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[sophiaserpentia]

So, with no fanfare at all, I removed myself from all of the religious debate communities. Considering how many of you I found there, this is kind of significant. I found that I have not participated in months, and have lost interest even in watching what goes on there. I think, mostly, I've just said my case and there's no point in repeating myself in that venue.

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i felt the same way

[delascabezas.livejournal.com]

i felt like msot of the valuable insight i got through reading your journal, and the people who have found you through those avenues. i got tired of arguing the same tired points.

[kumbunny.livejournal.com]

haha love it

[adityanath.livejournal.com]

I'm sure that the same points have been argued for centuries and will be argued for as long as there are two humans who can speak the same language...

[sophiaserpentia.livejournal.com]

Well, I knew that even when I started. My concern is that I feel strongly that opposing viewpoints should be represented, for the sake of people who are undecided seekers. If all they hear is fundamentalist Christianity, they're more likely to be swayed by that.

But it was just time for me to move beyond that venue, and take my efforts to bigger and better things.

[alobar.livejournal.com]

Debating magickal philosophy with those who strongly disagree makes me depressed, angry, and prone to not keeping my life together. I left the Thelema-93 list years ago for much the same reasons.

Far better, for me, anyway, to simply write in my journal, allow google to index me, and let folks find me.

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

I make it a point to only get involved in recurring debates about my own religion, with people I respect to keep the debate separate from the personal. (-:

[discoflamingo.livejournal.com]

I don't think you'll be missing anything. At some point, you move past the argument phase, and you have to move on. I left a few of the communities when I realized that anybody with the answers or the experiences will not be on-line - they will be living the dream, so to speak.

[c3fyn.livejournal.com]

I applaud you. I have gone in and out of the "represent/argue" phase for some time now, and I know that when I'm at my most virulently divisive is when I haven't been paying enough attention to personal development. Hopefully one of these days I can truly master the path of free and easy wandering. At times I amaze myself, thinking, "Surely there can't be any poison left in those old wounds, can there?" only to find myself on the attack once more. The fabled Irish temper may not help much, either...

In any case, I agree that such debates are more or less, as was so aptly put by another, like "trying to strangle water".