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Originally Posted by NotReady
Then stick around - theists on SMP and now here often appeal to evidence. I've posted before about the incorrect definition of faith and how in the New Testament many references are made to evidence, including by Jesus - "If you don't believe Me, believe the works I do" - for instance.
What? Really? Evidence? WHAT? WHERE?
Seriously though the OP is non-sense. I feel this forum has the capacity to help people expand their thinking on the concepts of religion and "God". A simple example of an informative and educational thread(to some extent) was the "ask me" thread by Bias1(JW) which provided everyone with an insight into a less mainstream religion showing an immediate benefit of this forum. There has also been some great discussion on the influence of religion in society already and there will be much more to come. I for one have also enjoyed and learned from some of the discussions which have taken place.
To write this forum off completely at such an early stage because of some threads degenerating into a stale and unproductive back and forth between the immovable theists and unstoppable atheists is short sighted and overly-pessimistic with regards to the potential of continued, varied, well mannered and important(to some people) discussion in the future.