Hi everyone. As should be obvious, I, too, am a South African skeptic and atheist. I joined the forum because, sad as it may be, I do not know even one single “out” atheist IRL and I often feel frustrated and alone. And angry. Very, very angry.
Anycase, I only just joined so I’ll probably lurk for a while. See ya around.
EDIT: You know what, freck that. I’ve been ruled by fear my entire life and this is just another example of it - too terrified someone, somewhere will find out I’m gasp an atheist, so lemme try that again.
Hi everyone. My name is Leia, I’m 30, I come from Potchefstroom, born and raised. To an extend, that’s like living in the Bible Belt on steroids, or at least that’s how it feels right now.
I work at the tertiary institution there, hoping to one day become a lecturer. That’s if I ever manage to get my Honours done - I’ve been trying for years to do it at this institution but I’ve finally given up and will register at UNISA for next year. Right now my study field is language and linguistics, but I’m hoping to get to a point where I can do degrees in sociology, psychology and eventually, hopefully, something in physics or biology. I’m one of those people who would be happy to be a student/scholar for the rest of my life, always striving to learn something more, hoarding knowledge like a crow hoards shiny things.
I’m a regular reader and sometime contributor at Pharyngula and the rest of Freethoughtblogs and my main interests lie in issues of atheism, social justice and social constructs.
That’s all I can think of that would be of interest right now, but questions are welcome! And thanks for creating this space.