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Looks like our early lives were very different. I was already an atheist when I was 13, having been raised by agnostic parents, the idea of going to a religious event was not high on my list of things to do, to say the least.
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Oh, and "suck it up and get a Mac" |
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I am worthless beyond hope. Join Date: May 2004
Location: Inner Swabia. If you have to ask twice, don't.
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don't get me wrong, so was I. but i went through the formal religious education of my sort-of-atheist parents (they know their isn't a deity, but cannot shake the usefulness of having one at hand)...
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OK Mr. Sunshine!
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Toronto
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I discovered religion when I was 17 or so. One of the best things that's ever happened to me.
I wasn't going to say anything, but I've decided I'm going to: I think that dismissing religion as nonsense is nonsense. Lacking interest in it for oneself is one thing, but dismissing everyone's experience/beliefs/etc. as nonsense, if that was indeed what you were implying, is incredibly arrogant. If it wasn't, then I apologize. Is it really necessary for the atheists/non-religious members to bash religion every time someone mentions their beliefs, even in passing? Do not be oppressed by the forces of ignorance and delusion! But rise up now with resolve and courage! Entranced by ignorance, from beginningless time until now, You have had more than enough time to sleep. So do not slumber any longer, but strive after virtue with body, speech, and mind! |
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My point was, a different cultural background. Like Swox, I came to understand that there may be some value in "religious" systems later in life, not that it was something forced on me as a child.
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: NSA Archives
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Kid Advice
Age 9: thank your parents for the nice thought but do not ever pick up those golf clubs again. Let them collect dust! Go practice your basketball and baseball, and ask your brothers to teach you how to skate and play hockey. Tell them you'll give them your allowance if they sell your golf clubs at the local sports shop (since you can't bike there), and use the money to buy you a pair of skates and a hockey stick. Tell them only a douchebag would deny his little brother to opportunity to learn the world's greatest sport, so that he doesn't have to teach himself when he's 28! Age 11: stop worrying about the chics... in a few years you'll have all those problems solved, but you won't have some of the academic challenges solved. By doing your math homework every night right now, it will make math (and science) much easier later on, and open all kinds of doors to do cool stuff (stuff that will bring even more chics!). And don't go by the math book first; find someone who is good at explaining math in real terms... it will be much easier to understand the books afterward if you do that first. Age 13: Stopping eating all the junk food and start working out more, so you can be cut like a rock in 3 or 4 years. The older you get, the harder you have to work out to be cut like a rock. Also the earlier you start the more the results will stick with you over time, vs. starting after high school. Man Advice Age 21: Tell your brother to see a different doctor (the one he has now is not on the right track) and to keep taking the prescription until the new doctor gives him a treatment that works better, or something awful will happen in the not too distant future. Age 26: Tell your best friend not to marry that woman, and that you can't in good conscience stand up at their wedding knowing the bad vibe she's giving everyone; nightmare on marriage street imminent! Age 27: (Re: different woman) Yah she's hot, and flirty and good in the sack. DO NOT get involved. She's a waste of time. Trust me. You won't even learn anything about relationships from it; just a total waste. Age 28: Take all that money you are thinking about putting into those other three stocks and BUY APPLE. If you don't do this, in about 10 years you're going to want to kick yourself in the nuts. ...into the light of a dark black night. Last edited by Moogs : 2009-11-16 at 17:57. |
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Minnesota
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Age 18: Quit wasting your money on Macs and just build a PC. You'll thank me later. Oh, and please keep your telescope.
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I shot the sherrif.
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Age 24: Don't get that home equity loan. You'll waste the money on shit you don't have to have under the guise of 'home improvement'. Home improvements should be paid up front.
Google is your frenemy. Caveat Emptor - Latin for tough titty I tend to interpret things in the way that's most hilarious to me |
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I am worthless beyond hope. Join Date: May 2004
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Of course, you could simply be of the mind that mocking religious artifacts, like I just did with the giant ten commandments is a suggestion of atheism, but is it really? Most of my jewish peers with low-brow humor (is there any other type) would mock it the same. As for religion being mentioned in passing... I don't believe religion is mentioned in passing ever. It is mentioned to proselytize, scare up other religious folk, etc etc. It is never ever mentioned as an interesting aside to a conversation -- because if it is relevant, it is relevant, if it isn't it is always mentioned for purposes of the above. How can I ever let an opening like that pass me by? Religion is stuffed down my throat 24/7 and I work in a secular lab in a secular field in which almost all members are non-believers... and yet... and yet my atheist boss talks about painting the other side of the last supper sedar table, my egyptian-american and jewish-american colleagues joke about their mortal hatred of each other, i cannot be near anyone with head buds plugged into their tiny craniums without hearing snippets of christmas music. Is it too much to ask, that I be allowed to mock this -- all of THIS? |
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Selfish Heathen
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Zone of Pain
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Alright, kids. Break it up. Break it up.
Take it to PMs if you want to have a back-and-forth about religion/nonreligion/etc. This thread isn't the place for that. The quality of this board depends on the quality of the posts. The only way to guarantee thoughtful, informative discussion is to write thoughtful, informative posts. AppleNova is not a real-time chat forum. You have time to compose messages and edit them before and after posting. |
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I'd take a practical approach to emailing my younger self.
- Stop eating all the sugar now so you don't get diabetes later. - Invest in Google when it comes out. And Microsoft if it's still early enough. - Don't get married. And that might actually be it. I'm really not unhappy with my life as is now. |
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: london and københavn
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Dear 16-year-old-me.
Yes, your hair is falling out. But you will get lots of girls. |
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is the next Chiquita
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Location: Boston-ish
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You're gonna love this story when it's done
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Stallion
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Milwaukee
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14: Do your homework
15: Do your homework ... (same email) 18: Work your ass off, it's worth it. Go to UW, don't stop exercising 19: Work your ass off, it's worth it. Transfer to UW, start exercising again ... (same email until 24) ...and calling/e-mailing/texting ex-girlfriends on the off-chance they'll invite you over for some "old time's sake" no-strings couch gymnastics... |
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http://ga.rgoyle.com
Join Date: May 2004
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I don't normally pimp out sites, but a friend has just launched a site he has been working on for quite some time and it fits in with this thread nicely!
http://www.infinitylounge.com/ OK, I have given up keeping this sig up to date. Lets just say I'm the guy that installs every latest version as soon as its available! |
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Lovable Bastard
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Boston-ish
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Story is done, but I still have a week to edit it. I'd like your feedback!
Sorry about the PDF, but it clocks in at 2,500 words (12 pages double spaced), which is a bit long for a post. Causality First and foremost, can you make sense of the ending? There's supposed to be a sizable degree of ambiguity, but I need to be sure that ambiguity is accessible. What do you think happened? Here is an optional epilogue. I highly suggest you think about the story for a moment before you read this, as it clarifies several questions that might be fun to ponder on your own. It won't be part of the final story. Think of it as a deleted scene. Epilogue [EDIT] Uploaded a revision at 12:40 EST. Sorry if anyone's already read it. Logic, logic, logic. Logic is the beginning of wisdom, Valeris, not the end. Last edited by Kraetos : 2009-12-10 at 00:42. |
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