Question:Why are you here?
Question:Why are you here?
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Actually, I have many times genuinely and not so genuinely asked jcc about his faith here on this blog. I know most of you count him as a troll, but I consider him a friend. Go figure.
karen,
would you have asked anything of jcc etc. had he not come here in the first place?
The point is that he/she/it decided to come here to prosetlyze under the guise that we wanted to know more about xtian faith. So why did I not hear anyone here asking anything in regards to xtian faith before their arrival?
If anyone wants that kind of information, why would they be seeking it on an ATHEIST blog?
Bullshit!
karen:
Thank you so much! And I have come to count you as a true friend as well?one whom I?ve learned a great deal from, and truly care about.
JCC must have been directed by the gawds to come here and answer the questions about his “faith”. Is JCC really so dense as to not realize that we already no about his “faith”? Most of us were either raised in xian families or in the US. You would have to be a home-schooled atheist living in a cave not to know everything about his “faith”.
JCC
So you see there is no reason left for you to be here.
jcc
You’re welcome.
What
Even though I was raised in religion and have read the Bible and am not a home-schooled atheist living in a cave, I try to ask jcc questions about his personal faith, not necessarily the general faith system to which he subscribes. Although at times it becomes very personal and I get ugly with him. That’s usually when I’m venting about my past issues and quite frankly attacking the religion I resent having had thrust upon me and I’m using him for a scapegoat. It’s vaguely therapeutic, but not something I really mean to do. I just don’t always keep a tight lid on my bouts of dissociativity.
What
In other words, I’m nuts.
Seriously, Anyone:
If someone wants to know about religious faith, Why would they come to an ATHEIST BLOG???
I have one possible answer to why xtians might come here to post. I can’t speculate about any individual xtian poster here, but I have noticed a fair amount of insecurity within the xtain community. While it appears they are proselytizing, they may be trying to shore up their own religious certainty by attacking your rational thinking. Keep in mind how hard it is to have an illogical belief system. Many of us are still recovering.
When atheists make valid intelligent points, the truth hurts. Xtains have a long held, vested interest in keeping their wishful thinking intact. Anything else means they have been wrong. And they have been.
Carry On
Good post. Maintaining a lie is expensive. The JCCs and Phreekies of this world work 24/7 to maintain theirs.
Why Am I Here?
The Existential Answer:
Because I choose to be where I am. I am navigating my initial thrown-ness into the world, and reining in my future possibilities such that, to the best of my ability, I am able to lead an authentic and rewarding life.
Why am I on the No God Blog?
The Atheist Answer:
I like critical thought and argumentation. I believe a constructive engagement with world views, with the views of others and with naturalistic ideas is positive and healthy. I like to lend a hand in others arguments (on both sides) to clear up logical errors so that we all may profit from the discussion. I am also here because you people are just plain interesting. Because I am an atheist. Because I might learn something.
Hey Phreedm…
Where do you get off coming into this post with “Atheist PR disaster” and chiding other posters with 9-11 stuff? You make 3 posts, none of which are remotely related to the topic. Admit it. You only did that to start a row. Its pretty base. I used to give you the benefit of the doubt, but seeing that has not only negatively affected my experience of this blog, and has moved me against your presence here. I don’t know if you any longer maintain the right to post here as I believe you are edging on violation of NGB rules.
Couldn’t you AT LEAST post relevant info (like a topical response) instead of doing what you ALWAYS do; posting a topically irrelevant link to some story you know will cause a row.
What are you contributing? Ask yourself, as the blog just did: Why are you here? I bet Jesus would not approve.
Woah. You can tell I’m here?