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swan · 26th June 2012, 10:33 AM

Well, it took a few years to save up, but I registered and will be attending my first TAM this year! (Not sure if signing up also makes me a JREF member for a year, but if not I'll do that too.) I'm looking forward to it quite a bit and it looks like there's so much to do that I won't get time to see the city, but hopefully I can tag along with some night-owls once or twice to see The Strip and maybe downtown.

Anyway, figured it was time to join the forum too. With any luck I'll have some good thoughts or information to contribute, at least enough to allow adding an avatar.

I'm pretty meek otherwise, but Susan Cain says it's okay to be introverted, right? Just not all the time.

hadabusa · 26th June 2012, 11:26 AM

hi i am new here, but have lurked for years.

i prefered to stay on conspiracy forums, for i believed in some, they are presented in dishonest and misleading ways to make money, ive concluded after many lost years.

yes, i posted alot on the david icke forum, a nest of the gullible and nutcases.
these days, it turned into a racist cespit on top of that.

pardon my spelling

Bell · 26th June 2012, 12:36 PM

Welcome to the forums, Swan and Hadabusa.

Hadabusa, conspiracies abound. 9/11 is the most talked about on these forums. Where are you from?

Ketyk · 26th June 2012, 02:50 PM

Hi Swan. I'll look forward to seeing what you choose for an avatar.

You might want to check out the TAM X Roll Call and see some other forum members that plan to attend.

Hello also Hadabusa. I'll look forward to seeing what conspiracies you do believe.

Orphia Nay · 2nd July 2012, 12:15 AM

Originally Posted by hadabusa

hi i am new here, but have lurked for years.

i prefered to stay on conspiracy forums, for i believed in some, they are presented in dishonest and misleading ways to make money, ive concluded after many lost years.

yes, i posted alot on the david icke forum, a nest of the gullible and nutcases.
these days, it turned into a racist cespit on top of that.

pardon my spelling

Welcome hadabusa!

If you believed in 9/11 conspiracy theories, I have a link in my signature to a thread where former believers share their stories. I'd love to hear yours!

I'd also like to hear your experiences on conspiracy forums. Been there, been called a shill numerous times.

I bet you've got some good stories. Share!

hadabusa · 2nd July 2012, 01:35 AM

Originally Posted by Ketyk

Hi Swan. I'll look forward to seeing what you choose for an avatar.

You might want to check out the and see some other forum members that plan to attend.

Hello also Hadabusa. I'll look forward to seeing what conspiracies you do believe.

it was the same for me like for many.

at first i thought i discovered things that nobody knew, thought youtube is the new outlet of truth, falling for one conspiracy after the other, haha, it felt like a renaissance where people finaly see the light.

eventualy, i could see its all bs, twisted lies, presented in misleading ways or straight up made up by some kinda smart people who wanted to make money out of it or by poor, entirely deluded people.

Orphia Nay · 2nd July 2012, 01:44 AM

Originally Posted by hadabusa

it was the same for me like for many.

at first i thought i discovered things that nobody knew, thought youtube is the new outlet of truth, falling for one conspiracy after the other, haha, it felt like a renaissance where people finaly see the light.

eventualy, i could see its all bs, twisted lies, presented in misleading ways or straight up made up by some kinda smart people who wanted to make money out of it or by poor, entirely deluded people.

Awesome. So glad you broke free from that!

Your story describes just what we try to tell the CTists, but they won't listen. They're too caught up in feeling like they have insider knowledge; that they are special, when in fact they are just like so many other muddled thinkers. They seem to be afraid of thinking things through, and thinking for themselves. Again, well done for seeing reason.

How did you happen to join the JREF Forum?

hadabusa · 2nd July 2012, 03:52 AM

Originally Posted by Orphia Nay

Awesome. So glad you broke free from that!

Your story describes just what we try to tell the CTists, but they won't listen. They're too caught up in feeling like they have insider knowledge; that they are special, when in fact they are just like so many other muddled thinkers. They seem to be afraid of thinking things through, and thinking for themselves. Again, well done for seeing reason.

