(May 2, 2018 at 1:34 am)ignoramus Wrote: EG: why would I go to a religious forum? What to gain? Knowledge? Disdain?
I go on a fundie forums to debate... I love debate, and I'm not afraid to approach them on their turf.
Otherwise, I occasionally visit religious forums to understand and be understood... maybe find some common ground. I found a fellow Plato fan on a Christian forum, and we PM about him, so that stuff happens too.
However, oftentimes I am left with disdain, just as you said--so there's that. I consider this place "home base" though, and if blatant ignorance ever becomes too much for me, I can always come back here express my issues to people who understand. (That's part of what prompted this thread, actually.) So I'm grateful for the AF community, and I don't think I could stand going on religious forums without also being able to come back here and have conversations with people who respect logic and reason.
