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  Are Most Folks Here Agnostics and Atheists?

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  that's the overall impression i get from reading the posts.

  i'm very new here, so i could be mistaken.

  if i am, my apologies.

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  Nate Merit

  Hello Narkissos
  
  I primarily say Mystery myself, because that is what It is.
  
  Thanks for dropping in.
  Nate
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  Are Most Folks Here Agnostics and Atheists?

  by Nate Merit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that's the overall impression i get from reading the posts.

  i'm very new here, so i could be mistaken.

  if i am, my apologies.

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  Hi jgnat
  
  At least it was a real piano playing, not Midi. Midi is worse than elevator music.
  
  I like vanilla better than chocolate.
  
  Nate
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  Are Most Folks Here Agnostics and Atheists?

  by Nate Merit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that's the overall impression i get from reading the posts.

  i'm very new here, so i could be mistaken.

  if i am, my apologies.

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  Hi defd
  
  I don't know you well enough yet to be able to tell if you're joking or serious. The big-toothed smiley leads me to believe you are kidding.
  
  If you aren't kidding, then clearly you are on an inward journey out of the Witnesses or you wouldn't be posting here.
  
  Thanks for dropping by.
  Nate
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  Are Most Folks Here Agnostics and Atheists?

  by Nate Merit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that's the overall impression i get from reading the posts.

  i'm very new here, so i could be mistaken.

  if i am, my apologies.

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  Hi Lonely Sheep
  
  I'm willing to bet it took you some time and thought to arrive at your atheism in an honest fashion. Goodonyemate. I wish Mark had given it time. Then I would know he came by his conviction honestly.
  
  Thanks for posting.
  
  Nate
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  Are Most Folks Here Agnostics and Atheists?

  by Nate Merit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that's the overall impression i get from reading the posts.

  i'm very new here, so i could be mistaken.

  if i am, my apologies.

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  Hi Matt
  
  I'm really pleased at all these responses.
  
  Some of your statements lead me to think you might enjoy Gnosticism. Although we are "Knowers" we are also deeply skeptical of our own mystical knowledge. We know we haven't an objective leg to stand on.
  
  Yours in the Primal Anthropos,
  Nate
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  Are Most Folks Here Agnostics and Atheists?

  by Nate Merit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that's the overall impression i get from reading the posts.

  i'm very new here, so i could be mistaken.

  if i am, my apologies.

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  Hello Crumpet
  
  Please make mine a rum and coke. If you don't have any coke, shot of rum will do nicely.
  
  You came by your atheism honestly, giving it time and consideration. I hold people who make these decisions the way you did in high regard.
  
  I wish Mark had done the same. Thanks for posting.
  Nate
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  Are Most Folks Here Agnostics and Atheists?

  by Nate Merit in

  1. jw
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  that's the overall impression i get from reading the posts.

  i'm very new here, so i could be mistaken.

  if i am, my apologies.

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  Hi Shelley
  
  I have had some limited experience with Wicca. I think nature worship is quite satisfying and fun. Especially when one can take the pain with the pleasure, the dark with the light, the positive and the negative.
  
  Thanks for replying! :)
  Nate
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  Are Most Folks Here Agnostics and Atheists?

  by Nate Merit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that's the overall impression i get from reading the posts.

  i'm very new here, so i could be mistaken.

  if i am, my apologies.

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  Hi Leolaia
  
  It's good to 'see' you. An open-minded yet skeptical agnosticism is about all we moderns can really muster in the face of advances in understanding. I loved this quote:
  
  "I am an atheist because I am mad at God ... for not existing."
  
  I have no belief in or experience of a divine Person or Persons. As far as I can determine both within via mystical experience and via study and reasoning, such a being is preposterous.
  
  Yet I touch the Mystery every day. I refuse to try and explain It. I have tried a few times and then regretted it later.
  
  Nate
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  Are Most Folks Here Agnostics and Atheists?

  by Nate Merit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that's the overall impression i get from reading the posts.

  i'm very new here, so i could be mistaken.

  if i am, my apologies.

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  Hi City Fan
  
  I had forgotten that post, thank you for reminding me.
  
  To be an agnostic is a good attitude indeed. Skepticism is always called for in the realm of spirituality and religion. I love the Tao Te Ching. Here are some interesting anagrams of Tao Te Ching:
  
  Get to China
  Go Anti-Tech
  No Ethic Tag
  
  and my personal favorite: Nate Got Chi
  
  Nate
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  Are Most Folks Here Agnostics and Atheists?

  by Nate Merit in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  that's the overall impression i get from reading the posts.

  i'm very new here, so i could be mistaken.

  if i am, my apologies.

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  Flying High, same here. I don't believe in a Divine Person or Persons either.
  
  Nate