McSkeptic

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  • #958
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    Hi Catherine and Lynne!

    I lived in VB (Kempsville area) from May 2010 to July 2013. Before I became an atheist I actually applied for a job at A.R.E. (LOL), went through two interviews and testing for a sales position. VB is ground zero for all sorts of crazy beliefs, that’s for sure!

    #950
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    Welcome Belle!

    Separate threads for introductions are common on these types of forums (in my limited experience). I suppose one thread would become rather unwieldy quite qucikly.

    -Mickey

    #947
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    GeekGirl,

    The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark is widely available, shouldn’t take long to find. Any decently stocked bookstore, brick or online, should have it. I consider it a must read for anyone who was raised to believe in anything supernatural, e.g., Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny (the gateway drugs to Jesus), the Tooth Fairy, or any number of gods and imaginary beings, and is climbing out of that abyss.

    I was raised in a fairly liberal Presbyterian church (on the side of science when it comes to things like stem cell research), no fire and brimstone, no talk about us being sinners and the like, also my dad was Agnostic, so I had grew up with some balance.

    -Mickey

    #945
    McSkeptic
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    Thanks!

    -Mickey

    #943
    McSkeptic
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    Thanks Belle!

    Originally from, and currently live in Michigan (and expect I will for the rest of my life), but lived in the Southwest (Phoenix, San Diego) for about 12 years, and the Northwest (San Juan Islands) for about 12 years. We get out to NM every couple of years for a few weeks at a time.

    -Mickey

    #879
    McSkeptic
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    Screw free will — free donuts get my attention.

    #877
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    The founder of American Atheists was a woman, Madalyn Murray O’Hair.

    Madalyn Murray O’Hair

    American Atheists

    In this society, women are held to a different standard than men — that is unfortunate. There are probably more derogatory words used to describe strong or outspoken women than for any other group. Those words have one use, and one use only: to attempt to get women to retreat instead of standing up for themselves, lest they be labeled a “bitch,” “whore,” “ho,” and others. The last two are especially egregious, and are aimed, and used at the expense of, the most desperate and disadvantaged women in our society.

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    #875
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    As has been stated above, the Bible is all they’ve got and they’re 100 percent invested in it. If they dropped it, their lives would come crashing down around them, they’d have to pick up the pieces and start all over again — like so many of us that are here have done — otherwise known as growing up and facing the facts.

    Former dedicated Windows XP lover, now on a Mac — each have their pluses and minuses.

    #872
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    For anyone who’s on a Mac: My case was the link not showing up in my Mac Mail app, but appeared in iCloud Mail.

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    #871
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    P.S. I’m anti-theism, not necessarily anti-theist — except for those who try to force their religion upon us or otherwise act like asshats.

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