I have a problem with a Religion host

[skepticscott]

22. Yes, many of the "liberal" and "progressive" believers here

as well as their apologists among the "thank god I'm not like other atheists" atheists used to voice the same complaint. Why, they kept wondering openly, can't we have "serious" and "meaningful" discussions of "faith" in this Group, without the mean ol' anti-theists spoiling every thread?? They went so far as to petition the site hosts for a new Safe Haven where they could have such enriching and "worthy" discussions without interference, and were granted the Promised Land called the Interfaith Group, thinking "If you build it, they will come".

In very short order (and exactly as predicted by all of us mean ol' anti-theists) that Group became a ghost town. It quickly became obvious (and still is) that the people begging for that room, to do what you're suggesting, had nothing meaningful to discuss amongst themselves whatsoever. They had nothing to explore in any intellectual depth, and couldn't even sustain threads for long unless they involved bashing atheists. But perhaps you'd have more luck injecting those "rational and reasonable ideas" in that Group…have at it!

And frankly, we'd all be delighted to argue like graduate philosophy students here if the religionistas would care to bring up topics worthy of such discussions, rather than the same old baloney that gets debunked (for the 50th time) in the first few replies. Providing convincing evidence that the "gods" worshipped by the world's major religions even exist outside of the imaginations of their believers would be a good start, but they can't even get over that fundamental hurdle (and knowing it, try lamely to dismiss any demands for such evidence as illegitimate and outdated).