(March 17, 2014 at 10:36 pm)Fromper Wrote: Wow. You consider this friendly? I like this place for being so active, but it really strikes me that any atheist-hating theists who show up here would have their negative stereotypes reenforced by the behavior on this forum.
The operative phrase there is "atheist-hating theists". Generally, people get as good as they give, here and in the real world. You only have to compare the overall treatment of the respect-worthy theists such as Rayaan, Jacob, Drich, G-C, Fr00dy, and the like to the more (shall we say) fire-'n'-brimstone pulpit pounders we tend to attract. It's worth noting as well that the Staff counts theists among their number, now and in the past.
Essentially, the message of the forum, just as with any group, is that respect has to be earned; and if you shit on others, don't come crying about unfair treatment when you yourself get shit upon.
At the age of five, Skagra decided emphatically that God did not exist. This revelation tends to make most people in the universe who have it react in one of two ways - with relief or with despair. Only Skagra responded to it by thinking, 'Wait a second. That means there's a situation vacant.'
