Believers, what do you want from skeptics in the religion group?

[cbayer]

36. I think basically both groups want the same thing.

There was a poll done in religion a little while ago asking what people wanted. Though the respondents were not numerous and the thread characteristically devolved into a food fight, the great majority of people indicated that they wanted to identify what they had in common in order to work together.

While I appreciate your efforts here, I am not optimistic. There are some who come to the religion group for the primary purpose of fighting and no matter what, that is not going to change unless they decide that they want it to change.

There is nothing I would like more for this group than for it to identify the common enemy, which is clearly the religious right, and work together to fight against them.

This particular group (Interfaith) was an attempt to do that, but it has a complex history and early stages which really prevented that from happening.

Good things happen in the religion group. Some really good things at times. IMHO, the solution is to focus on those and not throw fuel on the fires that are so destructive.

I look forward to your synthesis, but not to it's probable aftermath.