(July 8, 2015 at 4:04 am)robvalue Wrote: IMO, having children is entirely a selfish act.
Gee, thanks.
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More atheist men than women?
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 Gee, thanks.  (July 8, 2015 at 4:25 pm)Dystopia Wrote: Well in AF there's a member pictures thread and some people reveal it in the introduction topic or in their profile. From my personal experience (which could be wrong) it is more common for women to put status as "undisclosed" than men People can also lie or simply not take part in the thread so again, there's no way to know for sure what the gender makeup of AF or that other forum actually are. "It seems to me" is not a scientifically valid assessment. 
I don't think anyone's trying to be scientific...
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 (July 8, 2015 at 5:19 pm)Cephus Wrote:(July 8, 2015 at 4:25 pm)Dystopia Wrote: Well in AF there's a member pictures thread and some people reveal it in the introduction topic or in their profile. From my personal experience (which could be wrong) it is more common for women to put status as "undisclosed" than men Well isn't the question being discussed about how many men and women are a part of the atheist demographic and not just one single isolated privately owned internet forum? Because I'm sure the population in AF is not representative of the rest of the world - I wish it were.
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(July 8, 2015 at 5:39 pm)Dystopia Wrote:(July 8, 2015 at 5:19 pm)Cephus Wrote: People can also lie or simply not take part in the thread so again, there's no way to know for sure what the gender makeup of AF or that other forum actually are. "It seems to me" is not a scientifically valid assessment. If you go back to the OP, Catholic_Lady said specifically: Catholic_Lady Wrote:I have noticed that the vast majority of the members here are men. On the other hand, the vast majority of the members in the Catholic forum I used to participate in are women. Quote:Are men generally more prone to atheism, and women generally more prone to theism? If so, does anyone have any theories on why this is the case? I'm just questioning her data because she seems to have nothing but her subjective opinions to back up this claim.  RE: More atheist men than women?
July 9, 2015 at 3:27 am
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(July 8, 2015 at 5:13 pm)Parkers Tan Wrote:(July 8, 2015 at 4:04 am)robvalue Wrote: IMO, having children is entirely a selfish act. No problem. That is a very cold and scientific assessment of course. I only refer to the decision to have children in the first place; once you have them, it becomes very much unselfish. At least it should do! I do hundreds of selfish things every day, so it's hardly a judgement 
 (July 9, 2015 at 3:23 am)Cephus Wrote:(July 8, 2015 at 5:39 pm)Dystopia Wrote: Well isn't the question being discussed about how many men and women are a part of the atheist demographic and not just one single isolated privately owned internet forum? Because I'm sure the population in AF is not representative of the rest of the world - I wish it were. Huh? The fact that there are more men on this forum and more women on the other forum are not "subjective opinions." Lol.
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-walsh  (July 8, 2015 at 12:34 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote:(July 8, 2015 at 12:25 pm)Ben Davis Wrote: Ever? Care to put money on that? The bolded is COMPLETELY untrue. I mean it's not even close. It changes constantly, go so far as to completely rewrite entire sections of the basis of the whole thing. “Religion was invented when the first con man met the first fool.”
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July 9, 2015 at 10:30 am
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"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 RE: More atheist men than women?
July 9, 2015 at 10:46 am
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