I find it odd that there aren't a bunch of religious people on here trying to convert us to Christianity (or whatever religion they follow)
Give them time. They're probably just not aware of this place yet.
With anyone else, I'd suggest that maybe they realized that the whole online debating thing is a dead end. But Christians aren't self-aware enough.
Yeah, it's like the peace and quiet after banging your head against a wall all your life.
By the way, there are a few alt-right people here who sometimes troll people, but you can just block them.
Pretty sure they would be way in over their heads beings many of us can dance circles around their logic with our intellect and own logic.
Not 100% sure about that one. I always get reminded of the quote that arguing with a theist is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter how good you are they're just going to shit on the board and strut around like they won anyways.
It my experience it holds true. I've been going back and forth with one on facebook for the last 3 days in a debate group and he finally tells me that he's not there to debate.
@JohnnyMiller you raise a valid point.
Too much work! We are an ornery bunch and use logic and all that science stuff. Maybe they are scared to come her and not be able to leave again. Just saying!
They wouldn't last long,I'm not religious ,I am however a believer in a god,I'm not trying to convert anyone,just give a few some pause for thought now and again on the way...keeps them on their toes.
Yes I do,...as the saying goes to make an omlette you have to break a few eggs.
Besides there will be life on some there are just so many planets,
@VinceRichardson If the Christian god existed, couldn't he make an omelet without breaking any eggs?
Well I don't beleive in the christian god and I don't pretend I understand why the whole universe was made or what the possible alternative were for creating life,more likley there weren't any .So this is it and we are here.
So, who is up for the new bible reading group?
I thought about saying that myself, LOL!
@LeftyWright We'll all sit around and listen to Hitche, fry and Uzzard on YouTube!
I'm a member at TheThingingAtheist.com/forum and believers of all kinds come there, girded for battle. So unless believers are actively denied membership here, I don't really get their absence, either.
TTA does, admittedly, tend to get the real nut-cases in greater numbers than, say, the Atheism & Agnosticism forum on city-data. That's a sub-forum, along with Christianity, under Religion & Spirituality, so the presence of believers on city-data is inherent and incidental.
Maybe agnostic.com is less well known, and "agnostic" seems less a target than "atheist. TTA's forums are also secondary to Seth Andrews as a personality / speaker / author on the topic of atheism, and that probably acts as flypaper for believers too.
They're kinda cute, the way they show up with what they think is a ground-breaking new "gotcha" argument, then immediately go down in flames, then, often as not, don't even recognize that they've had the rug pulled out from under them.
As I've said elsewhere, I like a quiet place like this that isn't all about debating believers, there are plenty of places to get me some of that if I'm in the mood.
Pretty nice being free from that here.
I've only been on this site for a short time, and I've met a couple of christians here. So far, the ones I have met have just been curious. If we start getting a bunch of "Follow Me Or Burn In Hell" types, simply report them and let admin take care of the problem. Till then I'm going to enjoy meeting all the interesting people here. Maybe we can even disillusion a few religious Johnnys and Janes along the way.
If any do show up, I doubt they'd last long.
They'd be overwhelmed by the common sense and factual refutations of whatever bullshit they might try to proffer.
Too many people here just don't have the inclination to tolerate proselytizing. Nor should they.
As has been mentioned, this is a relatively new site and it's possible we just haven't been "discovered" yet, but they are advertising heavily on Facebook. That newness could be a factor. Also, I belong to a number of Atheist FB groups and religious trolls are constantly posting crap there just to piss people off. A group on FB is not the same as a whole site dedicated to Nonbelievers, so there could be a bit of a fear factor. In here, they are the stranger in a strange land.