Well palmtree67. I must congratulate you on your long, successful thread. It has been entertaining and revealing. Do you think Atheists and believers are any nearer calling a truce?
As I have stated on your thread I don’t think a truce is the answer. Debates or arguments go wherever they go and provide an outlet for individuals to share, vent, learn, observe and whatever else it is they feel a need to do.
If they want to go head to head, so be it. People give as good as they get. This really is the point, we tend to treat posters the way they treat us. So, it’s largely in our own hands how we are individually treated. Sometimes sensitive people get caught in the cross fire but on the whole it works out. After all public forums are not places of refuge.
I also stated that good manners are all that is required. Over the years I have been guilty of being rude and unnecessarily personal to other posters. Hiding behind my gladiator persona, I upset both Christians and Atheists. I thought it didn’t matter. I learned that it does matter and did not enjoy the way I felt afterwards.
Now I try to see each person as an individual with feelings. I have been helped by the kindness of others on this forum to heal and grow after leaving the Jehovah's Witness set up and try to give something back.