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 unmormon
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 Hello from Pacific USA! 
#16262904 - 05/21/12 03:43 PM (1 year, 2 days ago) |
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Hi, everyone.
I just wanted to introduce myself a little bit before participating in discussions.
As the title states, I am located on the Pacific side of the USA.
I am working toward a degree in Biology but enjoy learning anything and everything.
I am passionate about science, exploration, philosophy, and art.
In my spare time I hike, practice nature photography, draw, build lasers, and think.
I am not new to mushrooms. I have successfully grown a couple batches of mycelium in a liquid culture from a dried specimen but never got to colonize anything - I had to abandon the project for lack of time during school and moving.
I'm planning on starting again and actually getting a successful crop this time.
So far I've read tons of info and enjoy the site very much.
Thanks and see you around!
-unmormon
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 SlashOZ
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Re: Hello from Pacific USA! [Re: unmormon]
#16262915 - 05/21/12 03:45 PM (1 year, 2 days ago) |
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welcome bro.
glad to see you aren't mormon.
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"Life sucks but in this really beautiful way" - Axl Rose
"Life's a bitch and then you die that's why we get high cuz you never know when you're gonna go." - NAS
"When people don't know what you're about they put you down and shut you out" - Black Sabbath
"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind" - Gandhi
"Look up at me I am God, look down on me and I am evil, look at me I am you." - Charles Manson.
"Don't question my reality." - Me (as far as I know)
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unmormon
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Re: Hello from Pacific USA! [Re: SlashOZ]
#16262956 - 05/21/12 03:54 PM (1 year, 2 days ago) |
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Haha! Born and raised Mormon... but I've never enjoyed practicing church/religion.
I found truth and enlightenment in the natural world.
Religion can never replace what I've learned since I realized I am an atheist.
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Re: Hello from Pacific USA! [Re: unmormon]
#16262962 - 05/21/12 03:54 PM (1 year, 2 days ago) |
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Why are you "Unmormon"?
Were you once a mormon?
Why did you choose to no longer be a mormon?
( I'm not a mormon by the way, just curious about new folks. )
Welcome!
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unmormon
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Re: Hello from Pacific USA! [Re: Bundy]
#16263023 - 05/21/12 04:12 PM (1 year, 2 days ago) |
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Hi, Bundy.
As my post above says (posted a moment before you), I was born and raised Mormon.
I abandoned religion at an early age because it does not agree with the way I see the world or with the way I want to live.
My curiosity led me away and education confirmed my disbelief.
There is so much to explore and the narrow view of religion doesn't offer me a satisfying perspective.
I could talk for days about it but I'll save it for another time. 
Edited by unmormon (05/21/12 04:14 PM)
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Re: Hello from Pacific USA! [Re: unmormon]
#16263333 - 05/21/12 05:28 PM (1 year, 2 days ago) |
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Quote:
unmormon said:
Hi, Bundy.
As my post above says (posted a moment before you), I was born and raised Mormon.
I abandoned religion at an early age because it does not agree with the way I see the world or with the way I want to live.
My curiosity led me away and education confirmed my disbelief.
There is so much to explore and the narrow view of religion doesn't offer me a satisfying perspective.
I could talk for days about it but I'll save it for another time.
I had a mormon talk to me one day. I had a long sleeve shirt on, and he was adamant about me going to his church on sunday. Then I rolled up my sleeves and he saw all my tattoo's and went on telling me how I ruined "The Temple"
I just told him sorry and I wasn't interested, after he tried to get me to get my ink removed. 
I believe in God, not the Mormon God, but I believe in God.
I might have just ruined your thread on you. Lots of God haters here. So if that happens, I'm sorry.
I'm more spiritual than religious. I'll just throw that out there.
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Re: Hello from Pacific USA! [Re: unmormon] 1
#16263405 - 05/21/12 05:45 PM (1 year, 2 days ago) |
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Show us some shots from your nature photography 
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Re: Hello from Pacific USA! [Re: chooken]
#16263448 - 05/21/12 05:53 PM (1 year, 2 days ago) |
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Mormons  
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the way out is through
Pwnasaurus said 'Most contradictory post of the year goes to you!'
 
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SlashOZ
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Re: Hello from Pacific USA! [Re: chooken]
#16263492 - 05/21/12 06:03 PM (1 year, 2 days ago) |
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chooken said:
Show us some shots from your nature photography
that would be awesome. 
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"Life sucks but in this really beautiful way" - Axl Rose
"Life's a bitch and then you die that's why we get high cuz you never know when you're gonna go." - NAS
"When people don't know what you're about they put you down and shut you out" - Black Sabbath
"An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind" - Gandhi
"Look up at me I am God, look down on me and I am evil, look at me I am you." - Charles Manson.
"Don't question my reality." - Me (as far as I know)
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unmormon
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Re: Hello from Pacific USA! [Re: Bundy]
#16264207 - 05/21/12 08:30 PM (1 year, 2 days ago) |
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Bundy said:
I had a mormon talk to me one day. I had a long sleeve shirt on, and he was adamant about me going to his church on sunday. Then I rolled up my sleeves and he saw all my tattoo's and went on telling me how I ruined "The Temple"
I just told him sorry and I wasn't interested, after he tried to get me to get my ink removed.
I believe in God, not the Mormon God, but I believe in God.
I might have just ruined your thread on you. Lots of God haters here. So if that happens, I'm sorry.
I'm more spiritual than religious. I'll just throw that out there.
It seems most people these days have had some kind of experience with Mormons. Usually it is similar to what you described.
To tell the truth, I am looking forward to the day when the Mormon missionaries come knocking on my door. I'll let them in and discuss their faith... and hopefully by the time they leave they won't be so sure about their god anymore. 
All the silly nuances of Mormonism aside, it wasn't necessarily the one religion that I abandoned but religion altogether.
I can respect religion as a part of culture and spirituality as a part of the human experience. However, the confines of culture limit what you can experience and how you can experience it. The spiritual experience can be found anywhere you look, without the invocation of god.
Nature has given us a window. 
As requested, here are some of my photographs:
This first was taken in Joshua Tree National Park
This is a photo of some Arctic Comb Jellies
This last is not exactly "nature"
Also, my avatar is a photo of two winged termites in amber. They have been fossilized in amber together for about 20 million years. If you've seen Jurassic Park, think of the mosquito. But the dinosaurs are much older at more than 65 million years.
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Re: Hello from Pacific USA! [Re: unmormon]
#16264428 - 05/21/12 09:07 PM (1 year, 2 days ago) |
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unmormon said:
This first was taken in Joshua Tree National Park
This is a photo of some Arctic Comb Jellies
This last is not exactly "nature"
Cool 
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