How did you happen to join the JREF Forum?

yeah, what catches truthers is their lack of will to research things for themselves, theyre gulible and just believ claims in any video with spooky music.
but as ive said, the videos are presented in misleading ways and peoples attention spans these days are rather short, so cant really blame them.

and then there is this denial thing, when facing evidence contrary to their own new beliefs, they will claim its all forged and fake.
thats when theyre gone beyond repair.

how did i join here, well i first heard of this place because a member here has posted a link on the david icke forum to here, ive found this place very interesting, albeit some people here are just as extreme like truthers, which i dont like btw.
some people fom here also post there and i got along with them very well, namely apollo gnomon and macguyver1968.everyone on the ikeforum was hostile towards them, while i stayed polite and defended them even though we didnt agree on everything.
now that the icke staff has banned me(you cant question ickes stuff there, even though he says question everything) and i read there they missed me, ive decided to join up here.

i have many stories from there to share, i promise they are of high comedy value, i just dont know yet where to post them up.

the icke staff deserves many things, the place has turned into something where holocaust hoax is accepted as fact, racists have been alowed to steamroll on there to atract traffic etc.

there is or was many good people there who dont believe any of the cts, but hung around for fun and rather talk posibilities, but the site is run like a sect.

they promote every single ct there, no matter how stupid it is, as long
it brings traffic.

icke has a wannabe singer son who is promoted by the same guy who runs the forum,who was an mtv employee/producer.
and icke complains about evil agenda of music industry

yea, cancer is funghus, rothschild own everything, earth and moon are hollow, he just copies stuff from other bs artists and adds his own flavour and sells that.

Peter72 · 5th July 2012, 07:07 AM

Just a quick intro before I find the time to settle in and take a look around. My name's Peter Daley, I'm an Australian living in South Korea where I find myself surrounded by all manner of crazy criminal cults. I'm interested in three in particular, two Korean and one Indian, and all of them operate in the US.

I operate the largest website about the first cult, known as JMS after the initials of the its leader, a former Moonie who fled Korea in 1999 the day after rape allegations aired on national TV. He spent 9 years on the run, wracking up 100s more rape allegations in pretty much every country he hid in. Finally arrested in China and sentenced to (just) ten years jail. His cult continues, but at least he's not raping anymore. I can't link to my site yet, but it contains a staggering amount of material: videos, testimonies, articles, 3 hour-long sermons, pretty much the works. Google JMS cult and you'll find it.

Just the one article about them in the US from the University of California San Diego Guardian newspaper. Google the name of the article which is "Alleged Cult Sows Seeds Via Campus Event"

The second is Brahma Kumaris, I wrote an article about them after an Australian member with a very dubious CV tried recruiting at my place of work:
Google Keimyung Doomsday cult.

And last but not least, these guys.. Google "Rick Ross Ki Health"

Sorry that was longer than I had planned. Thanks for reading and I look forward to spending more time here. I've been a fan of James for quite a while.
Cheers,

AdMan · 5th July 2012, 07:23 AM

Welcome, Peter72.

Is this your site?

http://www.jmscult.com/home/

You might want to start a thread in another of the subforums to discuss this guy, or the other two cults.

Until you get enough posts to post links, you can get around that by substituting parts of the URL, e.g.,: websitename dot com.

Akhenaten · 5th July 2012, 07:26 AM

Originally Posted by Peter72

Just a quick intro before I find the time to settle in and take a look around. My name's Peter Daley, I'm an Australian living in South Korea where I find myself surrounded by all manner of crazy criminal cults. I'm interested in three in particular, two Korean and one Indian, and all of them operate in the US.

G'day mate.

Peter72 · 5th July 2012, 08:22 AM

Thanks Adman, yes that's my baby.

G'day Akhenaten!

SpoonyQuine · 5th July 2012, 04:40 PM

Hi, y'all! Goin' to TAM, where people will chase after my head and screw it on straight for me if I keep losing it. Exciting times.

