Introduction

[sswhateverlove]

You're not here to make friends? Well then why are you surprised that you haven't been accepted well? Honestly, we aren't sitting around here waiting to serve people who wish to have debates about beliefs. Yes sure, there are those of us who will debate you. Some are excellent at it. I just want to remind you though that this is called atheist forums for a reason. This is our community. A place for us to be welcome. If you're not intending to make friends, the odds are you won't find many. Maybe you should go off to a religious debate forum. I haven't read any of your threads besides this one. You know why? Because I don't know you. If you think you have a new idea on the internet...you're most likely wrong. I don't read super long boring threads about god and other ish I couldn't care less about, unless it is written by a poster that I value. Generally that doesn't mean I have to like you just that I have to know you.

I respect that. I honestly didn't expect much of a response for that exact reason. Again, I chose this medium for a very specific purpose and assumed, at least someone, would take me up on the discussion. I have a very large community of friends who are going to be nice. Here, I was looking for people to be critical. Critical is not the same as insulting.

Oh yea, this shouldn't be new. I don't understand why this is surprising. You come to a new place where no one knows you and you don't bother to say hello. Instead you immediately jump in with a "you people think this" and "this is why you're wrong". You don't need a disclaimer for that. Anyone with common sense should know that they won't be received well like that. Imagine that you're in a Christian cafe just having a coffee with your friends when along comes some guy you don't know who starts babbling on about the lack of evidence for god. You're going to be like, "who are you and why are you bothering us?"
It's kind of the same idea here.

I've already responded to my perception regarding the type of environment so I'm not going to go over it again. However, just as people accused me of doing, you seem to be making an assumption (admittedly without even reading my threads) about my perspective. Because people are disagreeing with me, you're assuming I'm Christian and I would be bothered if someone came in and started "babbling on about the lack of evidence for god". Little do you know, I would agree and actually join in on the conversation. You're now guilty of doing the exact same thing that people (including you) are been giving me a hard time about. It's easy to do.

I came here for feedback because I knew there were people who would debate. This is a forum with a title that identifies members with labels and assumes they are willing to discuss why they have them (it's even broadcasted that they should). If people want to use it as a community support group, social networking tool, they should. But joining a debate thread, is joining a debate thread. With the title of my articles, they were obviously debate threads. Those that don't want to have their opinions assumed or debated, shouldn't join in (as some have reported that they don't and didn't).

I didn't post an intro first, because I wanted my writings to speak for themselves without being diluted. I was interested in getting balanced discussion on controversial topics from both sides based around your observations and experiences, not your personal opinion regarding mine. Unfortunately I realized later balanced perspective was not to be found here, but I guess it was still valuable. You're right, though, I'm now thinking going to a another forum that is more diverse is more likely to assist with my expansion of knowledge than what I've found here.

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Also, I've noticed that you've completely ignored a good majority of the welcoming responses to you on this intro thread. If you can't manage a simple thank you, then a thumbsup/kudos goes a long way.

I have done many a thumbsup/kudos over this entire thread, way to make an disingenuous claim... Thanks so much!!