Why did you come to this board?

[Ravenshire]

You're at AF.org.

Meant .com

I figured. Hence the smiley.

[surreptitious57]

Paul Zachary Myers can be a divisive individual. But I myself always try to focus on ideas rather than individuals. I do not
read him much but do read Stephanie Zvan and Miri Mogilevsky. I used to read  Ophelia Benson but she has now left after
being portrayed as transphobic by Zvan. Freethought Blogs is very big on social justice and so anyone questioning it in any
capacity will get piled on so the name is a bit of an oxymoron. But as I have already mentioned I see beyond all of that and
just focus on what is being said rather than on who is saying it. My goal in life is knowledge acquisition so I have to any way

A MIND IS LIKE A PARACHUTE : IT DOES NOT WORK UNLESS IT IS OPEN

[Catholic_Lady]

I'm interested to know the reasons why people came to this forum.  Was it to maybe get some answers on things you were struggling with?  Was it for a sense of community of like minded individuals?  Was it to promote debate?

For me I came to listen to voices of differing opinions than my own.  I feel the only way I can grow intellectually is to continue to branch in to areas I don't know enough of as well as to listen to those that draw different conclusions than myself to the same questions.  

Why did you come and what keeps you coming back?

I got to this board just a few weeks before you got here, and came for the same reasons as yourself, except more because I thought it would be interesting verses intellectual. But nonetheless, to help me grow and learn new things from very different people.

[robvalue]

I came here because I'm obviously right about everything and it's about time everyone else agreed with me.

Whoops, I think I got possessed by another member... I wonder who it was?

[ignoramus]

I came here secretly because I so much wanted to be shown proof that there is so much more to life than the boring scientific obvious ....


STILL WAITING ....WAITING ....WAITING.

[Alex K]

Wow Ophelia Benson left? I really haven't paid much attention to ftb lately! My impression was all along that SZ hasn't got much interesting to say and is mainly busy with infighting and controversy, so I'm not surprised that it was her who drove the imho much more substantive and interesting OB away.

[Longhorn]

I came here secretly because I so much wanted to be shown proof that there is so much more to life than the boring scientific obvious ....

BORING SCIENTIFIC OBVIOUS WHAT!



Now I know you didn't mean that seriously, but it really irks me when religious or spiritual folks pull out this 'there is more out there' trite.



^BITCH WHAT MORE CAN YOU WANT?!

[Fidel_Castronaut]

I started out at AF.com because one of the regulars, a guy by the username BadDogma, was a co-worker and turned me on to it. It was nice to be able to vent to a crowd of like minded people without worry. At the time, it was a vibrant, active community. Granted, it had its share of assholes, but only it's share. As time passed, the founder lost interest, the good regulars started to leave, server problems started becoming the norm, culminating in a horrific board crash caused by yours truly and my epic "the last person to post, wins" thread. Not something intentional, it seems their board just couldn't handle a 1000+ page thread. The second largest was their member picture thread at a mere 800+ and most threads, even the popular ones, never made it past 100 or so. After the crash (they were down for two or three days) the draconian policies started and I finally gave them up for the far superior AF.org, which was getting rather regularly bad mouthed when I left.

I was a member over there, and the crash was when I stopped visiting. I was already burning out on the fetish many there seemed to have for pedantry. Drunkenshoe couldn't make up her mind if she hated me or not, too, so it was always up in the air what sort of experience I was going to have on any given day.

I too was a regular at AF.com as some there might remember. I left after the board crashed and we lost many of our long term members. I still lurk there every now and again, but I found a home at AF.org and have remained ever since. I can't even really remember my time at AF.com anymore though I have fond memories of being there 5+ years ago when it was really vibrant. That was also the time I created the best thread ever there, the "Present evidence here" thread which someone described as the place where the internet goes to die.

My home is here now ^_^

[Fidel_Castronaut]

I went over to AF.com many years back for a sense of community, and to explore my newly cemented atheist beliefs. But after a long time there, I just felt like I wasn't getting along so great with people over there. They have a different sense of humor, I suppose, than me. I found this place after owning up to my frustration with AF.com

I don't feel like such an outsider here.

I quit going to af.com because of this ass juice motherfucker.  http://atheistforums.com/index.php?actio...le;u=22407

Ha. I remember Dunkle when he was a noob and first joined. I always got on with him, but then again, I always got on with everyone, even Shoe.

[Homeless Nutter]

"I have come here to chew bubble-gum and kick ass..."