Well... I guess this is goodbye...

[A Theist]

What I've noticed is that a lot of the discussions quickly go off topic and deteriorate into angry rants, verbal tirades, name-calling, personal attacks, back and forth arguing, and smear....and it's not just the theists who are being attacked. Look what some of these guys did to Manowar when he gave his opinion against Obamacare, (see thread Obamacare). He was attacked and maligned by other posters who called him selfish, greedy, parasite, cock sucker,....one poster called Manowar a sick f***k and that he hated him with every fiber of his being, hoped that he would get cancer and drop f***king dead (see #31 Obamacare). When Raphiel raised an objection, (again, see thread Obamacare), another poster responded with verbal assaults against his brother, calling him stupid and a complete dumb f**k. I used Manowar and RaphielDrake as examples to show that it's not just the theists who are being attacked, but it's also other atheists who are being verbally attacked simply for disagreeing. There's nothing wrong with heated debates and discussions but when the discussion deteriorates to personal attacks and counter attacks, back and forth verbal tirades, and childish temper tantrum playground name calling then it's no longer a discussion. Could be one of a few reasons among others why people are leaving the forum.