XPost: alt.atheism, alt.bible   
   From: noway@nospam.com   
      
   On Wed, 18 Sep 2024 10:48:11 -0000, Usenet Umpire   
    scrawled in blood:   
      
   >I found these religious groups hoping to engage in thoughtful   
   >discussion. Now I'm not so sure I should engage in any thread about   
   >religion at all. Maybe the weather or the price of wheat or pop culture   
   >are safe limits and I should look elsewhere for reparte.   
   >   
   >I see much heated debate and insult from all corners which is kind   
   >of a downer. It seems to center firstly around Michael McLean, and   
   >secondarily around Robert, and thirdly around ChristRose. I also saw a   
   >bit of toxicity from a user 'El Kabong' but not quite as much of it as   
   >with the first three.   
   >   
   >I was just wondering why McLean seems so divisive a character, around   
   >which is centered a flurry of trollish behavior that I would like to   
   >understand more about the matter. Since these arguments which center   
   >chiefly around McLean, and a bit less so around Robert and   
   >ChristRose--agitating so much needless debate and ado about nothing,   
   >why is anyone responding to any of their posts? I think I get why they   
   >respond to each other, which is another downer. I would like others to   
   >get me up to speed as to what is going on here.   
      
   	People just want to feed trolls so they can feel good rather   
   than have actual discussions like we used to back in the '90s.   
      
   	I've killfiled all the trolls, so I don't see them.   
      
      
   Don   
   aa#51   
   o- DNRC   
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