Open discussion of the Christian Why We're Here thread

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But that's the thing though. People here say terribly offensive things and make generalizations and assumptions about theists all the time lol. Just look through the threads and even some of the thread titles alone. The generalizations and offensive things Neo said about atheists on the debate thread don't really compare to the amount aimed at theists throughout the rest of the forums.

I'm not saying this to complain about it. It's an atheist forum, so of course. I get it lol. My point is simply to point out the double standard I'm seeing. People think Neo is a horrible person for the things he's said about atheists, while everyone else is fine and dandy for what they say about theists. Don't you guys see that?

And yes, Neo is a smartass a lot of times and come off cold and says some insulting things to people that piss them off. But nothing I've seen him say to people is as bad as what I've seen people say to him. And a lot of the reason he is like that is as a response to people having done it to him first, not as the instigator of it all. I am being a completely objective observer here when I say this. I'm not saying he's right to insult people right back or that his generalizations are fair. What I'm saying is that I'm seeing a double standard here, in some people thinking he's awful or sociopathic for saying these things, when many of you guys do the same thing... and do it worse even lol.

Mathilda made a comment to me on a thread that got deleted, that I supposedly "know very well" that as long as us theists are nice, you'll be nice to us. I'm sorry, but this hasn't necessarily been the case lol. It took a while for me to earn respect around here, despite me being very careful to be respectful right off the bat. Someone with less patience and less faith in humanity than myself would probably have given up on trying to stay nice pretty soon after joining.

Again, I'm not complaining about this. I just don't think some people are seeing the double standards when they're pegging Neo as this awful person who insults people and makes mean generalizations about atheists.

And now comes the truth of why a special section is really wanted. 

Theists also dish it out. But evidently theists need a special place in order to do just that so that they don't have to deal with the backlash. 

AF is just that. Atheist Forums. Theists are welcome here but as the rules implicitly imply - when you all post or respond, you need to be mindful of the community with which you are responding to. 


I'll let that marinate.