2007, 07:29:51 PM
Post by: matty.the.damned on November 07, 2007, 07:29:51 PM
Thanks everyone!
:o
MtD
:o
MtD
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Post by: Whitney on November 08, 2007, 01:03:55 AM
Post by: Whitney on November 08, 2007, 01:03:55 AM
Welcome to the forum
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Post by: Davpronk on November 08, 2007, 04:44:59 PM
Post by: Davpronk on November 08, 2007, 04:44:59 PM
Welcome!!
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Post by: stephy on November 08, 2007, 08:08:34 PM
Post by: stephy on November 08, 2007, 08:08:34 PM
heyyyy i like it. i wish i had someone like u in my philosophy class when i was 15/16!!!! it was like me against the world then!!