How did you discover RF?

[Harel13]

I was on a certain self-help forum and became interested in some of the off-topic religion discussions. One Christian member sent me an article from a certain Christian website which also had a forum. I signed up to that forum but quickly became bored with lack of activity and what I deemed to be unfair moderation towards non-Christian members. So I started googling something like "religious forum" or "religion forum" and found RF among some other Christian forums. I was immediately impressed with the wide range of DIRs and sub-DIRs, as well as the general design of the site and decided to stick around.

And you?

 

[Twilight Hue]

My old forum went under, so I Googled a bit and gave it a go.

 

[Debater Slayer]

I wanted to convince atheists that they were wrong, so I googled "religious debate forum" and found RF. I signed up, and the rest is history.

 

[Eddi]

I was on a certain self-help forum and became interested in some of the off-topic religion discussions. One Christian member sent me an article from a certain Christian website which also had a forum. I signed up to that forum but quickly became bored with lack of activity and what I deemed to be unfair moderation towards non-Christian members. So I started googling something like "religious forum" or "religion forum" and found RF among some other Christian forums. I was immediately impressed with the wide range of DIRs and sub-DIRs, as well as the general design of the site and decided to stick around.

And you?

I went to Google and typed in "Religious Forums"

I found exactly what I was looking for and then some

 

[Brickjectivity]

I asked crossfire if they knew any good forums, and they thought I might like this one.

 

[JustGeorge]

About the same as @Eddi , except I didn't find as much 'then some'. I was looking for a place with an active Hindu presence.

 

[Viker]

It was recommended from the old Myspace forums before they went away. I also believe I had been made aware of it on the old Beliefnet forums now defunct.

 

[Dawnofhope]

I liked the idea of people from different faiths and backgrounds being able to discuss and debate religion. I googled religious forum and found this site. Its been a blast!

 

[John53]

The old forum I was on disappeared overnight without warning and I came here looking for lost friends. Found a couple and made new ones.

 

[JustGeorge]

The old forum I was on disappeared overnight without warning and I came here looking for lost friends. Found a couple and made new ones.

That would suck.

To say I'd be upset if RF disappeared without warning would be an understatement.

 

[ChristineM]

The forum i frequented did the dirty and shadow banned all non US/Canadian members. So i googled and tool a look as several. Despite being (mostly) religious RF won for being more interesting, a better interface and more cerebral than the run of the mill forums.

With the use of a vpn i was able to contact a few members of the old forum and recommend RF. About half a dozen migrated. The old forum has since gone belly up

 

[VoidCat]

I was looking for Quakers. I was a Quaker at the time new to the religion. I found none but liked it here so i stayed

 

[Exaltist Ethan]

A long time ago I Google'd, "Religious Forums" and BAM this came up. Exactly what I wanted.

 

[Stevicus]

I was just looking for a bathroom, and stumbled on to this place.

 

[Kenny]

My old forum went under, so I Googled a bit and gave it a go.

equally

 

[SalixIncendium]

I moderated the forums at TCC (The Celtic Connection), a Wicca/Witchcraft/Pagan site, from 2005 to about 2010 (now defunct). Spent some time at some other Pagan forums but they bored me. Stumbled on this forum in a Google search of religious forums back around 2016 and it stuck.

 

[JustGeorge]

I was just looking for a bathroom, and stumbled on to this place.

....so you're the one who pooped on the floor...

 

[Stevicus]

....so you're the one who pooped on the floor...

Wasn't my fault. The plumbing overflowed.

 

[Rachel Rugelach]

A member of RF told me about this place when I had decided to leave the other forum I was on. He's someone for whom I have a great deal of respect, and I knew he wouldn't steer me wrong. And here I am now on RF, and profoundly grateful for the advice!

Since then, I've "paid it forward" by telling other people I know from that old forum that RF is a good place to be. Even when people here don't agree with each other, they seem to do so in an intelligent, mature, and friendly way. I've yet to see any hatefulness here. Maybe I haven't been here long enough to see such things, but what I've seen so far makes me very happy to be here.

 

[lewisnotmiller]

My main Forum back in the day (and the other place I still frequent) was a basketball forum. It steers well clear of politics (we argue about much more important things there, like how informative advanced stats are as they relate to defensive performance...or which players are basically thieves for collecting pay cheques)

Anyway, Jason Collins became the first openly gay male player in any of the 4 main American sporting codes. The discussion on that was pretty wide ranging, and I was strongly on the 'about time' side of things, which wasn't the universal view. One person I strongly disagreed with had very conservative/religious overtones to their views, but made some weird comments about their thoughts being 'informed by their Deism'.

I knew the basics about deism (only) so started to look around for a forum where I could discuss this topic generally, deism generally, be atheist friendly, and not be atheist only.

Ended up here, and I post about as much here as on the basketball forums, probably more overall.