Hello to you too, and Welcome amattke. We have a BBQ on the weekends here, so watch for the menu it is usually posted on Fri.

former lurker here
 

Hi,
I've been a fan of this forum for quite some time and I have finally decided to participate in some discussions. I look forward to meeting and engaging with the members.

Welcome, all newbies! I'm sure you'll enjoy your time on the forum. :)

Greetings in the Resurrected Christ!
 

Jesus Christ has raised me from the dead according to His promise to raise another up on the last day. He has done this through normal consummation via my parents John and Mary, whereas both Jesus Christ and myself were originally conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit.

I am the resurrected Prophet of the Most High, St. John the Baptist, whom Jesus Christ calls "the Elias who was to come", enjoying the rapture of Christ's love in the duty of Petrus Romanus (Peter the Roman), your ultimate, penultimate authority.

All glory, honor, and praise be to the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit!

Don't tell anyone, but Jesus's dad was actually a handsome Roman soldier. That holy spirit nonsense was just something Mary came up with on the spur of the moment and that Joseph bought hook, line and sinker.

Welcome Advena Have some of my Fresh Goats milk.

And welcome to you too Ed Palamar I suggest you go to one of the Athiest sites as you could have some real good conversations :rolleyes:

Greetings. I'm
 

new, though I'm not young. I won't be posting frequently, but I may be reading quite a lot. My interest is primarily epistemology--specifically, how professions of belief in unsupportable propositions are asserted and defended.

I have one question that I'd appreciate an answer for: why is holocaust denial given such a prominent forum here? I asked in the appropriate place, but was ignored. I'd appreciate any feedback.

Best,

Stoat

Welcome, Stoat.

Is holocaust denial really given a prominent place here? My understanding was that discussion of it was kept to one moderated thread (and there are only a handful of those). That thread is in the Conspiracy Theories subforum, which attracts some really misinformed and even disturbed posters (and some brave ones willing to take them on). Discussions in that place are so out there that many posters--including me--rarely venture there. We really don't miss much.

Ooh, hullo. I'm Re-horakty Nepherkheperure Waenre Akhenaten, ruler of the Two Lands and Servant of the Aten.

Welcome! Enjoy your day here. If I were going to spend a last day somewhere, it would be the politics forum.

Welcome! Oh, and I'm one of the two, or maybe three, oldest on these forums!:) I note your interest in epistemology and shall, therefore, be reading what you have to say. Every now and again, I think I've grasped how to use the word correctly and with confidence, but not so, I'm afraid! I only started reading about philosophy in recent years. It is a joy to read posts in the r&P sub-forum, and a couple of other sites I belong to where such knowledge is evident.

Allow myself to introduce myself.
 

Good day skeptics!

Not much too say other than I am a skeptic (I think?) who was introduced to the skeptical movement about 1982/83 while working in a tabernacle to female anatomy.

(See my post today about Psychic Nikki.)

I'll mention briefly my introduction to skepticism/atheism;

I was reading a publication called "The Plain Truth" magazine - my boss noticed and asked me a few questions about the magazine and what it was about it that appealed to me.

IIRC I told him I was looking for truth...or certainty...or something like that?

A few days later he dropped by and gave me a well worn paperback book called "African Genesis" by Robert Ardrey. I put down my "Plain Truth" magazine, started reading Ardrey's book and never looked back.

Nowadays I pass the time challenging those who deny evolution (under the pretext that it is nothing more than a "religion") in the back room of an on-line forum dealing with a certain Kawasaki motorcycle known as a ZRX1200R.

Cheers!

Welcome whatever your user name is. I don't even know how to pronounce it!! Your copy of the DVD "Men Who Stare At Goats" is on it's way.

Oh Stop lying to the NEWB's, we all know you are only sweet 16 and that is not old :cool:

AMB - Welcome whatever your user name is. I don't even know how to pronounce it!! Your copy of the DVD "Men Who Stare At Goats" is on it's way.

I used to do that - damn things just kept staring back!

