RE: Why did you come to this board?
July 29, 2015 at 2:16 pm
(This post was last modified: July 29, 2015 at 2:17 pm by MTL.)
I came for a number of purposes:
1. I feel the world is retrogressing back into a repressed sort of Dark Ages of religious mania
and it is supportive to read rational posts from intelligent people...so, community of the like-minded, certainly.
2. However, I love that Theists who are interested in a debate, or who are honestly questioning their religion,
come to boards like this. There are so many Theists who shut down all conversation that is not in line with their beliefs,
so that is encouraging....plus I'd be lying if I denied that it also provides a chance for closure...saying stuff I've always wanted to say, to Theists.
3. Often, I'm just lonely (and a bit depressed by the closed-minded Theism in my own family).
This board provides both some company, and a means with which to vent, to some degree.
(Although I live in fear of somehow doing something I'm not supposed to...especially starting a thread that is too similar to threads that others have already debated many times
...I find some of the threads so long that by the time I read everything already posted, I will be too tired to contribute, but I don't want to repeat what someone has already said).
1. I feel the world is retrogressing back into a repressed sort of Dark Ages of religious mania
and it is supportive to read rational posts from intelligent people...so, community of the like-minded, certainly.
2. However, I love that Theists who are interested in a debate, or who are honestly questioning their religion,
come to boards like this. There are so many Theists who shut down all conversation that is not in line with their beliefs,
so that is encouraging....plus I'd be lying if I denied that it also provides a chance for closure...saying stuff I've always wanted to say, to Theists.
3. Often, I'm just lonely (and a bit depressed by the closed-minded Theism in my own family).
This board provides both some company, and a means with which to vent, to some degree.
(Although I live in fear of somehow doing something I'm not supposed to...especially starting a thread that is too similar to threads that others have already debated many times
...I find some of the threads so long that by the time I read everything already posted, I will be too tired to contribute, but I don't want to repeat what someone has already said).
