The Tag That Half The World Has Heeded
I’ve seen this tag on over half the blogs that I visit. The responders have covered the A to Z of the blogosphere and finally after 1682 years of waiting, I’ve finally been tagged to answer the Six Weird Things About You tag.
1. I’m a scuba diver now and I used to swim for my class back in high school (about 1/40000 as good as this batchmate of mine), but I nearly drowned as an eight year old. After taking the water slide in the 6-foot deep part of the pool, I suddenly panicked and lost all treading instincts. Luckily (and fortunately), my Dad jumped in to save me. A perfectly nice belt and a state-of-the-art beeper were destroyed as a result of this heroism.
2. I would return the favor to someone at age 12. I went David Hasselhoff on a classmate (and then-close friend) as he struggled to keep himself afloat. Ironically, we’re no longer friends. It’s a long story and somebody ended up getting punched on the face.
3. I am a geography geek. The atlas was among the first books that I ever read. I was six when I memorized the capitals of the world. Of course, I didn’t stop there. Months later, I figured out a way to memorize the largest cities, currencies, languages and major religions of almost all countries. To this day I could still provide a fairly accurate estimate of how big a country is in square miles. One of my fondest memory of my high school academic life was when I drew the map of Africa on the board without looking at another map for reference. I also placed the capitals on the geographically appropriate locations within each country. Needless to say, everyone in class hated me for having the audacity to show off.
4 . I’m terrified of dogs. Everyone who knows me in real life knows this, but I doubt if I’ve ever told any blogger. Have I been bitten? No. I HATE DOGS.
5. I have a weird pathology that makes me prone to seeing words that I haven’t typed yet. That’s the reason why I sometimes make weird-looking sentences. On a number of occasions, I’ve actually left out the word NOT in the sentence and that has made me contradict the essence of what I’m trying to convey. And oh, yeah, I’m dyslexic.
6. Despite my atheism, I enjoy discussing theological and scientific (specifically evolution) concepts with creationists and people fo faith who could ground their arguments in logic and reason. I don’t think it’s fair to assume that being religious makes one inept in discussing scientific concepts - although we’ve seen it time and time again in this blog. There are exceptions to the rule. My hat’s off to the smart people in the debating community who see the value of logic in talking about issues like these.
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i’m interested in the details of “weird thing” number 2.
He jumped from the high diving board into the 10-foot deep part of the pool. He struggled. I saved him. There you go! hehe
So you’re a dyslexic atheist? No wonder you hate dogs
exactly. Dammit, you discriminate against people with learning disabilities?!
Why do you hate dogs? Just because? Haha. I love dogs. I’ve drowned too, because somebody drowned me, well long story. How come somebody ended up getting punched in the face? And why aren’t you friends anymore?
Err, okay, sorry for the *too-nosy* questions. haha.
Because rabies kills! haha
“4 . I’m terrified of dogs. Everyone who knows me in real life knows this, but I doubt if I’ve ever told any blogger. Have I been bitten? No. I HATE DOGS.”
Now we know where your soft spot is, Achilles. Prepare to receive a cute cuddly puppy this Christmas.
“Despite my atheism, I enjoy discussing theological and scientific (specifically evolution) concepts with creationists and people or faith who could ground their arguments in logic and reason. I don’t think it’s fair to assume that being religious makes one inept in discussing scientific concepts - although we’ve seen it time and time again in this blog. There are exceptions to the rule. My hat’s off to the smart people in the debating community who see the value of logic in talking about issues like these.”
Most atheists generally enjoy discussing theological and scientific concepts with creationists so the word “despite” shouldn’t be in the first sentence
I’m curious. What’s the best logical argument you’ve heard for god in a debate
Well, I enjoy debating about evolution - only when the anti-evolution debaters argue on scientific facts. Evolution can’t be debunked by pushing Creationism forward. It’s a very fun debate and all critical-minded people who know what evolution is about would definitely find such an exercise fairly stimulating. I think I phrased the statement too vaguely to the point that it made you think that it was more theological than scientific. Debates don’t happen so you could pwn the other person. It doesn’t work that way.
hmm… it isn’t he “long story” that you told there, eh?
I wanna know who #2 is!