i felt that it was deleted because of an attack on me. everyone else was stating 'god is infallibe' and 'the bible has absolute truths'. I tried to state that all those were opinions and when you try to push opinion off as fact, thats dogma. just because whoever believes that god is infallibe, doesnt mean i have to. and the OP was about opinions. so i stated my opinion in sheer facts with no bashing or threatening etc... then was told i was flat out wrong for my opinion because it wasnt the opinion of the rest. someone can be dedicated to their beliefs and still have the deceny to not come right out and say "YOURE WRONG! GOD IS INFALLIBLE!". a simple "thats your opinion and i respect that" would have been sufficient. so saying that there is no judging here doesnt fly with me because there obviously is. if i was being respected, that never would have happened. i didnt sit there, picking out individuals and their opinions and why they were wrong. but mine was picked out and proded through like it was lower than everyone elses opinions.

in another forum i was in, i was actually kicked off for believing in evolution. someone asked a question and the answer had to do with evolution which they didn't like. (it was a pets forum so its not like it was supposed to be religious). and i was attacked and eventually kicked off for it. so this really irks me because it has happened before. and if i can sit back, watch people talk about things that seem totally alien to me, and never call them wrong - they should be able to do that also. it felt like i was arguing with my 13 year old niece.

im not trying to insult either, even though it will probably be taken that way. just trying to figure out the double standard. this forum is also about support for people with lack of religion. people trying to find their place in life with something other than "God". so when people who are non-believers are shunned like that, it makes it very hard to ask for advice or support.