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Originally posted by @divegeesterI have been around admirable and inspiring Christians all my life ~ to this day I work with them, for them, and get involved in many things because of them and because of the integrity they demonstrate in their attitudes and good works.
You FMF I have known loosely for 10 years and quite closely as good friends for at least 5 years. I have infinitely more in common with you, an atheist, in terms of interests, values, and integrity, than I do with any of the self-righteous religionists in this forum.
One of the reasons this forum is so intriguing for me is that, what we see coagulated here - most of them but not all - are the ugliest, most unprincipled, most pretentious, and least-able-to-process-dissent bunch of people ~ hiding their behaviour behind the label "Christian" and tawdry use of Bible quotes ~ that I have ever come across. Fascinating.
If what "Christians" [generally] are here @ RHP had been what the "Christians" around me [generally] were when I was a Christian myself, I would not have lasted 28 adult years. But, thankfully, they weren't. Being virtually surrounded by obnoxious "Christians" was not my experience and it was not a factor in me losing my faith.
Being virtually surrounded by obnoxious "Christians" on this message board nowadays - in constrast to my Christian environment in 'real life' here - is very interesting.