Akhenaten · 5th July 2012, 04:45 PM

Originally Posted by SpoonyQuine

Hi, y'all! Goin' to TAM, where people will chase after my head and screw it on straight for me if I keep losing it. Exciting times.

You need some of this:

Guaranteed not to rip, rust, tear, bust, boil or bubble over.

Welcome to the circus, Spoony!

lionking · 5th July 2012, 05:24 PM

Hi Peter72. It looks like you are doing some good stuff with those websites.

Sword of Apollo · 7th July 2012, 11:59 AM

Hello, everyone. I'm new here, as you can see. Whether I can be called a "skeptic" depends on what sense of the word you are using. If "skeptic" is taken to mean someone who is concerned with having evidence and logical arguments to back up ideas, then I am one. But, in philosophy, "skepticism" is essentially based on the claim that certainty is impossible. So, since I think certainty is possible, I'm not a skeptic in that sense.

Glad to be here.

Akhenaten · 7th July 2012, 11:32 PM

Originally Posted by Sword of Apollo

Hello, everyone. I'm new here, as you can see. Whether I can be called a "skeptic" depends on what sense of the word you are using. If "skeptic" is taken to mean someone who is concerned with having evidence and logical arguments to back up ideas, then I am one. But, in philosophy, "skepticism" is essentially based on the claim that certainty is impossible. So, since I think certainty is possible, I'm not a skeptic in that sense.

Glad to be here.

Hi there, SoA.

I also think certainty is possible but then, I'm a cynic, so maybe I don't count.

No wait . . . that's not right. Of course I count.

Obviously everyone else is wrong.

Yeah, that must be it.

Anyway . . . Welcome!

Spanx · 8th July 2012, 09:42 AM

Thought I'd better say Hi, Looking forward to Mr Millette's work being peer reviewed. Keep up the good work.

Akhenaten · 8th July 2012, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by Spanx

Thought I'd better say Hi, Looking forward to Mr Millette's work being peer reviewed. Keep up the good work.

Can I buy a vowell please?

Who's Mr Millette?

In any case, welcome to the Forum, Spanx.

Ketyk · 8th July 2012, 03:01 PM

I'll bet it's a reference to James Millette.

Akhenaten · 8th July 2012, 03:10 PM

Oh.

I wonder if I could borrow some of his thermite to blow the extra 'l' off the end of my vowel in Post #1099.

How embarrassment.

Ketyk · 8th July 2012, 03:20 PM

They can't all be gems.

You can take some solice in being a real pither, though.

Akhenaten · 8th July 2012, 03:27 PM

skepteen314 · 10th July 2012, 07:00 PM

Hi. I am skepteen314. I am a self-described skeptic. I do love conspiracy theories though and I ask a lot of questions. I hope I can make JREF my skeptic home.

Akhenaten · 10th July 2012, 07:15 PM

Hi there skepteen.

You're a better wo/man than I am, Gunga Din. A few people have told me that the CT sub-forum is a lot of fun but every time I've wandered in there by mistake I've ended up all lost and frightened.

"To each his own", however, is what they say, so good luck to you, my friend.

arthwollipot · 10th July 2012, 10:25 PM

The CT Forum? There be dragons. And nanothermite. Dragons with nanothermite.

MG1962 · 10th July 2012, 10:27 PM

Originally Posted by arthwollipot

The CT Forum? There be dragons. And nanothermite. Dragons with nanothermite.

The dragons moved out in mid May

arthwollipot · 10th July 2012, 10:52 PM

Originally Posted by MG1962

The dragons moved out in mid May

Right. Well... there be big owls, and kitties with guns.

MG1962 · 11th July 2012, 05:59 AM

Originally Posted by arthwollipot

Right. Well... there be big owls, and kitties with guns.

Yeah well there is that lol

Straw Man · 11th July 2012, 07:50 AM

Hi folks, been a few days, and had a couple of welcomes in threads. Thought I'd swing by for the official all-singing, all-dancing ticker tape welcome.

Ketyk · 11th July 2012, 07:59 AM

Straw Man · 11th July 2012, 08:31 AM

Cheers, Ketyk!

