Why are there so many threads/posts in the religion forum that trash/troll religion?

[Anonymous]

Maybe you atheists out there trolling the religion forum should ask the site owner for your own forum.

[Anonymous]

Atheist/Agnostic but culturally catholic person here. I only see threads when they hit recent topics. I also roll my eyes at the non religious people coming here to argue. It just seems so naive to think they may change someone’s mind. Or it’s just arguing for the sake of arguing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe you atheists out there trolling the religion forum should ask the site owner for your own forum.

He has decided that all discussion about religion stay in one area. I'm fine with that. I'm also fine with staying out of thread started by obvious believers looking for solely religious answers, as he indicated was the intent.

Maybe if you want him to change his mind about the way he set up his site, you should do the asking.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't visit this sub-forum very often, but as a relative outsider here, I can't help notice how many threads, and posts within topic threads, that denigrate, belittle, or troll religion.

I don't understand this.

It's akin to people seeking out groups of people having conversations about sports, and constantly interjecting about the weather. I don't get it.


If the forum is devoted to conversations about various religions, then it stands to reason that that's the baseline for everyone involved. The assumption that everyone in the thread or forum is there because they are already a person of faith to begin with, and are there to discuss matters related to that. So I can't wrap my head around why there are posts on almost every thread calling religion nonsense, or denying the very existence of God.

I mean, if you feel that way, and religion isn't relevant to you, then why seek out a forum dedicated to the discussion of religion, by religious people, to pop into and argue the fundamental nature of the forum topic itself?

It's weird. I don't understand it.

Are you back?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe you atheists out there trolling the religion forum should ask the site owner for your own forum.

He has decided that all discussion about religion stay in one area. I'm fine with that. I'm also fine with staying out of thread started by obvious believers looking for solely religious answers, as he indicated was the intent.

Maybe if you want him to change his mind about the way he set up his site, you should do the asking.

Yet you're in here to tell OP you're not one of the trolls in question

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For the same reason the religious posted in the Atheist threads, when they were clearly asked not to.

ps I think they should be allowed to

Not being an Atheist, I wouldn't post anything in their thread, since 1) I don't know anything about them, 2) since I'm not one, my thoughts or opinion is irrelevant to them, and 3) it would disrupt them from whatever they were discussing if I were to interject with something like "find God, save your immortal soul".

So there's no reason I'd ever be posting in an Aethism thread/forum.

Being an atheist, I'd say all of your reasons are invalid. 1. you know they are not religious and perhaps could learn more if you read about them. 2. like most people, we're interested in others' thoughts and opinions 3. depending on your content and tone you might add to the discussion.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Atheist/Agnostic but culturally catholic person here. I only see threads when they hit recent topics. I also roll my eyes at the non religious people coming here to argue. It just seems so naive to think they may change someone’s mind. Or it’s just arguing for the sake of arguing.

Most atheists these days were raised in a religion, and then changed their mind later.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe you atheists out there trolling the religion forum should ask the site owner for your own forum.

He has decided that all discussion about religion stay in one area. I'm fine with that. I'm also fine with staying out of thread started by obvious believers looking for solely religious answers, as he indicated was the intent.

Maybe if you want him to change his mind about the way he set up his site, you should do the asking.

Imagine an education forum where a person asked about a certain school and it was not allowed to mention other schools as an option. Or a politics forum where discussions about only one point of view were allowed. Or a relationships forum that only supported staying with your current spouse.

I recall a thread a while back where a person had been trying unsuccessfully for years to get their faith back and many on the forum thought it was wrong for atheists to suggest that perhaps they'd be happier if they stopped trying.

I doubt something like that would happen in discussions about other beliefs or choices.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe you atheists out there trolling the religion forum should ask the site owner for your own forum.

He has decided that all discussion about religion stay in one area. I'm fine with that. I'm also fine with staying out of thread started by obvious believers looking for solely religious answers, as he indicated was the intent.

Maybe if you want him to change his mind about the way he set up his site, you should do the asking.

Imagine an education forum where a person asked about a certain school and it was not allowed to mention other schools as an option. Or a politics forum where discussions about only one point of view were allowed. Or a relationships forum that only supported staying with your current spouse.

I recall a thread a while back where a person had been trying unsuccessfully for years to get their faith back and many on the forum thought it was wrong for atheists to suggest that perhaps they'd be happier if they stopped trying.

I doubt something like that would happen in discussions about other beliefs or choices.

Your examples are misstating my intentions as outlined above. To be more accurate, your examples would have to be:

Imagine an education forum where a person asked about a certain school and was told that the entire concept of schools was invalid. Or a politics forum where discussions were always derailed because posters where told there was no such thing as politics. Or a relationship forum in which posters were regularly informed that relationships don't exist.

The issue I have is not with non-believers offering a different viewpoint, but with their tendency to reject the entire basis of the topic, making the desired discussion impossible. Join topics when you can contribute to them productively, but not when your participation will only derail, hijack, or prevent discussion.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Maybe you atheists out there trolling the religion forum should ask the site owner for your own forum.

He has decided that all discussion about religion stay in one area. I'm fine with that. I'm also fine with staying out of thread started by obvious believers looking for solely religious answers, as he indicated was the intent.

Maybe if you want him to change his mind about the way he set up his site, you should do the asking.

Imagine an education forum where a person asked about a certain school and it was not allowed to mention other schools as an option. Or a politics forum where discussions about only one point of view were allowed. Or a relationships forum that only supported staying with your current spouse.

I recall a thread a while back where a person had been trying unsuccessfully for years to get their faith back and many on the forum thought it was wrong for atheists to suggest that perhaps they'd be happier if they stopped trying.

I doubt something like that would happen in discussions about other beliefs or choices.

Your examples are misstating my intentions as outlined above. To be more accurate, your examples would have to be:

Imagine an education forum where a person asked about a certain school and was told that the entire concept of schools was invalid. Or a politics forum where discussions were always derailed because posters where told there was no such thing as politics. Or a relationship forum in which posters were regularly informed that relationships don't exist.

The issue I have is not with non-believers offering a different viewpoint, but with their tendency to reject the entire basis of the topic, making the desired discussion impossible. Join topics when you can contribute to them productively, but not when your participation will only derail, hijack, or prevent discussion.

What about the third example: "a thread a while back where a person had been trying unsuccessfully for years to get their faith back and many on the forum thought it was wrong for atheists to suggest that perhaps they'd be happier if they stopped trying."

Is "keep trying" the only right way to resolve a difficulty believing in God?

[Anonymous]

PP your monologue is tiresome

[Anonymous]

To be clear, there are multiple people responding. You might be reading it as one "monologue" erroneously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:To be clear, there are multiple people responding. You might be reading it as one "monologue" erroneously.

To be clear? Really? I mean I see no evidence of this given that I can't actually see IP addresses and different people posting with my eyes. How do you believe in something which you cannot see? Where is your evidence?

You are tiresome too

[Anonymous]

Why are there so many threads/posts in the religion forum that trash/troll religion?

Maybe the atheists are getting back for two thousand years of quiet inside suffering?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:To be clear, there are multiple people responding. You might be reading it as one "monologue" erroneously.

To be clear? Really? I mean I see no evidence of this given that I can't actually see IP addresses and different people posting with my eyes. How do you believe in something which you cannot see? Where is your evidence?

You are tiresome too

I had thought you wanted to be accurate, not merely insulting. Was I wrong?