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Jeep · Post by **Jeep** » Wed Nov 19, 2008 11:01 pm

Hello All,

I'm a 43 year old male that joined here in order to try to help promote the lack of a need for faith.
I was born and raised in what is almost dead center of what is known as the bible belt in east central Mississippi.
I have a degree in electrical engineering and I currently own/operate a Harley-Davidson aftermarket repair and customizing shop.

My dad wasn't religious that I know of, as he never spoke on the subject, but his mother was. I went to church with her until I was about 11 or 12.
My mother was raised as a baptist and her side of the family was very religious although I got the impression that she leaned toward being religious only in order to not make waves among her parents and 8 syblings.

For a great deal of my life I never mentioned that I'm an atheist as I felt like I would immediately be looked down upon. For several years now, that has changed, as I have read the bible in depth as well as Darwin's "Origin of Species", Dawkins' "God Delusion", Hitchens' "God is not Great", and Stephen Hawking's "A brief History of Time" and Hawking's "The Universe in a Nutshell".

Exactly one of those books made no sense at all to me. Guess which one.

OnceConvinced · Post by **OnceConvinced** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 7:40 pm

Welcome Jeep! Glad to have you with us.

Jeep · Post by **Jeep** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:05 pm

Thankyou All for a very warm welcome,

I've read a great deal of the posts in many topics and there is one thing for certain,
member "McCulloch" and I think very similarly.

I had a couple of thoughts tonight that I'll post, still looking for the correct forum.

One thought I'll post here and now is:
Why don't more folks use the spellcheck option?

Incorrect spelling irritates the dog crap out of me. When I'm reading a post and I run across four spelling errors, I quit reading. I understand if english isn't the poster's first language, but even still, there is spellcheck.

Jeep · Post by **Jeep** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 8:57 pm

OnceConvinced wrote:Welcome Jeep! Glad to have you with us.

Enjoyed reading your signature line.

McCulloch · Post by **McCulloch** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 10:49 pm

Jeep wrote:I've read a great deal of the posts in many topics and there is one thing for certain, member "McCulloch" and I think very similarly.

Don't tell him that, he'll get a swelled head!

Jeep wrote:Why don't more folks use the spellcheck option?

I don't use it because I have one built into my Firefox browser.

Jeep wrote:Incorrect spelling irritates the dog crap out of me. When I'm reading a post and I run across four spelling errors, I quit reading. I understand if english isn't the poster's first language, but even still, there is spellcheck.

Um, English should be capitalized.

Confused · Post by **Confused** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:10 pm

Jeep wrote: Incorrect spelling irritates the dog crap out of me. When I'm reading a post and I run across four spelling errors, I quit reading. I understand if english isn't the poster's first language, but even still, there is spellcheck.

LOL, be very happy that Metacrock an any of his reincarnated personas are no longer filling the forum with cryptic posts as the spelling and grammar was so bad, it wasn't so easy to even understand what he was writing.

BTW: McCulloch is our very own grammar and spelling cop. Annoys the heck out of alexiarose but I can't help but laugh each time he corrects. So apparently, this is yet another thing you and he have in common.

Jeep · Post by **Jeep** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:21 pm

quote]Um, English should be capitalized.[/quote]

If only there was a grammar checker, lol.
But I believe the word English is only capitalized when it's used as a proper noun.
I used it as an adjective in reference to a language, though I may be wrong.

edited:
I was wrong, English should always be capitalized as it is derived from a proper noun.
My mistake.

Confused · Post by **Confused** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 9:52 pm

Jeep wrote:
Um, English should be capitalized.
If only there was a grammar checker, lol.
But I believe the word English is only capitalized when it's used as a proper noun.
I used it as an adjective in reference to a language, though I may be wrong.

edited:
I was wrong, English should always be capitalized as it is derived from a proper noun.
My mistake.

I was rooting for you to be right. Not to worry, at some point, you may catch him in an error (evil laughter for the sake of annoyance).

Jeep · Post by **Jeep** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:29 pm

Confused wrote:
Jeep wrote:
Um, English should be capitalized.
If only there was a grammar checker, lol.
But I believe the word English is only capitalized when it's used as a proper noun.
I used it as an adjective in reference to a language, though I may be wrong.

edited:
I was wrong, English should always be capitalized as it is derived from a proper noun.
My mistake.

I was rooting for you to be right. Not to worry, at some point, you may catch him in an error (evil laughter for the sake of annoyance).

Cool, I have a cheering section already, lol.

catalyst · Post by **catalyst** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 5:32 am

Jeep wrote:quote]Um, English should be capitalized.

If only there was a grammar checker, lol.
But I believe the word English is only capitalized when it's used as a proper noun.
I used it as an adjective in reference to a language, though I may be wrong.

edited:
I was wrong, English should always be capitalized as it is derived from a proper noun.
My mistake.

Actually Jeep it is not ALWAYS capitalised and there is one instant where it isn't, as in english(all lower case).:The spin given to a propelled ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist.

As with just about everything, there is always an exception to the rule.

McCulloch · Post by **McCulloch** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 8:59 am

catalyst wrote:Actually Jeep it is not ALWAYS capitalised and there is one instant where it isn't, as in english(all lower case).:The spin given to a propelled ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist.

As with just about everything, there is always an exception to the rule.

Grammar notes:

British usage capitalise, Americanism; capitalize
instant - didn't you mean instance?
english - good example!

Logician Notes:

always an exception to the rule - Is there an exception to the rule of always being an exception?