(March 19, 2015 at 1:31 pm)RobertE Wrote:

(March 19, 2015 at 12:57 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: I joined several theist forums with the intent to engage in honest discussions. I am honestly interested in what people believe and why they believe it.

I never cussed (Christians have the ability to ignore evidence and logical argument if any profanity is used) and never insulted. All I did was ask honest questions, respond to their questions honestly, and point out fallacies and inaccuracies.

The longest I ever lasted was probably about 10 posts. Banned every time.

I have a great plan in mind. I might join a catholic one and an Islamic one, and just post honestly and join in debates. I will not let on as to who I am or what my beliefs (or a lack of) are and if all is good and everything moves swimmingly, I will feed them some false information, just to make things interesting i.e. things that both Catholics and Muslims hate. Then we will see which forum would ban me first.

I've heard that dishonesty is not a good policy. Wouldn't it be more instructive to see which bans you first for who you really are?

(March 23, 2015 at 10:39 am)Mister Agenda Wrote:

(March 19, 2015 at 1:31 pm)RobertE Wrote: I have a great plan in mind. I might join a catholic one and an Islamic one, and just post honestly and join in debates. I will not let on as to who I am or what my beliefs (or a lack of) are and if all is good and everything moves swimmingly, I will feed them some false information, just to make things interesting i.e. things that both Catholics and Muslims hate. Then we will see which forum would ban me first.

I've heard that dishonesty is not a good policy. Wouldn't it be more instructive to see which bans you first for who you really are?

True. I have always stated that honesty is indeed the best policy, and the idea was good at the start, said with a bit if tongue in cheek. However, I wouldn't mind joining just one and seeing how it goes.

(March 23, 2015 at 4:44 pm)RobertE Wrote:

(March 23, 2015 at 10:39 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: I've heard that dishonesty is not a good policy. Wouldn't it be more instructive to see which bans you first for who you really are?

True. I have always stated that honesty is indeed the best policy, and the idea was good at the start, said with a bit if tongue in cheek. However, I wouldn't mind joining just one and seeing how it goes.

I tried joining christianforums, who banned me after about 3 posts into a debate.

(March 19, 2015 at 1:31 pm)RobertE Wrote:

(March 19, 2015 at 12:57 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: I joined several theist forums with the intent to engage in honest discussions. I am honestly interested in what people believe and why they believe it.

I never cussed (Christians have the ability to ignore evidence and logical argument if any profanity is used) and never insulted. All I did was ask honest questions, respond to their questions honestly, and point out fallacies and inaccuracies.

The longest I ever lasted was probably about 10 posts. Banned every time.

I have a great plan in mind. I might join a catholic one and an Islamic one, and just post honestly and join in debates. I will not let on as to who I am or what my beliefs (or a lack of) are and if all is good and everything moves swimmingly, I will feed them some false information, just to make things interesting i.e. things that both Catholics and Muslims hate. Then we will see which forum would ban me first.

I tried feeding what I thought was false information on a forum and then realized to my chagrin that it was universally true. All hell broke loose.
"You can't Handle the Truth!"
-Col. Nathan Jessup

Don't be shocked by this, but CARM has been down for 5 days now. If you ever wanted to be thrown off CARM you may have missed your chance.

(March 23, 2015 at 4:47 am)Smaug Wrote: I see only two reasons to be an active member on a religious forum: if you are a researcher and need to collect data or if you are a troll. Otherwise there's a probability arbitrary close to one of encountering one or more absolutely crazy nutjobs that are going to prevent any sort of reasonable discussion from ever taking place. If you want to debate with a theist you'd like to do it on neutral grounds where there are no nutjubs to pull their shenanigans and potentially abuse moderational power. As for me, I've never been a member on any religious forum for any reason.

What if you have an online friend who is Christian, and want to see where said friend hangs out?

Well, I have finally done it. I am with Ummah.com. I have asked a couple of questions regarding paganism so, I am waiting for either a response or the banhammer. Wish me luck everyone.

(March 23, 2015 at 9:21 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote:

(March 23, 2015 at 4:47 am)Smaug Wrote: I see only two reasons to be an active member on a religious forum: if you are a researcher and need to collect data or if you are a troll. Otherwise there's a probability arbitrary close to one of encountering one or more absolutely crazy nutjobs that are going to prevent any sort of reasonable discussion from ever taking place. If you want to debate with a theist you'd like to do it on neutral grounds where there are no nutjubs to pull their shenanigans and potentially abuse moderational power. As for me, I've never been a member on any religious forum for any reason.

What if you have an online friend who is Christian, and want to see where said friend hangs out?

Careful treading those waters, my friend. They might try to convert you.

I avoid theist-centric forums for the same reason I wouldn't come to an atheist-centric forum if I were religious. They'd likely get treated like idiots here, just as they treat non-theists as idiots there. I tend to focus on more general-purpose forums where you can talk about various subjects without the battle lines already being drawn.

Plus, unless it's set up specifically as a forum for atheists and theists to debate, it's really pretty disrespectful to go into someone else's house and crap on their carpet.

(March 25, 2015 at 7:07 pm)Cephus Wrote: I avoid theist-centric forums for the same reason I wouldn't come to an atheist-centric forum if I were religious. They'd likely get treated like idiots here, just as they treat non-theists as idiots there. I tend to focus on more general-purpose forums where you can talk about various subjects without the battle lines already being drawn.

Plus, unless it's set up specifically as a forum for atheists and theists to debate, it's really pretty disrespectful to go into someone else's house and crap on their carpet.

Heh. But why not? They piss on our parade plenty.