Survey. Pleaze Participate?

Question

1. Are yiou a believer/noncommittal/nonbeliever in religion.
2. Are you in R&S to share your knowledge/protect your faith.
3. Are you expecting to learn from others, irrespective of their beliefs
4.Do you feel threatened/comfortable by the presence of nonbelievers in R&S
5. If you had the opportunity, would you prefer R&S to be used exclusively by religious people
6. Have you experienced intolerance by any religious person in R&S? If so, from which religion.
7.Have you experienced intolerance by any non-religious person in R&S.
8. Have you had any of your questions or answers deleted for abuse? If so, do you think the reporting was fair under the circumstances.

Thank you for responding to this!

Answer 1

I am a believer and I am here to share knowledge, this means to receive as well as to give. I don't want to convince anybody of anything: I just want to have a dialog and I expect to learn from others. I do not feel threaten at all by non believers and I appreciate their comments. I would NEVER NEVER want for R&S to be used eslusivelly for religious people. My dialog is open and therefore I don't feel intolerance even if I might not like some replies and I hope others will behave the same towards me. I never had anything deleted (and I hope it will be so in the future).

Answer 2

1. I am a Jew and believe in God.
2. Actually both. There are a lot of people who are curious about Judaism and there are a lot of people who are anti-Semites and want to tarnish Judaism.
3. As a teacher I am always expecting to learn something from others. After all, the world has a lot of people with a lot of different opinions and believes, might as well learn what we as humans stand for.
4. Not really, there are skeptics everywhere.
5. No, not really, for it would be very boring then. No one to debate. If we all have the same opinion about X, what would be left to talk about?
6. Yes, I have. I am guessing that they were Christians and some Muslims.
7. Yes, I have, but it was on rare occasions.
8. Yes, my questions and answers have been deleted. No, I believe that they were deleted because of biased opinions.

Answer 3

1 - nonbeliever

2 - share knowledge; argue points of theological rhetoric; try to make fundamentalist christians realize that evolution is not contrary to the existence of god; try to make intolerant atheists realize that evolution is not contrary to the existence of god; learn what other people have to say about religion and spirituality.

3 - yes, absolutely, especially from those who do not share my beliefs

4 - very comfortable

5 - absolutely not. this is a forum for discussions about religion and spirituality, not a place where the faithful can preach to the converted.

6 - yes, I have encountered many intolerant religious persons, often Christian, but that's probably because that is the most heavily represented religion here, but also some Islamic intolerance. I've also encountered a LOT of tolerant and open minded religious folks of all persuasions.

7 - yes, definitely. Intolerance amongst atheists on this forum seems to be more the rule than the exception. One of the reasons I try to participate here is to counteract some of this strident negativity on the part of my 'fellow' non-believers.

8 - I had one answer deleted in a completely different forum, after mentioning strippers or something. Although my answer was fairly silly, and I'm not upset about it being deleted, it did seem to be pretty mild to me. That's the only answer or question I've ever had, out of thousands of answers I've posted that was ever flagged as inappropriate.

Answer 4

1 Agnostic.
2 Share my knowledge.
3 Yeah I guess.
4 I'm Agnostic so I don't care one way or the other.
5 No this forum is good the way it is.
6 Yes but it comes from a little bit of everywhere.
7 Once in a blue moon.
8 I've had some answers reported for abuse and no I don't think that they were all fair. Oh and Yahoo deleted one of my questions.

Answer 5

1. I do not call myself "a believer" but I do follow and pratice a specific religion and endorse the truth in ALL religions.
2.Both. And religious freedom in general.
3. Definitely.
4. Comfortable.
5. No . Any communication is better than no communication.
I just don't feed the trolls. Some unfortunately can't restrain themselves so they (the trolls) continue to thrive.
6. Hard to know since annonymity is so much a part of this forum. But not bothered either way.
7. Of course... haven't we all ?
8. Just once. It was fair.

Answer 6

1. Believer, but not affiliated with religion only with the bible.
2. Share knowledge, my faith doesn't need protecting.
3. I count on it
4. I love a challange
5. No
6. Sometime, mostly atheists (probably because I'm a christian.)
7. see above
8. Yes, and I am not one to judge what is right or wrong here. If I was reported then somebody must have thought it insulting, so I deserved it.

Answer 7

1. I'm a believer...in Asatru
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. It doesn't bother me.
5. No. I like the diversity of thought.
6. Yes. Fundie Christians mainly, although what surprised me was some Wiccans attacking my religion as well.
7. No, not at all.
8. Yes and no. Fundies just don't like hypothetical questions. I've had two questions deleted, the violation notices were bogus "chatting and Personal communication" for a question about asking if you died and instead of seeing Jesus you saw Odin. And " not a question or answer" for "What kind of creator does ID prove?"

Answer 8

1. I am Jewish. I believe in G-d.
2. Both. More often than not I see it needs protecting from bigots but we get some really good questions from atheists and other nonreligious people.
3. Yes, very much so.
4. Nonbelievers? You mean atheists or people who don't believe in J*sus? I feel very comfortable with them.
5. No
6. Yes. Chr*stianity.
7. No. Just from non-religious people who make fun of religious people in general, but that doesn't really count.
8. Yes, and no. Someone asked what the name of J*sus was originally and I answered, giving the Hebrew name. He didn't like my answer and reported me for not using correct language.

You're welcome. Peace!

Answer 9

1. noncommittal
2. I'm here to share
3. Yes, I expect to learn
4. I definitely don't feel threatened, I feel very comfortable with any faith being represented in R&S
5. No, nonreligious people are a necessary element, everyone has an opinion
6. Not personally
7. Not personally
8. I haven't had any deleted

Answer 10

1. I believe in God but there is not one way to get to him.
2. I want to learn more about R&S and what others think.
3.Yes
4. Yes
5. No
6. Yes, I questioned the monotheistic claim of Christianity and I was told " how dare I question God".
7. No
8. No