(February 6, 2014 at 12:48 pm)DeistPaladin Wrote: I went to ChristianForums at one time (that's what it was called) and all my posts were deleted and I was banned within 48 hours.
"Bashing Christianity" is against the rules on such forums. Needless to say, religious people play the hurt feelings card anytime even pointed questions are asked so pretty much anything could count as "bashing Christianity".
Being a skeptic poster on a religious forum is like being a liberal on Fox Noise. There are certain lines which must be carefully walked. Making forceful arguments is a no-no. The field is tilted and anyone who doesn't play accordingly is summarily banned.
This has been my experience also.
I have been banned from a couple of Christian forums for doing nothing more than asking honest questions and responding to fallacious answers.
I always did it with decorum, tact and manners, never cussed (which I don't do anyway). I was never insulting.
Yet I was banned within a couple of days from them with no warning.
They don't like when you can demonstrate why their favorite pet arguments (Kalam, Teleological, Ontological, TAG) are fallacious. Intellectual honesty is not their strong suit.
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
