It looks like no one has dropped in here for a few hours, I am very eager to debate, but I'm new here so don't wanna step on anyone's toes or anything.
I guess I'll lurk for a little bit until I can find someplace to nose in. I don't wanna start a new thread right away and can't PM anyone for a challenge for a while either.
My position: Ex-Catholic Christian, have been an atheist for almost half my life now.
Once a hard anti-theist but now only moderately so. I've been inspired by the hard atheists like Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Sam Harris - but while I agree with some of what they say I disagree with other stuff.
Big fan of the Atheist Experience public access TV/radio show of Austin Texas, as well as their non-prophets show.
Why debate religion? Well just ask the people who when polled admitted they would never vote for an atheist president. It's pretty obvious that there's a clear bias against atheists that's deeply rooted in misunderstanding. The best way to clear that up is not to debate the religious, but often they are more concerned with preaching to us how they are right and we are wrong than bothering to hear what we have to say. This forum is, I dare say, a Godsend (the pun was intentional). Soooo, a means to an end is progress of a kind I suppose.
edit: built in spellcheck? awesome!!!
