Proud to be!

[Gabanuka]

-British
-One of only 6 metal lovers in my year of 200
-A nerd
-A PS3 owner
-Liking pink

 

[Ryuk2]

I'm proud to be:
Atheist
straight
metal fan
Kinda short list.

 

[Emilie Diabolica]

uh... finances? what on earth do you mean?

Oh good lord, my bad, Spell Check malfunction. I mean Fiancee.

reading your above quote, my question is sort of answered, I know you didn't ask for my advice, but just make sure its fair on both parties. I've seen my fair share of people who've broken up because of sexual preference, its not fun.

mm yeah that worried me a lot earlier on. he's bi as well so he understands my situation more than most guys would, and we've talked about what could happen if i veer even more towards the lesbian scale of things, etc..
he doesnt mind my attraction to girls and i dont mind him checking out cute guys at the shops.
it works out well.

 

[Emilie Diabolica]

mm yeah that worried me a lot earlier on. he's bi as well so he understands my situation more than most guys would, and we've talked about what could happen if i veer towards the lesbian scale of things, etc..
he doesnt mind my attraction to girls and i dont mind him checking out cute guys at the shops.
it works out well.

Well thats good to hear, I'm happy for you both and I hope it works out well for both of you.

^^ thanks

 

[Necrofudge]

I am proud to be who I am.
I worked hard to become me.

At least that makes more sense. I don't get how somebody can be "proud" of being a fan of something, or of being from whatever country they are in, unless they have actually contributed something significant to it; like passing a major law that benefits everyone or something.

*Atheist

*Atheist

atheist,

An Atheist

*An Atheist

*Atheist

An Atheist

You all make me laugh, and not in a good way if you can be proud of something such as a belief in no God.

Considering this is what being proud means:

Proud

-adjective
1. feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself (often fol. by of, an infinitive, or a clause).
2. having, proceeding from, or showing a high opinion of one's own dignity, importance, or superiority.
3. having or showing self-respect or self-esteem.
4. highly gratifying to the feelings or self-esteem: It was a proud day for him when his son entered college.
5. highly honorable or creditable: a proud achievement.
6. stately, majestic, or magnificent: proud cities.
7. of lofty dignity or distinction: a proud name; proud nobles.
8. Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. pleased; happy: I'm proud to meet you.
9. full of vigor and spirit: a proud young stallion.

Creditable to oneself. Seems to work for us within our bubble of atheist buddies and whatnot.
Also, its interesting how you would take a strike at that specifically. There is pride in holding on to delusions but if you live a life without them you cant have any pride in it.

 

[RanD00M]

I´m proud to be unknown around The Escapist.

 

[grimsprice]

You all make me laugh, and not in a good way if you can be proud of something such as a belief in no God.

You also make me laugh, similarly not in a good way. We're proud to believe that theres no higher cause such as God or the Devil or whatever. And people like you, who take the time to go through the online dictionaries to back up your pitiful drivel, have no right to criticize.

Sorry Webster, but you've lost that argument.

What argument? You haven't actually made a point. Although you have proven mine rather well, so thank you.

I prefer to take the time with my responses, you say that like it's a bad thing. Considering you are an atheist I would have thought using logic, in other words, backing up a point with evidence would be high priority to you.

It would illogical for me to claim that you are arrogant and self important if I did not use a definition as a way of making my point, how else would I prove it? Being proud is to have self importance, to have self importance over what you would almost certainly claim as "a logical viewpoint" is pathetic.

It's like me claiming to be proud that I believe in gravity.

I fail to see how believes in the non-existence of an omnipotent being, which in fact is very highly considered opinion in which people base their lives on, even compares with the existence of gravity, which is proven fact, like it or not.

Furthermore, I fail to see how my so called arrogance and self importance has been brought into this by merely saying I'm proud to say that I reject the belief of God. I admit I have an arrogance tendency but I think I can safely say it isn't fueled by my belief of God.

If anything, it shows you to be more of the arrogant person for criticizing the opinions of others, and that just makes me sick. Perhaps you should find something better to do with your time. You may benefit.

Anyway, this is immaterial and I have a lot of other things I could be doing. So this'll be my last subject on the matter as I don't want to fuel a flame war in which you needlessly created for no adequately explained reason on this thread.

I think you are missing the point. He is equating 'no belief in god' and 'gravity'. If the norm world wide was to not believe in gravity, those who do would most definitely be very proud to believe in gravity. Being right, and going against the grain is something to be proud of. Thats why being an atheist is important to us, because we can see what others do not. (at least in our minds) And that is the source of our pride.

 

[TheBarefootBandit]

Proud to be alive.

 

[Pimppeter2]

A Friend


*hugs*

 

[Poopie McGhee]

A Human
A 360 owner
A Gamer
Satanic

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

Irish
A ska fan (join the fuckin' group or I'll break yer legs! In a nice way. With trumpets.)
A metal fan
Intelligent
A bassist

 

[GreyWolf257]

Proud to be:

An American

A Christian

Alive

 

[Riccan]

I am proud to be:

A Buddhist

A WH40K fan

A sarcastic prick

A metalhead

 

[siege_1302]

This thread actually made me think for a second, it's not so clear-cut as I immediately thought.

I am proud to be me. Not anyone else, me.

 

[GodofDisaster]

Am proud to be/of

A gamer.

My surname.

A part of this community.

Also am quite proud of the fact that I have Auburn hair not ginger Auburn, hate it when people can't tell the difference.

 

[Andalusa]

I am proud to be
- a girl
- ginger
- an Escapist
- a gamer
- crazy
- really nice to people
and a bunch of other stuff, but yeah.

 

[GHMonkey]

American (True Patriot through and through)
Irish Catholic
Ballroom Dancer
Fighter
Bartender

 

[Dancingman]

Proud to be:

An American
A Gamer
A Roleplayer
A History fan
Of English descent

 

[Venatio]

Proud to be:

American: Citizen of a Nation that is the leader of the free world and, for all its flaws, a land that will always be my home.

Atheist: Not held down by tradition or beliefs I am able to pay equal respect to all peoples regardless of background. My mind and actions are my own, my path and my choices the product of my own decisions.

Gamer: I traffic in the art of a new age, a medium for the next generation.

Colledge Freshman: Getting the lay of the land, paving the way to my future success.

 

[Spacelord]

... Secure enough in my identity to be proud of myself regardless of affiliation.