Xero
31 Mar 2011, 11:51 AM
Hello Everyone,
My name is Xero. I am 27 years old and soon to be graduating from a civil engineering technologist program. I am also a former paramedic. Not that any of this matters, just figured I'd give some background information on myself.
I enjoy intelligent discussion and have recently left another forum of which I was a part of since '03. Basically I got sick and tired of the tired old "atheist clique" that infected that forum. It's fine to question religious and other precarious beliefs, however it is entirely another thing to gang up on someone and basically use "you are stupid" as evidence that "religion is wrong".
After calling the forum founder out on the utter corruption and hypocrisy that was pervading site (there was a thread he had started asking specifically about this, it wasn't unsolicited or an attack) he deleted my post and had me moderated.
At that point I realized it was utterly hopeless to think that these people would ever grow up, so I left. I wasn't going to stay somewhere, where relevant, factual, and fair posts are deleted simply because the merits of that post conflict with the "popular vote".
I have spent some time reading over the current threads, although I will probably hold off from posting for a while, until I get a feel for this place. From the way it looks, even when people have conflicting opinions and are flat out calling each other wrong, that it isn't malicious or juvenile. I believe this to be essential for individual and communal intellectual growth, in an online forum.
Once again, none of this is really relevant. Perhaps I like hearing myself talk. Or write. Type, I suppose. Either way, I look forward to getting to know you all.
Cheers
My name is Xero. I am 27 years old and soon to be graduating from a civil engineering technologist program. I am also a former paramedic. Not that any of this matters, just figured I'd give some background information on myself.
I enjoy intelligent discussion and have recently left another forum of which I was a part of since '03. Basically I got sick and tired of the tired old "atheist clique" that infected that forum. It's fine to question religious and other precarious beliefs, however it is entirely another thing to gang up on someone and basically use "you are stupid" as evidence that "religion is wrong".
After calling the forum founder out on the utter corruption and hypocrisy that was pervading site (there was a thread he had started asking specifically about this, it wasn't unsolicited or an attack) he deleted my post and had me moderated.
At that point I realized it was utterly hopeless to think that these people would ever grow up, so I left. I wasn't going to stay somewhere, where relevant, factual, and fair posts are deleted simply because the merits of that post conflict with the "popular vote".
I have spent some time reading over the current threads, although I will probably hold off from posting for a while, until I get a feel for this place. From the way it looks, even when people have conflicting opinions and are flat out calling each other wrong, that it isn't malicious or juvenile. I believe this to be essential for individual and communal intellectual growth, in an online forum.
Once again, none of this is really relevant. Perhaps I like hearing myself talk. Or write. Type, I suppose. Either way, I look forward to getting to know you all.
Cheers