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- I come from a Protestant family. My father was a Theologian and Professor at the Free University in Brussels. I have eight brothers and three sisters. Three of the brothers have become Protestant Ministers and the other brothers became scientists and non-believers. My sisters have adopted alternative beliefs which do less harm than religion. So discussions about religion are common during family gatherings. At the age of 16 I became aware that religion was guilty of unacceptable childhood indoctrination and I quickly realized that any basis for religious belief was non-existent. My love for nature and the urge to understand more about the world we live in was an important motivation for me to study geology. I have to add that growing up in a large family has allowed me to think and discuss freely about any subject and that has saved me from the religious indoctrination people normally are subjected to.
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- Leiden University, Netherlands
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- Geologist
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- 60+
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Just be carefull... I had a similar discussion with my sisnlaw and it almost caused a big rift in my otherwise tightly nit family.
From the article Tommy cited.
"However, religious commentators have criticized Hawking's theorizing, saying he can never hope to explain what is essentially unexplainable."
Well doesn't that kind of invalidate their own "god" theory then? ;p
Anybody else read it? I love the basic premise, and being an atheist means I can appreciate the mythology and not get bent out of shape about the multiple deities.
Wyoming is better than the southeast, from what I've seen. It's still a solid red state, though. My big point was that there are no cities. The closest it has are Cheyenne and Casper, each of which are around 50,000 people.
The entire state barely…
I was in Panama City this past weekend, but I didn't have any free time. I was there for my brother-in-law's pinning. He was promoted to Major in the Air Force. The promotion ceremony was full of God and Jesus references, and the invocation was give…
I saw a video, or a blog post once that listed all the uncomfortable and illogical things that a person must do, according to Jesus' own words, in order to follow him. The list included hating your family, selling all your possessions, etc. I'm pret…
It's been almost a full day, and none of them have responded. I'm hoping that's the end of it, and they have bowed to my superior sophistry. ;-)
I sometimes wear the customary leather vest with the HOG Miami logo on the back but a closer look reveals the American Atheists and Freedom From Religion Foundation patches on the right rear side. My do-rag has a gold Atheist atom pin on the tail .…
Stephen Hawking: God Has No Role in Universe
LONDON (Sept. 2) -- Entering the ongoing debate between faith and science, renowned British scientist Stephen Hawking claims that modern physics has now proved that God played no role in the creation of…
"Je n'avais pas besoin de cette hypothèse-là."
-Pierre-Simon Laplace
"Je n'avais pas besoin de cette hypothèse-là."
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