Everyone Listen!

[Christian]

Many have labelled me as a troll or a poe for speaking my mind on this forum. Many have called for a ban.

Isn't AF a democracy? I think when Mr. Tiberius created this forum, free speech was the main driving force.

I am a true servant of Lord Jesus Christ and if that hurts you, then I will probably leave and never come back. My idea is not to preach about my Lord here but to merely share the truth with all fellow human beings and friends.

[FatAndFaithless]

[Fidel_Castronaut]

Isn't AF a democracy?

Lol, no.

Listen, doesn't matter what you believe. If you go onto an online forum (or indeed in real life) you're going to eventually come up against someone who disagrees with you.

Now remember that you're a christian coming onto an atheist forum. Are the reactions really so surprising? Maybe look to the other theists that have been here for a long time and how they've grown a thick skin when it comes to sharing their beliefs.

Rule of thumb - don't want your beliefs criticised or called out? Don't share them, and certainly don't try and tell people that you're the only one that's right and everyone who disagrees with you is wrong 'just because'.

[Jenny A]

I've yet to participate in a forum that was a democracy. It's a virtual place where you can post, if you follow the rules. Note: you and I didn't get to vote on the rules, the mods, or the staff. Just be glad that there are no taxes.

[Esquilax]

Isn't AF a democracy?

It really, super isn't. We reserve the right to remove whomever breaches our rules, or is a disruptive influence on the board. That's not to say we aren't welcoming, and if you weren't ticking off so many of the boxes that would label you a poe, we wouldn't have a problem with you. Consider that we have numerous christian members who have managed to post here for years without problems, and then examine your own behavior.

Because, see, when a new guy comes onto the boards with a super-obvious username, and proceeds to open thread after thread that basically seem to come out of the theist troll's greatest hits album, without ever truly responding in any meaningful way, all the while grandstanding as horrendously as possible...

That screams poe or troll, dude.

[Aoi Magi]

Christian, I don't mind when a religious people shares their perspective, rather I welcome it. But several of your recent threads look like simple troll threads rather than an attempt to have an earnest discussion.

[Christian]

I am not a new guy. I have been here for more than 2 years.

[Fidel_Castronaut]

Come the fuck along.

you've been here for 2 years but posted hardly anything until the other day.

You may have lurked, posted every now and then, but you're hardly a member of the community.

[rexbeccarox]

I am not a new guy. I have been here for more than 2 years.

With more than a year's posting gap between September of last year and a couple of weeks ago. Then you came back and bombed the board.

[Jackalope]

Isn't AF a democracy?

No, it is not, nor was it ever.