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"A strong secular group"

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 6:34 pm
by _Runtu
Our new member "A Light in the Darkness" mentioned that he expected a certain response from a "strong secular group" such as ours, but I was just thinking that we really defy that description. Yes, there are atheists here, but there are also mainstream Christians, believing Mormons, agnostics, and everything in between. I wonder why someone would expect that we were secular in that way?

Maybe it's the lack of a dress code.

Re: "A strong secular group"

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 6:44 pm
by _Sam Harris
Runtu wrote:Our new member "A Light in the Darkness" mentioned that he expected a certain response from a "strong secular group" such as ours, but I was just thinking that we really defy that description. Yes, there are atheists here, but there are also mainstream Christians, believing Mormons, agnostics, and everything in between. I wonder why someone would expect that we were secular in that way?

Maybe it's the lack of a dress code.


From his pinpoint of view, one can only see black or white. No pun intended from me. Either you fall in line with his ego, or you are a strong secular group out to persecute, lie, give wedgies....stuff like that.

Off to lunch. Our new playmate is funny.

Re: "A strong secular group"

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 6:52 pm
by _A Light in the Darkness
From his pinpoint of view, one can only see black or white.


Actually, I recognize there are a variety of perspectives on this board. However, it has a strong secular group who actively participates on the board and influences its culture. That's why I can look and see numerous discussions that are dominated by secular posters. You truly are a deeply prejudiced person.

Re: "A strong secular group"

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 6:55 pm
by _Runtu
A Light in the Darkness wrote:
From his pinpoint of view, one can only see black or white.


Actually, I recognize there are a variety of perspectives on this board. However, it has a strong secular group who actively participates on the board and influences its culture. That's why I can look and see numerous discussions that are dominated by secular posters. You truly are a deeply prejudiced person.


Sure, some discussions are more secular than others, but I would disagree that the secular dominates the religious. I'm glad we have the mix of faiths (and non-faiths) that we have here. It would be really wonderful here if it weren't such a cesspool of porn and profanity. ;-)

Re: "A strong secular group"

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 6:56 pm
by _Sam Harris
A Light in the Darkness wrote:
From his pinpoint of view, one can only see black or white.


Actually, I recognize there are a variety of perspectives on this board. However, it has a strong secular group who actively participates on the board and influences its culture. That's why I can look and see numerous discussions that are dominated by secular posters. You truly are a deeply prejudiced person.


Oh you're so cute. You cannot sign up, post a few bits of nonsense and think you know the people here.

Here's some homework: go check out the board composition threads.

Re: "A strong secular group"

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 7:04 pm
by _Polygamy Porter
A Light in the Darkness wrote:
From his pinpoint of view, one can only see black or white.


Actually, I recognize there are a variety of perspectives on this board. However, it has a strong secular group who actively participates on the board and influences its culture. That's why I can look and see numerous discussions that are dominated by secular posters. You truly are a deeply prejudiced person.


Is it me or does this smell like or old buddy, the disgruntled old single Mormon male WADE?

Re: "A strong secular group"

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 7:08 pm
by _Mister Scratch
Polygamy Porter wrote:
A Light in the Darkness wrote:
From his pinpoint of view, one can only see black or white.


Actually, I recognize there are a variety of perspectives on this board. However, it has a strong secular group who actively participates on the board and influences its culture. That's why I can look and see numerous discussions that are dominated by secular posters. You truly are a deeply prejudiced person.


Is it me or does this smell like or old buddy, the disgruntled old single Mormon male WADE?


No, I am 99.99% sure it is not Wade. There aren't enough typos or garbled grammar.

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 7:15 pm
by _Blixa
Whoever it is, I'm going to stop eating donuts until he apologizes for calling Runtu "deeply prejudiced."

Re: "A strong secular group"

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 7:15 pm
by _A Light in the Darkness
Polygamy Porter wrote:Is it me or does this smell like or old buddy, the disgruntled old single Mormon male WADE?


Here's what is going on in your mind:

Wade likes to call enemies of his religion bigots. This guy just called someone prejudiced. Why, he must be Wade!

Awesome detective work there Sherlock, but I called GIMR prejudiced because she accused me of being a black and white thinker who can only see 'secular enemies" of my religion and supporters of it. This stems from her bizarre judgment that I'm a fundamentalist. It, apparently, didn't occur to her that I just see the board as having a strong influence of secular posters who would be apt to reply to a thread title connecting atheism in a certain way.

Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 7:15 pm
by _Runtu
Blixa wrote:Whoever it is, I'm going to stop eating donuts until he apologizes for calling Runtu "deeply prejudiced."


I thought he was calling GIMR prejudiced. Either way, bad form.