You mean a philosophy forum, discussion forums in general or something specific to this forum in particular (that puts it in some other category than the two aforementioned ones) — DingoJones
I stand by what Artemis said, which is that people opposed to those conflicted conversations can just self-segregate themselves from the offending threads. — S
I believe religious beliefs are special — T Clark
Ha. Straight from the horses mouth. So you're just as bad as those "anti-religionists". You too are a hypocrite. You see the other side as prejudiced, closed minded. Yet in your opening post you quote what we're apparently supposed to see as offending material consisting of someone calling the other side illogical and so on. So it's only wrong when they do this sort of thing, because... they're "anti-religionists"? When it's coming from your own side, you have no objection and generally agree. — S
I'm shocked, shocked! — T Clark
My purpose in this thread was to kick those I consider offenders, including Artemis, in the ass. — T Clark
For some reason the anti-religious and atheists view themselves to be somehow under attack and act if they have to be on the defensive. Perhaps it's the example of the few public atheist media celebrities who share their atheism to the World and seem to be on a crusade against the remnants of obsolete beliefs in hokus-pokus magic like...religion. Because, from their point of view, what other stance could a modern progressive thinking person have towards such backward ignorance? — ssu
Would you have a problem with someone being treated with disrespect, treated in a condescending way, etc. if they were to post in support of racist views on a philosophy board? — Terrapin Station
Wayfarer's post was respectful of anti-religionists and proposed peaceful coexistence. I agreed with that sentiment. — T Clark
I wouldn't exactly say that it was respectful, because it was patronising in much the same way that you might object to the language used in the comments you quoted in your opening post as patronising. — S
So it's just hypocritical cheerleading for the views that you want to be treated with respect, screw people with different opinions? — Terrapin Station
So, you do think religious belief is equivalent to Nazism. — T Clark
So it's not patronising to be characterised as having a problem with religion not on any intellectual basis, but because of a 'fear of religion', like a phobia or a prejudice. Or because you aren't open minded enough to explore the matter, or because you're unwilling to do so or not interested? I don't think that that's fair, and I do find that patronising. — S
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If there are instances of trolling, the remedy is to flag the post and alert the mods to remove the post and warn the troller. — Hanover
Alas, I failed in my goal, although I've enjoyed the thread and learned something, i.e. never listen to the moderators. — T Clark
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