Hello from zer0

[zer0]

Hi there, just joining you guys. I'll probably just skulk around like a fly on the wall for a bit. Look forward to enjoying the conversation.

[Professor Chaos]

Welcome, zer0! Hope to see you stick around! Tell us about yourself.

[Eva]

don't!
flies on the wall don't have any fun!!
welcome to our humble forum, zero....

[nkb]

Jump right in, it's the only way to go.

On second thought, your approach is much safer (come to think of it, that's what I did too).

[Rhinoqulous]

Welcome to our fair forums zer0.

[ubs]

Welcome zero! Does zero stand for zero God?

[Reverend Blasphemy]

Welcome, Zero! From where do you hail?

[skribb]

Are you a theist?

Do you eat babies for fun and profit?

[antix]

Are you a theist?

Do you eat babies for fun and profit? You can make a profit off of eating babies? Damn, and I've been doing it all this time simply for the fun.

[skribb]

You can make a profit off of eating babies? Damn, and I've been doing it all this time simply for the fun.
Well antix, as you can see from my location, I am a certified baby chef. That is, I'm not a premature homo sapiens preparing meals, I prepare expired infant homo sapiens as meals. I then serve them to certain individuals, who are given a sum of money for ingesting said infant specimen in front of dreadful audiences.

[zer0]

M/25/KY (LOL wantz cyberz? pixplz) :silenced: sorry...

Well, let's see, zer0 is just a name I've used in online affairs for a very long time. It has its own history but has nothing to do with zero gods, or anything along those lines.

I am not a theist. I feel no want or need for god(s). I believe in allowing others to believe what they will as long as it does not prove injurious to others or myself. I despise any religious doctrine that castes other human beings as less-thans or servants of others. I deplore pretty much every religion for its treatment of women.

I find people of faith to be of many different levels of devotion. My best friend and his wife are very involved in their affairs at Church, and although they know I am an atheist, it has never been an issue. I am more apt to leave people alone with their beliefs, and in cases when I have been the target of proselytizing I am often polite in my dismissal.

Recently the Evangelicals have been making it harder and harder for me to stay silent in regards to how absurd they are in their beliefs. I think that religion deserves no respect for respect's sake. Religious doctrines deserve ridicule when they are ignorant, wrong, contrary to evidence, self-contradictory, bigoted, and dangerous. It's time for religion to be laughed at, its absurdities to be exposed. When I speak with young-earthers, and I have met a few in person, I laugh at them. I am not required by anyone or anything to respect someone's belief that the Earth is 6000 years old (or any other BS), simply because a book written, edited, redacted, translated, retranslated and retranslated 1400-1600 years ago says so.

I have been abrupt with my friends before. *story time* I was speaking with my best friend, and he mentioned his belief that the only way into Heaven was through Jesus Christ, everyone else burns in hell. That's why it is his duty to tell as many people as he can about JC. I asked him "Well, what about children born in Africa, or other similarly desperate nations. These children are a part of God's plan? To be born, live 2-3 years, malnourished, essentially dying the moment they leave the womb. Are you telling me it is his plan, for these children to be available on earth for a mere 2-3 years for a missionary to come tell them about Jesus, and if they don't ever get visited, they burn in hell for an eternity?" To that, he had no answer. I told him that maybe he should ask his preacher, and that I looked forward to his answer. I never got an answer. In general, my religious friends are uninterested in engaging me on any topics they know they have no answers to. I find myself rather unfulfilled sometimes when I look around me and feel like no one else is getting it.

Wow, so that's a friggin wall of text, sorry. But hope it gave you guys a better intro than a simple hello, and I look forward to hanging out here. Pardon any typos. I'm writing this post at work, alt-tabbing to avoid the random over the shoulder intrusions that come with office life. I guess I'll leave with one last statement. If I were to find out after dying there is a Heaven and Hell, as rather improbable as that is... I would gladly spend an eternity in Hell, than one moment in the company of a malevolent, bigoted, genocidal, infanticidal, capricious bastard of a god.

[nkb]

Young-earthers in Kentucky? Get outta here!

[mmfwmc]

If I were to find out after dying there is a Heaven and Hell, as rather improbable as that is... I would gladly spend an eternity in Hell, than one moment in the company of a malevolent, bigoted, genocidal, infanticidal, capricious bastard of a god.

I agree completely. Where does an asshole like that get off judging us?


When I speak with young-earthers, and I have met a few in person, I laugh at them.

It's late here and I'm high. When I read this, I thought for a moment that it said "I have met a few in prison." I was going to complement you on your bravery for laughing at anyone in prison. I need to cut down.

[skribb]

Ok so zer0 is another one of those people who hates theism but socialises with theists anyway. I guess I'm the only one who doesn't. >_<

[Gnosital]

Ok so zer0 is another one of those people who hates theism but socialises with theists anyway. I guess I'm the only one who doesn't. >_<


skribb, dearie, not everyone is fortunate enough to live in a lovely place like Sweden. If those of us who live in the babble belt refused to talk to xians, we'd never be able to keep a job or buy a friggin hamburger.

[Gnosital]

.. I would gladly spend an eternity in Hell, than one moment in the company of a malevolent, bigoted, genocidal, infanticidal, capricious bastard of a god.


Nice. I agree.

[mmfwmc]

Ok so zer0 is another one of those people who hates theism but socialises with theists anyway. I guess I'm the only one who doesn't. >_<

My best friend was a catholic when I started. She's normally smart, but when it came to religion she switched her brain off. When I said I didn't believe that the (hypothetical) existence of jesus was any evidence for the existence of God, she said "But jesus performed miracles!" When I pointed out that there was no evidence other than the bible, she started to think.

The night before last, after months of work, she said that she had moved from Catholocism to Deism. I'm letting her have that for a little while, but then I'll go back to work: next stop, agnosticism!

[Sternwallow]

Well antix, as you can see from my location, I am a certified baby chef. That is, I'm not a premature homo sapiens preparing meals, I prepare expired infant homo sapiens as meals. I then serve them to certain individuals, who are given a sum of money for ingesting said infant specimen in front of dreadful audiences.
Do you mean "dread-filled audiences"? :)

[skribb]

Do you mean "dread-filled audiences"? :)
Yes, I did. But now that I think about it, they both fit. Either the audience likes the performance, and are therefore dreadful, or they look away in shock and disgust, in which case they are dread-filled. Thanks for pointing out my errors! :thumbsup:

My best friend was a catholic when I started. She's normally smart, but when it came to religion she switched her brain off. When I said I didn't believe that the (hypothetical) existence of jesus was any evidence for the existence of God, she said "But jesus performed miracles!" When I pointed out that there was no evidence other than the bible, she started to think.

The night before last, after months of work, she said that she had moved from Catholocism to Deism. I'm letting her have that for a little while, but then I'll go back to work: next stop, agnosticism!
That must have been great feeling of satisfaction on your side! If only I had the temperament and the time to commit similar actions.

skribb, dearie, not everyone is fortunate enough to live in a lovely place like Sweden. If those of us who live in the babble belt refused to talk to xians, we'd never be able to keep a job or buy a friggin hamburger.
Yeah, but it's like that over here too. Most atheists here are the apathetic kind, sadly. You know the ones; they don't believe in god because they don't feel any need to, but they respect, or at least accept, theist friends, theist family and theist partners. Gives me shivers!

[PhilOchsLives]

Welcome!