I think that you need to define what you mean by "progressive".

If you know in which direction you are progressing, or even think you know which direction should be called progressive. Then are you really progressing, or are you just moving on rails ?

Personally I have learned a lot from members here, especially the ones who I don't always agree with.
If learning equals progress, then yes, this site is progressive.

I wish this site just focused on the sharing of thoughts and ideas that pertain to living an agnostic life, rather than so much focus on the politics around us.

While I know there are agnostics who are staunchly against the progressive tract most of us are on, I don't see eye to eye with them and consider them to be focused on making every discussion about politics, blaming others for their problems instead of fixing them. That's just my take.

I skip over most political discussions, but do weigh in on what seems to be social issues perhaps being made worse by the imposition of religion into government decisions.

It's my understanding that the originator/administrator of this site is himself a conservative agnostic and was dismayed at how progressive most of the people on this site are, so split off to form a more conservative version of this site, which I have no interest in viewing.

I enjoy this site for the occasional interesting discussion, the feeling of understanding with somewhat like-minded individuals, and for the continual learning of how best to articulate my spiritual or philosophical viewpoints. I consider many of the members here to be far more educated and world-wise than I am, so I come to learn as well as express my own feelings.

I only learned about this site from an ad that popped up 5 years ago in my FB feed. I keep up with my friends, family, clients and acquaintances on FB, but I don't dare say there the things I say here. For me, this is a "safe place" for me to share my non-belief in a world where speaking about non-belief sometimes causes friction in relationships.

I really don't spend much time comtemplating the serious side of this site...just seem to enjoy the enter- action of some of the people that share a part of themselves here.

Progressive as in open to discussion of new ideas? Used to be in the early days, not any more. When Trump came on the scene, really polarised the vast majority on this site who happen to be American and the standard of interaction here deteriorated quickly.
Silly me assumed that agnostic types had rejected religious doctrine and so would be less susceptible to succumbing to other doctrines. Wrong. The amount of group think that occurs and the vigour with which some defend that group think has turned this site into a collection of echo chambers now. Not really progressive at all.

This site is Leftist. Most consider Leftism to be "progressive".

Always best to start with definitions so we actually know what is under discussion.

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I think that this site in in decline. When I first came on here (different account) I thought it was a lot of fun and people had open discussions about quite a few topics. As membership declined so did the quality of the site. People used to actually chat in the chat rooms. Now it is just complaints about religion and religious people. I do want to associate with "like minded" people who do not make religion a central part of their lives or require that everyone in their lives be religious. However, I don't really want to complain all day and night about the negative aspects of religion. Personally, I am a liberal, progressive Social Democrat. I am who the right calls "woke". I like to avoid trolls and I block people that make stupid anti-vaxxing, anti-democratic posts and comments.

1. The site is not progressing, it is in decline.
2. The decline is caused by the decline in membership and the rise in flaming trolls.
3. The lack of administration and the prevalence of flaming trolls is preventing progression.
4. To have the fun people back in the chat rooms and to increase the variety of topics.

I am totally Progressive because I believe we should have the best of everything for everyone. If you believe this idea is Communist try looking hard at Russia and China and you can see they do not have this at all.

Is this site progressive? Not much coz the right will stop you from posting on ideas here that they love. They also might ban you. Click to post and there is nothing there. For the record I do not see that anyone progressive is doing this. It's the other way around. They hate liberals and I'm a Progressive Liberal. This has nothing to do with Trump or Biden.

What we have here is a marketplace of ideas. To the extent that progressive ideas flourish and spread, the site is progressive. In the main, I think this is the case. However, there are members who are persistently resistant to progressive ideas. On them, the best evidence and argumentation are wasted. By ignorant trolls, the best ideas are dismissed with a wave of the hand.

1. Progress in what areas specific? over all?
2. this is a great site for mining opinions with a similar group thought, as there are varying degrees of anti-theism / non-belief / agnostic / atheism. I do enjoy reading what others post, how they personally relate or answer questions with personal experience examples.
3. this site isn't frustrating, maybe the point system (LOL!), perhaps reading posts where others fly off the handle, misinterpret what was written.
4. making time to listen to more podcasts, reading. But habit stacking seems to be working for me

I’m not even sure what “progressive” is….‍