Hello!
Statichaos here. Tank invited me over to add what perspective I may have to the ongoing discussions here. I make no promises regarding intelligence, insight, or even comprehensibility, but I will give it a shot.
I'm an agnostic theist, meaning that while I do believe, it's an entirely intuitive belief, and not based upon any evidence that can be repeated through observation or experimentation by others. This means that I find preaching and evangelism on my part to be a waste of my time and the time of others. While my beliefs are difficult to describe in total, I can say that I'm not a Christian, and that when I do bother attending church, it's a Unitarian Universalist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_universalist) one. I'm a strong believer in the separation of church and state, the right to free speech, and social (though not economic) libertarianism. I'm also a straight ally of LGBT rights, and tend to go annoyingly liberal to radical leftist in my political opinions depending on one's own perspective.
Additionally, I'm a big fan of civil discourse, have next to no patience with rudeness or trolling, and find most atheists to be more tolerable online company than some of my fellow theists. Looking forward to getting to know you all better.
Hello statichaos
I think I would be hard pressed to see a better introduction for a new agnostic theist member!
Thanks for making the effort to sign up and join in.
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Regards
Chris
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Welcome!
How do you and Tank know each other?
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on February 19, 2012, 09:06:06 PM
Welcome!
How do you and Tank know each other?
From another atheist/humanist forum. I was needing a break from some of the more 4channish members, and he was kind enough to suggest this site as a refuge.
Hey there! A warm welcome to you! Any friend of Tank's would be a friend of mine. Glad to meet you. :)
Also, were I ever to attend a church, it'd certainly be the UU one, for the interesting community discussions, lectures, get-togethers, etc.
Quote from: statichaos on February 19, 2012, 08:56:33 PM
Hello!
Statichaos here. Tank invited me over to add what perspective I may have to the ongoing discussions here. I make no promises regarding intelligence, insight, or even comprehensibility, but I will give it a shot.
I'm an agnostic theist, meaning that while I do believe, it's an entirely intuitive belief, and not based upon any evidence that can be repeated through observation or experimentation by others. This means that I find preaching and evangelism on my part to be a waste of my time and the time of others. While my beliefs are difficult to describe in total, I can say that I'm not a Christian, and that when I do bother attending church, it's a Unitarian Universalist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_universalist) one. I'm a strong believer in the separation of church and state, the right to free speech, and social (though not economic) libertarianism. I'm also a straight ally of LGBT rights, and tend to go annoyingly liberal to radical leftist in my political opinions depending on one's own perspective.
Additionally, I'm a big fan of civil discourse, have next to no patience with rudeness or trolling, and find most atheists to be more tolerable online company than some of my fellow theists. Looking forward to getting to know you all better.
Welcome! I disagree on the separation of church and state, but other than that spot on! Bully! Other random British word I don't know the meaning of!! Sorry I'm in a particularly silly mood today ;D
Quote from: Anti-antidisestablishmentarianism on February 19, 2012, 09:40:46 PM
Quote from: statichaos on February 19, 2012, 08:56:33 PM
Hello!
Statichaos here. Tank invited me over to add what perspective I may have to the ongoing discussions here. I make no promises regarding intelligence, insight, or even comprehensibility, but I will give it a shot.
I'm an agnostic theist, meaning that while I do believe, it's an entirely intuitive belief, and not based upon any evidence that can be repeated through observation or experimentation by others. This means that I find preaching and evangelism on my part to be a waste of my time and the time of others. While my beliefs are difficult to describe in total, I can say that I'm not a Christian, and that when I do bother attending church, it's a Unitarian Universalist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_universalist) one. I'm a strong believer in the separation of church and state, the right to free speech, and social (though not economic) libertarianism. I'm also a straight ally of LGBT rights, and tend to go annoyingly liberal to radical leftist in my political opinions depending on one's own perspective.
Additionally, I'm a big fan of civil discourse, have next to no patience with rudeness or trolling, and find most atheists to be more tolerable online company than some of my fellow theists. Looking forward to getting to know you all better.
Welcome! I disagree on the separation of church and state, but other than that spot on! Bully! Other random British word I don't know the meaning of!! Sorry I'm in a particularly silly mood today ;D
Ahhhh beer!
Quote from: Anti-antidisestablishmentarianism on February 19, 2012, 09:40:46 PM
Welcome! I disagree on the separation of church and state, but other than that spot on! Bully! Other random British word I don't know the meaning of!! Sorry I'm in a particularly silly mood today ;D
Oh, good. I've been looking for some spirited but civil debate on that subject, and you seem friendly and fun.