Couldn't make a connection...WWT?

Cheers down under man.

I am much older than I look...:D

Cheers!

I will still have to see an ID, I can not just take you word for it. I card everyone!

As well you should, and just a word of caution the fermented goat milk has quite a kick to it that kicks even harder the next morning.


Welcome everyone

There will be just Goats milk, MINTIES , oatmeal cookies, roo meat, Assorted salads, roasted corn on the cob,steam clams,lobsters and assorted icecream this weekend for the NEWB'S

http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6195/...95c1a70e_z.jpg

Okay newbs. This is the weekly special. Bon Apetit. :)

AMB the wheat grass is for the Goat

That must be why it's on order. The goat ate it all. :D

Hi, my name is Mike and I have a problem...oh wait that's the other group.

Hello from Doncaster
 

Hello: I've just joined the forum. I'd describe my philosophy as being sceptical, but not dismissive.

Welcome Lee. Menu is on the board above.

Greetings in the Resurrected Christ!
 

I don't keep secrets. Here is a head's up on sites with resident devils :

risen-from-the-dead.forumotion. com/ t3-testimony-against-apostates

I've included a few spaces so that one may reconstruct the URL using one's intellect. CAUTION : The sites included there will attempt to sever your intellect from God.

I have no interest in visiting proselytizing websites. Why don't you start a thread that summarizes the argument in the appropriate subforum so we can discuss it here?

I agree with ADMAN

Welcome to all you NewB's out there

Thanks! My posts will be few, but I think I will be making a couple here and there. Best wishes,

Thanks for the welcome. You don't believe that the holocaust denial is given much space here. Maybe it is not, but it appears like it is when I look at the forum indices....just by the volume, not the number of threads. Either way, the question was why host the discussions, not how large a proportion of the site is devoted to such discussions. Thanks for any reply.

Best,

Oh, I think I see where your question is coming from. Why give holocaust deniers a place to voice their hateful idiocy in the first place?

I think the reason is that for every holocaust denier on this forum there are many other members with a lot more knowledge, who are able and willing to counter arguments and provide evidence the deniers are wrong. That serves an educational purpose. We'll likely never convince the deniers they are wrong, but hopefully will educate lurkers and others seeking information (you may be surprised how high the JREF forum comes up in Google searches for woo and conspiracy theory beliefs).

Hey all. My name is Ian and I'm a paralegal from Ohio currently living in Western New York. While I'm not an expert, I've always loved conspiracy theories, so you'll most likely see me in that section or the politics section if at all. I haven't had much involvement with the skeptic community aside from reading a few issues of Skeptical Inquiry, so I'm still a newbie when it comes to other aspects of skepticism such as cryptozoology, alternative medicine, UFOs, ect.

Also, brief explanation of the screen name. Just to be clear, I'm not a supporter of psychics at all. I had the name on another message board because I'm a huge bad movie fan and Plan 9 from Outer Space, though slightly overrated*, is in my top twenty. Though he is hilarious, the Amazing Criswell is not nearly as awesome as the Amazing Randi.

* Or is it underrated when speaking of so bad it's good movie?

Hi Ian.

http://www.internationalskeptics.com...6e8b167056.gif

Nothing wrong with Plan 9 mate, but it's no match for Attack of the Killer Tomatoes.

But then, what could be?

:)

Welcome Criswell, yep that’s how it usually starts. Reading is one of those innocuous ‘gateway’ activities that all too often starts one down the inescapable path of unbridled skepticism. Next thing you know you’ll be thinking critically all over the place (what a mess that can be). If only there was some way to nip this reading monstrosity in the bud before too many of our youth are beguiled by its alluring charms. Guess that’s why we have public schools.


Welcome everyone.

Welcome Ian Have a fresh glass of Goats milk .

^Thanks, but I'm vegan. I might, however, eat some goat meat if the animal was killed by psychic warfare. Wouldn't want it to go to waste, would we?

By the way, did anyone see the movie version? I've heard mixed reviews.