DonnaInVA · 13th July 2012, 09:38 PM

This is very strange, being new to a forum. I have over 65K posts on another board.
Anyway--hello.

Akhenaten · 13th July 2012, 10:02 PM

Originally Posted by DonnaInVA

This is very strange, being new to a forum. I have over 65K posts on another board.
Anyway--hello.

That's quite an achievement. Our highest here is only 62,000 and second highest is about 45,000.

You'll be caught up to them in no time.

Welcome to the Forum, Donna.

Foolmewunz · 13th July 2012, 10:30 PM

Originally Posted by DonnaInVA

This is very strange, being new to a forum. I have over 65K posts on another board.
Anyway--hello.

Must be hard, what with you being so verbose and stuff.

We had a guy who got over 40,000 and we swear at least half of them were one word, "Evidence?"

Welcome aboard, DonnaInVA. What brings you to our neck of the woods (or beaches and jungles in my case)? And are we allowed to inquire as to just where you accumulated 65,000 posts? (Just curious - we're not stalkers or anything... but say, that was a lovely blouse you had on this morning.)

SusanB-M1 · 14th July 2012, 08:09 AM

Originally Posted by Foolmewunz

Welcome aboard, DonnaInVA. What brings you to our neck of the woods (or beaches and jungles in my case)? And are we allowed to inquire as to just where you accumulated 65,000 posts? (

Ditto!

Charlie in Dayton · 15th July 2012, 07:53 PM

Hi there y'alll...

My name is Charlie, I'm from Dayton, and after several years of just limiting myself to one board, I've decided to come back to the one that started it all for me.

For various emotional reasons, it should be a good thing to expose myself (figuratively speaking) to a wider circle of people. As the old saying goes, you don't have to be crazy to participate here, but it helps. On that basis, I should fit right in...

Anyway, I'm back again, and will try to participate in at least a couple topics on a regular basis. We shall see if this lowers the average monthly bill at the pshrink...

Akhenaten · 15th July 2012, 11:43 PM

Hi Charlie. Welcome back.

Although that sounds a bit silly, since it's me that's the new kid on the block.

Sideroxylon · 15th July 2012, 11:58 PM

I am also a boy band member but welcome back.

Foolmewunz · 16th July 2012, 05:02 AM

Originally Posted by Charlie in Dayton

Hi there y'alll...

My name is Charlie, I'm from Dayton, and after several years of just limiting myself to one board, I've decided to come back to the one that started it all for me.

For various emotional reasons, it should be a good thing to expose myself (figuratively speaking) to a wider circle of people. As the old saying goes, you don't have to be crazy to participate here, but it helps. On that basis, I should fit right in...

Anyway, I'm back again, and will try to participate in at least a couple topics on a regular basis. We shall see if this lowers the average monthly bill at the pshrink...

Hey, Charlie.... and welcome back. I don't want to be the bearer of sad tidings and don't know if you found out elsewhere, but in your absence, Mr. Skinny passed away. Based on your location and longevity, I figure you may have met at some point.

26th June 2012, 10:33 AM	#1081
swan New Blood Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Jamaica Plain, MA, USA Posts: 1	Yet another forum and TAM virgin Well, it took a few years to save up, but I registered and will be attending my first TAM this year! (Not sure if signing up also makes me a JREF member for a year, but if not I'll do that too.) I'm looking forward to it quite a bit and it looks like there's so much to do that I won't get time to see the city, but hopefully I can tag along with some night-owls once or twice to see The Strip and maybe downtown. Anyway, figured it was time to join the forum too. With any luck I'll have some good thoughts or information to contribute, at least enough to allow adding an avatar. I'm pretty meek otherwise, but Susan Cain says it's okay to be introverted, right? Just not all the time.

