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  1. Oregon Alley Cat

    What is your Path to Atheism?

    My story? Sure, although I tend to be a bit long-winded. You best take a bathroom break or get something to drink before reading this one. ;) I grew up in a loving and supportive marginally religious home. By this I mean my mother described herself as a Christian (although she doesnt go to...
  2. Oregon Alley Cat

    Pre-Christian pagn traditions in the Alps

    I am mainly Irish and Swiss by heritage, though I tend to identify more with my Swiss heritage. However, I am having a lot of trouble finding information about the pre-Christian beliefs of my ancestors. I have read about Krampus, Badalisc, but little else. Have checked my county library and...
  3. Oregon Alley Cat

    For Norse and other northern European pagans...

    How did you get started in practicing your faith? What tangible first steps did you make? I left Christianity slowly over the course of a few years and now am an atheist, more by default than anything else. Feel like there is something missing in my life. I am curious about Norse Paganism...
  4. Oregon Alley Cat

    Religion and Ignorance

    As the above poster mentioned, many atheists were religious themselves at one point and as such have a lot of knowledge about their old faith. I was a Christian (Pentecostal in particular) for about twenty years and feel I know my old faith very well. Also, there is the tendency of atheists to...
  5. Oregon Alley Cat

    Into the Flow

    Thanks for posting this. I have a few questions for you, if I may. First, you mention that in Taoism that when we become one with the world that we gain a "unique mindlessness", and that this could be experienced in activities such as constructing a logical argument. Could you perhaps flesh...
  6. Oregon Alley Cat

    Finding out more about my pagan heritage

    I am an American who's heritage is mainly Irish and Swiss. I am curious to learn more about the respective pagan beliefs, folklore, and mythology of each people groups. This has been hard to do, and internet searches have been hit and miss (mainly miss). Any ideas where I can get some more info...
  7. Oregon Alley Cat

    Non-Christians - Help needed to answer 10 questions for a class assignment

    1- I notice that you use "church" with a lower case C, so I guess you dont mean Roman Catholicism. I think of churches, as a non-theist, as being places where people go to for many reasons. Social support, networking, tradition, a sense of peace regarding our inevitable mortality, and so on...
  8. Oregon Alley Cat

    Greetings and salutations

    Hi there, I am new to these forums. I have been posting regularly in places like yahoo answers and am tired of all the mindless trolling. :facepalm: Hoping for stimulating and honest conversation here. I guess I can start off with my own story. I was raised in a small northern Oregon town...
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