Well both myself and Synackaon have the "keys" (so to speak) for the server, so I guess either one of us could do it. There would literally be no point to doing it though, and we'd also be in the same basket as the admins at other atheist forums who for some reason or another thought that a hostile takeover was the best course of action (where are those forums today...oh yes, pretty much dead). :-)

(November 11, 2013 at 9:30 am)John V Wrote: This doesn't accurately describe the site's mission. The description that comes up on Google is:

Quote:Atheist Forums is a website aimed at getting atheists and theists talking about various issues including atheism, theism, god, religion, science, and everything in ...

If it said:
Atheist Forums is a website where atheists unload a dump truck full of shit on theists who have differing views...

you'd have a point. But it doesn't.

I don't see much of atheists unloading on theists out of principle until the theist makes a name for him/herself for saying objectionable things, or for being very terrible at presenting and defending a position. It's unfortunate that we get so many theists here who appear to be congenitally attached to extreme and bloodcurdling viewpoints. That's not our fault, though.

(November 11, 2013 at 4:35 pm)Ryantology Wrote:

(November 11, 2013 at 9:30 am)John V Wrote: This doesn't accurately describe the site's mission. The description that comes up on Google is:
If it said:
Atheist Forums is a website where atheists unload a dump truck full of shit on theists who have differing views...

you'd have a point. But it doesn't.

I don't see much of atheists unloading on theists out of principle until the theist makes a name for him/herself for saying objectionable things, or for being very terrible at presenting and defending a position.

And? You know that many theists will say things which atheists find objectionable.

(November 11, 2013 at 5:01 pm)John V Wrote:

(November 11, 2013 at 4:35 pm)Ryantology Wrote: I don't see much of atheists unloading on theists out of principle until the theist makes a name for him/herself for saying objectionable things, or for being very terrible at presenting and defending a position.

And? You know that many theists will say things which atheists find objectionable.

And vice-versa. So what? What precisely is your point?

(November 11, 2013 at 5:10 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: And vice-versa. So what? What precisely is your point?

That there are atheists espousing a climate which conflicts with the site's stated mission.

(November 11, 2013 at 5:13 pm)John V Wrote:

(November 11, 2013 at 5:10 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: And vice-versa. So what? What precisely is your point?

That there are atheists espousing a climate which conflicts with the site's stated mission.

Part of that stated mission is to provide a forum that values free speech and that does not censor opinions, within the limits stated in our rules.

As long as they do so, they're welcome to stay - and when they aren't, they are shown the door. Are you suggesting that we don't ban atheists that are excessively disruptive?

(November 11, 2013 at 5:25 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Part of that stated mission is to provide a forum that values free speech and that does not censor opinions, within the limits stated in our rules.

And part of it is to get atheists and theists talking, a goal not likely to be accomplished by dumping a truckload of shit on theists.

(November 11, 2013 at 5:29 pm)John V Wrote:

(November 11, 2013 at 5:25 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Part of that stated mission is to provide a forum that values free speech and that does not censor opinions, within the limits stated in our rules.

And part of it is to get atheists and theists talking, a goal not likely to be accomplished by dumping a truckload of shit on theists.

Oh, I don't know. Seems like we have a fairly lively bunch of theists here.

(November 11, 2013 at 5:31 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Oh, I don't know. Seems like we have a fairly lively bunch of theists here.

I'd say it's more a handful of fairly lively Christians.

(November 11, 2013 at 5:37 pm)John V Wrote:

(November 11, 2013 at 5:31 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Oh, I don't know. Seems like we have a fairly lively bunch of theists here.

I'd say it's more a handful of fairly lively Christians.

Perhaps we should drag a few here against their will?