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About Me: Hello, my name is Tiska. I'm a "deconvert", meaning I grew up as a christian and I am now an atheist. Basically I didn't go through any "faith crisis", I just grew up. One day the answer "Do I really believe all of this?" could no longer be honestly answered with "Yes". My parents were no believers but thought since the place we lived in was catholic it would be good for my integration to be catholic as well. I have actually taken the step to finally leave the catholic church a good while ago and I do not regret it (I do regret paying 20 Euros. Maybe I should've tried harder to be excommunicated).
I hold naturalistic views and read a lot to know more about naturalistic arguments and viewpoints.

I appreciate:
Honesty. Fairness. Good manners. Sarcasm. The ability to accept facts.

I have several hobbies, actually too many to name them all. Feel free to ask me about them.
To name a hand-full:
Reading, Going to Theater/Opera/Concert, pick strawberries, mulled wine in winter, Teatime etc.

I read:
George Orwell, H.G. Wells, James Joyce, Charles Dickinson, Charles Baudelaire, Gustave Flaubert, Franz Kafka, Gottfried Benn, Aldous Huxley, H.P. Lovecraft, Robert W. Chambers, Oscar Wilde, Bertrand Russell, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Rosa Luxemburg, J.R.R. Tolkien, Michel Onfray, Noam Chomsky and others

I admire: Alan Lee, John Howe, Claude Monet, Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Volker Pispers, Kurt Tucholsky, Auguste Rodin, Lyonel Feininger, Friedrich Nietzsche and many other magnificent people

I want badly: a leather torso armor.

My favourite music:
Carlos Puebla, Loreena McKennitt, Jethro Tull, Frank Sinatra, Stan Getz, Ray Charles, Buena Vista Social Club, Edith Piaf, Fréhèl, Georges Brassens, Tschaikowski, Shostakovic, Strawinsky, J.S. Bach, Movie Soundtracks

"As I have said before, the ever more sophisticated weapons piling up in the arsenals of the wealthiest and the mightiest can kill the illiterate, the ill, the poor and the hungry, but they cannot kill ignorance, illness, poverty or hunger."
~Fidel Castro

Profession: Student

Age Group: 18-21

City and State (For Member Searching): Germany

Country (For Member Searching): Germany

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At 8:50am on October 1, 2009, Chrys Stevenson said…: Hi Tiska! I'm Kris - I host the Aussie/Kiwi group here on Nexus. I'm also the media and communications consultant for the forthcoming "Rise of Atheism" Global Atheist Convention to be held in Melbourne in March 2010. The Convention is being organized jointly by Atheist Alliance International and the Atheist Foundation of Australia.

I wonder if you could let your members know that tickets for the convention are now available online at the Convention website. We are expecting nearly 3,000 delegates, so this convention is going to be huge.

Confirmed speakers include: Richard Dawkins, AC Grayling, PZ Myers, Dan Barker, Peter Singer, Taslima Nasrin and many more.

Anything you can do to help us get the word out would be greatly appreciated.

At 8:56pm on July 26, 2009, Aggiememenon said…: Gruss aus Texas! Die Mehrzahl meiner deutschen Freunden aus meinen Studentenjahren waren Atheisten. Mir scheint damals, es waren ihnen keine grosse Sache. Es gab nur wenige Personen in Tuebingen, unter meinen Bekannten, die religioes waren (ca.1992-1993). Kommen Sie also aus Bayern?

At 1:41pm on July 22, 2009, Daze said…: Hi! I thought you may want to share this on your group: http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4489061,00.html

It's on german, about evolution and creationism in Roumania.

At 12:48pm on July 7, 2009, Tom said…: Hi there, sorry i haven't been in touch for so long!
I'm back on the Nexus and just wanted to see how you are doing, I hope the studying is going well?

At 4:10am on February 6, 2009, Comrade bose said…: http://www.atheistnexus.org/group/socialistatheists

At 5:26pm on September 12, 2008, Stewart Tryster said…: Hallo Tiska (wilkommen zurück),

Alex schrieb mir "ich bekomme keine Einladung :( Ich wüsste jetzt auch nicht, wo ich sie suchen müsste, ich habe alles mehrfach durchgeklickt."

Ich habe zwei oder drei mal eine Einladung geschickt. Hast du eine Ahnung was da schief gegangen hätte können oder einen klaren weg ihn zu erklären wo er schauen soll oder klicken muss?

At 4:48pm on September 11, 2008, Alex Innominate said…: Hi,
ich war ein paar Wochen unterwegs durch die Weltgeschichte, jetzt mach die Tore des Haufens auf ;D
mfg

At 7:11pm on September 5, 2008, Totem said…: It is good to see you here. I hope the trip to France was rewarding.
William AKA VBC555

At 6:56am on August 20, 2008, Dr Peter said…: G'day Theresa!

You're welcome with the [add] thing!
I'd enjoy a nice conversation too!

At 7:27am on August 19, 2008, Stewart Tryster said…: Ja, das ist es gerade. Viele gläubige Leute sind trotzdem oder unverbunden damit einfach nett. Sie wären bestimmt genau so nett ohne aber viele denken dass wenn sie in Ordnung sind, muss Religion damit was zu tun haben. Religion und Politik zusammen ist immer schlimm, wahrscheinlich weil dann eine Mischung entsteht zwischen die alten und neuen Formen von Machthaben.

Du kannst ruhig die Ehre haben eine deutsche Gruppe zu Gründen. Dann komme ich auch an Bord.

Ich verstehe schon mit die Schwierigkeit von Gott-Begriffe zu ersetzen. Es ist aber wie Dawkins meint wegen Kinder-Indoktrinierung, "consciousness-raising." Wenn es nur eine alte Redensart wäre, dann kann jeder darüber schmünzeln. Problem ist nur, dass so viele noch ganz wörtlich dran glauben und wir machen mit. Ich finde es auch schwierig nie Gott in so eine Form zu erwähnen, aber ich versuche es zu vermeiden. Auf Englisch finde ich am schwierigsten "Bless you" zu ersetzen wenn jemand niesst, aber Gott sei Dank gibt es "Gesundheit!" :))

Darwin ist dafür kein Ersatz und soll auch keinen werden.