Post Praetorian

Puggo - Jar Jar's Yoda said:

Post Praetorian said:

Are you happy, as an atheist? Does it content you to so be?

I am extremely glad to have been raised atheist.  Our minds and our ability to reason and think for ourselves is an incredible gift, and a lot of religion seems to be about stifling critical inquiry and just accepting "truth" without question.  That to me is a waste of a great gift.

 How was the topic of religion handled in your household?

dclarkg said:

Post Praetorian said:

Were you always an atheist or did you at one time have a religious background? Do you have a deconversion story?

 My family is roman catholic, but they don't go to the church unless there is a wedding, funeral or baptism. Is more a cultural thing than a devotion. I was baptized and took first communion but the religion thing never stuck on me. There is not much of a de-conversion story, I just asked myself questions about the religions and started reading a little bit on ancient cultures, gods and science stuff.

 How has your family reacted to your atheism?

TV's Frink said:

What a dumb black-and-white survey question.

 Perhaps, but no less interesting...

It has been claimed in a recent survey that atheists rank Christians higher than fellow atheists when it comes to issues of trust.

Would either of you tend to agree with such results? Why or why not?

Would you consider yourselves:

Strong Atheists: Belief that there are no gods.

Weak Atheists: Belief that there is little or no evidence of god(s).

Defacto Atheists: Unconcerned about there being gods or not.

Agnostic: Lacking knowledge in whether there may be gods.

or some other form?

Were you always an atheist or did you at one time have a religious background? Do you have a deconversion story?

I still have the original Tex Murphy Games, Ric if you want to try them and see what the fuss is about...I enjoyed them, at least back then...

Are you happy, as an atheist? Does it content you to so be?

"Look where I went!" whispered the King.

RicOlie_2 said:

You didn't try to move to the pleasure garden, before that last edit, did you? That would have been a very anticlimactic end to the game after waiting several days for ender to sort out his computer problems....

 You mean that place you are guarding with your G? Nope. Maybe I thought about it, but nope. Well not with the King anyway...

"Look who dropped in!" clapped the King.

That king you were worried about went away...

"How about we portend it does?" coughed the king...

K x/i : 3xy  3tu

"Oh, you might want to 'check' that," said the king, pointing at the new hole in your fence.

RicOlie_2 said:

darth_ender said:

By opposite corner, and maybe it's not the best term, but I mean the southeast corner, facing your dad in the northwest corner.  Start closing in on him from the opposite side so that he has less and less room to maneuver, that's my theory.

 Good, we're on the same page.

S-13xy

 Technically, we all are...

RicOlie_2 said:

Who, my dad? He's not young.

*runs*

*returns after remembering his dad is sleeping and will be for a few hours yet*

 I heard that...

"Should I 'check' to see if this is a safe spot?" wondered the king...

RicOlie_2 said:

LOL, I forgot about that. Regardless, your king can't cozy up with darth_ender's rook, so you need to go elsewhere....

 I don't think the King is that sort anyway...

RicOlie_2 said:

Suicide is discouraged in shogi. If your king is feeling depressed, perhaps you could negotiate with ender to remove his rook from the Pleasure Garden so your king can take a brief vacation thereabouts.

 Well that would be fantastic...!because then I'd win the game...