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Overall, do you like Christians being here?
May 7, 2018 at 11:42 am
Neo's debate thread has sparked several other threads, and the presence of Christians here has been a hot topic of discussion on this site. Some of the things people have said have been interesting and surprising to read. I'd be curious to see where people generally stand.
I get that a lot of people's response will be "Well, sometimes... but not always... but it depends on who it is..."
So, don't answer based on the more rare exceptions. Answer as a whole.
Poll Question: Overall, do you generally like the presence of Christians on this site, or would you rather us not be here?
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RE: Overall, do you like Christians being here?
May 7, 2018 at 11:47 am
(This post was last modified: May 7, 2018 at 11:47 am by FatAndFaithless.)
I certainly do. I like hearing the viewpoints of others that vary drastically from my own, or viewpoints that I have in common with theists. I'd say overall the christians here are real swell 90% of the time, and there's just a few that stick out like sore thumb with incoherent rants and nonsensical ad-hominems (though there are atheists here that do that as well).
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RE: Overall, do you like Christians being here?
May 7, 2018 at 11:50 am
I personally don't mind, except a couple of the most noteworthy ones are people I try not to get involved with a conversation in. Their minds are not going to change easily, if at all, and I'm not the one that's going to keep trying to push them until they realize their special book isn't holy.
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RE: Overall, do you like Christians being here?
May 7, 2018 at 11:51 am
It's usually a plus on any atheist forums. It gives us a chance to hear opposing viewpoints and debate them (and if they have some really poor arguments, an excellent chance to take them down).
And it certainly helps that some of them at least try to be fair, present company very much included.
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RE: Overall, do you like Christians being here?
May 7, 2018 at 12:04 pm
It far more depends on the person than the belief.
I do disagree with Rev. I can't remember the last time I heard something original from any believer in anything. It is like they use stock answers and we've heard them all before.Then they wonder why their explanations don't work as they did in the 8th century!
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RE: Overall, do you like Christians being here?
May 7, 2018 at 12:21 pm
(This post was last modified: May 7, 2018 at 1:41 pm by KittyAnn.)
something like that always works both ways ...
I know that theists like sometimes to have atheists on their forums but of course not everyone ... so probably some of atheists also like to have theists here ... of course not all of them ... 
but it would be a good question also if we like to be here...and why?
Hehe....if we didn't want to be here, and if we didn't like it here, we wouldn't be here, right? Right!!!
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RE: Overall, do you like Christians being here?
May 7, 2018 at 12:28 pm
Depends on their motivations, over all and then thread to thread.
This latest one got old real quick.
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RE: Overall, do you like Christians being here?
May 7, 2018 at 12:29 pm
Always hoping for a True Christian® to emerge from the herd . . . .
In my opinion, an actual hard core, pious, inerrantiist, literalist, adder handling, poison swilling True Christian could clean this place up well enough Jesus could Last Supper off the floor.
Failing that, WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY better apologists would be appreciated.
(excepting Mormon apologists, I acknowledge what a hopeless, miserable, heartbreaking task that is, and I'm just not that mean to insist we get one here anymore)
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RE: Overall, do you like Christians being here?
May 7, 2018 at 12:32 pm
LOL...no one wants to be the first to vote No.
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RE: Overall, do you like Christians being here?
May 7, 2018 at 12:39 pm
The poll needs a third option.
3. Meh
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