Please share a little about yourself with us
What screen name do you post under - so we know you when we see you?
Would you like to share any of the following so we can know you better: your age range, whether you are married or single, have children, what kind of work you do, what area of the U.S. (or other country) you live in?
What do you like to do when you have some time to yourself?
Please share with us something you really enjoy about your life.
If you could wave a magic wand and change one thing about you or your life, what would it be?
You and Conversation at the Edge
How did you find Conversation at the Edge (or, the eBay atheist blog) and what drew you to post in the comments section?
Is this the first time you have participated in any online discussions on the internet? If not, could you share with us what other sorts of online discussions you like to participate in?
Has posting on Conversation at the Edge (or the eBay atheist blog) changed you in any way?
You and church / other groups
Were you raised going to church and are you currently a church attender?
What is your main reason for choosing to be a church attender/not to be a church attender at present?
Apart from church are there any groups you participate in regularly for faith-based, social and/or self-improvement reasons?
Is there anything else (outside work and family) which you devote significant time to? Or used to, or hope to in the future? (We understand that for some of you, work and family takes up almost all your time at present)
Labels people might use behind your back (and sometimes to your face): “fundy” or “fundamentalist”
Please answer the following questions if this is true of you: “I have beliefs about Jesus, God (as I understand God to be) and/or the Bible which are important and beneficial to me and which I try to share with others because I believe these beliefs would be important and beneficial for them also”
Has anyone ever called you a “fundy” or “fundamentalist”? Have you heard or read anything which tells you that some people talk about you like that behind your back?
How would you/do you feel about being called a “fundy” or “fundamentalist”?
Are you aware of any assumptions or associations people make about “fundies” which do not apply to you?
How do you like to describe yourself regarding your beliefs?
What (else) would you like to tell the people who call you a “fundy” if you thought they were listening?
Labels people might use behind your back (and sometimes to your face): “lost”
Please answer the following questions if your beliefs differ in any significant way from this: “Every human being has a ‘sin’ problem separating him/her from God and the only way to resolve my own sin problem is to believe that Jesus is God and Jesus took care of it for me”.
(There are some of you who may find yourselves answering this and the above section because - ironically - you get labelled both ways, depending who is doing the labeling.)
Has anyone ever called you “lost”? Have you heard or read anything which tells you that some people talk about you like that behind your back?
How would you/do you feel about being called “lost”?
Do you feel “lost” in any way - is there anything you are trying to find, or is anyone trying to find you, as best you can tell?
Are you aware of any assumptions people make about “the lost” which do not apply to you?
How do you like to describe yourself regarding what you believe or have no belief in?
What (else) would you like to tell the people who call you “lost” if you thought they were listening?
You and the Bible
Do you own a Bible? Do you ever read the Bible or look anything up in it? If so, what is your main reason for doing so?
As best you know, has anything in the Bible influenced you in a good way (directly or indirectly)?
As best you know, has anything in the Bible influenced you in a negative way (directly or indirectly)?
Has anyone expressed disapproval to you about your own personal opinion, or use, of the Bible? What would you like them to understand better about you and the Bible, were it possible?
Anything else
Is there anything I forgot to ask that you would like to tell us?
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