| Topic: |
Religions > Atheism |
| User: |
"Michelle Malkin" |
| Date: |
20 Aug 2003 01:02:56 AM |
| Object: |
*aa WEEKLY FAQ: WELCOME TO ALT.ATHEISM* |
August 20, 2003
GENERAL ALT.ATHEISM INFORMATION
1. All are welcome in this newsgroup whether they
are atheist or not.
2. Proselytizing of ANY religion is NOT welcome.
Those guilty of this bad nettiquette will be
treated as they deserve. Those posting long
unasked for religious tracts will be reported to
their ISP for harassment. Those who post the
same off-topic messages, hate mail and spam
over and over will also be reported to their ISP.
3. When responding to a long message, please
try to remember to reprint only the part you are
responding to. Also, please don't respond to
another message without reprinting the part you
are responding to. No one knows WHAT you are
responding to, if you don't do this. Also set your
readers to mark reprinted text as quoted and be
sure to retain the attribution (that's the > or >> in
front of each line) to show who said what.
4. All subject threads with the letters aa in front of
them are intended for atheists only. If a theist
should respond to one of these threads and an
atheist wants to respond to the theist in return,
the atheist should remove the aa to start a new
thread. If the theist wants to be polite, he/she
can remove the aa first.
5. The Party Thread or aa Party Thread are for
discussion of any subject that is off-topic for
this newsgroup. These can be funny or serious.
This thread originated with a discussion of a
virtual party.
6. Cross-posting to more than five newsgroups
at any one time is very poor nettiquette and
extremely rude.
7. Killfiles are our friends. Forte Agent, Gravity
and other companies offer this delightful way
to block out the static and noise of trolls and
religious proselytizers who deliberately ignore
this FAQ and plain old-fashioned common
courtesy. Many killfiles also come with a
spell-checker which is a great help to the more
fumble-fingered or spelling handicapped among
us (I use my spell-checker.... religiously?)
Killfiles generally cost a one-time fee of $29 with
no charge at all for upgrades.
8. The alt.atheism atheist/agnostic list is a list of
atheists/agnostic from anywhere on the Internet.
As long as you are an atheist/agnosticwho is
involved in any aspect of the Internet (newsgroups,
WWW, lists, chats, etc., you are welcome to join
and let the rest of the world know that there are a
lot more of us than they may think. Stand up and
be counted! The current count is 2163.
To join the list, send the following information to:
a. the name and/or nickname you want on the list
b. are you an atheist, atheist agnostic, atheist
freethinker, Buddhist atheist or Secular Jew?
c. your year of birth
d. the country you live in
e. your gender
9. The atheist questions are a collection of
questions one of which is posted in alt.atheism
on a weekly basis as a way to liven up the
discussion. There are 200 questions and the
list is currently being updated. Since we've hit
200 questions, the questions are currently being
repeated for the many new members of the
newsgroup Send any suggestions for new questions to:
Eventually all 200 questions will be updated to up to
15 answers each and can be found at:
http://www2.50megs.com/questioner/Questions.html
10. A list of atheistic/freethought music is being
kept by Nikitta Riber #1759 and will be posted
only if requested. Suggestions and/or additions
to the list are welcome and must include titles,
artists, why each suggestion should be added
to the list and a short quote. Please e-mail all
suggestions/additions directly to:
nikittaatichimusai.org
11. This forum is not a conversation with a few at
a party, but a free for all among hundreds of
people with a wide range of interests and
attitudes, so don't feel compelled to respond to
every reply. Pick a few representative or unique
ones that look like they might lead to interesting
conversation and try to stay focused, at least
until you get a sense of some of the respondents,
and they you. Keep your sense of humor and
don't take any of this too personally. You may be
here to learn, to teach or simply to enjoy yourself,
so don't be shy.
12. Do not top post (answer a message above the
message, rather than below it). This throws the
order of message and answer completely out
of whack and is confusing to those trying to
follow the thread.
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)
http://www.mylinuxisp.com/~raymond/alt.atheism/
(alt.atheism FAQ & much more)
http://www.infidels.org/news/atheism/ (current
home of the atheist FAQs & much more)
http://www.skepticfiles.org/atheist/atheistf.htm
(atheist FAQs and arguments)
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ALT.ATHEISM ATHEIST/AGNOSTIC LIST
http://www2.50megs.com/questioner/list1.html
http://www.geocities.com/hypatiab7 (mirror site)
http://www.mylinuxisp.com/~raymond/alt.atheism/
WEEKLY ALT.ATHEISM ATHEIST QUESTION & ANSWERS
http://www2.50megs.com/questioner/Questions.html
http://www.mylinuxisp.com/~raymond/alt.atheism/
LORELEI'S ATHEIST MAP
http://altatheismmaps.ableweb.net/
Atheist Maps
AARON'S ALT.ATHEISM PHOTO PAGE
http://www.mylinuxisp.com/~raymond/alt.atheism/gallery.php
THE ONLINE ATHEIST DICTIONARY
http://www.atheistdictionary.com
FREETHOUGHT CONTACTS PAGE
http://www.infidels.org/people/contacts.cgi
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ATHEIST CHARITY
http://www.atheistcharity.org/
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ATHEIST/FREETHOUGHT RESOURCES
http://www.atheists.org/lobby.html
(American Atheists)
http://humanist.net
(American Humanist Association)
http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.html
(secular humanism info)
http://religioustolerance.org/agnostic.htm
(agnosticism info)
http://nav.webring.org/hub?ring=yatheistring;id=0;err=2;list
(Young Atheists Web Ring)
http://web2.airmail.net/capella/aguide/
(Biblical Errancy Web Site)
(this url will be updated soon)
http://www.ghg.net/phf/books_preface.htm
(Top 420 Books for Atheists, Agnostics,
Freethinkers,Humanists (Index)
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ATHEIST/AGNOSTIC PARENTING
http://boards2.parentsplace.com/messages/get/ppatheist23.html
(Atheist Parents Bulletin Board and more)
http://boards2.parentsplace.com/messages/get/ppagnostic4.html
(Agnostic Parents Bulletin Board and more)
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NON-THEIST REHAB INFORMATION
http://rational.org/recovery (Rational Recovery
.. Systems, Inc.)
http://www.unhooked.com
(Secular Organizations For Sobriety -SOS)
http://www.smartrecovery.org/smart.htm
(Smart Recovery)
http://www.womenforsobriety.org/
(Women For Sobriety, Inc)
(Women For Sobriety has been so successful that
male groups have formed.)
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SOURCES FOR BOOKS ON
ATHEISM/AGNOSTICISM/FREETHOUGHT
http://www.atheists.org.lobby.html
(American Atheists)
http://www.amazonbooks.com
(Amazon Books)
http://www.barnesandnoble.com
(Barnes & Noble Books)
http://prometheusbooks.com/index.htm
(Prometheus Books)
http://www.infidels.org/infidels/products/books/
(Internet Infidels/Secular Web)
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Corrections and suggestions are welcome .
This FAQ is currently posted weekly in
alt.atheism. It will be posted in other
atheist newsgroups by request only.
Michelle Malkin (Mickey)
aa atheist list # ordainer and brander
EAC Bible thumper thumper
BAAWA Knight Who Says SPONG!
http://questioner.www2.50megs.com
http://www.geocities.com/hypatiab7/
Michelle Malkin (Mickey)
http://questioner.www2.50megs.com
atheist/agnostic list ordainer
EAC Bible thumper thumper
BAAWA Knight who says SPONG!
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