Welcome, welcome! If you are what you say, you are among friends. Mostly...
Quote from: Guardian85 on February 19, 2012, 11:35:41 PM
Welcome, welcome! If you are what you say, you are among friends. Mostly...
I'm not only what I say, but I'm much more than that! And whether I'm among friends, enemies, or those apathetic about my very existence, all that matters to me is that the conversation actually stay interesting.
I took a look through the troll dump to see what people had been in trouble for in the past (That's the first place that I look in every forum that has one). I didn't see anything that went along with my posting style at all. Of course, I can always call on Tank to be a character witness, but I'm not sure how much good that will do me....
Quote from: statichaos on February 19, 2012, 08:56:33 PM
Statichaos here. Tank invited me over to add what perspective I may have to the ongoing discussions here.
Well that's OK I suppose but if you two decide to start on a duet of Under Pressure please give fair notice so I can run away.
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on February 19, 2012, 11:45:25 PM
Quote from: statichaos on February 19, 2012, 08:56:33 PM
Statichaos here. Tank invited me over to add what perspective I may have to the ongoing discussions here.
Well that's OK I suppose but if you two decide to start on a duet of Under Pressure please give fair notice so I can run away.
Wait! What if I do this over it?
Stop!
Collaborate and listen!
Ice is back with my brand new invention....
Quote from: statichaos on February 19, 2012, 08:56:33 PM
I'm an agnostic theist, meaning that while I do believe, it's an entirely intuitive belief, and not based upon any evidence that can be repeated through observation or experimentation by others. This means that I find preaching and evangelism on my part to be a waste of my time and the time of others. While my beliefs are difficult to describe in total, I can say that I'm not a Christian, and that when I do bother attending church, it's a Unitarian Universalist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_universalist) one.
Welcome! While I consider myself an atheist, I drop in at the local UU church from time to time as well.
Quote from: BooksCatsEtc on February 19, 2012, 11:55:40 PM
Quote from: statichaos on February 19, 2012, 08:56:33 PM
I'm an agnostic theist, meaning that while I do believe, it's an entirely intuitive belief, and not based upon any evidence that can be repeated through observation or experimentation by others. This means that I find preaching and evangelism on my part to be a waste of my time and the time of others. While my beliefs are difficult to describe in total, I can say that I'm not a Christian, and that when I do bother attending church, it's a Unitarian Universalist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_universalist) one.
Welcome! While I consider myself an atheist, I drop in at the local UU church from time to time as well.
Yeah, I liked the atheist/humanist members of my old church. Remind me never to be on a church board of directors again, though. *shudder*
Quote from: statichaos on February 19, 2012, 11:47:15 PM
Wait! What if I do this over it?
Stop!
Collaborate and listen!
Ice is back with my brand new invention....
(https://www.happyatheistforum.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fa.deviantart.net%2Favatars%2Fc%2Fa%2Fcannotunseeplz.png%3F1&hash=a124d5fadd886bf2bd12a4e2399a8f6a558e15cf)
I just hope the Oceans are wide enough to protect me from such a thing.
Hi, welcome to HAF. You sound like you are my favorite kind of theist....rational.
And you sound like my favorite kind of non-theist: One who doesn't see those two things as necessarily being a contradiction in terms.
Welcome!
Hi and welcome! As Amicale said, a friend of Tank's is a friend of mine. I was also delighted when you busted out with some Vanilla Ice!
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on February 19, 2012, 11:45:25 PM
Quote from: statichaos on February 19, 2012, 08:56:33 PM
Statichaos here. Tank invited me over to add what perspective I may have to the ongoing discussions here.
Well that's OK I suppose but if you two decide to start on a duet of Under Pressure please give fair notice so I can run away.
Pressure pushing down on me! I think for an encore we can sing killer queen. What do you think?
Quote from: Anti-antidisestablishmentarianism on February 20, 2012, 02:53:03 PM
Quote from: The Magic Pudding on February 19, 2012, 11:45:25 PM
Quote from: statichaos on February 19, 2012, 08:56:33 PM
Statichaos here. Tank invited me over to add what perspective I may have to the ongoing discussions here.
Well that's OK I suppose but if you two decide to start on a duet of Under Pressure please give fair notice so I can run away.
Pressure pushing down on me! I think for an encore we can sing killer queen. What do you think?
Dynamite (with a laser beam)!
Welcome! Looks like you'll fit right in ;D