Six months on the site. Looking Back

How the site has evolved since last year!

So I ask myself why I joined and what it is doing for me. So, this is how I see it:

My atheism -- not agnosticism because I don't call myself an agnostic -- is very important to me, at least until the world outgrows religion and the term will no longer be relevant, though that's not going to happen in my lifetime. I wanted to do here what I cannot do easily in normal life: interact with fellow atheists, yes about the issue of religious non belief, as well as other subjects.

Those who complain here about discussions about religion and atheism on this site strike me as odd. Like if someone joined a cat club and then complained about people talking about their cats! I've interacted with a lot of interesting people here since last December. Read about their stories and challenges. Would love to meet some face to face. Learned about how their views are similar or maybe dissimilar to mine.

There have been a few annoying agnostics complaining about atheism, unconvincingly; a few right wing nut jobs, well I meet them in life too; the odd new age pseudo religionist being 'spiritual', the occasional real religionist who seem as jittery here as a terrorist at an FBI lunch, and some, for the life of me I don't know why they are here, except maybe to get laid, as the saying goes. Well, I've learnt to take the rough with the smooth, avoid going down rabbit holes with those with whom it is better to agree to disagree with rather prolong the misery of ongoing battle.

All in all it has been fascinating, and me, not a social media person at all usually. And best of all, I know there are a lot of people out there like me, maybe not exactly on everything but close enough. Before this site I knew that, but now here I experience it. That means a lot.

So, for you six month-ers or longer, how's it working out for you?