(July 13, 2017 at 6:28 pm)Rhondazvous Wrote:(July 13, 2017 at 5:37 pm)Cecelia Wrote: I wonder how we atheists would be treated on these Christian message boards.
Would we be welcomed with open arms? Somehow, I doubt it.
Even when I was a Christian, I stopped going to Christian forums because of the way they treated one another. Even the moderators needed moderating. Now if I went in there as an atheist, my very presence would probably be a unifying force for them.
Me: Hi. I'm Rhonda and I'm an atheist.
Christian 1: Who let her in here?
Christian 2: Why would she tell us she's an atheist unless she came to convert us to satanism.
Christian 3: Make sure you dock her ip address.
Someone once invited me to join a Christian group on FB.
I declined, stating the reason, "I'm an atheist. You know I'm an atheist. Why would you invite me to join a Christian group, especially an conservative one?"
Got almost the exact response from a few members as you quoted for Christian 2.
Playing Cluedo with my mum while I was at Uni:
"You did WHAT? With WHO? WHERE???"