Religious people get very little reps, it's xenophobia and religionism.

[Drich]

generally speaking aside from trolls (who spend more time on christian sites) I found you all do to a degree or another. As most of you are looking for others of you to support or prop up what you elected to believe. As people who are sure of their positions rarely have a need to defend it. those defending or looking for others to help them define what they believe are trying to find confidence in what they believe so they can come to the point where it no longer needs to be defended.

Does that same logic apply to you as well, that you defend your beliefs because you're insecure about them?  

Damn.  Ninja'd!

i am here as a teacher. i use you all to shape and sharpen what i believe. God along time ago answered all the questions i had concerning him and the bible. ( so i went to a christian forum answering christian questions for like 6 years) i saw my own limits way way back then. i knew if i wanted to learn more i had to challenge what i believed in ways i have never thought of. in essence i got bored helping christians answer the same questions over and over again, so at that time i went to the atheist portion of the website. where i started to learn new things because most of you would ask question i would never have thought to ask.

Yes i also found a cap on the question you ask and they do get repetitive, but i found if i not only answer the question giving a biblical response but do it in a common english way or par it with a story or weave it into a discussion i could teach without most of you knowing you are hearing a biblical principle. and over time it changes perspectives. 

I learned a long time ago you can not save the saved, but rather those who fall through the cracks the saved make in the way of religion.

granted this does get hard and i do have to take breaks from time to time as i think it help repopulate the website and give what we discuss time to sink in, i have seen massive change in people's theological pov.

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this my dear is what diversity looks like.. diversity good for challenging one's self to grow and force one to think and create/innovate new thoughts. this also will ultimately help you understand where the strengths and weakness of your own positions are. this is also how critical thinking is induced into common subjects and how we can break away from the flock. if your thoughts can not be challenged then know your mind is stuck closed.

Don't ever refer to me again as "my dear".  I threw up in my mouth a little.

gag