Blondie Wrote:Quote:Those were reasons why the other I chose not to believe in those religions. To another person, they can argue why they can't accept Christianity. It is no different then the purpose of this forum which is to reject any belief of something the goes beyond logic or the human mind. It is no different then why Christianity doesn't work for you regardless of the reasoning or logic behind your thinking. I expressed my opinion period. One member on here explained why she thinks that Christianity is false. I did not persecute her or crucify her because she did not agree with me. I explained the problem between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam face and the splits and argue that these three belief systems have.
As far as the persecution card, no this is by no means persecution. Real persecution goes on everyday in the Middle East over the difference of opinion about religion.
You all have, however, disrespected me in the beginning and some are still doing it. That is not persecution. I really have no idea why I signed up. For the same reason you all laugh at me about my belief in something is the same reason I started exploring the site to begin with after I found a dude dressed up in a dolphin costume just to get attention which was posted on this site. I did not do a search for an atheist forum. It was not my intention to stay on this site. But something caught my attention so I decided to stay probably after ticking most if not all of this community off. So, I apologize for the earlier posts. Now give me a chance to learn your viewpoints along with anyone else who wants to share their viewpoints with me without the name-calling and drama crap.
The purpose of the forum is to have discussions. How the discussion goes depends on the attitude of those involved. This being a forum with a lot of skeptical atheists, you're likely to run into a fair number of people who consider claims that 'go beyond logic or the human mind' to be empty pretty much by definition.
I'm glad you don't consider having your ideas disrespected on the internet persecution. I have hopes for you.
Plenty of people get off to a rocky start here that settle in nicely after their initial difficulties. People get to know each other, how to take what the other is saying, and so on. You've many, many hostile religious people visiting here before you to thank for there not being much benefit of the doubt left around here. However, we have respected members who are theists of various stripes, and theist members who may get less respect, but have been around for years because they follow the rules. If you're getting anything out of this experience, I hope you stick around.
I'm not anti-Christian. I'm anti-stupid.