RE: A person who needs help.....
May 17, 2016 at 10:21 pm
(This post was last modified: May 17, 2016 at 10:21 pm by dom.donald.)
On the one hand Orchids says she wants to be free from the religion / God / Jesus, but on the other hand she *knows* Jesus and God are real and definitely spoke to her through multiple (genuine) visions. Why would she want to ditch (her) reality in favour of some ludicrous neuroscience mumbo jumbo?
As a new member, I do feel that some of the more established members' welcomes rather rapidly descended into derision and hostility towards Orchids. I do feel that a little more patience to understand her issue was perhaps warranted.
However, if Orchids is not at all willing to entertain the possibility that 'visions' are in fact hallucinatory products of the brain (what else could it be?!), and will not be swayed on that front, what hope does she have that we can come and rescue her from a God-train that she is firmly strapped to?
I for one would like to hear more, without the ranting and raving. This is, after all, a section of the forum where people are supposed to be attempting, or reporting on, conversion to atheism. I think we could be a touch more supportive. I would rather risk being the victim of theist trolling on 10 occasions, if it means converting just one theist to atheism. The way things carry on on this forum, it seems we're not interested in doing that at all.
So theists provide the only real source of 'entertainment' on a forum like this. What's the point of we just bat them away within the first 10 seconds?
As a new member, I do feel that some of the more established members' welcomes rather rapidly descended into derision and hostility towards Orchids. I do feel that a little more patience to understand her issue was perhaps warranted.
However, if Orchids is not at all willing to entertain the possibility that 'visions' are in fact hallucinatory products of the brain (what else could it be?!), and will not be swayed on that front, what hope does she have that we can come and rescue her from a God-train that she is firmly strapped to?
I for one would like to hear more, without the ranting and raving. This is, after all, a section of the forum where people are supposed to be attempting, or reporting on, conversion to atheism. I think we could be a touch more supportive. I would rather risk being the victim of theist trolling on 10 occasions, if it means converting just one theist to atheism. The way things carry on on this forum, it seems we're not interested in doing that at all.
So theists provide the only real source of 'entertainment' on a forum like this. What's the point of we just bat them away within the first 10 seconds?
