Greetings from that horribly socialist atheist country called Canada
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I was born into an Irish Canadian Anglican family in Kingston Ontario Canada. For the most part religion was rote. You went to church on Sunday and never spoke about it otherwise. Looking back on it now it seems it had more to do with culture than faith. Simply repeating the customs of parents and grandparents. My atheism seemed to arrive quite suddenly. It was during my thirteenth year which would be during my church lessons leading up to confirmation ( confirmation in the Anglican church is quite similar to the Catholic rituals minus the Latin ). I remember joking around with the other candidates and saying, from the first pew in St Mary Magdelen's church, "Jesus fucking Christ" for whatever juvenile teenage reason. There was a complete silence and forlorn look directed at me from all sides. There seemed to be an expected flash of lightning as I was carried directly to hell, do not pass go and see ya later. Of course nothing happened. In my best Penn Jilette revelation I thought "this is complete and utter bullshit". Years of education and and general rational observastions have "confirmed" my viewpoint ( it's interesting although, because I was confirmed at thirteen I am still considered an Anglican. How do I go about undoing this misdeed? ). I have come to the conclusion that life is what it is,a wee bit of a fluke from our point of view but a bit more probable than we might think considering the vastness of the universe.
Understanding that there is no purpose in the Universe frees us all to find one.
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Our revels now are ended. These our actors, | As I foretold you, were all spirits, and | Are melted into air, into thin air; | And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, | The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces, | The solemn temples, the great globe itself, - Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve, | And, like this insubstantial pageant faded, | Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff | As dreams are made on, and our little life | Is rounded with a sleep. - Shakespeare
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Hey, Welcome, from another relatively socialist country, Australia, with our female Labor atheist Prime Minister...Julia Gillard.
Favorite oxymorons: Gospel Truth, Rational Supernaturalist, Business Ethics, Christian Morality
"Theology is now little more than a branch of human ignorance. Indeed, it is ignorance with wings." - Sam Harris
The path to Truth lies via careful study of reality, not the dreams of our fallible minds - me
From the sublime to the ridiculous: Science -> Philosophy -> Theology
I'm down the road a bit from you, couple hundred miles or so, in Mississauga. Welcome to the forums.
"Very funny Scotty; now beam down our clothes."
VEGETARIAN: Ancient Hindu word for "lousy hunter"
If man was formed from dirt, why is there still dirt?
Yup, the old Limestone First Capitol. And my job brings me all over Eastern Ontario including Newmarket down to Scarborough. Thanks to all for the welcome.
Understanding that there is no purpose in the Universe frees us all to find one.