RE: Rule Changes + New Restrictions
November 12, 2013 at 1:27 am
(This post was last modified: November 12, 2013 at 1:30 am by Angrboda.)
(November 11, 2013 at 5:37 pm)John V Wrote:(November 11, 2013 at 5:31 pm)Cthulhu Dreaming Wrote: Oh, I don't know. Seems like we have a fairly lively bunch of theists here.I'd say it's more a handful of fairly lively Christians.
In the main, I would say you are leaning in the right direction, however, likely on account of the base rate for Christians versus other theists in this type of venue (setting aside the question of deism, for the moment). However, it's not an exceedingly strong point, given the likely base rate. Currently, there are two Hindus on the forum, one who is explicitly theist (myself), and one whose opinion likely leans toward an Astika Hindu conception of the divine that is often considered theistic, as well as a Muslim who is an admin, a "Muslim Scholar", and I have, in recent memory, savaged a devotee of Krishna. And that's what comes readily to mind. I don't have figures to hand, but I would not be surprised if we exceed the base rate for non-Christian theists in either an atheist or secular internet discussion medium (English based), or whatever context you think these 'hearty Christians' are unusually representing in. (A recent theist who had minimal participation was Eastern Orthodox Christian, something that many mainstream Christians from a Western branch of the faith would not consider 'the same thing as Christianity[tm]'.)