I have a problem with a Religion host

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438. I am sorry to see you step down as host due to this game.

And yes, it is a pretty little game. It goes something like this:

1) A very small and particularly vocal minority of anti-theists take any and all opportunities to be antagonistic and caustic disruptors.

2) This occurs repeatedly in thread after thread in the Religion forum and apparently has for some time.

3) The change to DU3 ensures that unless the 'software' is used, their behaviors are allowed to stand. Furthermore, because of the preferred loose hosting style in this forum, they are rarely summarily removed or banned from any future discussions.

4) The shit stirring becomes so obnoxious that many non-theists bow out of discussions and the remaining non-theists and theists start pushing back against all of the venom.

5) But that is not allowed you see for then the little shit disturbers whine about how imperfect all of the believers and their apologists are. They are hypocrites for not turning the other cheek. They are not being meek and kind like perfect Christians. They are not being Christ like or Buddha like. They are hand-waving for crumbs from the religious. Blah blah blah.

Ironically, they are as obsessed with god & gods, belief, and the moral actions of others as the authoritarian fundamentalists whom they are haunted by from the past or are still fighting in the present. If it wasn't so damned annoying, it would be tragic for many have likely suffered greatly at the hands of other fucked up believers. After all, believer or non-believer, humans generally are a pretty messed up lot.

6) Finally the ones that have been standing up to the gang of septics put these people on ignore, walk away from threads, avoid posting, or as in this case, even walk away from hosting duties. What sane person wouldn't? How do you avoid having your own buttons triggered when these individuals relish in pushing buttons? Heaven forbid if you fight fire with fire.

7) The little clique walks away with smug assurances that they have won yet again. They have made mommy and daddy loose their tempers. See, they are all hypocrites just as we always knew. All religionistas are bad and if only religion didn't exist, we would not be a persecuted minority and the world would be a utopian fantasy of peace, non-discrimination, and pure advancement of scientific reasoning. Even if the non-believers have or do suffer genuine discrimination, it is hard to hear the sane voices through the cacophony of adolescent posturing and sophomoric mental chatter.

This continues ad infinitum and ad nauseam for it is an old game most often seen in the psychologically immature still trying to resolve the issues in their own minds from a past that no longer exists and rarely is it ever resolved in a group setting. Change the topics and keep the theme, and I am sure you can think of other examples quite easily.

I am sorry to see that it got to you, and I do trust you will continue to post regularly. I enjoy reading what you have to say even if you and I may disagree on much with regards to belief and non-belief.