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Re: survival skills for teenage geeks



On Tue, 2003-01-21 at 19:03, Vikki Roemer wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 05:40:20PM +0000, John Holroyd wrote:
> >
> > Just tell your parents that you agree with Isaac Asimov: 
> > 
> > Properly read the bible is the best case for Atheism ever conceived. 
> > 
> 
> Hmm...  Nah, not atheism-- I believe there's someone/thing out there,
> just I don't agree with the Catholic Church or any other
> church/religion that I know of.  They believe that God/Allah/Whatever
> is illogical and petty, for one thing-- but, looking around at how the
> universe operates, I don't think an illogical, petty, selfish being
> could make up a universe that is almost totally logical, you know?
> Besides, if God sees the 'Big Picture' and mainly cares about that,
> then why would s/he be just as petty and silly as your nosy neighbor
> across the way?  Hmm?

Please have my children. [1]

> Besides that, I have other reasons why I
> believe in some sort of god; not for superstitious reasons-- quantum
> physics. :) 

What about it?

> But at this point my main
> gripe against the youth group is just the fact that my parents
> are *forcing* me to socialize (I hate being forced to do anything);
> especially with kids (granted, they're about my age, but that's about
> all we have in common) who have no clue about anything that I find even
> vaguely interesting and who are interested in the most inane
> things. *sigh* 

Agreed. People who post to debian-curiosa should be forced to socialize
with each other, if at all.

Alex.

[1] Just kidding, of course.

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