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Recently Banned
January 29, 2012 at 10:34 pm
I’ve been joing a few atheist forums recently to try to find like minded people to discuss current events and our response to them. I see every forums as an opportunity to share, learn and grow with others. I recently joined Atheistforums.com As I posted here in my introductions I posted there, I am a member of the National Atheist Party. I was met with not just resistance but what I would call hate and bullying b/c of my affiliation with that organization. I posted 2 things on the N.A.P. and everyone was shot down and I was harrassed with explitives about them. I was merely posting to keep ppl updated with campaigns and current events that I found interesting. I commented and shared on other posts as well, trying to learn from others and what they shared. It all culminated with them calling me an uneducated idiot b/c I was part of the N.A.P. and banning me. I never expected that result and was hurt and offended. I backed up all my posts with sources and evidence and was always polite dispite the fact that they were so rude to me and I got banned none the less
I know not all atheists will agree with me or the NAP, that is why we are individuals but I had hoped Atheists would be open minded and not try to crush something they dont believe in. Has anyone else had this happen to them? SO far I have been pretty happy with this forum, the topics we discuss and the people that discuss it but apparently not all forums are so open minded
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RE: Recently Banned
January 29, 2012 at 10:40 pm
(This post was last modified: January 29, 2012 at 10:41 pm by KichigaiNeko.)
So you have found out our little secret then condon?? We are THE BEST ATHEIST FORUM ON THE WEB!!
We won't take preaching but do like to keep up to date on events. You may have also noted the global nature of our membership and as such US political parties have little interest to some of us.
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RE: Recently Banned
January 29, 2012 at 11:49 pm
there is a National Atheist Party? Where do I sign up? Lol And you know we are expert at crushing things we don't believe in lol.
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RE: Recently Banned
January 29, 2012 at 11:57 pm
(This post was last modified: January 29, 2012 at 11:58 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Well, you won't get banned here unless you break the rules. I urge your to to read them.
My position is that atheism is not an ideology or world view. A political party with the word 'atheist' in the name seems to be a contradiction in terms. I'd be mildly interested if you would give us a summary of the mission statement and platform of the party.
"As an atheist" I have no opinion on any matter apart from the existence of god(s). As a skeptic,realist,egoist,cynic, misanthrope etc etc. I have visceral distrust of ideologies and true believers of all kinds.Consequently, I vote against the bigger shower of incompetents on offer, fully aware that the difference is marginal at best. 
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RE: Recently Banned
January 30, 2012 at 12:01 am
(This post was last modified: January 30, 2012 at 12:05 am by popeyespappy.)
You were banned from the .com site for creating a sock puppet in order to provide a little extra support for your position. Support that wasn’t forthcoming from many of the members of your target audience. That is explicitly against that forum’s rules. Maybe you should have read them before you blatantly broke them and got your ass banned.
Yes you met resistance from some of the members of that forum to the very idea of your organization. Some of them were assholes about it. Some of those very same people post on this forum. If you had lurked for a little while you might have noticed that one of the prevailing thoughts on .com is that only universal position of atheists is that they don’t believe in god. That site is populated by liberals, conservatives, libertarians, authoritarians and centrists. Some of them told you that they thought secular would be a better label for a political movement, but you insisted that your organization represented a majority view. Maybe of the members of your organization it does. Maybe it even represents a majority view of the members of .com. It certainly wasn’t the position of the small group of people you were arguing with. Perhaps you should have figured that out too.
(January 29, 2012 at 11:57 pm)padraic Wrote: My position is that atheism is not an ideology or world view. A political party with the word 'atheist' in the name seems to be a contradiction in terms.
Which was the main point of contention on the .com site.
Quote:Well, you won't get banned here unless you break the rules.
Which is why the OP was banned there.
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RE: Recently Banned
January 30, 2012 at 12:08 am
so this National Atheist Party is actually serious? What is it really about? O___o
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RE: Recently Banned
January 30, 2012 at 12:09 am
Thanks pappy for clearing that up.
I only have time for this forum, and as such am not aware as some of you.
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RE: Recently Banned
January 30, 2012 at 12:22 am
Seriously? No one has figured out that National *insert anything here* Party is not the most inviting name for anything?
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RE: Recently Banned
January 30, 2012 at 12:25 am
(This post was last modified: January 30, 2012 at 12:27 am by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
(January 30, 2012 at 12:22 am)Shell B Wrote: Seriously? No one has figured out that National *insert anything here* Party is not the most inviting name for anything?
Oh I say, what a subtle use of Godwin's law. well done. 
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RE: Recently Banned
January 30, 2012 at 1:00 am
(January 30, 2012 at 12:22 am)Shell B Wrote: Seriously? No one has figured out that National *insert anything here* Party is not the most inviting name for anything? So it's not just me? I thought I was just being paranoid when I thought that any National X Party sounded kinda scary.
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