Hello all

[PringleTree]

Hello everyone.  I'm new here.  Regarding my religious background, my family belonged to the Methodist Church when I was a youngster, although neither of my parents were religious in their daily lives.  My father was a high school teacher and basketball and football coach in a small town below the Mason-Dixon Line.  In the late 1960s, when I was about 10, he took a job with the Federal Gov't., and our church attendance decreased dramatically and then ceased altogether.  Looking back, I can see that our church membership was merely an extension of his coaching--it was the social norm of the day that anyone exercising influence over the young men of the town had better be seen (with his family) in a pew on Sundays. 

I myself had lost any latent religiosity by the mid 1990s.   By 2000, I was comfortable in describing myself as an atheist, although I must admit I didn't go out of my way to advertise it.  Now I'm looking to converse/exchange ideas with like-minded folks.  Happy to have found this Forum.

Sorry to have rambled a bit here.
Chris

[Bibliofagus]

Welcome! What do we do to get at the Pringles?

[PringleTree]

Lol. I must admit I'm a Ruffles guy myself.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

We'll water you. It's probably not going to smell real good,  but harvest season will come eventually.

[GrinningYMIR]

Welcome to the forum!

[PickelledEggs]

I have a feeling that we won't be able to get enough of you. Seriously. Once you pop, you just can't stop.

[PringleTree]

... Seriously. Once you pop, you just can't stop.

Ah, gotta admit, that's good.

[stromboli]

Ah, gotta admit, that's good.

One must choose one's user name with care, grasshopper. 

[Solitary]

Welcome aboard PringleTree! I never knew they grew on trees.    Solitary