Hello All,
I feel very uncomfortable giving introductions of any kind, but since this 10-post rule seems to make it a natural sort of first move, I figured I'd try it. There are so few reliable places to have intellectual conversations...
I also dislike background. But here is some. My name is Nate. I am a student of philosophy, the history of it, and special interest in early phenomenology. A misanthropic humanist--if you believe in such a thing. I became an atheist about a year ago, after being a dystheist, after being an existential Christian (Kierkegaard, Tillich and all), after being a non-denominational evangelical, Missouri Synod Lutheran, and Pentecostal in that order with a few relapses here and there. Unlike most atheists I know, epistemic concerns didn't factor into the process to any significant degree. I made the decision based on coherency, after realizing that I couldn't accept that the accounts with the strongest emphasis on coherency were sensitive enough to the phenomenon of imagination. I tend to be skeptical of applying probability too heavily to theory, and have a somewhat weird mental tension between "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must remain silent" and strict instrumentalism.
And.. that's all I can think to say. Looking forward to talking with you all.
Welcome to the forum, Nate! That is quite the transition!
Intros aren't all that special to me, Hi I'm *insert name her* and I am an atheist. ;D
Other than philosophy, do you have any hobbies or pets?
Nice to meet you!
Hmm.. I used to have a tortoise and a hamster, but they both died. Nothing that I would really call a hobby either. I'm a pretty boring person. I spend most of my time writing and thinking about things. But I am also at a fairly painful college at the moment, so perhaps I'll figure out some sort of hobby to develop when I get out and have more time. I'm open to recommendations!
Hello! Introductions are SO overated. So welcome! Notice how I didn't introduce myself to you ;)
Quote from: Anti-antidisestablishmentarianism on March 14, 2012, 06:04:53 PM
Hello! Introductions are SO overated. So welcome! Notice how I didn't introduce myself to you ;)
Greetings! It's nice to meet and yet not be introduced to you! ¡Viva la Revolución!
Hello Nate
You look like the sort of heavyweight who'll get stuck into all the intellectual stuff! Looks like you've had a long and varied road to get here. I hope to get to hear all about it in due course. Very glad to see you bothered to read the rules!
Thanks for making the effort to sign up and join in.
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Regards
Chris
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Quote from: Nate J on March 14, 2012, 05:58:39 PM
Nice to meet you!
Hmm.. I used to have a tortoise and a hamster, but they both died. Nothing that I would really call a hobby either. I'm a pretty boring person. I spend most of my time writing and thinking about things. But I am also at a fairly painful college at the moment, so perhaps I'll figure out some sort of hobby to develop when I get out and have more time. I'm open to recommendations!
Ugh college. My brother is in his sophomore year, so I've heard it all! :D Thinking is a great way to pass time. Well, for me more like daydreaming. That's really neat about the tortoise. How old was it? Huge reptile geek here! ;D
Welcome to the forum, and thanks for making me learn something new today.
Hadn't heard the word dystheism before, and had to look it up.
Quote from: Nate J on March 14, 2012, 05:39:34 PM
Hello All,
I feel very uncomfortable giving introductions of any kind, but since this 10-post rule seems to make it a natural sort of first move, I figured I'd try it. There are so few reliable places to have intellectual conversations...
I also dislike background. But here is some. My name is Nate. I am a student of philosophy, the history of it, and special interest in early phenomenology. A misanthropic humanist--if you believe in such a thing. I became an atheist about a year ago, after being a dystheist, after being an existential Christian (Kierkegaard, Tillich and all), after being a non-denominational evangelical, Missouri Synod Lutheran, and Pentecostal in that order with a few relapses here and there. Unlike most atheists I know, epistemic concerns didn't factor into the process to any significant degree. I made the decision based on coherency, after realizing that I couldn't accept that the accounts with the strongest emphasis on coherency were sensitive enough to the phenomenon of imagination. I tend to be skeptical of applying probability too heavily to theory, and have a somewhat weird mental tension between "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must remain silent" and strict instrumentalism.
Sounds really impressive what you just said there.
Philosophy isn't my strong suit, but I
can make a bra with a paper napkin and snort a condom so it comes out of my mouth.
Welcome.
