My Introduction

[JohnnyJersey]

Hi, I am Johnny from New Jersey (as my screen name suggests), and I'm new here, so introducing myself as was requested in the form letter I got in my mailbox upon completing registration.

I am a Christian, and I enjoy discussions about religion as I like to understand what other people think and why and how they think that way. I'm most fascinated by atheists who seem to have an obsession with religion. Already, I have noticed that the most prolific posters in these forums are mostly virulent atheists who seem to have a real anger or bitterness towards Christianity in particular and religion in general.

In any case, I appreciate discussions with anyone who can have a rational point to make and who understand Philosophy enough to do so. Unlike so many today who go with the trend that Science (or, Scientific Method) is the arbiter of logic and reason, I tend to stick with Philosophy as the field of study through which logic and reason are understood properly. I am particularly interested in Epistemology and other "knowledge" seeking fields of Philosophy and how they match up to Science, as I see this as the biggest gap between truth and people's "knowledge" today (regardless of religious belief).

So, I hope to have an enjoyable time and to learn something, and I also hope to be able to help some others learn some things as well! Thanks for having me!

[Ernestalice]

JohnnyJersey wrote : Hi, I am Johnny from New Jersey (as my screen name suggests), and I'm new here, so introducing myself as was requested in the form letter I got in my mailbox upon completing registration.

Hi, I'm a newbie here and nice to meet you. I hope we can get along and help to learn each other See u around

[Ernestalice]

JohnnyJersey wrote : Hi, I am Johnny from New Jersey (as my screen name suggests), and I'm new here, so introducing myself as was requested in the form letter I got in my mailbox upon completing registration.

Hi, I'm a newbie here and nice to meet you. I hope we can get along and help to learn each other See u around

[Ernestalice]

Hi, I am Johnny from New Jersey (as my screen name suggests), and I'm new here, so introducing myself as was requested in the form letter I got in my mailbox upon completing registration.

Hi, I'm a newbie here and nice to meet you. I hope we can get along and help to learn each other See u around

Sorry, I wonder if anyone can help me to erase the posts before? I learned to quote and failed a lot. Sorry

[JohnnyJersey]

Hi, I am Johnny from New Jersey (as my screen name suggests), and I'm new here, so introducing myself as was requested in the form letter I got in my mailbox upon completing registration.

Hi, I'm a newbie here and nice to meet you. I hope we can get along and help to learn each other See u around

Sorry, I wonder if anyone can help me to erase the posts before? I learned to quote and failed a lot. Sorry

Hi Ernestalice

Thank you for the nice welcome! I'm sure we can get along and I too hope we help learn about each other. And don't worry about the other posts, I can never get too much of a warm welcome!

[JohnnyJersey]

Hi, I am Johnny from New Jersey (as my screen name suggests), and I'm new here, so introducing myself as was requested in the form letter I got in my mailbox upon completing registration.

I am a Christian, and I enjoy discussions about religion as I like to understand what other people think and why and how they think that way. I'm most fascinated by atheists who seem to have an obsession with religion. Already, I have noticed that the most prolific posters in these forums are mostly virulent atheists who seem to have a real anger or bitterness towards Christianity in particular and religion in general.

In any case, I appreciate discussions with anyone who can have a rational point to make and who understand Philosophy enough to do so. Unlike so many today who go with the trend that Science (or, Scientific Method) is the arbiter of logic and reason, I tend to stick with Philosophy as the field of study through which logic and reason are understood properly. I am particularly interested in Epistemology and other "knowledge" seeking fields of Philosophy and how they match up to Science, as I see this as the biggest gap between truth and people's "knowledge" today (regardless of religious belief).

So, I hope to have an enjoyable time and to learn something, and I also hope to be able to help some others learn some things as well! Thanks for having me!

Welcome to the forum, Johnny In my humble opinion, we could use more logical and respectful christians in the forum, so here's hoping you fit that description.
I'm an atheist who is very interested in religion. I wouldn't say I have an obsession, just a particular interest in what drives people towards religion and towards god. I'm very interested in all human behavior, really.
I'm definitely not "virulent", and I'm not bitter either. I think you'll find that most atheists are not what (some) religious folks claim we are (be it dangerous, wicked, sad, bitter, minions of satan, etc). I do disapprove strongly of certain aspects of christianity, but I'll leave that for when we debate each other

Hi, Lucia! You certainly don't seem to be virulent or bitter, I'm glad to see.

Sorry if I gave the wrong impression, I don't mean to generalize about atheists or any group. I have had a lot of experiences with message boards where there is disrespect coming from both sides, and I suppose it's easier to notice it from the "other" side. Still, no excuse for apologizing.

In truth, I get the feeling that, while there's bound to be virulent and bitter people on both sides (there always are at least a few), the majority of people on this site seem respectful. That's why I hope to participate here going forward.

In any case, thank you for your friendly welcome and I look forward to talking with you "out there" under the other subtopics!

[Fisherking]

Welcome. It's always nice to see Christians with backbones

[McCulloch]

Sorry, I wonder if anyone can help me to erase the posts before? I learned to quote and failed a lot. Sorry

This is a debate site and sad to say, some debaters have, in the past, have gone into their previous posts and corrected or revised them. This has been a problem, when others quote those posts and then it appears as if they are misquoting them. In order to curb this kind of behavior, there is a time limit on editing any of your posts.

[McCulloch]

Welcome. It's always nice to see Christians with backbones

I was unaware of any invertebrate Christians.

[Lux]

Hi, Lucia! You certainly don't seem to be virulent or bitter, I'm glad to see.

Sorry if I gave the wrong impression, I don't mean to generalize about atheists or any group. I have had a lot of experiences with message boards where there is disrespect coming from both sides, and I suppose it's easier to notice it from the "other" side. Still, no excuse for apologizing.

In truth, I get the feeling that, while there's bound to be virulent and bitter people on both sides (there always are at least a few), the majority of people on this site seem respectful. That's why I hope to participate here going forward.

In any case, thank you for your friendly welcome and I look forward to talking with you "out there" under the other subtopics!

Thank you, it did seem like you were generalizing, so I'm glad to know that wasn't your intention
In my experience, it's borderline impossible to find a forum where there's perfect harmony, specially a forum dedicated to opposing views in such a "touchy" subject as religion. But in this particular forum, the amount of disrespect is minimum.
Again, I hope you like it here. You should be prepared to find a lot of (very civil) opposition, though.

[Zzyzx]

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Welcome. It's always nice to see Christians with backbones

I look forward to encountering Fundamentalists with ability to defend bible tales and claims of "miracles".

"Backbone" might not be sufficient to demonstrate to readers that incredible tales are true and accurate. It might take convincing evidence that the tales are true. So far, that does not seem to have been accomplished (except perhaps in Holy Huddle -- or where opposition challenges are not permitted).