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Original poster

Honest question. Is this site a religious site?

843 replies

follderol · 26/01/2009 18:01

It seems to me there's a large amount of Christian posts. I've also noticed a fair amount of disapproval for other religions.

I am an atheist. I don't really want to be part of a christian site posing as a parenting site.

So is this actually a Christian place?

OP posts:
madlentileater · 26/01/2009 18:51

where are all the humanists! come on let's be having you!
I don't find MN a religious place, but I do value reading other people's (religious or otherwise) viewpoints, experiences etc.
i remember ages ago asking Muslim MNers to shed light on my ignorance, would be too worried it would seem nosey/intrusive in RL, here people can ignore a q if they choose.

Blu · 26/01/2009 18:51

I have never thought that MNHQ was an undercover evangelist operation..the Mn philosphy seems very secular. They might be a marketing arm of Boden though.

My views are v athiest, but am pleased to hear the views of others and many of my fave posters and MN friends are women of faith.

combustiblelemon · 26/01/2009 18:49

Yup, MN is full of stealth Christians waiting to leap out and convert you.

MoreSpamThanGlam · 26/01/2009 18:49

I used to consider myself a Christian...if anything Mumsnet has made me go in the opposite direction.

fryalot · 26/01/2009 18:48

I used to be an agnostic but I just wasn't sure.

then I thought about being an atheist but finally decided I didn't believe in anything

folderol - nah, this isn't a religious site at all, but there are quite a lot of religious threads around at the moment. Stick around and you'll see that us lot can fall out about anything, from bottle feeding, to ear piercing, to P & T spaces in supermarkets, to religion.

Just don't mention the antichrist fruit shoots

MoreSpamThanGlam · 26/01/2009 18:47

Thereis also someone on here who is aboutto be dumped by her Vampire boyfriend

theresonlyme · 26/01/2009 18:45

Because of your sentence -

"I don't really want to be part of a christian site posing as a parenting site"

You sound like you think MN isn't honest about what it is and make it sound like Christian people are not worth exchanging posts with.

Original poster
follderol · 26/01/2009 18:43

Why are you raising your eyebrow at the OP? theresonlyme?

OP posts:
MegBusset · 26/01/2009 18:41

I'm an atheist and would never dream of being biased against certain religions -- I disapprove equally of all of them

onager · 26/01/2009 18:33

Onager climbs to the top of mumsnet and runs the Atheist Flag up the pole

(it's transparent so you can see clearly through it)

combustiblelemon · 26/01/2009 18:24

Catholic circles are very neat. With the slightest hint of old incense and a whiff of guilt.

Portofino · 26/01/2009 18:23

I'm sure that some of the Bum Sex and the recent guilty secrets threads would have any really religious people running for the hills!

theresonlyme · 26/01/2009 18:23

So at the OP I had to roll my eyes twice!

theresonlyme · 26/01/2009 18:23
Hmm
theresonlyme · 26/01/2009 18:23
Hmm
TheThoughtPolice · 26/01/2009 18:22

definitely less scandalous, after all we've nothing to rebel against

lljkk · 26/01/2009 18:22

When I first joined there was a strong "Church of Gina Ford" flavour to MN, but that's as close to religiousness as I've noted.

FAQtothefuture · 26/01/2009 18:22

surely that would depend on your own relgion. I mean I'm a Christian and a lot of my family are also Christians, I go to church where I have friends that I see outside of churcfh - of course they too are Christians.

I dare say if I were a Jew then chances are a lot of my family would be Jewish and I would have a social network that included a lot of Jews.

twinsetandpearls · 26/01/2009 18:21
Original poster
follderol · 26/01/2009 18:19

Oh I've seen a lot of biases in my scoping around the boards. A lot of them. The Christian bit was just one of them, I think people are more self-aware of the others though.

OP posts:
TheThoughtPolice · 26/01/2009 18:17

same here Blu. I mix in heathen circles

Nettee · 26/01/2009 18:17

Blu - maybe people are more open about their faith on Mumsnet than in real life? A bit of anonimity brings out all sorts of other things after all

LadyArden · 26/01/2009 18:16

I've never noticed this to be a Christian site- what's made you think it is?

I'm interested as there certainly is a bias in other respects, eg homebirth, private schools, more so than you would find in RL.

twinsetandpearls · 26/01/2009 18:16

Really blu, I must mix in very Christian/religious circles.

combustiblelemon · 26/01/2009 18:14

I do like lighting camdles, but they're usually Jo Malone or Diptyque.

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