26th June 2012, 11:26 AM	#1082
hadabusa New Blood Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 6	hi i am new here, but have lurked for years. i prefered to stay on conspiracy forums, for i believed in some, they are presented in dishonest and misleading ways to make money, ive concluded after many lost years. yes, i posted alot on the david icke forum, a nest of the gullible and nutcases. these days, it turned into a racist cespit on top of that. pardon my spelling
hadabusa New Blood Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 6

26th June 2012, 12:36 PM	#1083
Bell beautiful freak Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 20,465	Welcome to the forums, Swan and Hadabusa. Hadabusa, conspiracies abound. 9/11 is the most talked about on these forums. Where are you from?
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2nd July 2012, 12:15 AM	#1085
Orphia Nay Penguilicious Spodmaster. Tagger Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ponylandistan Presidential Palace (above the Spods' stables). Posts: 28,352	Originally Posted by hadabusa hi i am new here, but have lurked for years. i prefered to stay on conspiracy forums, for i believed in some, they are presented in dishonest and misleading ways to make money, ive concluded after many lost years. yes, i posted alot on the david icke forum, a nest of the gullible and nutcases. these days, it turned into a racist cespit on top of that. pardon my spelling Welcome hadabusa! If you believed in 9/11 conspiracy theories, I have a link in my signature to a thread where former believers share their stories. I'd love to hear yours! I'd also like to hear your experiences on conspiracy forums. Been there, been called a shill numerous times. I bet you've got some good stories. Share!
	__________________ Are you an ex-Truther? Please share your story. ~ The Australasian Skeptics Forum.

2nd July 2012, 01:35 AM	#1086
hadabusa New Blood Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 6	Originally Posted by Ketyk Hi Swan. I'll look forward to seeing what you choose for an avatar. You might want to check out the and see some other forum members that plan to attend. Hello also Hadabusa. I'll look forward to seeing what conspiracies you do believe. it was the same for me like for many. at first i thought i discovered things that nobody knew, thought youtube is the new outlet of truth, falling for one conspiracy after the other, haha, it felt like a renaissance where people finaly see the light. eventualy, i could see its all bs, twisted lies, presented in misleading ways or straight up made up by some kinda smart people who wanted to make money out of it or by poor, entirely deluded people.
hadabusa New Blood Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 6

26th June 2012, 02:50 PM	#1084
Ketyk Not Audrey Hepburn Earthbound Misfit, I Join Date: May 2006 Location: Ma Posts: 3,242	Hi Swan. I'll look forward to seeing what you choose for an avatar. You might want to check out the TAM X Roll Call and see some other forum members that plan to attend. Hello also Hadabusa. I'll look forward to seeing what conspiracies you do believe.

2nd July 2012, 01:44 AM	#1087
Orphia Nay Penguilicious Spodmaster. Tagger Join Date: May 2005 Location: Ponylandistan Presidential Palace (above the Spods' stables). Posts: 28,352	Originally Posted by hadabusa it was the same for me like for many. at first i thought i discovered things that nobody knew, thought youtube is the new outlet of truth, falling for one conspiracy after the other, haha, it felt like a renaissance where people finaly see the light. eventualy, i could see its all bs, twisted lies, presented in misleading ways or straight up made up by some kinda smart people who wanted to make money out of it or by poor, entirely deluded people. Awesome. So glad you broke free from that! Your story describes just what we try to tell the CTists, but they won't listen. They're too caught up in feeling like they have insider knowledge; that they are special, when in fact they are just like so many other muddled thinkers. They seem to be afraid of thinking things through, and thinking for themselves. Again, well done for seeing reason. How did you happen to join the JREF Forum?
	__________________ Are you an ex-Truther? Please share your story. ~ The Australasian Skeptics Forum.

