Post by r8thir on Feb 7, 2004 8:49:03 GMT -5
I'm new here. Obviously.
For starters, I'm an atheist. For lack of a better description, as I never really put a great deal of thought into belief, as such, just knew that I saw theism in much the same way as I saw fantasy books and movies. They have a place, but in my opinion, they aren't the world, and I've never really been able to find it in myself to have faith, or see religion in general as anything but fictional.
I'm lucky with where I live, I suppose. 100 kilometres in any direction and I'd be, if not drowning, surrounded by people who take their faith pretty seriously. Where I live, there's a general apathy about if, for the most part. Most people here, in theory, believe in some monotheistic diety or another, though, thankfully, no one holds it against me for not doing so (apart from a couple of...memorable occasions during high school) and as long as no one gets it in their head that it's their god-given duty to convert/patronise/just generally annoy me, I usually don't get on too badly with religious types.
Anyway... I'm 17, I like to consider myself a writer, and I really hope I haven't said something stupid without noticing it yet... if I haven't, it's just a matter of time. So, sorry in advance.
r8thir
For starters, I'm an atheist. For lack of a better description, as I never really put a great deal of thought into belief, as such, just knew that I saw theism in much the same way as I saw fantasy books and movies. They have a place, but in my opinion, they aren't the world, and I've never really been able to find it in myself to have faith, or see religion in general as anything but fictional.
I'm lucky with where I live, I suppose. 100 kilometres in any direction and I'd be, if not drowning, surrounded by people who take their faith pretty seriously. Where I live, there's a general apathy about if, for the most part. Most people here, in theory, believe in some monotheistic diety or another, though, thankfully, no one holds it against me for not doing so (apart from a couple of...memorable occasions during high school) and as long as no one gets it in their head that it's their god-given duty to convert/patronise/just generally annoy me, I usually don't get on too badly with religious types.
Anyway... I'm 17, I like to consider myself a writer, and I really hope I haven't said something stupid without noticing it yet... if I haven't, it's just a matter of time. So, sorry in advance.
r8thir
