Re: Atheism vs Anti-theism
Its not a matter of not commenting on theist threads or not commenting on atheist threads...its a matter of not commenting in a way that attacks someone or a group of someones wholesale, or can be (has been) easily construed as attacking someone or a group of someones, regardless of what section someone is in.
The Atheist section is a section for people (including non-atheists) to talk about Atheism, not just a board for Atheists....just as the Heathen board is a board about Heathen traditions, not just a board for Heathens. Although, I'm fairly sure a number of people skip sections for that reason, and most of the use by this board may be by Athiests, the individual boards aren't here to segregate people into their own little clubs, they are here as placeholders for subjects of conversation. In part boards are also a place for people of like mind to find one another, but it certainly isn't a place to find one another to point fingers at each other and giggle behind closed doors over their beliefs or lack of belief. And even sections were here soley for use of *enter group here* it still wouldn't be an Atheist playground to knock theists, anymore than the theistic sections (not that everyone using those sections are thiests anyhow) are every going to be theist playgrounds for knocking Atheism.
This forum is multi-faith (and that includes NO faith), period...every single section of the board, from the Heathen board to the Abrahamic boards to the Rant section. I have no problem with being critical. Be critical. But be constructive about it. Like I said before--criticism is generally useful when its constructive, rather than destructive. Pick a religion (and make a specific religion, not "Christians" or "Muslims" or "Baptists" or "Buddhists" or "theists"...or "atheists"...unless its actually a belief or action that actually exists among nearly all of their respective groups) and say "this teaching sucks because of X, Y, and Z" or "this action damages X, Y, and Z". At best, a blanket statement is almost never helpful, and even even less often factual...at worst, it comes off as prejudice and bigotry, whether its meant that way or not. Honestly...I expect better of us...because I know that most of us are capable of it.
I might add that this goes for every single part of this forum, period. This just happens to be the first place its shown up in a while. All of us, ALL OF US (and that includes myself, and staff), can stand to improve in the manner in which we express ourselves, so that we are perfectly clear when we mean to be insulting or not...and can stand to improve in how we react when we are questioned or criticized.
Originally posted by Bjorn
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The Atheist section is a section for people (including non-atheists) to talk about Atheism, not just a board for Atheists....just as the Heathen board is a board about Heathen traditions, not just a board for Heathens. Although, I'm fairly sure a number of people skip sections for that reason, and most of the use by this board may be by Athiests, the individual boards aren't here to segregate people into their own little clubs, they are here as placeholders for subjects of conversation. In part boards are also a place for people of like mind to find one another, but it certainly isn't a place to find one another to point fingers at each other and giggle behind closed doors over their beliefs or lack of belief. And even sections were here soley for use of *enter group here* it still wouldn't be an Atheist playground to knock theists, anymore than the theistic sections (not that everyone using those sections are thiests anyhow) are every going to be theist playgrounds for knocking Atheism.
This forum is multi-faith (and that includes NO faith), period...every single section of the board, from the Heathen board to the Abrahamic boards to the Rant section. I have no problem with being critical. Be critical. But be constructive about it. Like I said before--criticism is generally useful when its constructive, rather than destructive. Pick a religion (and make a specific religion, not "Christians" or "Muslims" or "Baptists" or "Buddhists" or "theists"...or "atheists"...unless its actually a belief or action that actually exists among nearly all of their respective groups) and say "this teaching sucks because of X, Y, and Z" or "this action damages X, Y, and Z". At best, a blanket statement is almost never helpful, and even even less often factual...at worst, it comes off as prejudice and bigotry, whether its meant that way or not. Honestly...I expect better of us...because I know that most of us are capable of it.
I might add that this goes for every single part of this forum, period. This just happens to be the first place its shown up in a while. All of us, ALL OF US (and that includes myself, and staff), can stand to improve in the manner in which we express ourselves, so that we are perfectly clear when we mean to be insulting or not...and can stand to improve in how we react when we are questioned or criticized.
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