Kaimana's Page

Hi Kaimana! Have a very happy birthday. (Cute kid!)

There's certainly some interesting secular history, but it's fairly intertwined. It's also not that long of a history, and pretty repetitive until white people show up and take over. And from there it's mostly like every other story of American imperialism.

It's interesting that the secular history is intertwined with the not-so-secular superstitious side of the history. How is the atheist population of Hawaii fairly large if those two are intertwined? I'm curious : ) Ugh...American imperialism....you should watch District 9. That is an excellent representation of America's exploitation of other cultures/lands.

Man...I can't imagine living in such a culture. People actually consider the superstitions to be true? I think that is actually pretty frightening.

Hopefully you learn the secular portions of Hawaiian history as well, yes?

WOW. Oh my gosh! I don't think I have ever heard such an extensive collection of detailed myths/superstitions like that! So you have to learn these for tests? You seem to have quite a bit of knowledge on the topic!

I'm glad you enjoy my asides. And Hawaii is very non-atheist. Hawaii got very much converted by white people to Christianity when it was taken over, so it's pretty damn prevalent. Also, it's generally pretty poor, with pretty public education, which tends to produce a lot of theism. Also, you get a lot of superstition based on Hawaiian legends.

Haha, I do indeed. Oh good grief...leave it to the white people to convert large amounts of people to Christianity. I think you brought up a good point when you noted that public education "tends to produce a lot of theism." Unfortunately, the contiguous states suffer the same difficulties. What kinds of Hawaiian legends spark superstition?

I am a fan of your "parenthetical asides" :-P Haha. Is atheism in Hawaii a rarity, or is the population of atheists in Hawaii higher than that of the contiguous states? Not sure if you know for certain, but what is your best guess?

My son is working on going from a LPN to a RN in Nashville, and I'm a Medical Technologist in the lab. -- saw your comment on the med group. Lot of Studing going on these day I take it. You can make it through it but it takes alot of self determinanation. Good luck

Howzit Kaimana, welcome to AN and to our little group of island heathens. I know what you mean, sometimes you feel like you’re the only non-believer out there. I felt like that for years, but then when I was checking out some music videos on YouTube and found the atheist community there. Wow! There seems to be a lot more atheists on YouTube then there are fundees, too cool… The atheist community on YouTube told me about this place, so now I have a lot more people to talk story with, so hang in there guy... You're defiantly not alone. A Hui Hou

Welcome to Atheist Nexus. Thank you for joining THE KNIFE AND FORK. I look forward to your contributions. Be sure to select “follow” on the right hand side of the group page so that you are automatically notified of new posts. Please review the archive of posts and comments if you have the time.

Besides THE KNIFE AND FORK, I've started six other groups here. Please join any you think you might be interested in.

ARS POETICA is a group for those who love poetry, anyone who is just curious, and everyone in between.

LOVERS OF SHAKESPEARE is a group for fans of the Bard. Topics are open to just about anything Shakespeare.

HUMANE ATHEISTS is a group for people who are interested in trying to live a humane life by understanding the issues surrounding animal welfare.

ODDITORIUM is a group dedicated to the all that which is bizarre and unusual in the world.

CONSUMER ETHICS was created to help us understand how our purchasing power can help or harm the world around us.

HERCULANEUM: A PLACE FOR MEN is a group where men can discuss and explore the ideas, goals, demands, ethics, sexuality, and nature of manhood and masculinity. It is a place where we are free to be ourselves, and discuss the issues most important to our identities as men.