(July 29, 2015 at 12:30 pm)lkingpinl Wrote: I'm interested to know the reasons why people came to this forum. Was it to maybe get some answers on things you were struggling with? Was it for a sense of community of like minded individuals? Was it to promote debate?
For me I came to listen to voices of differing opinions than my own. I feel the only way I can grow intellectually is to continue to branch in to areas I don't know enough of as well as to listen to those that draw different conclusions than myself to the same questions.
Why did you come and what keeps you coming back?
I got to this board just a few weeks before you got here, and came for the same reasons as yourself, except more because I thought it would be interesting verses intellectual. But nonetheless, to help me grow and learn new things from very different people.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh
