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[Evoman]

RT is a funny place. This place has a certain ebb and flow.

Sometimes, there are several discussions occuring, where there is basically no fighting and where everyone seems to get along fine. The next couple of weeks, there will be pretty long stretches where there is nobody posting, including atheists...I suppose it would be a perfect time for all these interesting religious discussions "free of intolerance and bigotry and hatred" to happen. But they don't. It is dead in the same way that the Christians forums are dead. Without argument, without some disagreement, discussion can't thrive.

And then we return to these fights about atheist fundamentalism. It always comes back to this. Always. And it's never productive, it never results in any changes. We start up the same old flame wars.

I've been here a long time...and I lurked for 2 years or more bfore I even signed up. And, honestly, I'm just not caring anymore.
When the topic comes up, I'll come in, make some jokes, but I don't really care. A little name calling isn't gonna hurt me. In the end, I know in my heart that the religious and non-religious people who stay in this forum will go back to the homeostatic level, where there may be a little snippiness but things never get out of hand.

But when this shit flares up, it does make me start wondering....Do the regular religious people here feel like we atheists hate them? That we are intolerant? That we are some clique who actually have some sort of anti-religous DUER network? Do they really want me to go? I'm not talking about the newbies, nor am I talking about the usual concern trolls from outside the forum who complain about the fighting, but seem to love to stir up shit. I'm talking about the religious people here who I've talked to a lot, both in an out of this forum. Do they really despise my participation in this forum THAT much?

I honestly can't say that I hate anybody here, nor that I have ever really taken any conflicts I've had personally. I personally enjoy the back and forth. But do others want me gone?

I thought about a little last night, and I decided what I'm going to do. Right now, I want to make a sincere offer. This goes out to all the religious people on this forum. I've decided that if you want me to leave, here is your chance. If you do, then fuck it, I'll leave. You'll never see me post here again. Here's the deal....if I get 5 people here who tell me "Evoman, I want you to leave"...then I'm out of here. Hell, if 3 people are adamant enough, I'll leave. And don't worry...if I see you outside the forum, I won't attack you nor treat you any differently. What I want is honesty. In fact, you don't even have to post. Send me a PM with the words, and that way you don't even have to deal with the repercussions from the small minority of people here who might like me.

I am ready to leave. Are you ready to kick me off? Here is your chance. You won't get rid of all of us "fundie atheists", but I am obviously one of them, so you'll get rid of at least one.