Why do some people leave religiousforums?

[RestlessSoul]

Leaving? Well of course it couldn't be because one's ego is being challenged - and one's beliefs of course - which also must be true for some.

Could be that. Or it could be that all the snide digs just get tiresome after a while.

 

[Vinayaka]

Why do some people leave religiousforums.com?

I love this forum. I will never leave.

But what are the reasons some decide to leave?

Sometimes it just gets boring, and you drift away. There is only so much to be said about certain topics, and others are way outside your interest area.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

But don't you use it to tell us something that you feel about yourself?

Actually, I chose it because it reminded me of something with my ex. He was always accusing me of having hearing problems, because I guess I wasn't paying enough attention to his ranting, and it got to me to such a point that I ended up having my hearing professionally checked and it came out normal. So that line reminded me of that. Plus, it's just a great song.

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

Actually, I chose it because it reminded me of something with my ex. He was always accusing me of having hearing problems, because I guess I wasn't paying enough attention to his ranting, and it got to me to such a point that I ended up having my hearing professionally checked and it came out normal. So that line reminded me of that. Plus, it's just a great song.

I had a lover once (long ago, pleistocene, I think) whose father wore a hearing aid. He always had it turned down so he couldn't hear his wife, but he was so good that he always knew the exact moment he was supposed to notice something she'd said, and even guess (rightly most of the time) whether he should express approval, disapproval, or surprise.

They got along amazingly well as a result!

 

[Revoltingest]

It may be because some posters here refuse to bathe.

Have you seen the RF public baths?
- Not so hidden cameras feeding the staff lounge.
- Cleaned every other year by an elderly chimpanzee.
- Ice cold water only. (Staff had a chiller installed.)
- Animatronic replicas of staff point at your privates & laugh.
- You know what bunk beds are. Well....bunk toilets.

 

[Stevicus]

Have you seen the RF public baths?
- Not so hidden cameras feeding the staff lounge.
- Cleaned every other year by an elderly chimpanzee.
- Ice cold water only. (Staff had a chiller installed.)
- Animatronic replicas of staff point at your privates & laugh.
- You know what bunk beds are. Well....bunk toilets.

This appears to point out some of the other root causes of some people's departures from RF.

And nobody ever did clean up the mess from that food fight in the cafeteria. Dried, rotten food sitting there for months.

 

[Shaul]

I thought RF was like Hotel California, you can check out but never leave.

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

Have you seen the RF public baths?
- Not so hidden cameras feeding the staff lounge.
- Cleaned every other year by an elderly chimpanzee.
- Ice cold water only. (Staff had a chiller installed.)
- Animatronic replicas of staff point at your privates & laugh.
- You know what bunk beds are. Well....bunk toilets.

A tiny bit dystopian -- have you considered writing Margaret Atwood's next novel?

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

This appears to point out some of the other root causes of some people's departures from RF.

And nobody ever did clean up the mess from that food fight in the cafeteria. Dried, rotten food sitting there for months.

Hey! Dried, rotten food feeds something on this planet! And as long as it's not cockroaches (or other creepie-crawlies) that might be a good thing.

Oh, and don't feed @Revoltingest -- he turns into a

 

[Revoltingest]

A tiny bit dystopian -- have you considered writing Margaret Atwood's next novel?

Who?

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

Who?

Think "The Handmaid's Tale."

 

[Revoltingest]

Think "The Handmaid's Tale."

Never read it.
Never watched the series.
It smelled of feminism & preaching.

 

[danieldemol]

Why do some people leave religiousforums.com?

I love this forum. I will never leave.

But what are the reasons some decide to leave?

To be honest I find some of the rules of the alleged "debates" section a little on the theocratic side. It has made me consider leaving, but I don't know of a less theocratic place other than perhaps the friendly atheist website, but I'm not an atheist so I'm not exactly sure how well I'd fit in there. So i guess I'm stuck here for the present time although it does occasionally cross my mind to leave.

 

[danieldemol]

Hey! Dried, rotten food feeds something on this planet! And as long as it's not cockroaches (or other creepie-crawlies) that might be a good thing.

Oh, and don't feed @Revoltingest -- he turns into a

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A scottish Yoda?

 

[Revoltingest]

A scottish Yoda?

