Unregistered1

This is not a message of religious faith.

Your website need work, and not just in the seoncd-hand articles or horrendously biased and ill-informed reports.

Your Socratic FAQ is totaly ignorant, and the attitudes you posess are just as radical as the far right which you wish somehow to put down.

I don't even know if you read critiques of anything but it would be in your best interest to do so.

Religious faith is important to many people, with approximately 95% of Americans reporting belief in God and about 50% being active in religious organizations (Gallop & Castelli, 1999). Stress is also a great part of people’s lives, specifically college students. The notion that religiousness has beneficial health consequences has been supported by numerous empirical studies (Miller, 1999, Richards & Bergin, 1997, 2000; Plante & Sherman, 2001).

This is probably why you credit your website with being the most viewed secular website, because the overwhelming percentage of people in this country, and the world, practice a religion or have spirituality of some type. Obviously faith has important and beneficial consequences to those who believe, both physically and mentally. I invite you to look at the truth, it's not so bad, and besides, you'll have something to put your life in the context of.

Thank you for even reading this, if you have any questions, I can be reached at [phone number deleted for the reason that we have no way of verifying that the person posting is providing his/her own phone number rather than someone else's. -DM-].

p.s. Darwin was a Christian, but you knew that.

Postcard73

I thought about closing this thread, but I'm gonna leave it open for now. I think this was originally posted in the Feedback Forum by someone who wanted to preach but who didn't want to put their comments up for debate. Keep in mind that guests do not have access to ~~Elsewhere~~, so unless the person who wrote this decideds to register, they won't see any replies.

Scott (Postcard73)
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Weltall

Not that this poster is likely to see these comments and I'm sure many people could do a whole lot better in responding but I'll give it a quick shot (Hey, it's 2:30 and I'm bored)
Written by intelligent and well-informed people who can spell and use proper grammar. This poster apparently is not among their ranks.
Stop right there and check your sources.
Maybe someone who's more informed could discuss those studies in more detail, just one thing to mention: There are also these little studies that indicate that you're less likely to wind up in prison if you're non-religious. I'd call that a 'positive health consequence' for non-theism.

How does the first part of this sentence connect with the second and why should we care? Anyone ever tell this poster that the majority is not always right?
And historically it's had very negative consequences for those who did not believe.
And how was that not a declaration of faith? It's also your typical insulting crap, but why should I be surprised...
Was being the operative word, past tense. I imagine this poster believes in the 'Lady Hope' story?

-DM-

I wouldn't blame you.

It was. I moved it here.

Honestly, I had forgotten that (if I ever knew it). There is a link in Feedback, however, so perhaps this person will be interested in seeing the replies and, when he clicks on the link, will do so when told that he must register to view.

-Don-

Queen of Swords

So what? In the past, 100% of people believed the earth was flat. A belief does not gain truth along with adherents.

You don't say! Please tell me more, like the color of the sky.

I'm not sure if this is a complete non sequitur or the only jibe against evolution that Unregistered1 could think of at the moment. Either way, it has a lameness that even Jesus might have a hard time curing.

Rhaedas

The title is a bit misleading. "It" seems to imply the whole Infidel.org website, and yet the OP never gets to the all important "why" it doesn't work. I would have expected a much longer post to address all the arguments found throughout.