Why are there so few christian here?

[juliod]

This is a great forum for debate. The moderators do a good job of keeping things under control without stopping anyone from posting.

Yet the most observable fact here is the reletive lack of christian posters.

I would expect there to be a lot more, given the popularity of amateur apologetics, and the biblical admonition to spread the faith.

I have a theory that is worthy of debate. I say that religion can only exist in protected environments. There must be an authority that prevents heretics and atheists from engaging in debate on equal grounds. Were there is no such authority, atheists carry the day.

I've seen lots of theist web forums. Invariably they use their administrator powers to support the theist side. It eventually becomes impossible to participate as an atheist. I take my writing seriously, and hate it when I feel that the moderator may delete my article because I say something he just can't bear to hear.

DanZ

[Mae von H]

[Purple Knight]

[Tcg]

[Replying to juliod in post #1]

One reason there are few Christians here is because they get banned on a regular basis. 8 out of the first 10 posters listed as being banned in the thread that records such are Christians. There were a couple posters I skipped in that tally because I couldn't determine if they were Christians or just theists of some unspecified variety. To state the obvious only 2 atheists were banned during the time of that tally.

As a side note, while researching that tally, I noticed one Christian threatening another poster with hell fire. I've never once seen an atheist resort to such scare tactics.


Tcg

[Mae von H]

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Yet the most observable fact here is the reletive lack of christian posters.

I would expect there to be a lot more, given the popularity of amateur apologetics, and the biblical admonition to spread the faith.

In my many years as a Christian, I've rarely come across any in the church that have seriously studied apologetics and how to debate.

[Mae von H]

[Mae von H]

[Locust]

This is a great forum for debate. The moderators do a good job of keeping things under control without stopping anyone from posting.

Yet the most observable fact here is the reletive lack of christian posters.

I would expect there to be a lot more, given the popularity of amateur apologetics, and the biblical admonition to spread the faith.

I have a theory that is worthy of debate. I say that religion can only exist in protected environments. There must be an authority that prevents heretics and atheists from engaging in debate on equal grounds. Were there is no such authority, atheists carry the day.

I've seen lots of theist web forums. Invariably they use their administrator powers to support the theist side. It eventually becomes impossible to participate as an atheist. I take my writing seriously, and hate it when I feel that the moderator may delete my article because I say something he just can't bear to hear.

DanZ

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