*floats into the forum*

1angelette · Post by **1angelette** » Sat Oct 18, 2008 2:33 pm

Hi, I'm new. I'm a thirteen-year-old atheist, a proud ex-Catholic (viz., I know it could have been much, much worse in what I used to believe due to parental influence), and I am new to this forum. *waves and starts accumulating a usergroup list as large as others'*

Goat · Post by **Goat** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:23 am

Furrowed Brow wrote:I feel so old and wrinkly.......sigh.......

That is because you ARE old and wrinkly, but don't worry, there are other people who are older and more wrinkly than you too.

I wish I was 43 again.

Furrowed Brow · Post by **Furrowed Brow** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:34 am

goat wrote:
Furrowed Brow wrote:I feel so old and wrinkly.......sigh.......
That is because you ARE old and wrinkly, but don't worry, there are other people who are older and more wrinkly than you too.

I wish I was 43 again.

That's it I'm gonna have botox.........

Beto · Post by **Beto** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 2:19 pm

Hi 1angelette, welcome to the forum!

I think all I cared about when I was 13 was when I'd get my next set of Legos.

EDIT: I'm exaggerating of course... I already had a Spectrum by then... which gives a clue to my age, I suppose.

1angelette · Post by **1angelette** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 3:41 pm

Well, a brief summary, in ages.

AGE EIGHT: Cannot wrap mind around concept of God.

AGE NINE/TEN: Serious doubts. I think at this point I labeled myself an agnostic.

AGE ELEVEN: I decide once and for all that I don't believe.

AGE TWELVE: Enters a hardcore atheist phase, involving literature and attempts to convert friends and family to atheism.

AGE THIRTEEN: I think I may actually be working on Dad.

Personally, I'm still a little pro-Catholic. That is, I definitely think that we're a little saner than Protestants.

I have "ex-Catholic pride". It's the only thing that keeps me sane what with going to Church at parents' demand (not to mention getting confirmed... classes started ON MY BIRTHDAY). If I could find somebody who agrees with me, we need a usergroup.

*fiddles happily with Homicidal Cherry's thunder and shoots some bolts at Furrowed Brow* You do realize that some of that wrinkliness is caused by the furrowing of your brow, yes?

OnceConvinced · Post by **OnceConvinced** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:30 pm

1angelette wrote:AGE ELEVEN: I decide once and for all that I don't believe.

Did you really "decide" that or was it an inescapable conclusion that you came to? ie. Was it a realisation that "hey, I don't believe".

I ask that because there are many Christians who claim that unbelief is a choice. Hard to believe they could believe such a fallacy, but there you go.

Fallibleone · Post by **Fallibleone** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:57 am

Wow...I was such a dumb child. At 13, I was still convinced that it was some fault of mine that all that God stuff didn't make any sense.

Fallibleone · Post by **Fallibleone** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:59 am

Beto wrote:I already had a Spectrum by then... which gives a clue to my age, I suppose.

It certainly gives me a clue...which should give you a clue. Except you don't need a clue. Because my age is under my avatar. Someone shoot me now.

Goat · Post by **Goat** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:08 am

Fallibleone wrote:
Beto wrote:I already had a Spectrum by then... which gives a clue to my age, I suppose.
It certainly gives me a clue...which should give you a clue. Except you don't need a clue. Because my age is under my avatar. Someone shoot me now.

Now, that is a perfectly acceptable age to me. I found 35 to be a wonderful age to be at (looking back that is).

Pazuzu bin Hanbi · Post by **Pazuzu bin Hanbi** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 4:51 pm

Haha, Fallibleone Iâ€™m younger than you!

But only by 3 yearsâ€¦

I used to have a ZX Spectrum too.

Skyler · Post by **Skyler** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:09 pm

Welcome, angelette. I'm glad you're interested in discussing these topics, especially at your age. At that age, as far as I can remember, I thought I knew all the answers and was convinced I could defeat any atheist or other non-Christian in an argument. I quickly learned otherwise.

Even now I don't know that I could. But, I'm learning.

So welcome again.

Skyler