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Greetings, Bryanderthal! I'd like to invite you to a group where we talk about anything on our minds, Hang With Friends. :D

p.s. sorry for the random drivel at the end- I found an old bible of mine this morning from when I was little that had been in storage and was a bit freaked out by it!

Hey Bryan, Sorry for the late reply (things have been mad my end recently!) I am so so sorry to hear that some of your family cut you off, that is terrible. It must have been so hard for you. I really don't understand how family could put their beliefs before people they love, but I guess it just goes to show how indoctrinated people are by religion- it just blinds them to the reality of how their actions hurt others.

Thankfully my family are already atheists/agnostics (im not totally sure what they believe but they aren't religious...) It is more my friends who basically ALL are religious in one faith or another. I'm just going to be honest about what I think and leave it at that. My other half is very supportive of my atheism (being an atheist himself) and so I know that he will always be there, even if i lose loads of 'friends'. I have often kept what I think under wraps as there are more of them than me! but i think I should be honest as it makes me angry that I feel I can't say what i think!

The thing that concerns me the most is how powerful religious indoctrination is- I was a staunch believer for years and it was all the result of being sent to sunday school with friends of the family who used to look after me on sundays (my parents had to work sundays!) and about 6-7 years of Catholic school. It's so odd...It has taken me till now to shake off these beliefs. For ages I would just research a new religion in the hope it contain the 'truth' about god and as soon as i discovered major inconsistencies in that belief system I would go on to look into another one- eventually returning to the catholic church. It was only when I considered the possibility that there was no god that life finally made sense. Heck, I am embarrassed now to think that it took so long for me to consider the possibility of Atheism, especially since every religion was full of contradiction and non-sense! All I can say is that I am thrilled to be finally free of it all! :)

Hey Bryan, How are you? Things have been going great, i have just finished my degree and am now job hunting- a bit lame but at times but it's all good!

On particularly religious friend of mine has been getting on my nerves a bit and basically cut off al contact, saying i was threatening her faith and so naturally I was the one to go not the faith, then wanted to be friends again and now is just trying to talk to me. I refuse to have anything to do with it as I really disapprove of people treating others like that.

I am just amazed at the double standard! she could say anything she wanted to me but if i replied I was bad because I was 'destroying other people's faith!'' I mean, what??? I was merely defending myself as she couldn't resist but ask me what i was reading, was i going to church? etc etc... meh! I just hope she hasn't announced my Atheism to my other friends as that would not be fair, id like to tell them in my own time (if i decide to at all!)

But that aside it's all going good up here! How about you? P :)

I can understand that! My grandma cut off all funds to my mom after she transferred out of a Catholic College. Just imagine her disdain when she married a Mormon! Haha. After my mom and dad left the Mormon church, my grandma was happy, and then unhappy when she found out my parents are no longer going to ANY church.

I am glad, though. Even when my parents were Mormon, they never disowned their kids for questioning their religion. My father in particular has always been very open to skepticism. I remember my Atheist older brother coming home for holidays and having very intelligent conversations with my dad about the ridiculousness of religion... and my dad agreeing XD.

Hey Bryan! I am going to turn my burnin' A tattoo into a full or part sleeve somehow... Ideas would be greatly appreciated. FYI, the THINK tat is on the same arm

no problem, happy to see at least some of America's use isnt foolish and corrupted by the "church"

I only have one little Atheist in my life, my one-year-old niece. My mom will try to taint her with Mormonism for sure. I'm happy when I see kids not too far indoctrinated in anything, I wish I'd had the same. :)

Damn the Droid and it's autocorrect feature... Makes me sound like I'm drunk posting.

As far as the X-bots and their hell-fire when I die, that is why I'm enjoying the flames while I can. *wink*wink*