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Oh, there, there! Welcome to you too BGood (even though you've been around here longer than I have).BGoodForGoodSake wrote:Hi Blob!
Welcome to the forums.
All this love is making me jeolous maybe I should introduce myself as well.
=P
You're losing it, K. Must be Blob's koala having a sentimental fuzzy effect on you.Kurieuo wrote:
Btw I meant "blob" not "blog" (obviously) in may last post.
Kurieuo
I did wonder whose blog you've been reading that is so awful it's like having a tooth extracted!Kurieuo wrote:I had a tooth pulled recently! It's usually more of a crack than a "blog" sound
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Btw I meant "blob" not "blog" (obviously) in may last post.
Original post.thinker wrote:I still question why you are here, you haven't answered my questions in other threads.
In various posts Blob wrote: I'm not religious and never have been. But recently I have been more often in the company of religious people and have even found myself dragged to church through social obligation. As such am interested in "researching" what christians are like. (I mean christians as opposed to christianity, if you see what I mean. For the latter I can just read websites and books.)
I'm afraid I've no interest in becoming religious myself but you will find I am polite and courteous if you give me a chance.
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Thank you for opening up, that was an interesting post Thinker. In fact this is the sort of insight I came to this forum for. In "real" life it can be difficult to probe people's religious beliefs because you risk causing offense. On-line the anonymity seems to help.
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To sum up, this atheist is interested in a religious forum for two reasons:
1. I share a passion for asking the big questions and musing on answers and hearing what others think AND hearing what others think of my thoughts.
2. I am increasingly surrounded by religious people. But in real life it can be diificult to probe people's thoughts or ask them 'challenging' questions without causing offense. I hope here that I can, but that remains to be seen.
Fine, you like being here, but what accomplishment do you tend to make being here? What are you going to get from this forum if you ARE NOT going to sway and be more open to religion? You say you want to "research" what Christians are like, why? How is this going to make you any different? Also, why ask questions if you already hold the answers to YOUR beliefs? What REALLY is the point of you being here besides asking questions, refusing to be open to religion, and "researching" Christians (which is what Christianity produces)? By research, you seem to think like you are trying to write up a book on Christians. I don't get it, I just don't.Blob wrote:Original post.thinker wrote:I still question why you are here, you haven't answered my questions in other threads.
In various posts Blob wrote: I'm not religious and never have been. But recently I have been more often in the company of religious people and have even found myself dragged to church through social obligation. As such am interested in "researching" what christians are like. (I mean christians as opposed to christianity, if you see what I mean. For the latter I can just read websites and books.)
I'm afraid I've no interest in becoming religious myself but you will find I am polite and courteous if you give me a chance.
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Thank you for opening up, that was an interesting post Thinker. In fact this is the sort of insight I came to this forum for. In "real" life it can be difficult to probe people's religious beliefs because you risk causing offense. On-line the anonymity seems to help.
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To sum up, this atheist is interested in a religious forum for two reasons:
1. I share a passion for asking the big questions and musing on answers and hearing what others think AND hearing what others think of my thoughts.
2. I am increasingly surrounded by religious people. But in real life it can be diificult to probe people's thoughts or ask them 'challenging' questions without causing offense. I hope here that I can, but that remains to be seen.
Maybe to converse with Christians to have a better understanding of our Faith or His Mothers Faith. To me it is a non-issue.Thinker wrote:Fine, you like being here, but what accomplishment do you tend to make being here? What are you going to get from this forum if you ARE NOT going to sway and be more open to religion? You say you want to "research" what Christians are like, why? How is this going to make you any different? Also, why ask questions if you already hold the answers to YOUR beliefs? What REALLY is the point of you being here besides asking questions, refusing to be open to religion, and "researching" Christians (which is what Christianity produces)? By research, you seem to think like you are trying to write up a book on Christians. I don't get it, I just don't.Blob wrote:Original post.thinker wrote:I still question why you are here, you haven't answered my questions in other threads.
In various posts Blob wrote: I'm not religious and never have been. But recently I have been more often in the company of religious people and have even found myself dragged to church through social obligation. As such am interested in "researching" what christians are like. (I mean christians as opposed to christianity, if you see what I mean. For the latter I can just read websites and books.)
I'm afraid I've no interest in becoming religious myself but you will find I am polite and courteous if you give me a chance.
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Thank you for opening up, that was an interesting post Thinker. In fact this is the sort of insight I came to this forum for. In "real" life it can be difficult to probe people's religious beliefs because you risk causing offense. On-line the anonymity seems to help.
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To sum up, this atheist is interested in a religious forum for two reasons:
1. I share a passion for asking the big questions and musing on answers and hearing what others think AND hearing what others think of my thoughts.
2. I am increasingly surrounded by religious people. But in real life it can be diificult to probe people's thoughts or ask them 'challenging' questions without causing offense. I hope here that I can, but that remains to be seen.