Welcome to The Agnostic Forum (TAF).
My introduction
Hello, and thanks for visiting my site. Online I go by Aaron or AgnosticBoy so feel free to refer to me by either name. I am a passionate agnostic that loves to discuss religion, politics, skepticism, and many other topics. I decided to start my own forum after years of participating on other discussion sites. Most of the people that know me would probably describe me as an open-minded skeptic.
On a more personal note, I'm currently in school majoring in psychology. Eventhough I refer to myself as AgnosticBoy but I can assure you that I am over 18 years of age so you can trust me driving this site. That is it for now.
About the Site
I chose to name my site The Agnostic Forum because I wanted to be a place for discussion and debate and to have that take place under some agnostic themes, such as non-partisanship, freethinking, and open-mindedness. These principles are all part of what Thomas Huxley advocated for when he came up with agnosticism. I'll go into more detail about how I've tailored the forum to embody each of these principles. Keep in mind, that these 3 principles should be considered together and not in isolation.
Open-mindedness
Being open-minded involves the willingness to consider any idea. On this forum, members can question and debate on any view or topic (within the forum categories). Members can also offer their beliefs or personal theories in the debate section just as long as they make it known it's a belief. I feel that personal views or beliefs are oftentimes not valued on other sites because of the many skeptics that tend to dismiss them or hound members with demands for proof. This type of skepticism will not be allowed on this forum. We must not forget that some of the great ideas that we accept today started off as someone's hunch or intuition. I don't want to encourage just any loony idea but I also don't want to discourage any insightful views or beliefs just because it is not proven.
Freethinking
Being a freethinker involves forming your views on the basis of reason and evidence alone. This is the easiest principle to implement on the forum because most should expect for debate to be about logic and evidence. With that said, there are debate guidelines in place to ensure that the views being offered as truth are supported by logic and evidence.
Non-partisan
Being non-partisan does not mean that you can't be an adherent of any group (political, religious, etc) or view. A non-partisan can be an adherent of a group or view just as long as he or she doesn't adhere to it unquestionably or unreasonably. On this site, guidelines will be in place to help ensure that discussions do not become too partisan, political, and polarizing. I believe that having a non-partisan/agnostic admin, like myself, will help set the tone in that regard.
The next post provides answers to some questions that new members or those looking to join might have.
My introduction
Hello, and thanks for visiting my site. Online I go by Aaron or AgnosticBoy so feel free to refer to me by either name. I am a passionate agnostic that loves to discuss religion, politics, skepticism, and many other topics. I decided to start my own forum after years of participating on other discussion sites. Most of the people that know me would probably describe me as an open-minded skeptic.
On a more personal note, I'm currently in school majoring in psychology. Eventhough I refer to myself as AgnosticBoy but I can assure you that I am over 18 years of age so you can trust me driving this site. That is it for now.
About the Site
I chose to name my site The Agnostic Forum because I wanted to be a place for discussion and debate and to have that take place under some agnostic themes, such as non-partisanship, freethinking, and open-mindedness. These principles are all part of what Thomas Huxley advocated for when he came up with agnosticism. I'll go into more detail about how I've tailored the forum to embody each of these principles. Keep in mind, that these 3 principles should be considered together and not in isolation.
Open-mindedness
Being open-minded involves the willingness to consider any idea. On this forum, members can question and debate on any view or topic (within the forum categories). Members can also offer their beliefs or personal theories in the debate section just as long as they make it known it's a belief. I feel that personal views or beliefs are oftentimes not valued on other sites because of the many skeptics that tend to dismiss them or hound members with demands for proof. This type of skepticism will not be allowed on this forum. We must not forget that some of the great ideas that we accept today started off as someone's hunch or intuition. I don't want to encourage just any loony idea but I also don't want to discourage any insightful views or beliefs just because it is not proven.
Freethinking
Being a freethinker involves forming your views on the basis of reason and evidence alone. This is the easiest principle to implement on the forum because most should expect for debate to be about logic and evidence. With that said, there are debate guidelines in place to ensure that the views being offered as truth are supported by logic and evidence.
Non-partisan
Being non-partisan does not mean that you can't be an adherent of any group (political, religious, etc) or view. A non-partisan can be an adherent of a group or view just as long as he or she doesn't adhere to it unquestionably or unreasonably. On this site, guidelines will be in place to help ensure that discussions do not become too partisan, political, and polarizing. I believe that having a non-partisan/agnostic admin, like myself, will help set the tone in that regard.
The next post provides answers to some questions that new members or those looking to join might have.
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