# How is this OP not trolling? (IMHO thread about Atheists) **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 1, 2013, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-op-not-trolling-imho-thread-about-atheists/654563 "2013-04-01T19:02:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-op-not-trolling-imho-thread-about-atheists/654563/41 "2013-04-02T18:49:59Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > …more like witnessing than trolling. I hear you, which is why I pulled back a step upthread and stated that regardless of whether it is insincere trolling or sincere witnessing, it is still jerkish. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-op-not-trolling-imho-thread-about-atheists/654563/42 "2013-04-02T19:40:10Z")
It’d seem that much less like trolling if the OP would come back to the thread and comment on the responses to his post- although that assumes he’s amenable to correction. Maybe someone can ask him? ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-op-not-trolling-imho-thread-about-atheists/654563/43 "2013-04-02T21:06:05Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > It’d seem that much less like trolling if the OP would come back to the thread and comment on the responses to his post- although that assumes he’s amenable to correction. _"My girls, sir, they didn’t care for the Overlook at first. One of them actually stole a pack of matches, and tried to burn it down. But I corrected them, sir. And when my wife tried to prevent me from doing my duty, I corrected her._" - Delbert Grady ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-op-not-trolling-imho-thread-about-atheists/654563/44 "2013-04-02T21:34:52Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > Believers do pretty much universally seem to think that _just being_ an atheist is arrogance. > [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > the thread title is clearly insulting, but that’s the norm for believers. Wow! That is some heavy duty irony! ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-op-not-trolling-imho-thread-about-atheists/654563/45 "2013-04-02T22:42:22Z")
> [@Kenm](#): > > Who cares what Windows users think? So all non Mac users use Windows? I think there are a few other OSs out there. In fact I used to work right across the street from a place called Red Hat - heard of those guys? BTW I am Buddhist which has no God. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-op-not-trolling-imho-thread-about-atheists/654563/46 "2013-04-02T22:43:28Z")
Sorry , dup post please delete ---
**Author:** ![Kenm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bc79bd/32.png) [@Kenm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kenm)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-op-not-trolling-imho-thread-about-atheists/654563/47 "2013-04-02T22:53:35Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > So all non Mac users use Windows? I’ve never come across a Linux user or Unix (other than the Mac OS) user who rails or otherwise badmouths the Mac OS and its users as do Windows users. Computer-forum sites (including Ars Technica) are replete with them. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-op-not-trolling-imho-thread-about-atheists/654563/48 "2013-04-02T23:02:39Z")
Well you have come across one now! BTW how is Worm Food Jobs doing these days? Have not seen him around for over a year? Did he get better? ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-op-not-trolling-imho-thread-about-atheists/654563/49 "2013-04-02T23:03:38Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > So all non Mac users use Windows? > I think there are a few other OSs out there. In fact I used to work right across the street from a place called Red Hat - heard of those guys? > > BTW I am Buddhist which has no God. So are you going to actually return to the thread? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-op-not-trolling-imho-thread-about-atheists/654563/50 "2013-04-02T23:08:03Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > BTW how is Worm Food Jobs doing these days? Have not seen him around for over a year? Did he get better? Saved for posterity in case you edit. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-op-not-trolling-imho-thread-about-atheists/654563/51 "2013-04-02T23:09:51Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > Well you have come across one now! > > BTW how is Worm Food Jobs doing these days? Have not seen him around for over a year? Did he get better? Wow. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-op-not-trolling-imho-thread-about-atheists/654563/52 "2013-04-02T23:10:26Z")
He did not die did he? I mean , the man walked on water, no way could Worm Food Jobs die!! ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-op-not-trolling-imho-thread-about-atheists/654563/53 "2013-04-02T23:13:02Z")
Well this just got weird. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-op-not-trolling-imho-thread-about-atheists/654563/54 "2013-04-02T23:14:01Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > Well this just got weird. Indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-op-not-trolling-imho-thread-about-atheists/654563/55 "2013-04-02T23:14:31Z")
You guys take this board WAY too seriously. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-op-not-trolling-imho-thread-about-atheists/654563/56 "2013-04-02T23:17:23Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I think accusations of trolling get thrown around too readily. In my opinion, it’s not trolling unless the poster’s primary intent was to cause offense. But if a person really believes what they’re saying - even if it’s offensive - then it’s more like witnessing than trolling. Can’t it be both? When Freepers show up here to flame the libtards, I don’t doubt they believe Obama is a Muslim. But that doesn’t mean their intent on coming here wasn’t to troll for lefties. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-op-not-trolling-imho-thread-about-atheists/654563/57 "2013-04-02T23:33:15Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I think accusations of trolling get thrown around too readily. In my opinion, it’s not trolling unless the poster’s primary intent was to cause offense. But if a person really believes what they’re saying - even if it’s offensive - then it’s more like witnessing than trolling. You can troll and be sincere at the same time. It’s all in the content of the posts. If you’re posting to debate some issue, you’re not trolling, no matter how inflammatory your position is. If you’re posting to draw attention to yourself and rile people up you are trolling, even if you sincerely believe in what you espouse. It’s clear from his non-responsive behavior in the thread that **Bijou Drains** only wanted to poke atheists with a stick. ---
**Author:** ![Troppus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a587f6/32.png) [@Troppus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troppus)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-op-not-trolling-imho-thread-about-atheists/654563/58 "2013-04-02T23:35:38Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > He did not die did he? I mean , the man walked on water, no way could Worm Food Jobs die!! What are you blathering about? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2013, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-op-not-trolling-imho-thread-about-atheists/654563/59 "2013-04-02T23:41:29Z")
> [@Troppus](#): > > What are you blathering about? His total loss of credibility. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2013, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-op-not-trolling-imho-thread-about-atheists/654563/60 "2013-04-03T02:10:24Z")
> [@Frank](#): > > Poisoning. Poisoning the well. > > That is all. 😃 :smack: I knew there was something wrong with it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-op-not-trolling-imho-thread-about-atheists/654563.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-this-op-not-trolling-imho-thread-about-atheists/654563.md?page=4)