> -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2007 8:39 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Christian's: Paranoid or not > > I have not especially noticed any attacks on atheism. Perhaps they went > under my radar tho; I tend to disregard any discussion of isms anymore. > But > I don't see a lot of religious discussion here either and I would think > I > would notice.
Forgive me: not attacks here, on this list specifically (although once we get going...), but attacks "in the wild" that cause people to create initial posts. This whole mess was started by the "Golden Compass". In the past kick-off points were removing "God" from the Pledge or the 10 Commandments from courthouses or group prayer in government offices or studies on mistrusted minorities or creation museums or whatever. That which strikes us (good, bad, ugly, funny, etc) we share here. The ones that resonate become those long threads. Some of us are less tactful that others of course and that leads to long threads as well... but that's the way these things work. It's also human nature to want to expose your opinion on a matter even if you're not contributing the discussion at hand. So when somebody says "I agree/disagree with this because I do/don't believe in God" the opposite of the argument will ALWAYS put its two-cents in. And it's not just this of course. Look at the thread I made yesterday asking about favorite TV shows. The first six or seven answers were simply "I don't watch TV". Of course that point of view doesn't really add to the topic but you've got to expect them. Most importantly you shouldn't take them too seriously when they appear. Our long arguments are not, I think, a sign of our fractious nature but rather a sign of just how close this list has become as a social structure. We tend not to hold back and definitely know how to push each other's buttons. You know - like a family. ;^) Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247957 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