Quote from: Scissorlegs on March 14, 2012, 09:01:07 PM
Sounds really impressive what you just said there.
Philosophy isn't my strong suit, but I can make a bra with a paper napkin and snort a condom so it comes out of my mouth.
Welcome.
Do I even want to know?
Quote from: Budhorse4 on March 14, 2012, 09:04:05 PM
Quote from: Scissorlegs on March 14, 2012, 09:01:07 PM
Sounds really impressive what you just said there.
Philosophy isn't my strong suit, but I can make a bra with a paper napkin and snort a condom so it comes out of my mouth.
Welcome.
Do I even want to know?
How to snort a condom http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB0_6z2HOkU
Quote from: Scissorlegs on March 14, 2012, 09:01:07 PM
Quote from: Nate J on March 14, 2012, 05:39:34 PM
Hello All,
I feel very uncomfortable giving introductions of any kind, but since this 10-post rule seems to make it a natural sort of first move, I figured I'd try it. There are so few reliable places to have intellectual conversations...
I also dislike background. But here is some. My name is Nate. I am a student of philosophy, the history of it, and special interest in early phenomenology. A misanthropic humanist--if you believe in such a thing. I became an atheist about a year ago, after being a dystheist, after being an existential Christian (Kierkegaard, Tillich and all), after being a non-denominational evangelical, Missouri Synod Lutheran, and Pentecostal in that order with a few relapses here and there. Unlike most atheists I know, epistemic concerns didn't factor into the process to any significant degree. I made the decision based on coherency, after realizing that I couldn't accept that the accounts with the strongest emphasis on coherency were sensitive enough to the phenomenon of imagination. I tend to be skeptical of applying probability too heavily to theory, and have a somewhat weird mental tension between "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must remain silent" and strict instrumentalism.
Sounds really impressive what you just said there.
Philosophy isn't my strong suit, but I can make a bra with a paper napkin and snort a condom so it comes out of my mouth.
Welcome.
I am, strangely, quite impressed with this.
Hello Nate! I've always enjoyed philosophy, though I'm embarassingly behind on the a lot of the canon. My husband and I always said that after we retire we'd like to go back to school and do a philosophy degree together. Just for funsies.
From what I could gleam from your intro, you sound like you have a worldview pretty similar to mine - minus the misanthropy. I look forward to your contribution! We have a lot of debates round here that get reduced to philosophy, so I think your input will be valuable. ;D
Quote from: Tank on March 14, 2012, 09:07:01 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on March 14, 2012, 09:04:05 PM
Quote from: Scissorlegs on March 14, 2012, 09:01:07 PM
Sounds really impressive what you just said there.
Philosophy isn't my strong suit, but I can make a bra with a paper napkin and snort a condom so it comes out of my mouth.
Welcome.
Do I even want to know?
How to snort a condom http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB0_6z2HOkU
Yeah, that was equal points disgusting and pointless... :D
Quote from: Scissorlegs on March 14, 2012, 09:01:07 PM
Philosophy isn't my strong suit, but I can make a bra with a paper napkin and snort a condom so it comes out of my mouth.
Aren't different cultures interesting? I tend to wrap them up in a ball of tissues but each to their own.
Quote from: Nate J on March 14, 2012, 05:39:34 PMA misanthropic humanist--if you believe in such a thing.
I probably am such a thing a few times everyday, not that I believe in it.
Quote from: Nate J on March 14, 2012, 05:58:39 PMI'm a pretty boring person.
We'll be the judge of that.
Hello Nate.
Welcome!
Quote from: Guardian85 on March 14, 2012, 09:46:12 PM
Quote from: Tank on March 14, 2012, 09:07:01 PM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on March 14, 2012, 09:04:05 PM
Quote from: Scissorlegs on March 14, 2012, 09:01:07 PM
Sounds really impressive what you just said there.
Philosophy isn't my strong suit, but I can make a bra with a paper napkin and snort a condom so it comes out of my mouth.
Welcome.
Do I even want to know?
In that case, I'm not clicking on the link :) I just ate dinner.
And welcome Nate, glad to have you here.
How to snort a condom http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qB0_6z2HOkU
Yeah, that was equal points disgusting and pointless... :D
Yeah, I'm not clicking on that link now :) I just ate dinner.
