The Art of Rationality

I, Allison, have contributed to the deconversion of Greg. Yes, I am proud of myself. >:D It’s been on my bucket list to show someone the light of atheism, haha, I never thought I’d accomplish it so soon. I dragged him under the influence of our coterie, and then once exposed to our rationalist ideas, he had no other choice but to abandon his child-like faith in favor of our more complex and fulfilling beliefs.

I run one. Well that’s a bit arrogant, I should probably say, “co-run” it. 

The official leaders are Jessa, Nate, Rachel, and I. But Greg helps out an awful lot.
We’re getting a shirt with a quote on it, that either says, “The unexamined life is not worth living.” -Socrates or “The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.” -Abraham Lincoln.

I like the former, but both are nice.

There are other options, but those are the two most popular options, so it will likely be one of those two.

Our group meets after school, and usually either has around 12 atheists, and 6 Christians. Being a recently deconverted person, it’s tough being the leader. Because the leader’s job isn’t to try to show how wrong Christianity is, but to make sure everyone gets along, and that means either pursuing noncontroversial (religiously) topics, or making sure that no personal attacks are made when discussing ideas. We want people to be able to come and make their ideas heard, and that includes Christians. This, as my friend pointed out, isn’t atheist club. Peopel aren’t going to change their minds about things unless they feel safe in the environment, and that’s my challenge.

Because I want to show people how illogical their thinking is. And while I know I’m right, I can’t make them feel attacked, or they won’t listen. So far we’ve discussed how much a human life is worth (some controversy), immortality, and our plans for a zombie apocalypse. 

If any of you have any ideas, that’d be great. It’s not that we dislike controversy, controversy is awesome and interesting. It’s just, I’d like to see our group mature a bit and grow together first, before introducing topics like religion.

So, any suggestions for an interesting topic to discuss?

La fucking Dispute is coming to Grand Rapids. May 7th. I will be there. <3 I love them so much, I cannot wait to go. I’ll probably be going with Nate and Jessa, and stuffs will happen. I’m sorry I didn’t go in October, but I wasn’t as in love with them as I am now. 

Any of my followers who live near me and are going should email me:
allie3@rocketmail.com

Just shoot me an email telling me that you saw this post, and are planning on attending, and maybe I’ll see you there. :) 

Mine. I gave it in theatre today. About my journey from religion to atheism, and how I’m bisexual. I quite literally screamed in front of the people I’m terrified of judging me,

“I am proud to be atheist. I am PROUD to be bisexual.”

And guess what? Five of the girls gave me a hug, two thanked me, others told me I was brave. TK, my teacher, told me he was proud of me, and surprised. He thought I was conservatively Christian, because those were my views in the past, and he hasn’t exactly questioned me about my beliefs in the past six months.

Greg, my closest friend in the class, but male, gave me the awkward pat on the shoulder as he left. He just sent me this message on Facebook, ”good job on your monologue and everything. I didn’t agree with everything in it of course but it was very well written and executed extremely well.” Greg doesn’t give people compliments, and he’s Christian. :] I really love the people in that class. 

It’s.. support is really, really lovely to have. Evidently I made someone cry, too. 
Theatre is.. so, so beautiful. 

1. Death. I’m signing up for cryonics to hopefully deal with this issue, and plan on leading as fulfilling a life as possible.

2. Losing those I love. Jessa and Nate, my best friends.. I’m terrifed I’ll never find two people like them again. Who love me for who I am, my atheism, my analytical mind, my social awkwardness. I’ve never met people who are the perfect combination of atheist, intelligent, fun-loving, serious, humorous, sexy people, who return my affections.

To be perfectly honest, I have no ambitions about my future. I’m exceptionally intelligent, modest too, but there’s nothing I want to accomplish, except to be happy. I want to follow them to college. If they move to Russia, I will travel with them. In fact, I’m taking Russian next year just to make sure this happens. They don’t exactly know this yet, and I suppose it’s only a half-plan, as I don’t actually know whether or not they would appreciate my company.

For those wondering about the nature of this love, well… 

Jessa is my best friend. I also like kissing her. It’s as simple as that.

Nate, on the other hand. While he’s also my best friend, and I enjoy kissing him, with him, I think it might be something more. He smells intoxicating, and I get butterflies when he’s around. I-I’m afraid his love may only be that of an affectionate friend, and that I’m falling for him. I suppose the smart thing to do would be to cut off the kissing, and hope I don’t fall further than I have. But I recently made a promise to myself to trust in my emotions more, and my emotions say, “Me gusta.” 

I.. are normal people like this? Would they willingly follow their best friends to another continent, even knowing that there’s a possibility that their advances would be rejected? I dislike knowing that I.. I think I love Nate more than he loves me. I think Jessa and I love each other about the same, but.. 

Damnit. Arrogant sexy intellectuals will always be my downfall.