2nd July 2012, 03:52 AM	#1088
hadabusa New Blood Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 6	Originally Posted by Orphia Nay Awesome. So glad you broke free from that! Your story describes just what we try to tell the CTists, but they won't listen. They're too caught up in feeling like they have insider knowledge; that they are special, when in fact they are just like so many other muddled thinkers. They seem to be afraid of thinking things through, and thinking for themselves. Again, well done for seeing reason. How did you happen to join the JREF Forum? yeah, what catches truthers is their lack of will to research things for themselves, theyre gulible and just believ claims in any video with spooky music. but as ive said, the videos are presented in misleading ways and peoples attention spans these days are rather short, so cant really blame them. and then there is this denial thing, when facing evidence contrary to their own new beliefs, they will claim its all forged and fake. thats when theyre gone beyond repair. how did i join here, well i first heard of this place because a member here has posted a link on the david icke forum to here, ive found this place very interesting, albeit some people here are just as extreme like truthers, which i dont like btw. some people fom here also post there and i got along with them very well, namely apollo gnomon and macguyver1968.everyone on the ikeforum was hostile towards them, while i stayed polite and defended them even though we didnt agree on everything. now that the icke staff has banned me(you cant question ickes stuff there, even though he says question everything) and i read there they missed me, ive decided to join up here. i have many stories from there to share, i promise they are of high comedy value, i just dont know yet where to post them up. the icke staff deserves many things, the place has turned into something where holocaust hoax is accepted as fact, racists have been alowed to steamroll on there to atract traffic etc. there is or was many good people there who dont believe any of the cts, but hung around for fun and rather talk posibilities, but the site is run like a sect. they promote every single ct there, no matter how stupid it is, as long it brings traffic. icke has a wannabe singer son who is promoted by the same guy who runs the forum,who was an mtv employee/producer. and icke complains about evil agenda of music industry yea, cancer is funghus, rothschild own everything, earth and moon are hollow, he just copies stuff from other bs artists and adds his own flavour and sells that.
hadabusa New Blood Join Date: Jun 2012 Posts: 6

5th July 2012, 07:07 AM	#1089
Peter72 New Blood Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Daegu, South Korea Posts: 5	Just a quick intro before I find the time to settle in and take a look around. My name's Peter Daley, I'm an Australian living in South Korea where I find myself surrounded by all manner of crazy criminal cults. I'm interested in three in particular, two Korean and one Indian, and all of them operate in the US. I operate the largest website about the first cult, known as JMS after the initials of the its leader, a former Moonie who fled Korea in 1999 the day after rape allegations aired on national TV. He spent 9 years on the run, wracking up 100s more rape allegations in pretty much every country he hid in. Finally arrested in China and sentenced to (just) ten years jail. His cult continues, but at least he's not raping anymore. I can't link to my site yet, but it contains a staggering amount of material: videos, testimonies, articles, 3 hour-long sermons, pretty much the works. Google JMS cult and you'll find it. Just the one article about them in the US from the University of California San Diego Guardian newspaper. Google the name of the article which is "Alleged Cult Sows Seeds Via Campus Event" The second is Brahma Kumaris, I wrote an article about them after an Australian member with a very dubious CV tried recruiting at my place of work: Google Keimyung Doomsday cult. And last but not least, these guys.. Google "Rick Ross Ki Health" Sorry that was longer than I had planned. Thanks for reading and I look forward to spending more time here. I've been a fan of James for quite a while. Cheers,

5th July 2012, 07:23 AM	#1090
AdMan Philosopher Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 7,164	Welcome, Peter72. Is this your site? http://www.jmscult.com/home/ You might want to start a thread in another of the subforums to discuss this guy, or the other two cults. Until you get enough posts to post links, you can get around that by substituting parts of the URL, e.g.,: websitename dot com.
AdMan Philosopher Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 7,164	__________________ It is far better to grasp the universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. - Carl Sagan Last edited by AdMan; 5th July 2012 at 07:25 AM.

5th July 2012, 07:26 AM	#1091
Akhenaten Heretic Pharaoh Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Pi-Broadford, Australia Posts: 24,641	Originally Posted by Peter72 Just a quick intro before I find the time to settle in and take a look around. My name's Peter Daley, I'm an Australian living in South Korea where I find myself surrounded by all manner of crazy criminal cults. I'm interested in three in particular, two Korean and one Indian, and all of them operate in the US. G'day mate.
	__________________ Life is mostly Froth and Bubble - Adam Lindsay Gordon The Australasian Skeptics Forum

5th July 2012, 08:22 AM	#1092
Peter72 New Blood Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Daegu, South Korea Posts: 5	Thanks Adman, yes that's my baby. G'day Akhenaten!

