RE: Request from a Christian.
December 31, 2016 at 12:47 pm
(This post was last modified: December 31, 2016 at 12:50 pm by Brian37.)
(December 31, 2016 at 12:19 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: I think some of the responses from ppl were a little rude to him, to be honest. He made it very clear in his OP that he's not trying g to preach, merely trying to write a book about how some Christians treat atheists badly, in hopes of calling attention to this issue to stop it. I don't really blame him for leaving.
CL what can and does bother us is that people often come in here with some sort of pre conceived notion as to what will occur here. But not just here, on this website, but with atheist pages and social media anywhere.
Rest assured if anyone as a theist, like you whom have spent long period of time here, already know by now, we are not going to stab you to death.
I think humans should be more offended by violence and death than getting offended.
It's not a matter of his preaching or intent for that matter, it is about logic. Same with you. We've gone after you too, sometimes with the harshest of words, and you are still here and you still know we are not going to call for your murder.
To be fair, even many atheists can and do have different comfort levels as much as theists can have different comfort levels. I think it is more important to understand that everyone is different than to claim their is only one right way to converse.
If we all got to silence or murder each other because we read or hear things we don't like, there is not one human on this face of the planet that could not think, even if only in mind, of things they would rather not hear or see. Civility isn't ever in never offending or getting offended, but in how one responds in the face of those situations.
Ultimately you can only control you, not others. In the context of this board, only the owners and admins conduct the rules and behaviors here. The rest of us as mere guests can make requests to each other and or the admins, but we cant dictate as mere guests to each other.
But trust us, we are not out to get him or you. Your logic sure, your claims sure, but not in any revenge or law context.
