tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342588263086244213.post7384302108876014484..comments2023-10-04T02:52:22.941-07:00Comments on Iron Soul: Atheist CommunityIron Soulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753602185907947519noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342588263086244213.post-16267757978121898372007-09-24T19:04:00.000-07:002007-09-24T19:04:00.000-07:00This is my view:engineering = applied physics.You'...This is my view:<BR/><BR/>engineering = applied physics.<BR/><BR/>You're a scientist, just not a pure scientist. (In other words, you're an impure scientist, you dirty engineer, you!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342588263086244213.post-20211562587181802872007-09-24T14:33:00.000-07:002007-09-24T14:33:00.000-07:00HerboI would guess the northwest/western washingto...Herbo<BR/><BR/>I would guess the northwest/western washington should be a good location. Lots of well educated people. My town isn't quite the same demographic though. Also, my hobbies don't tend to be very scientific. I'm only an engineer after all. <BR/><BR/>That said, I don't feel a lack of community. It is just fun to have people that you think similarly with. Like I have you and your brothers. And it is great to meet new people that think like you as well.Iron Soulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06753602185907947519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342588263086244213.post-74033795415138941352007-09-23T19:06:00.000-07:002007-09-23T19:06:00.000-07:00Good blog, Jeff. I hear you on this.I see that my...Good blog, Jeff. I hear you on this.<BR/><BR/>I see that my brother has already voiced many of the thoughts I had about this very topic. I held out for years and eventually found a mate who matches with me well and accepts/understands my position, even if interpretation of the details varies between us (as it always will between two people, of course). <BR/><BR/>Also, with regard to finding a community to connect with, I think it is possible. To a large extent it will matter where you live, I think. If you can live in an area with a significant number of science-educated individuals (particularly the pure sciences), you will find a group of them with views you can relate to. Many of them will have at least some hobbies that will overlap with yours. I've found there are definitely astronomy hobbyists I can relate to, for example. The same can be said for a group of people with interest in biology. The challenge is finding the right town where there are enough of these people to achieve the critical mass necessary to develop that sense of "community" with them. Church-goers may have an initial advantage forming a community because by default they meet in the same place, at the same time, once a week (at minimum). But meet once a week (or more) to do some late-night astronomy with a group of like-minded individuals and you will develop a sense of community quickly there, too. I became more aware of how strong this bond can be when I went on a trip to southeastern Arizona this past spring. There is a "town" called Arizona Sky Village there. The only people who live there or own vacation homes there are people with a passion for astronomy and/or birding. The small number of people who live there REALLY have a sense of community! It's just as tight (if not tighter) than any Adventist community I've experienced.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7342588263086244213.post-41535639747825291052007-09-20T09:44:00.000-07:002007-09-20T09:44:00.000-07:00I'd definitely have to agree with this (even from ...I'd definitely have to agree with this (even from a more selfish point of view, such as meeting new women; but, also from the more "altruistic" one of enjoying helping people).<BR/><BR/>One of the more irritating things to me about being the way I now am is that I have no especially good, "natural" way to socially network outside of, say, clubbing or church. And, as I'm sure you know, I'm not into either of those two scenes since I don't drink (and can't say I have a compelling desire to dance either---especially with drunk people, lol), and I don't believe in god(s). *sigh*<BR/><BR/>I'd certainly have no problem with (and would actually appreciate/enjoy) regularly "attending" community-improvement activities.<BR/><BR/>And, I'd have all the more reason to *genuinely* enjoy it with no strings attached if it were a secularly-motivated activity because---let's face it---similar religion-motivated activities are always (or, at least "nearly always") driven by "winning people for Jesus", rather than "helping people for simply the sake of helping them". (Name even ONE "mission trip" to another country to build a school or provide medical/dental services or whatever that hasn't been accompanied by regular "prayer meetings"! *puke* ...Altruistic, my ass!)<BR/><BR/>(This is Jim, btw. I set-up a blogger account a few days ago, but haven't actually done anything with it yet.)Revertedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13622623240906597968noreply@blogger.com