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Deadtroopers

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Hello to you and welcome on-board. Watch out for the crazies (and before anyone says; I'll include myself in that:D!!).

Nerissa said:
I think there is no phenomenon on earth more fascinating or more fundamental to human nature than religion
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Why do you say that? That would probably make a good opening topic for discussion. I think it is an accident of how our brains are wired and pre-scientific mis-attribution of entirely natural phenomena. Not that I rule out 'god' entirely. I think there is a small probability that 'god' will turn out to be an emergent property like 'I'; the 'self'; 'consciousness' or however you want to label that something that distiguishes us from the rest of the primate horde. Once you reach a certain level of neurological complexity both 'I' and 'I am that I am' as Yahweh-Elohim describes themself are inveitable; but entirely natural phenomena. Amongst other things it would account for why such can only act thru the human.
 
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Nerissa said:
Hello everyone.

My name is Lisa. I'm from the Netherlands, I study religious studies at the Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen. I think there is no phenomenon on earth more fascinating or more fundamental to human nature than religion, in all it's different forms, and it has been a passion of mine for years now. I look forward to sharing ideas with this community. Most of what I know at this point comes from books and very clever professors, and there has not been much room yet for actual conversation. I would love to hear all your stories, no matter what your background is or whether you're a believer or a skeptic.

Kind regards,
Lisa
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Welcome to the forum. I had considered seminary at one point, and I may still pursue some kind of religious study. I come from a Southern Baptist background that eventually turned into a "freelance Christian" background without any affiliation. Now I'm an agnostic-ish atheist who is still working out his non-Christian identity. I look forward to reading what you have to say here on the forums.
 
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