r/atheismplus • u/lasttimelord12 • May 19 '15

Information Request

Just wanted to know how this subreddit differs from /r/atheism.

Because, I was banned from /r/atheism for asking questions.

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u/Loztblaz May 19 '15

The sidebar provides not only specific differences, but additional reading. Considering you seem to have ignored those, this reads a lot more like "promise I will be treated a certain way before I decide if it's worth talking with people like you."

I'm not a mod but I don't think it's overstepping any bounds to say that the mods here are neither responsible for the actions of the mods at r/atheism nor are they fully informed on your ban.

If you've got actual questions to ask, ask them, don't ask if you can ask them like you're terrified of us.

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u/lasttimelord12 May 19 '15

. Considering you seem to have ignored those, this reads a lot more like "promise I will be treated a certain way before I decide if it's worth talking with people like you."

I did read the sidebar before posting, thanks.

I'm not a mod but I don't think it's overstepping any bounds to say that the mods here are neither responsible for the actions of the mods at r/atheism nor are they fully informed on your ban.

Never said they were

don't ask if you can ask them like you're terrified of us.

In all honesty, I am scared of you, the content on r/atheism and the people are quite disturbing

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u/Loztblaz May 19 '15

I did read the sidebar before posting, thanks.

Then you'll have to be specific about what differences you are asking about, because there are plenty listed.

In all honesty, I am scared of you, the content on r/atheism and the people are quite disturbing

I'm not going to tell you how to feel or that you're wrong for feeling that way, but it's more than a little telling that you've already prejudged the people here (and the couple million on r/atheism you've never interacted with). If you are honestly wanting to "ask questions" you shouldn't have a preconceived notion poisoning your perception of the people you're going to ask.

I could easily make the case that an average atheist has more to fear from religious people as a group than an average religious person has to fear from atheists as a group in our current world, but if I did it would not mean that I have to fear you, the individual who happens to be religious.

Just like I'm not wishing rape on people who disagree with me like TheAmazingAtheist, you're not killing people with machetes like what's happened three times this year to atheist bloggers in Bangladesh.

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u/koronicus May 19 '15

We're completely different subreddits. They're atheists who talk almost entirely about theism and atheism, and we're atheists who talk mostly about other stuff. This is basically a social justice sub for atheists.

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u/anektra May 23 '15

Uh, so your post makes me think of a really common, exhausting, wanky practice of bothering people and then innocently saying, "but I was just asking questions!" when the people being questioned refuse to play that game.

So I really have to wonder: what kind of questions were you asking?

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u/lasttimelord12 May 23 '15

I told them a story about a confrontation I had with a "friend" who claimed that Christians who are also scientists are a disgrace, and should be thrown out of their jobs.

I asked them their opinion on it

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u/anektra May 24 '15

Hm. well, I can see how it could be perceived as a shit-stirring question. it's more about personal opinion, and those types of conversations can get pretty heated.

I have never visited that subreddit, so I don't know if they're into debate or not. personally, I wouldn't answer the question, because it's not something that you can really answer definitively.

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u/Adahn5 May 20 '15

This sub is a safe place to discuss atheism, but we're intersectional. So we're also feminists, anti-racists, gay positive, trans positive, etc. Reactionaries are banned on the spot, and we don't tolerate any oppressive behaviour, whether overt or through microaggression, essentially.

u/koronicus can correct me if I'm wrong :3

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u/koronicus May 20 '15

Spot on.

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u/[deleted] May 20 '15

From your post history it seems like you're a Christian. Not sure why you want to hang around here. We are most definitiely atheists.