(March 19, 2015 at 1:31 pm)RobertE Wrote:(March 19, 2015 at 12:57 pm)Simon Moon Wrote: I joined several theist forums with the intent to engage in honest discussions. I am honestly interested in what people believe and why they believe it.
I never cussed (Christians have the ability to ignore evidence and logical argument if any profanity is used) and never insulted. All I did was ask honest questions, respond to their questions honestly, and point out fallacies and inaccuracies.
The longest I ever lasted was probably about 10 posts. Banned every time.
I have a great plan in mind. I might join a catholic one and an Islamic one, and just post honestly and join in debates. I will not let on as to who I am or what my beliefs (or a lack of) are and if all is good and everything moves swimmingly, I will feed them some false information, just to make things interesting i.e. things that both Catholics and Muslims hate. Then we will see which forum would ban me first.
I tried that but for me, it got to be too weird. They don't approach the subjects the same way we do in here. In their domain, everyone has already drank the Kool-Aide and so there's no reason to speak with the anticipation of receiving any critical review in return. The moment something intelligent gets mentioned that contradicts something that is blatantly absurd, an eerie feeling sweeps through and they begin hunting for the outsider. On their forums, they have no shame in their beliefs, they freely and openly discuss all the crazy shit they believe. Unlike here, even the theists know that some of their beliefs are better left private...I found it hard to hold my tongue and no matter how respectful, I was eventually banned.



