Yeah, it’s a poll, but you know it’s gonna end up here.
Atheists: Do you feel that your views are oppressed here on the Dope? Does it seem that policy is weighted against you, and that the moderators go out of their way to chastize you, especially with regard to your interactions with Christians?
Others: From the outside looking in, same questions.
I’ll start. Atheist. No. Not at all.
Athiest, no.
Moderators in general, no. Moderator Tomndebb in particular, yes.
Agnostic.
Not really. The Dope is probably one of the more open-minded areas around. I post on several other boards and the absolute vitriol that I get when I post something that isn’t 100% dyed-in-the-wool Christianity is astounding.
Gnostic agnostic a-theist. And no… this is just about the most supportive place one could wish for in a debate about proper epistemology.
Atheist. Not in the least from any of the moderators.
Agnostic who is basically anti-church and no, the board is pretty good about atheist, agnostics, and every faith except Scientology.
Of course this poll is dedicated to pseudotriton ruber ruber, so why not say so?
Jim
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Agnostic who is basically anti-church and no, the board is pretty good about atheist, agnostics, and every faith except Scientology.
Of course this poll is dedicated to pseudotriton ruber ruber, so why not say so?
Jim
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It is *not *dedicated to him, so that is why I did not say so. It *is *intended to elicit evidence with regard to his position. Hijacking the other thread seemed to be poor form. If you can read minds, or at least my mind, why don’t you say so and win a million dollars?
Reformed Congregationalist, now a Pantheistic Hedonist.
No, not at all.
Atheist. No.
I forget sometimes how open I can be here regarding atheism and then I go other places and get a shock.
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Moderators in general, no. Moderator Tomndebb in particular, yes.
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Other than by Tom, do you believe that your views are oppressed? Do you feel that policy here is weighted against you?
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It is *not *dedicated to him, so that is why I did not say so. It *is *intended to elicit evidence with regard to his position. Hijacking the other thread seemed to be poor form. If you can read minds, or at least my mind, why don’t you say so and win a million dollars?
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Oh, my apologies, you are only intending to elicit evidence with regard to his position, how could I ever mistake that for what I said?
Jim
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Moderators in general, no. Moderator Tomndebb in particular, yes.
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I agree with this 100%. The phrasing is perfect, the punctuation is flawless, the parallel structure is beyond reproach. What a fantastic post this was! Just gorgeous, pure genius. I dont know how he does it, time after time, post after post, getting it exactly right. I’m in utter awe.
Agnostic-Soft Atheist.
Nope, and I disageed once, for 20 minutes, with **tomndebb ** in GD when he defended a mystic.
It was not a big deal and **tomndebb ** did not even put on a moderator hat, Imagine that… badchad.
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Oh, my apologies, you are only intending to elicit evidence with regard to his position, how could I ever mistake that for what I said?
Jim
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Fuck off. You said it was dedicated to him. How about you find me a piece of text from anywhere, fact or fiction, dated prior to now, where “dedicated to” means “trying to elicit evidence about his position.”
Artheist-
Most open and supportive place I’ve ever discussed atheism.
(Why is this in the pit?)
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I agree with this 100%. The phrasing is perfect, the punctuation is flawless, the parallel structure is beyond reproach. What a fantastic post this was! Just gorgeous, pure genius. I dont know how he does it, time after time, post after post, getting it exactly right. I’m in utter awe.
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Thanks. 
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Other than by Tom, do you believe that your views are oppressed? Do you feel that policy here is weighted against you?
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As for other moderators and policy, no and no. Which I think is what I said the first time.
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As for other moderators and policy, no and no. Which I think is what I said the first time.
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Thanks.
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Fuck off. You said it was dedicated to him. How about you find me a piece of text from anywhere, fact or fiction, dated prior to now, where “dedicated to” means “trying to elicit evidence about his position.”
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from http://www.answers.com/dedicated&r=67
I believe you design this thread for a particular use, to prove **PRR ** wrong.
You might want to apologize for the ‘fuck you’ as I proved you incorrect in about 5 seconds of using an online dictionary.
Jim