5th July 2012, 04:40 PM	#1093
SpoonyQuine New Blood Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Rainhomish County, Washing-a-ton Posts: 11	Hi, y'all! Goin' to TAM, where people will chase after my head and screw it on straight for me if I keep losing it. Exciting times.

5th July 2012, 04:45 PM	#1094
Akhenaten Heretic Pharaoh Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Pi-Broadford, Australia Posts: 24,641	Originally Posted by SpoonyQuine Hi, y'all! Goin' to TAM, where people will chase after my head and screw it on straight for me if I keep losing it. Exciting times. You need some of this: Guaranteed not to rip, rust, tear, bust, boil or bubble over. Welcome to the circus, Spoony!
	__________________ Life is mostly Froth and Bubble - Adam Lindsay Gordon The Australasian Skeptics Forum

5th July 2012, 05:24 PM	#1095
lionking In the Peanut Gallery Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Melbourne Posts: 29,653	Hi Peter72. It looks like you are doing some good stuff with those websites.
	__________________ A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. Sir Winston Churchill

7th July 2012, 11:59 AM	#1096
Sword of Apollo Scholar Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 74	Hello, everyone. I'm new here, as you can see. Whether I can be called a "skeptic" depends on what sense of the word you are using. If "skeptic" is taken to mean someone who is concerned with having evidence and logical arguments to back up ideas, then I am one. But, in philosophy, "skepticism" is essentially based on the claim that certainty is impossible. So, since I think certainty is possible, I'm not a skeptic in that sense. Glad to be here.
Sword of Apollo Scholar Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 74

7th July 2012, 11:32 PM	#1097
Akhenaten Heretic Pharaoh Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Pi-Broadford, Australia Posts: 24,641	Originally Posted by Sword of Apollo Hello, everyone. I'm new here, as you can see. Whether I can be called a "skeptic" depends on what sense of the word you are using. If "skeptic" is taken to mean someone who is concerned with having evidence and logical arguments to back up ideas, then I am one. But, in philosophy, "skepticism" is essentially based on the claim that certainty is impossible. So, since I think certainty is possible, I'm not a skeptic in that sense. Glad to be here. Hi there, SoA. I also think certainty is possible but then, I'm a cynic, so maybe I don't count. No wait . . . that's not right. Of course I count. Obviously everyone else is wrong. Yeah, that must be it. Anyway . . . Welcome!
	__________________ Life is mostly Froth and Bubble - Adam Lindsay Gordon The Australasian Skeptics Forum

8th July 2012, 09:42 AM	#1098
Spanx Muse Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 625	Thought I'd better say Hi, Looking forward to Mr Millette's work being peer reviewed. Keep up the good work.
Spanx Muse Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 625

8th July 2012, 10:53 AM	#1099
Akhenaten Heretic Pharaoh Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Pi-Broadford, Australia Posts: 24,641	Originally Posted by Spanx Thought I'd better say Hi, Looking forward to Mr Millette's work being peer reviewed. Keep up the good work. Can I buy a vowell please? Who's Mr Millette? In any case, welcome to the Forum, Spanx.
	__________________ Life is mostly Froth and Bubble - Adam Lindsay Gordon The Australasian Skeptics Forum

8th July 2012, 03:01 PM	#1100
Ketyk Not Audrey Hepburn Earthbound Misfit, I Join Date: May 2006 Location: Ma Posts: 3,242	I'll bet it's a reference to James Millette.
	__________________

