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Permalink Reply by Tarquin St John Sh'gn'sty on July 14, 2009 at 2:21am

G'day there BB

Welcome from Adelaide, city of churches and bizarre murder capital of Australia,.

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Permalink Reply by beautifully barren on July 14, 2009 at 7:04am

Thanks Tarquin - i'm in sydney but have visited adelaide a few times. Yes churches a lotta churches :)

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Permalink Reply by PigDiesel on July 14, 2009 at 7:11pm

Welcome from Brisbane as well, Home of.............Not much really. I am a "Seppo" also, I only got here in 1999 but love it. Enjoy your time on A|N and hope to see more of your future posts.

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Permalink Reply by Ad & Jode on July 27, 2009 at 6:36am

Adelaide really needs to get a new tag. How about city of Cibo?

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Permalink Reply by Kristi Leitholt on July 14, 2009 at 10:32am

Welcome to AN! You have an interesting story. I'd love to hear a more in-depth description of what it was like to grow up in your household.

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Permalink Reply by beautifully barren on July 14, 2009 at 7:20pm

Hi Kristi

My childhood was not miserable as such. It was only when I started asking questions (i.e. how come 'god' forbade killing others but then commands the death of so many?) that things got difficult for me. I discovered that christian 'love' is conditional on ignorance or 'blind faith' as they call it. As far as I'm concerned life began when I could finally explore other faiths and learn something from science.

On the upside what life as a pastor's daughter can do is make one's bullshit scanner highly evolved. My critical thinking skills today are thanks to years of programming and propaganda experience. I also have a somewhat useless skill of being able to do well in a bible quiz lol.

Interestingly, one of the first things i did when i was out from under the control of the church was read every single piece of literature that they proclaimed as evil or blasphemous (athiesm, gay rights, pro-abortion, darwinian literature etc). This provided an infinitely more balanced view almost immediately.

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Permalink Reply by Kristi Leitholt on July 14, 2009 at 7:31pm

I did the same thing after I left the church. I found Richard Dawkins' series Root of All Evil? on YouTube and watched the whole thing. Then I read The God Delusion to see what all the fuss was about. It really helped shape my new understanding of the world.

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Permalink Reply by beautifully barren on July 14, 2009 at 7:23pm

Hi sarah - IT and psychology :)

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Permalink Reply by beautifully barren on July 16, 2009 at 12:22am

Thanks Amer - I agree and so many others have too, its just a great thing :)

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Permalink Reply by Rosemary LYNDALL WEMM on July 16, 2009 at 12:31am

And it also got quite a contingent of Aussies (and ex-pat Aussies) on board. Look for the DownUnder group.

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Permalink Reply by Rosemary LYNDALL WEMM on July 16, 2009 at 12:34am

PS. It also features people with backgrounds in IT and Psychology :-)

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Permalink Reply by beautifully barren on July 21, 2009 at 9:54pm

Thanks Rosemary - yes I've had a peek at the aus group among others.
I'm kind of indiscriminately reading interesting discussions on this site and not really out to join any group or cause as such, or even meet up with anyone. Right now I'm on my uni holidays and signed up with Nexus for the intellectual stimulation. Next semester I'm studying philosophy and religion in particular so this site is a good way to get me thinking.

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