The 6 stages of an EvC argument

Wotcha. And welcome. Lot's of newbies say this and it always intrigues me. I remember when I first came across this site. I started reading, was impressed with the level of debate as compared to anywhere else I had seen and sort of vaguely thought I should absorb some of the ideas before embarking myself. Then somebody said something in the thread I was reading that I felt compelled to respond to and that was that. My lurking period must have lasted all of 3 minutes.What have you lurked? Who are your fave posters as a lurker? Just curious. Frankly I think your stages are pretty accurate. Which is a nice way to introduce myself to you. Largely agreeing as we do.But let's see if things are quite so friendly by the time we reach stage 5 Anyway I hope others will respond to your topic and I hope things get a bit more contentious than they are currently. Because that is where the fun lies.

Your list is pretty accurate when it comes to some newly invigorated creationist looking on the web for a place to vent his polemic.They, as you rightly point out, tend to leave here rather hastily once they ascertain the level of questioning and argument to which they are going to be exposed.There are exceptions. Slev, Buz, ICANT and Dr Sing obviously spring to mind. Stalwarts who take a lot of shit but who keep coming back for more. As wrong as I think they are this place wouldn't be the same without them.