Mock my way of speaking he does.

 

[Brickjectivity]

Another reason may be that all religions here are treated the same. In theory this is supposed to be fair, however some religions may get more activity under tweaked rules. For example the dharmic dir benefits from exclusion, but some religious dirs might do better without exclusion. Some religions may not be fully expressed here. Some benefit from our standards of censorship while others would enjoy less or more censorship. To keep moderation simple we have one set of rules for all, but not all are shaped the same way. In fact the rules seem to me optimistic in expecting all religions to tend towards the same goals, but what else can we do?

 

[JIMMY12345]

Why do some people leave religiousforums.com?

I love this forum. I will never leave.

But what are the reasons some decide to leave?

They probably concentrate on quality rather than quantity

 

[wellwisher]

Why do some people leave religiousforums.com?

I love this forum. I will never leave.

But what are the reasons some decide to leave?

The name says Religious Forums, so a new person might expect most of what is discussed would be connected to religion and the many questions of hope and faith. But there are too many Atheists who think this is a place to undermine religion, and add spiritual confusion, rather than learn something new, based on what that name religion implies.

If you go to a science forum and wanted to discuss religion, you will not be treated with the same tolerance. Although some science forum sites will add an extra area for religion. But if you stray, the site police will force the discussion back to what the name says, or else. Science forums will not allow anti-science positions, day after day, like this religious sites allow anti-religion positions. Some people get tired of the dual standard and the higher tolerance requirement of the religious. I appreciate the tolerance since I am all over the place.

I approach religion from a different way. I try to build a bridge between science and religion. It is not coincidence that the 6000 year time scale of the Bible; creation of the universe, for example, coordinates with the science dated discoveries of the invention of written language and the formation of the first stable civilizations.

These two changes ended human evolution by natural selection; prehuman. These changes added artificial selection to natural selection, to form the modern human. Civilization has manmade needs that are not all natural, while written language allows and causes our memory to linger beyond the time scale of the natural brain to forget and forward integrate.

A new type of human mind appeared, symbolized by Adam, who starts to see reality outside the box of natural instinct and natural selection. Religions are useful since they have the raw data for this early change that occurred all over the world. This allows one to map this out. This is a bridge, so people can cross the divide.

Science needs to understand than natural selection and artificial selection are two different things. Each would lead humans down different paths. Will and choice is connected to artificial selection instead of natural selection. A good modern example is complete Transgender outcome, is made possible by science artificially altering biological reality. This desire for departure from natural selection began about 6000 years ago; artificial selection. The brain still has natural instinct, but that has been repressed in most people. Religions seek to merge with that natural part. Philosophy is more about adaption under the imposed artificial conditions. Both appear to be needed since nature and civilized nurture are both with us.

I have learned from the Atheist in the sense that some of their concerns can be addressed by looking at the Bible and other religious books with fresh eyes; untraditional ways.

For example, one new idea that came to me was connected to the concern about why God would allow suffering? The solution was that God has been sabbath resting since the 6th day. There has been another person in charge; Lord of the Earth, Satan. Satan, like the tree of knowledge of good and evil, also acts both good and evil.

If you read the Bible, the first six days of creation are epic; create the universe, stars, planets, life, etc. This level of creation does not appear again, after Genesis, until Revelations. An entire city descends from heaven and God forms a new heaven and earth. This appear to be when God finishes his rest and starts to work, again. Revelations is when Satan is gradually removed from his role. We appear to still be in the final age of Satan. (Satan is a neural subroutine that can project and network.)

 

[F1fan]

Why do some people leave religiousforums.com?

I love this forum. I will never leave.

But what are the reasons some decide to leave?

They accept the cash payout. I was offered $10,000 to leave. How about you, what did they offer you?

 

[Twilight Hue]

I think one thing people aren't mentioning enough here is the adaptation to the new server redesign. A lot of us didn't like the changes that were presented through it, especially how it gutted the new threads section. Traffic has slowed down significantly since RF was forced to update, and although myself and others have had very vocal opinions about reinstating the features that were once here, nothing has been done about it.

There's also the persistent lag and delays when posting but that's for the other thread.

I think it started with the intrusive ads and the premium stuff that's all the trend these days.