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Hi all. I'm Chris from the middle of nowhere Missouri. I found the site after reading a newspaper blurb about that teacher who was fired from the catholic school a couple of weeks ago. I basically spent all day at work reading the forums and have since been just hanging back and checking things out. (funny side not- I work in radio and was working the Sunday morning shift which is full of religious music and church services). I figured it was time to say hi and start interacting now that I've seen how things go on here.
I'm a 34 year old divorced father of a 6 year old (going on 16) girl. As I said I work in radio, doing news and local high school sports play-by-play. I have a super wide group of interests and am typically that guy that's pretty good at a lot of crap but not great at any of it. Obviously I love sports but wasn't big enough or fast enough to make it so I talk about them. Love playing the drums, video games, Star Wars, and many other "dorky" items.
Was raised in a "good christian" home and tried to find the church that was right for me until college when after about the 8th different one I said "Nope. Science makes a hell of a lot more sense to me." Much of the family still thinks it's a phase (that's lasted 16 years). I don't begrudge anyone their beliefs as long as they leave me to my non-belief, however I HATE it when someone just "believes" because "they're supposed to" without any thought or research of their own.
Anyway now that my few lines of introduction have turned into "War & Peace" I say hello and thanks to whom ever developed this site.
I'm a 34 year old divorced father of a 6 year old (going on 16) girl. As I said I work in radio, doing news and local high school sports play-by-play. I have a super wide group of interests and am typically that guy that's pretty good at a lot of crap but not great at any of it. Obviously I love sports but wasn't big enough or fast enough to make it so I talk about them. Love playing the drums, video games, Star Wars, and many other "dorky" items.
Was raised in a "good christian" home and tried to find the church that was right for me until college when after about the 8th different one I said "Nope. Science makes a hell of a lot more sense to me." Much of the family still thinks it's a phase (that's lasted 16 years). I don't begrudge anyone their beliefs as long as they leave me to my non-belief, however I HATE it when someone just "believes" because "they're supposed to" without any thought or research of their own.
Anyway now that my few lines of introduction have turned into "War & Peace" I say hello and thanks to whom ever developed this site.
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Permalink Reply by SecularHumanBN on -
Welcome to AN Chris! This is a fun place to be. :) I agree with what you said above. When someone tells me that they "believe" because "everyone else does", I tell them that they have the mindset of a lemming....or that they are just "sheeple"...baaaaaah!
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Permalink Reply by Randi Enochson on -
Hi Chris. I also went through a number of churches (religions actually) before I realized that I was just trying to find a faith that fit in with my scientific and rational thought process. Finally realized that the only answer was no religion at all. Hope you are enjoying the nexus - people here love all things "dorky"!
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Permalink Reply by LarryL on -
welcome Chris. I'm also from Missouri (well, I am from Michigan, but I've been in St. Louis for 14 years now). Glad to have a fellow Missourian in the Nexus. If you are close to St. Louis, we have a great atheist meetup group here that you might consider joining. There are also groups in KC and Joplin. I'm not sure about Columbia.
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Permalink Reply by Chris Ward on -
I'm about as far away from St. Louis as you can get in MO (NW corner). But we have a meet up group in my area too, but the meetings are always on the days when I have my daughter (which is a much bigger priority).
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