dragoncortez's Journal: The Slashdot Crowd

I am simultaneously amazed and puzzled by the slashdot crowd, the journal circle that seems to have its hub at FortKnox specifically.

Dang it, I had this whole thing in my mind that I was going to write about, but after I started typing it came out all wrong. It feels like one of those dreams where you come up with a stunning idea, then when you try to implement it, it either doesn't make sense or has some serious flaws.

Anyway, I had wanted to jump into this journal discussion, but by the time I saw it, it was fifty-five comments deep. The conversations that go on between those who claim association with a monotheistic religion(that's my attempt at a diplomatic description) and those who mark atheism or agnosticism as their creed are really what I wanted to make this JE about. I fall into the first crowd, but I generally stay away from messageboard discussions when the topic of religion arises. I've seen very few occurrences of this phenomenon that could be called civil.

I'm going nowhere fast here, but I guess I just wanted to say that I find this circle of people to be very rare, because they manage to be mostly civil (except in politics, ouch).

Yeah, I guess that's all. I wish that I could capture my thoughts better, but this will have to do.

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Fuck you, you liberal commie bastard!

[btlzu2]

:) I like the level of acceptance we tend to display here. It's very refreshing.

Also, I agree with one of Sam's favorite quotes about "...the aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress." I try to open my mind to what people are saying here because I respect them and I do find that I modify my views somewhat as I challenge my own.

And the jokes make it even more fun! :)

Re:Fuck you, you liberal commie bastard!

[btlzu2]

oops, dragoncortez? You referenced the wrong JE. Here's the correct URL for the religion discussion: http://slashdot.org/~btlzu2/journal/80877

Re: you liberal commie bastard!

[dragoncortez]

Thanks for catching that. I was doing too much erasing and copying and editing, etc. I really hate it when I can't organize my thoughts properly.