(March 19, 2012 at 3:43 pm)Tiberius Wrote:(March 19, 2012 at 2:08 pm)Norfolk And Chance Wrote:(March 19, 2012 at 1:22 pm)Tiberius Wrote: So let them think they've won. What does it matter to you?
This is an atheist forum so although theists are welcome, atheists should always win - it is our home ground!
Irrelevant. Location should not have any bearing on the strength of one's arguments. I've bested theists, and been bested by theists in this forum, and I'm not afraid to admit it. The notion that atheists should always be right is ridiculous.
So happy to hear how enthusiastically you're putting this out there, Tiberius. We may be light years apart politically but I agree with you here. I'd left this site after a brief time about a year ago because it just seemed that there were so many rabid atheists who were more eager to savage theists than to reason with them.
I found a more comfortable forum over at Agnostics International where I go by the same nom de plume and help moderate. We don't tolerate any ad hominem attacks there but things do get heated at times. Hard core fundies who will do nothing but quote scriptures are tedious but I do enjoy talking with the rare ones who are thoughtful and up front about what they know and what they choose to believe and why. But there is a much larger population here and many people who I like a lot and even more whose ideas and ability to express them impress me. So now I enjoy both.
Again, nice to hear that you welcome and even seek to attract a diverse group. I think it is appropriate on an atheist forum for people, who have suffered and sacrificed much to escape the social pressures that a religious community can exert to keep the flock together, to vent a little. But it would be good if we can all agree to treat each other with respect even when we disagree. As you say, if threads are correctly labeled as religious then it is up to each of us to take responsibility to choose our own poison.