8th July 2012, 03:10 PM	#1101
Akhenaten Heretic Pharaoh Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Pi-Broadford, Australia Posts: 24,641	Oh. I wonder if I could borrow some of his thermite to blow the extra 'l' off the end of my vowel in Post #1099. How embarrassment.
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8th July 2012, 03:20 PM	#1102
Ketyk Not Audrey Hepburn Earthbound Misfit, I Join Date: May 2006 Location: Ma Posts: 3,242	They can't all be gems. You can take some solice in being a real pither, though.
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8th July 2012, 03:27 PM	#1103
Akhenaten Heretic Pharaoh Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Pi-Broadford, Australia Posts: 24,641
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10th July 2012, 07:00 PM	#1104
skepteen314 Student Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 30	hi Hi. I am skepteen314. I am a self-described skeptic. I do love conspiracy theories though and I ask a lot of questions. I hope I can make JREF my skeptic home.
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10th July 2012, 07:15 PM	#1105
Akhenaten Heretic Pharaoh Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Pi-Broadford, Australia Posts: 24,641	Hi there skepteen. You're a better wo/man than I am, Gunga Din. A few people have told me that the CT sub-forum is a lot of fun but every time I've wandered in there by mistake I've ended up all lost and frightened. "To each his own", however, is what they say, so good luck to you, my friend.
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10th July 2012, 10:25 PM	#1106
arthwollipot Observer of Phenomena Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: The other side of your screen Posts: 42,979	The CT Forum? There be dragons. And nanothermite. Dragons with nanothermite.
	__________________ Jadey (in RvB game thread): I just want to take a moment to commend Arth on his role as Parasitic Alien Tumor. I think he really connected with the character and there were times when I forgot that he was just acting. That's the kind of talent that you can't teach.

10th July 2012, 10:27 PM	#1107
MG1962 Guest Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas (Australia) Posts: 14,750	Originally Posted by arthwollipot The CT Forum? There be dragons. And nanothermite. Dragons with nanothermite. The dragons moved out in mid May

10th July 2012, 10:52 PM	#1108
arthwollipot Observer of Phenomena Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: The other side of your screen Posts: 42,979	Originally Posted by MG1962 The dragons moved out in mid May Right. Well... there be big owls, and kitties with guns.
	__________________ Jadey (in RvB game thread): I just want to take a moment to commend Arth on his role as Parasitic Alien Tumor. I think he really connected with the character and there were times when I forgot that he was just acting. That's the kind of talent that you can't teach.

11th July 2012, 05:59 AM	#1109
MG1962 Guest Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas (Australia) Posts: 14,750	Originally Posted by arthwollipot Right. Well... there be big owls, and kitties with guns. Yeah well there is that lol

11th July 2012, 07:50 AM	#1110
Straw Man Flammable Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: In your argument Posts: 8,186	Hi folks, been a few days, and had a couple of welcomes in threads. Thought I'd swing by for the official all-singing, all-dancing ticker tape welcome.

11th July 2012, 07:59 AM	#1111
Ketyk Not Audrey Hepburn Earthbound Misfit, I Join Date: May 2006 Location: Ma Posts: 3,242
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11th July 2012, 08:31 AM	#1112
Straw Man Flammable Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: In your argument Posts: 8,186	Cheers, Ketyk!

13th July 2012, 09:38 PM	#1113
DonnaInVA New Blood Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 2	This is very strange, being new to a forum. I have over 65K posts on another board. Anyway--hello.
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13th July 2012, 10:02 PM	#1114
Akhenaten Heretic Pharaoh Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Pi-Broadford, Australia Posts: 24,641	Originally Posted by DonnaInVA This is very strange, being new to a forum. I have over 65K posts on another board. Anyway--hello. That's quite an achievement. Our highest here is only 62,000 and second highest is about 45,000. You'll be caught up to them in no time. Welcome to the Forum, Donna.
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13th July 2012, 10:30 PM	#1115
Foolmewunz Grammar Resistance Leader Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Pattaya, Thailand Posts: 20,512	Originally Posted by DonnaInVA This is very strange, being new to a forum. I have over 65K posts on another board. Anyway--hello. Must be hard, what with you being so verbose and stuff. We had a guy who got over 40,000 and we swear at least half of them were one word, "Evidence?" Welcome aboard, DonnaInVA. What brings you to our neck of the woods (or beaches and jungles in my case)? And are we allowed to inquire as to just where you accumulated 65,000 posts? (Just curious - we're not stalkers or anything... but say, that was a lovely blouse you had on this morning.)
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