Thanks for sharing, Scattered Thoughts.

Hello folks. I'm retired Navy; trying to get back into the sort of shape that I was in just a few short years ago. I retired and realized that there was no career depending on my physical fitness, so I started ignoring it. I was a freelance writer, which generally means a lot of sitting at a keyboard (and not a small amount of single malt scotch). I'm currently working for NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) Afghanistan, from my office in Kabul.

I've never been religious, though for a few years, during my ill-fated first marriage, I tried really hard to be Catholic. I was not capable of the suspension of disbelief necessary.

Much of my extended family are very religious. My wife, daughter and two step-sons are not. My views and theirs tend to put us at odds. Not because I don’t accept them, but because they just can’t accept my lack of belief. I have never been one to need or seek validation from others, so it doesn’t bother me as much as one could assume.

I’m a strict vegetarian, or as strict a vegetarian as one can be in a deployed environment.

My fitness peak when I was still active duty. I was 75 kilos and was running nearly 100 KM per week. My long runs were at 13 KPH. I’ve got quite a long way to go to get back to that sort of shape.

Hey everyone been using MFP for a while and it works great. Happy to see there is an atheist group on here. I still don't understand how at this day and age people still can have faith. Or wait yes I do ignorance. I have a feeling that a significant amount of people would consider themselves atheist had they a working knowledge of science and the scientific method.


Anyway yay for MFP and working out and stuff. Add me if you want look forward to hanging out on these forms

Hey there! I've been on and off of MFP for a year or so now I think. Now I feel as though my life depends on me losing weight, so I'm working hard at it! I've been an out and loud atheist for 4 or 5 years now, an out lesbian for 13 years, and a happily coupled lesbian for 1 1/2 years. Waving hello from Seattle!

hi all, I am not new at all in fact I deleted my account a while ago when I was at my goal weight but I came back ( I missed it ) I live in south Australia, im 46 and have no beliefs in supernatural crap. ( tell anyone that believing in a god type thing is supernatural and watch them argue lol ) I am trying to maintain my weight but it either goes too low or too high aaahhh. seems harder than losing it. anyway I have just the 1 friend on here so your welcome to add me if you want to. I look forward to using this group now I know it is here. :flowerforyou:

Hello everyone I'm Mónica, I'm a sociologist (well, kind of.. I still have about a year of paperwork before graduation :P), a linux geek, spelling nazi, metal music lover and the proud mom of a 4 year old french poodle

I started lots of new things for me this year: MFP, running, cycling to and from work and actually commiting to a healthier lifestyle.

I was raised in a very, very, VERY catholic family (but they're horrible to people) and started my journey towards being an "out of the closet atheist" around the age of 10 or 12, when I started taking History lessons at school. By the time I was 15, I was totally sure that religions blind people, but I didn't feel understood by anyone. I didn't just live with a catholic family (and I mean the whole family... grandma, aunts, uncles, cousins... everyone!), I went to a catholic school and had to go to mass once a week during school time.

However, when I made it to the university everything changed most of my classmates are also atheists, or non-believers, or are at least very critical about their own religion... so no fanatism to deal with there! Also sociology has given me a deeper perspective on religions, and how useful they are to a specific part of the society in order to keep the rest of the people subdued.

Feel free to add me if you want to chat or support each other, just let me know you're from this group

Hi,

I am a Brit living in SoCal.

My parents and grandparents represented most of the major religions in the world (Jewish, Catholic, CofE, Muslim, Agnostic, Baptist), and as such I was pretty much left to come to my own conclusions.

There is no God.

Since moving to the US in 1999, I have become more and more anti-relgion. Twenty years ago I barely cared about it, I avoided the scarier and crazier ones (Jehovahs and Born agains), but in general barely thought about it. In the UK nobody cares, what church you go to, or avoid, is simply not relevant. (Unless you are a nut-job).

Since I have lived here, though I have become more and more outspoken. WHEN the watercoler conversation rolls around to 'So, what church do you go to', I simply say that I think that I am an atheist and that I prefer to spend my Sunday mornings doing some good in the community.....

So, I am outspoken and blunt and I rail heavily against anyone pushing their brand of worship.

Welcome to the group. I completely understand what you mean. Believers are so convinced that their weight loss is credit to their god and their weight gains are their own failures. It makes no sense to me.

Hi I'm Jeanette. I live near Dallas TX. Been back on Mfp for about a month after being gone for awhile. I am a life long atheist. I have never believed god

It's familiar to to me when you speak of hell, I have some fears out of nowhere sometimes from all the stories I used to hear when I was a kid.

I think it's just natural for humans to fear the unknown and many thoughts will pop in their heads trying to discern the possible explanations for the unknown. I grew up with many ghost stories and I'm sure you can guess what pops in my head when a strange noise is made, lol.

I'm glad most of my family has accepted my lack of faith (from outward appearances anyway), in fact my mom tells me she prays for me, I tell her I appreciate it and she's happy with that. I thinks she finds a glimmer of hope in that, but thats cool.

Hello all. Just started using MFP to track my diet and exercise. I've been an Atheist for awhile and definitely get irked when people use "God's will or God's plan" for things that happen or don't happen in life. I am not sure how much support/motivation I can find online, but do not need empty faith-based platitudes for support.

It is nice to see all the new faces please post new topics of you own for discussion. Open dialogue is what this is all about and I get sick and tired of feeling like the only agnostic atheist in the world.

Hi Lisa, welcome to the group!

Oohh, I'm also a female Linux geek, and a spelling and grammar nazi! HI!

PS. I also should add, I learned about IIFYM and 16:8 intermittent fasting here on MFP and as much as possible, follow them both to keep my weight stable. They really seem to work for me.