DON'T BE AN ATH-HOLE.
I finally realized what this place was.
It may call itself Agnostic.com but is much more appropriately Antagonistic.com
Based on the sheer nature of the top level topics and the posts, the only purpose of this site seems to me that it is (predominantly) for bashing and ridiculing people of faith and what they believe in.
If you are looking for relationships then it has to start with compromise and understanding of others including mutual respect despite ideological differences. If you cannot achieve that in everyday life with regular people you certainly are not going to be able to do that with someone that is a potential life mate even if you share belief systems.
I share belief systems with probably 90 percent of you and I find the balance of you (not all of you, but many) completely offensive and obnoxious.
I understand that many of you probably have recently changed belief. And the shock and revelation of becoming an agnostic or an atheist is a drastic one. But acceptance of this way of life is not tied to ridiculing other people and what they believe in. We have enough problems with being accepted as agnostics or atheists without going on an offensive.
Would you people really be proud of the antagonistic, ad hominem content you are posting if it got out to your real life friends and family or your coworkers? Does this sort of nastiness truly advance our acceptance by others? What you are engaging in only confirms their hatred of and bias against us. We provide them ammunition.
That is the test I always use for any content I post online as a writer with a social media following.
What you are all experiencing is collective deindividuation.
You should think very carefully before jumping on bandwagons which attack or ridicule the religions of others. And how this behavior destroys your individual conscience and wellbeing.
How about we try some topics that are not tied to attacking and ridiculing people of faith and their icons and tenets? And their organizations? Or do we not have enough interesting subjects to talk about here? One would think with the supposed intellectual density of the membership here we’d have plenty of things to talk about here that do not involve ridicule, disgust or hatred of others.
DON'T BE AN ATH-HOLE.
So do you or would you if you believed in a God and any theistic religion find it offensive if in my discussions with you, I said that you believe in mythology and magic if you hold a religious belief and I myself have no belief in invisible magic guy or gal in the sky nor anything supernatural? Curious because I do not believe stating the truth, being authentic in communication is in anyway disrespectful or offensive. In fact the opposite is I believe true. If in communicating with other people you do not clearly, honestly and authentically express your beliefs you are disrespecting them by engagine in a dishonest dialogue.
It would entirely depend on the context of the situation. How you described it would be fine, on a theoretical basis given that if I WAS a person of faith, I would be able to respond to that rationally.
However, I am a fellow agnostic observing other agnostics act derisively and disrespectful. So that is different.
@jperlow The point I was trying to make and I think I did a poor job is that when I make those kind of comment I am told I am being disrespectful to people of faith all the time. I call bullshit on that. I respect their right to have their beliefs but it is not disrespectful for a person like me to say that their beliefs are down right silly. They believe in make believe, it is mythology at best. I find it frustrating when people say my simply stating the reality of the situation is being disrespectful. Facts are facts, yes evolution is true, yes the big bang is true, no it is not possible that a god created the universe nor that a god came to earth in human form, that is just make believe and it is not disrespectful to state that as a fact.
I figure you will get all kind of responses here, I mean the whole spectrum. I don't think is fair to say this site is about to ridicule whatever. Of course it comes with the territory and if you didn't expect it then with all do respect, that's on you. Anyhow, it should not be that complicated. You feel offended about a particular posting then ignore and move on. You feel antagonized by a person then you can always block him. Don't lose the opportunity to discover lots of interesting conversations only because didn't like them all.... Just thinking out loud, that's all
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markdenevish your comments are totally suited to your icon. I think you have a hidden talent. And I'm not being sarcastic.