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Why do atheists come to CF

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nedyrb

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Religion is a very interesting topic, regardless of whether or not you believe in it. Also, I for the most part I've only been able to read arguments against God's existence and am yet to read anything that argues effectively for God's existence. I'm sure there are better books out there that I haven't come across, but at this point I'm just trying to listen to whatever Christians are saying. Maybe as a child I should have listened more in church!
 
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Why not?

+ Discussion/debating is fun, especially with somebody that disagrees with you.
+ You learn new stuff & understand things from the believers' standpoint more, that's fun too.
+ From time to time, you get really funny, silly posts by crazy fundies; though this board is pretty "calm".
 
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Jacke

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I came here to see how misguided the poor sorry believers are.

It is disappointing and scary that so many people are weak of mind and require a brainwashed belief in fictitious beings to make it through life.

It is funny to see how christians think their religion is superior to another.
Surely you can see that christianity, muslim, etc are all the same, and are all for people who don't have the common sense to get through life without blind faith?
 
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I'm just here to spread some knowledge.

I browsed other channels like fark, boing-boing, and even 4chan, but I found that most of the times that religious folk showed up they usually had horrible misconceptions about atheists. I also have a Christian friend, a really bright guy, we have philosophical chats now and then, and even he didn't get some of the basics of non-religious thinking.

Realizing that atheists are a minority, and the majority of folk don't visit our corners, here I am on your lands to answer any questions you may have. Like this one. I'm not here to change your beliefs nor eat your children, just to inform.
 
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I'm not here to change your beliefs nor eat your children, just to inform.

Ah, I love children. You can never finish just one!

Anyway, I have over 2700 posts at richarddawkins.net. It occurred to me during my time over there that, while I was becoming effective in arguing for things like evolution and rational debate and whatnot, I wasn't doing much to understand where believers (well, the ones who aren't trolls) were coming from. I began to understand that reasoned argument and evidence aren't necessarily the most important reason believers had for their faith. I thought I'd come here and try to understand.

And point out any misconceptions about me and my fellow atheists, though I'm sure dew is already doing a bangup job of that.
 
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Why do Christians go to the Richard Dawkind forums? is a Religious Exchange program! :p
Never been on there myself. I may have to take a looksee at it sometime. I post on CARM sometimes.

Romans 1:25 Whoany altar/exchange the truth of the God in the falsehood and are venerated and offer-service to the creature/creation beside the One-creating, Who is blessed into the ages. Amen!
 
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Never been on there myself. I may have to take a looksee at it sometime. I post on CARM sometimes.

Romans 1:25 Whoany altar/exchange the truth of the God in the falsehood and are venerated and offer-service to the creature/creation beside the One-creating, Who is blessed into the ages. Amen!

You should check it out, Lamb. I post there pretty often (though CF has taken more of my time recently.) They need more sophisticated theists over there!

Be warned, however, that just like this forum has rules that restrict the freedoms of posters to say whatever they want, so does RDF. You're not allowed to preach or witness there. Any claim you make has to be substantiated with reason and/or evidence.
 
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Hi. Earlier I started a thread on what are the "pet peeves" of athiests on CF, and realized a better question would be to ask is what are the main reasons atheists visit, not only CF, but any Christian forum.
So all atheists [and other non-Christians] just state the main reasons you come here. Thanks.

We come to bring the Good News that Christianity is false and your friends and family aren't really going to burn forever. :clap:
 
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LittleLambofJesus

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Your message belies your faith icon and signature.
Watsup?
Perhaps he used to be an atheist, converted to Jesus, but still feels he is still an atheist :p
 
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I was born an atheist, just like everyone else, was a Christian for 7 years, and then dropped out after re-reading the bible and discovering the bible proves Christianity can not be true. There is literally more evidence for the Flying Spaghetti Monster than there is for the King of the Jews. Thus, I come here to inform everyone to live for today b/c its all we have.
 
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I posted these reasons when the question came up in Women's Discussion:

1. When I first joined CF I was a Christian.

2. I enjoy that the site is rather active. I know that I have an urgent question I will probably get a very timely response.

3. I do belong to a couple of Pagan-oriented message forums, but they are strictly for Pagan related discussions. In other words, if I'm having a feminine issue, I couldn't post it there.

4. Yes, I could go to a generic message board to ask for advice or have discussions, but have any of you ever tried to have a serious discussion over at Yahoo Answers or Topix? They are laden with trolls and troublemakers. So, please forgive me if I post here because I know that I won't get a response to the tune of, "itz prolly cuz ur a harlot! LOL pwn3d!"

5. I actually enjoy interfaith dialog, if for no reason other than to better understand where someone else is coming from or to broaden my knowledge of various religious beliefs and practices.

What made you change from christianity to paganism?
 
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I was born an atheist, just like everyone else, was a Christian for 7 years, and then dropped out after re-reading the bible and discovering the bible proves Christianity can not be true. There is literally more evidence for the Flying Spaghetti Monster than there is for the King of the Jews. Thus, I come here to inform everyone to live for today b/c its all we have.

Why the cross symbol by you avatar?
 
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Why the cross symbol by you avatar?
Perhaps he just hasn't had a chance to change. Deconversion must have just happened...:)
 
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