Every blue moon someone asks me about "M.Christian" and what it might mean. Despite my fondness for games, and my very weird sense of humor, it doesn't really mean anything: it's just my real name, backwards.The reason I mention this is because people sometime assume "M.Christian" has a different kind of hidden meaning, that it's a 'loud and proud' sign of my belief or religion.
Even though I try to keep personal stuff personal, this is a good time to say something about that: I'm an atheist. No doubts, hesitations, or uncertainty: I don't believe in god, gods, ghosts, faeries, UFOs or the similar.
The reason this is a good time to come out of the philosophical closet is Richard Dawkins, a man I admire and respect, has started an OUT campaign for us unbelievers, one marked by a scarlet 'A'."
So come on all you other fellow rationalists, now's a good time to stand up and be counted!
2 comments:
Finally -- a scarlet letter that means something good! Thanks for this info. I'm off to get my A right now....
It's me, Marika ... it took me well into my twenties to learn to love my name ... as I do not look like what I think a Marika should look like... and well you know how it goes with the Christian thing. Now I am rather proud of it,"Christians" are quite the rebels, ask Captain Bligh!
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