Thanks, Glen! It's my "circus face" haha! I'm new to ThinkA. Thanks for saying hi!

Thanks Glen. Glad to be here.

Hey Glen, I live in Auckland, which is in New Zealand about 3,000 miles from Sydney. But hey I know how good you Americans are taught geography: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oilm-QbRZf8

I lived in Australia for 35 years though and know it pretty well, I've also lived in the US and Canada on and off for about 5 years and in India  for 12 years which was where I originally got my tan.  

Thanks for the welcome! Denver huh, I have a friend in Divide, down the road from you. I however am really down south from you in fact I'm down under as I'm in Auckland, New Zealand... Spent a fair bit of time in the US though and have family and friends there... 
Cheers

Eric 

Thank you! I definitely agree with the last statement, as Buddha himself was said to refuse to talk about God/s. Again thanks.

Logan

thanks and nice to meet you and actually that date has not been confirmed yet because i was looking for "jesus" to help me quitting smoking marijuana but since i've been looking into stuff for myself i've been doing a better job with willpower so once my system i clean i will make my trip back to my recruiter so i would say sometime at the beginning of the year

I just realized you're from Denver, so you already knew it's a totally different ballgame from good ol' Alabama. 

I know what you mean with the whole communicating with God thing. I work for a small restaurant here that is owned (and largely staffed by) very conservative Christians. It gives me a really good way to analyze all the stuff being shoved down their unsuspecting throats. I keep my views largely to myself, as I don't want to find myself in a negative work environment (just got out of one).

I know one of the girls prays. A lot. I think she may actually get into a meditative state while doing it, and takes the clarity gained from that as "speaking to God", which at least gives some sort of introspection. As for the rest of them, I have no clue.

Thanks for the welcome, Glen! It's a bit odd hearing NM referred to as "down south", to be honest. The culture here is very different from the South, but I see what you mean in geological terms. What brought your friend to Santa Fe?

it is very nice here!  i'm sure you'll enjoy it!  there's a lot to do, and the food's really good! :)

The choices I've made in life---sucks!

hey glen , how are you doing ?

Thanks for the welcome!

No. He gave up on that once i showed him "The God Delusion"
by Richard Dawkins. Ever since then, he feels better about random pain and suffering than to think it was all a part of some sky god's plan.
and also knows his dad was d%ck for what he did.

Welcome to TA Glen!

Hey Glen!

I appreciate the message and will likely take you up on the offer. Unfortunately, I've just moved to philadelphia for some schooling. Much to my surprise, this place feels MUCH more conservative and closed-minded than I remember it (or course I was religious when I last lived here...) Either way, I can't wait to get back out west - possibly denver. I'll get in touch upon my return; I'll be looking to meet some like-minded people.

i did ask him, and i was sad. he was physically abused by his father allot, and  raised in a very religious household and said with all they told him about god he would pray for 1 of 2 things either to make his father stop or to kill him, and he said what kind of god would allow this to anyone and hated the idea of god ever since. it was only 6 years ago that i stated to see what atheism was and  told him about he kind of went with that, but for a while he wanted their to be a god so he could tell him what a fuck up he was at his job.