(September 18, 2015 at 2:59 pm)ChadWooters Wrote:(September 18, 2015 at 2:27 pm)robvalue Wrote: I'd love it if all the thiests here moved away from just the really serious religious discussions and into some of the other topics, or light hearted threads. It allows us to interact with you more as people rather than every dialogue being a battle.
Maybe I'll take your advice more. I've posted on a few of the 'light hearted' threads - from favorite swear words to fountain pens. But really, I must say that I find them kinda boring. And besides, how are you supposed to convert anyone on a thread about craft beers? :-) I think much of the personal stuff does come up within more serious debate threads. I would say the more recent trend among believers has to been either using real pictures of themselves as avatars and using real names. I've always used my real name, but CL and Kingpin have inspired me to use a photo of myself as well.
I'm glad you did! I always have this thing where I really really wanna see the faces of the people I'm talking to lol. Some people say it's easy for them to forget that it's a real person behind a screen name. I have the opposite problem. I always know it's a person, and I wanna see your freaking face, dang it! Lol.
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
-walsh
-walsh