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Hello everybody!
I am new here and apparently I cannot post on the Welcome Forum, so I'll do it here. I am an agnostic atheist from B.C., Canada, though I'm currently living in Alberta. I was raised in a fairly secular home, so I did not have much exposure to religion growing up besides the odd time an aunt would take me to church. (All I can remember from this is that we sang and got lunch afterward
) Growing up, I was interested in Graeco-Roman mythology, Buddhism, and Shintoism, but the monotheism religions did not appeal to much to me, probably because their god(s) didn't seem as interesting to a teenage mind as a female warrior god whose chief attribute is wisdom (Athena ). Anyways, to get to my point, I moved to Alberta to go to university, where I met quite a few Mormons (there is a large population in southern Alberta). Needless to say, this was a bit of a culture shock ^.^ I had no idea that young people my age went to church, and at their own free will at that! When I started to learn about what Mormons believe, I was a little (okay, a lot) surprised. Much of what they believe is in blatant contradiction with history and science (such as the belief that Natives were once Caucasian and not of Asian descent). So, yes, Mormonism was my first real brush with religion. However, that experience has prompted me to learn more about other monotheistic religions because they are actually a lot more interesting than I first thought. I began to learn a little bit about Christianity in various Art History and English Literature classes (you cannot fully understand Shakespeare without knowing a little bit about the Bible ). So, partly out of curiosity and partly out of a need to better understand literature and history, I began to read the Bible. However, it is taking me a while to get through, especially with the amount of reading that I usually need to do for school. So, I will refrain from asking biblical questions on this forum until I have read and understood more of the Bible.
My goal in joining this forum is to learn from Christians. I am not here to debate or start arguments, though I apologise in advance if any of my questions are offensive to anybody. Trust me, I do not intent them to be so. I am the kind of person who wants to know anything and everything about everything I am genuinely curious as to why people choose to believe what they believe (or don't believe). I have a layperson's interest in psychology and neuroscience and so people's minds and what goes on inside their minds fascinates me ^.^ Additionally, I want to be sure that I have explored all the options out there so that I know I am not missing some crucial piece of evidence or information.
Thank you for having me here; I look forward to learning from you all ^.^
I am new here and apparently I cannot post on the Welcome Forum, so I'll do it here. I am an agnostic atheist from B.C., Canada, though I'm currently living in Alberta. I was raised in a fairly secular home, so I did not have much exposure to religion growing up besides the odd time an aunt would take me to church. (All I can remember from this is that we sang and got lunch afterward
) Growing up, I was interested in Graeco-Roman mythology, Buddhism, and Shintoism, but the monotheism religions did not appeal to much to me, probably because their god(s) didn't seem as interesting to a teenage mind as a female warrior god whose chief attribute is wisdom (Athena ). Anyways, to get to my point, I moved to Alberta to go to university, where I met quite a few Mormons (there is a large population in southern Alberta). Needless to say, this was a bit of a culture shock ^.^ I had no idea that young people my age went to church, and at their own free will at that! When I started to learn about what Mormons believe, I was a little (okay, a lot) surprised. Much of what they believe is in blatant contradiction with history and science (such as the belief that Natives were once Caucasian and not of Asian descent). So, yes, Mormonism was my first real brush with religion. However, that experience has prompted me to learn more about other monotheistic religions because they are actually a lot more interesting than I first thought. I began to learn a little bit about Christianity in various Art History and English Literature classes (you cannot fully understand Shakespeare without knowing a little bit about the Bible ). So, partly out of curiosity and partly out of a need to better understand literature and history, I began to read the Bible. However, it is taking me a while to get through, especially with the amount of reading that I usually need to do for school. So, I will refrain from asking biblical questions on this forum until I have read and understood more of the Bible.My goal in joining this forum is to learn from Christians. I am not here to debate or start arguments, though I apologise in advance if any of my questions are offensive to anybody. Trust me, I do not intent them to be so. I am the kind of person who wants to know anything and everything about everything
I am genuinely curious as to why people choose to believe what they believe (or don't believe). I have a layperson's interest in psychology and neuroscience and so people's minds and what goes on inside their minds fascinates me ^.^ Additionally, I want to be sure that I have explored all the options out there so that I know I am not missing some crucial piece of evidence or information.Thank you for having me here; I look forward to learning from you all ^.^
