Only At Ionian!
At John’s request, I am making a brief reminder post about my discussion board, Ionian Spirit.
www.ionianspirit.net
I know there are lots of forums out there, particularly freethought forums to choose from. But if you haven’t visited, please stop in and see the difference between our board, and some others out there.
I know there are lots of forums out there, particularly freethought forums to choose from. But if you haven’t visited, please stop in and see the difference between our board, and some others out there.
When I created Ionian, I was thinking of not just a place for every non-fundamentalist to visit and enjoy enlightening exchanges, but a forum where people can just be themselves and not be obligated to post a certain kind of topic or be forced to stay with the group interest. That tendency is a killjoy on many boards. At Ionian, people are not tied down to supporting a certain agenda.
As I put it in my first book, Laws for Living, “Bad friends are interest-dependent friends.” If everyone’s interests and views must always align, that’s when the fighting starts. Our members pride themselves on being able to enjoy what they have in common without actually agreeing on everything.
Of course, all of our active members agree that fundyism is wrong and dangerous, but our members and their views tend to vary. We have the usual blend of atheists and agnostics, several mystics, one pagan, and even a few Christians. Anyone is welcome who can appreciate common ground and the commerce of ideas—provided, of course, they realize that sometimes we step on each other’s toes! Any idea or view you express is fair game to receive criticism or praise! Such is life!
The Ionians were the forerunners of the ancient Greeks. They were characterized by a great love for science, open criticism of ideas, and freedom of expression, and we are carrying on that tradition in the cyber world today.
Our board includes forums on…philosophy discussions, debate and biblical criticism, poetry and literature, the sciences, the exposure of the pseudo-sciences, news and politics, media reviews, religious history, comedy, a rants and raves section, an entire sub-forum dedicated to the problem of evil, a sensuality/mature issues forum, and a private lounge for higher ranking members.
If you care to stop by and join in on the Ionian tradition, please feel free to do so!
(JH)
As I put it in my first book, Laws for Living, “Bad friends are interest-dependent friends.” If everyone’s interests and views must always align, that’s when the fighting starts. Our members pride themselves on being able to enjoy what they have in common without actually agreeing on everything.
Of course, all of our active members agree that fundyism is wrong and dangerous, but our members and their views tend to vary. We have the usual blend of atheists and agnostics, several mystics, one pagan, and even a few Christians. Anyone is welcome who can appreciate common ground and the commerce of ideas—provided, of course, they realize that sometimes we step on each other’s toes! Any idea or view you express is fair game to receive criticism or praise! Such is life!
The Ionians were the forerunners of the ancient Greeks. They were characterized by a great love for science, open criticism of ideas, and freedom of expression, and we are carrying on that tradition in the cyber world today.
Our board includes forums on…philosophy discussions, debate and biblical criticism, poetry and literature, the sciences, the exposure of the pseudo-sciences, news and politics, media reviews, religious history, comedy, a rants and raves section, an entire sub-forum dedicated to the problem of evil, a sensuality/mature issues forum, and a private lounge for higher ranking members.
If you care to stop by and join in on the Ionian tradition, please feel free to do so!
(JH)
1 comments:
I have made a reply to certain aspects of Joe E. Holman's "deconversion" story on my blog:
http://socrates58.blogspot.com/2006/10/critique-of-some-key-fallacies-in.html
Anyone who would like to respond on my blog will be treated charitably and fairly.
I wrote to Joe's e-mail address also.
Dave Armstrong
(Catholic and general Christian apologist)
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