RE: For the love of these very forums.
October 5, 2015 at 12:01 am
(This post was last modified: October 5, 2015 at 12:27 am by Whateverist.)
Special shout out to Cthuluhuhuhu for his steady hand on the tiller for so long. I feel lucky to be somewhere on line where people much more technologically savvy than I can make a thing like this work so well. Kudos also to Tibbers for getting it up and keeping it alive until it could fill out; now there is a regular community which morphs pretty regularly but smoothly.
I think we've changed from a place where atheists hold off all theist challenges to a place where anyone capable of open conversation can claim an equal seat at the table. Blowhards of either stripe stand out more as not belonging than theists do. Somehow it does this while at the same time being a place where recent de-converts can get support as they work through the damage.
Now the only problem is the magnitude of the attractive nuisance it represents for those of us looking for the same sort of community in RL. The anonymity of the web makes some risks easier, like being blunt when that is called for or expressing appreciation as is happening here. Thanks to the many who guard (or have guarded) the space against spam bots and trolls without crushing the freedom of expression. I couldn't do what you do, so thank you for doing it so well.
I think we've changed from a place where atheists hold off all theist challenges to a place where anyone capable of open conversation can claim an equal seat at the table. Blowhards of either stripe stand out more as not belonging than theists do. Somehow it does this while at the same time being a place where recent de-converts can get support as they work through the damage.
Now the only problem is the magnitude of the attractive nuisance it represents for those of us looking for the same sort of community in RL. The anonymity of the web makes some risks easier, like being blunt when that is called for or expressing appreciation as is happening here. Thanks to the many who guard (or have guarded) the space against spam bots and trolls without crushing the freedom of expression. I couldn't do what you do, so thank you for doing it so well.
