Melvin.George
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I'm currently in the penalty box at City/Data Forums and thought it might be nice to meet some other folks while I'm serving my time.
I'm 76 years old and live in east Tennessee. I worked at the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion plant for 41 years. I have strong anti religion beliefs and I didn't come by them casually.
My maternal grandmother brainwashed me into something resembling a primitive Baptist line of thought. When I was a small child and did or said something naughty or incorrect she would say, "Old Scratch(her name for Satan) Will Get You For That!" I had bad dreams and recurring visions about that possibility until I was in my early teens. About that time I began to investigate all religion which I knew anything about. I read the bible and the book of mormon before I was twenty years old. I've read the new testament with concordances close by no less than ten times. While I was in my twenties after being baptized before a congregation of close to 1000 people I basically memorized most of the new testament, chapter and verse. I was offered a chance to preach at one point but chose to enter the military instead. When I was about sixty...after living most of my life in the church I decided I was to be described as agnostic for the rest of my life and to speak out against religion at every opportunity.
I do not believe in virgin birth, healing by touching, walking on water, turning water into fine wine, speaking in tongues, resurrection etc. I surely do not believe that 5000 hungry men plus women and children who also ate were fed with two fish and five loaves then twelve baskets of leftovers were gathered.
Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Mormonism, Muslims, Rabbit's feet or Lucky Coins. In my opinion one makes about as much sense as another.
I'm 76 years old and live in east Tennessee. I worked at the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion plant for 41 years. I have strong anti religion beliefs and I didn't come by them casually.
My maternal grandmother brainwashed me into something resembling a primitive Baptist line of thought. When I was a small child and did or said something naughty or incorrect she would say, "Old Scratch(her name for Satan) Will Get You For That!" I had bad dreams and recurring visions about that possibility until I was in my early teens. About that time I began to investigate all religion which I knew anything about. I read the bible and the book of mormon before I was twenty years old. I've read the new testament with concordances close by no less than ten times. While I was in my twenties after being baptized before a congregation of close to 1000 people I basically memorized most of the new testament, chapter and verse. I was offered a chance to preach at one point but chose to enter the military instead. When I was about sixty...after living most of my life in the church I decided I was to be described as agnostic for the rest of my life and to speak out against religion at every opportunity.
I do not believe in virgin birth, healing by touching, walking on water, turning water into fine wine, speaking in tongues, resurrection etc. I surely do not believe that 5000 hungry men plus women and children who also ate were fed with two fish and five loaves then twelve baskets of leftovers were gathered.
Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Mormonism, Muslims, Rabbit's feet or Lucky Coins. In my opinion one makes about as much sense as another.
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