Wanting some feedback from the atheists

[LadyForCamus]

So these questions are for the atheists. Now that AF has this section for civil discourse, I feel I can ask this and get some honest answers from posters who are serious in talking this out.

What are your opinions about us theists in this forum?

I like you guys; meaning our core, resident theists that Vulc mentioned earlier.  

Do you generally like having us here? Why or why not?

Absolutely.  I enjoy discussing dissenting positions, because I enjoy challenging my own positions. I always learn something from someone in those types of conversations, even if it’s a small thing.  I love my fellow atheist peeps here, but we do agree on a lot of things.  It leaves me with an itch that needs scratching, so to speak. 

What can we do to improve and to make it easier/more enjoyable for you to have discussions with us?

I think, generally speaking, you guys do what you do just fine.  I think both sides of the isle could work on less hostility, and knee-jerk insults.  It’s a team effort.

Are you in favor of this civility section to have more productive discussions with theists and other people of differing views?

Well, I was...lol.

What do you hope to gain from productive discussions with theists?

i simply enjoy exploring different ideas and positions.  If both interlocutors are honest with each other and themselves during the discussion, and if I can learn a new fact about a subject that I didn’t know before and vice versa, that to me is successful dialogue, even if noone’s mind is changed.