Can we talk about the group rules?

[gcomeau]

43. Yes, I get that I am in the minority.

I also understand the reason the group exists, I simply don't agree with how far it has gone in its implementation. I think it is being *overly* protective and as a result the forum has become, to put it bluntly, boring and lacking any real sense of purpose. I look in here on a regular basis hoping to find a topic in the Atheists and Agnostics forum worth spending any time discussing, and I always come away disappointed... and it seems obvious to me that the overly protective rule structure is responsible for that. As an Atheist the fact that the forum with my label on it is such a dry lifeless place makes me just a little sad. Every. Single. Time. I find a thread that touches on atheism that is actually interesting and engaging it's in the Religion forum. I find that depressing.

But most seem to prefer it that way, so I suppose that's how it'll remain and I'll spend far more of my time in Religion where yes, most people disagree with me but at least the conversations have a point and some life in them instead of one post complaining about something then a half dozen people finding various ways of going, in effect, "yep" or "me too".

I think it would be *really nice* if there was an environment halfway between "swarmed by the blindly religious" and "tucked away where nobody questions you at all" where you could keep the trolls and mindless evangelizers out and still have a serious debate with people and this would be the ideal place for that to happen... but yeah, the majority seem to prefer the chorus of "yups".