Yay, Talk Atheist!
I've been making my rounds though Dawkins' books starting with The God Delusion (just finished Unweaving the Rainbow) and something I read from God Delusion hit me really hard. I've been avoiding talking about it for quite some time now both for lack of conversant (I live in the bible belt) and willingness. Today I finally decided enough was enough and decided to try chatting with the unsuccessfully trolled Talk Atheist folks.
I'm not someone who is prone to promoting websites or posting in atheist boards and forums - no offense to r/atheism, but they tend to become circlejerks - but it felt really great to talk to anyone about what's been troubling me lately, and I wanted to thank Talk Atheist for being Cool Guys^TM .
Edit: Proof
Posted Apr 12, 2011, 12:46 PM UTC
Thanks! I'll let Eelis know about this (fellow operator). We started here on reddit, so its great to see people from this community happy with our service.
I think the funniest thing you guys can do about trolls is just answer their questions. They will eventually get tired and realize how stupid they are, which is really what your site is trying to do right?
Haha. That's pretty much our unspoken policy. To be completely zen-like and answer trolls with dry facts and a dash of humor. When they don't get the reaction they want they usually loose interest or give up the act.