So I joined a Christian forum...

[Mudhammam]

Have a good life, the next doesn't look so good for you.

To be fair, PS, you did word your questions in a manner that didn't exactly give off the vibe of an honest inquiry.

That being said, however, I love how he/she just couldn't resist the sanctimonious threat of fire and brimstone. On top of that, he/she dropped it like it was some sort of closing pleasantry. Classy.

Keep in my mind, this was on top of my original thread, in which I think I was even more congenial, and only received insincere and insulting responses. So when I made the follow up thread, the one I shared here, inquiring why the original was shut down, I was already beginning to lose my patience with them.

THAT BEING SAID, I really do not find my choice of words very provoking, and if only slightly so, then only because that is my style of writing, not because I wasn't sincere in my questioning.

For example, the "drink the kool-aid" comment. I was being repeatedly told by them not to trust their words, but to ask God myself to reveal his presence. This is after I had already told them I was formerly a Christian, to which I was basically told that my former Christian faith wasn't the "real" kind. So in this context, is the idiom "drink the kool-aid" really inappropriate?

If Christians can't communicate with non-believers who possess a sliver of wit, I am not going to feel bad about it. That is their problem, not mine.

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That's like any onlinie forum, no matter the topic or orientation.

Of course. Who wouldn't agree? It's just that I didn't break any rules and that's why I find it slightly annoying.