THIS SITE ENCOURAGES ARGUMENT, DEBATE, DISCUSSION OF BOOKS, DISCUSSION OF INTERNET SITES, DISCUSSION OF EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAMS. THE SITE MANAGERS SPECIFICALLY ENCOURAGE ARGUMENT AND DEBATE EITHER AGAINST OR FOR OR IN BETWEEN THE POSITIONS TAKEN BY THE SITE MANAGERS REGARDING DIVERSE ISSUES OF CONCERN TO ATHEISTS, ATHEIST MATERIALISTS, ATHEIST HUMANISTS, RATIONALISTS, SECULAR HUMANISTS, FREETHINKERS, AND SECULARISTS GENERALLY. THERE IS NO MONOLITHIC POSITION HELD ON THIS SITE, AND WE FAVOR COMPLETE FREEOM OF THOUGHT WITHIN THE GENERAL FRAMEWORK OF UNBELIEF, I.E., ATHEISM. WE ARE NOT HOSTILE TO THOSE FOLKS OF A LIBERALLY RELIGIOUS BENT, BUT THIS IS AN ATHEIST SITE. WE SHARE MANY VALUES IN COMMON -- FOR INSTANCE, VALUES OF DEFENSE OF EVERY KIND OF EQUALITY, OPPOSITION TO EVERY KIND OF BIGOTRY OR RACISM, SUPPORT FOR EVERY KIND OF BROADLY HUMANE AND HUMANISTC AIM AND GOAL -- WITH THOSE ELEMENTS OF RELIGIOUS PEOPLE WHO ARE HUMANISTICALLY INCLINED, LIBERAL, OR COMPASSIONATE, BUT WE AGAIN EMPHASIZE THAT, BROADLY SPEAKING, THIS IS AN ATHEIST SITE. OCCASIONALLY, WE WILL ADMIT TO THE SITE FOLKS WE DEEM WITHIN THE BROAD RANGE OF A FREETHINKING ATTITUDE EVEN IF THEY MAY NOT BE SPECIFICALLY ATHEIST, BUT WE ARE PRIMARILY AN ATHEIST SITE.