Welcome Nate
Much of your intro post was over my head, but welcome, Nate :)
Welcome to the forum Nate. I must confess I'm more impressed with condom snorting than I am with philosophy, but I'll look forward to learning something more about the latter from you.
Nate...
Nate...??
NATE....??
Lost him.
D'you think he suffocated on a 'strawberry-ribbed' trying to better himself? It's a noble and tragic end...
Quote from: Scissorlegs on March 16, 2012, 05:31:36 PM
Nate...
Nate...??
NATE....??
Lost him.
D'you think he suffocated on a 'strawberry-ribbed' trying to better himself? It's a noble and tragic end...
HA!
This made me laugh so much I choked on my tea!
The poor, intelligent, Dear. We killed him with our tomfoolery.
Quote from: Scissorlegs on March 16, 2012, 05:31:36 PM
Nate...
Nate...??
NATE....??
Lost him.
D'you think he suffocated on a 'strawberry-ribbed' trying to better himself? It's a noble and tragic end...
I'd rather suffocate on anything else but a condom!
Welcome to HAF, Nate!
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Glad to meet you! I also really enjoy philosophy (I minored in it, in college) and I love writing, too. (And nope, writing isn't a hobby. More of a drive, or obsession! ;D )
Quote from: Budhorse4 on March 17, 2012, 02:27:05 AM
Quote from: Scissorlegs on March 16, 2012, 05:31:36 PM
Nate...
Nate...??
NATE....??
Lost him.
D'you think he suffocated on a 'strawberry-ribbed' trying to better himself? It's a noble and tragic end...
I'd rather suffocate on anything else but a condom!
:-X
Quote from: Tank on March 17, 2012, 07:35:42 AM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on March 17, 2012, 02:27:05 AM
Quote from: Scissorlegs on March 16, 2012, 05:31:36 PM
Nate...
Nate...??
NATE....??
Lost him.
D'you think he suffocated on a 'strawberry-ribbed' trying to better himself? It's a noble and tragic end...
I'd rather suffocate on anything else but a condom!
:-X
I can think of one thing worse, and that's suffocating on the part of the male anatomy typically associated with condoms.
Thank God I'm a lesbian. :D I've never had to use a condom in my life. Much less put one up my nose or anywhere else!
^^^
:D
Love it!
Quote from: Amicale on March 17, 2012, 07:44:24 AM
Quote from: Tank on March 17, 2012, 07:35:42 AM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on March 17, 2012, 02:27:05 AM
Quote from: Scissorlegs on March 16, 2012, 05:31:36 PM
Nate...
Nate...??
NATE....??
Lost him.
D'you think he suffocated on a 'strawberry-ribbed' trying to better himself? It's a noble and tragic end...
I'd rather suffocate on anything else but a condom!
:-X
I can think of one thing worse, and that's suffocating on the part of the male anatomy typically associated with condoms.
Thank God I'm a lesbian. :D I've never had to use a condom in my life. Much less put one up my nose or anywhere else!
Okay, you've got me there. But still, being killed by anything associated wit male anatomy would be bad. XD
Lesbianism: preventing penis-related deaths since... forever.
Quote from: DeterminedJuliet on March 19, 2012, 12:44:02 PM
Lesbianism: preventing penis-related deaths since... forever.
;D ROFL. And the people all said "amen!"
Quote from: Amicale on March 17, 2012, 07:44:24 AM
Quote from: Tank on March 17, 2012, 07:35:42 AM
Quote from: Budhorse4 on March 17, 2012, 02:27:05 AM
Quote from: Scissorlegs on March 16, 2012, 05:31:36 PM
Nate...
Nate...??
NATE....??
Lost him.
D'you think he suffocated on a 'strawberry-ribbed' trying to better himself? It's a noble and tragic end...
I'd rather suffocate on anything else but a condom!
:-X
I can think of one thing worse, and that's suffocating on the part of the male anatomy typically associated with condoms.
Thank God I'm a lesbian. :D I've never had to use a condom in my life. Much less put one up my nose or anywhere else!
ROFL If you have to put the condom up your nose, you're doing it wrong! ;D ;D ;D