Ah, but that film was intentionally funny. The truly sublime laughs come from films that are dead serious. To put it in a way a skeptical audience would appreciate, Killer Tomatoes is like Mr. Deity, while Plan 9 is like a Jack Chick comic. And no offense to Dalton and company, but Chick is only about ten billion times funnier.

Greetings in the Resurrected Christ!
 

Thanks for the welcome.

Greetings in the Resurrected Christ!
 

I find the insistance of providing a link to be insulting as it is more of a demand than cordial conversation.

This same hostility is found in the overall treatment of forums in general and is a common error among forum users : the assumption is first made that the forum should be bad because it has something to do with Rome, which should be judged to be bad, then, ultimately, all ethics and morality can then be discarded.

Such is the mentality based in insane hatred found at these sites :

http://risen-from-the-dead.forumotio...inst-apostates

So, there's your link, with references to those I have found practicing wickedness on the internet thusfar.

The major events of September 11, 2001 ADP, too, are but a part of Catholic prophecy, the coming chastisement.

Until you figure out how forums work, you should probably stick to lurking. :rolleyes:

Eternal Greetings in the Resurrected Christ!
 

I reposted that reply in the proper forum, but I also hadn't seen your reply concerning proselytizing. The site isn't a proselytizing site per se, it has been created as a reaction to having found many sites proselytizing an open life of internet crime.

I thought it was great.

Welcom all you NEWB'S here is the weekend menu

Drinks fresh Goats milk , Begian beer , Miller draft,and water
for meats we have the ever popular BBQ hamster , Roo, Rabbit,and while they last BBQ cats. Also we have assorted salads,baked and mashed potatos, baked beans, and corn on the cob. For dessert we have Apple crisp ,peach cobbler, several kinds of cake, Strawberry ice cream Grayman Oatmeal cookies and the ever popular MINTIES.

Again Welcome and enjoy your time here

Hi, I'm Alex (Al). I live in the northern part of San Diego County in California. I found the forum researching the validity of the 2009 paper by Jones et al regarding their findings of a nano-thermite signature in dust samples from the 9/11 attacks. I'd been involved in forums back in 2003-04 discussing various conspiracy theories related to the 9/11 attacks. With the 10-yr aniversary there was a resurgence of these discussions on forum I visit and the above referenced atricle was linked. I'd read about a previous sample finding from 2003 from Jones that Ryan Mackey had debunked on his 9/11-Myths site. I thought this new paper was likely in the same vein but wasn't having much luck finding a specific rebuttal until I happened upon a thread on this forum where Sunstealer had posted an analysis he'd done. I found the information useful and browsed the overall forum a bit. What I've seen I liked and decided to become a member.

My guess is I'll be more of lurker than a poster for the early going; but only time will tell.

Welcome Alex stop by anytime

Hi, I go by the name Eli on the internet. I am a 25 yr old schizophrenic, I am very interested in Religion/Philosophy/Spirituality/Paranormal abilities. Found out about this site when asking a question through google, it's nice to find a site like this. Currently live in PA.

I also have a question.. Where would the discussion of telepathy be best placed? Which subforum? Thanks ahead of time.

Hello Giza. Welcome aboard.

I'd look at General Skepicism and The Paranormal. It's in the Forum Index toward the top left of the page. Look around there and see if any topics are what you are interested in.

If you have any other questions, don't hestitate to ask them here again. :)

Alright, thank you very much!

Welcome Giza :)

I also welcome you buddy. My daughter has the same affliction as you do. PM me or post here anytime.
Have you received your glass of raw goats milk yet? :)

Hello to you all. :)

My name is Jens Heinrich and I'm from Hannover, Germany. My friends call me just Heinrich. At first, I have to say, that my english is not perfect, so I hope I can improve my english here a little bit, too. ;)

I don't believe in conspiracy theories, but I'm very interested in that, for example about 9/11 or the JFK assassination; but I'm also interested in urban legends and paranormal things from a sceptical point of view.

Regards
Heinrich :D