I don’t burden my personal friends or family with the issues I enjoy debating here. And here is good for that because I feel this environment has reached a pinnacle of respectful dialogue between Theist’s and Atheist’s that cannot be found anywhere else on the web.
It wasn’t like this a year ago when I joined though.
The general lack of insults on this site, and lack of disrespect for alternative perspectives is something to be cherished and protected. Not like that on the other forums I frequent, those being Philosophyforum.com and Frostcloud.com. But those forums have many more members that enjoy debating the subjects I’m primarily interested in.
But still, with a tear in my eye, I wish Wis.dm was still available. I liked their layout much better.
How has it affected me? Well, it’s given me great cause to research and study my interests much more deeply than any real life casual encounter ever could. If I’m gonna talk shit, then I better know the shit I’m talking about very well, lest they lop of my online head.