snarf,
I am glad you decided to stay.
This is a huge board and if you said "Jehovah is God" there are people here that would call you out on it. I do believe that when we come here we do tend to be egocentric, that is, we think our views should be acknowledged and responded to in a respectful way.
However, that is not the way it is. I rarely even get an acknowledgement for my posts, and if I did, they would probably say how shallow and stupid it is. And, if you compare the 'weightiness' of my posts to Blondie's, Leolaia's, or Mary or Gary Busselman or soooooo many others, my posts are shallow and stupid. But, so what, I got to say it and someone somewhere may be helped.
Within the family here there are dozens of posters that form smaller families, and they have gotten to know and like each other, and they comment on each others comments. They have 'earned' a spot at the table by carving out for themselves a peer group within a group. I think that is cool. Sometimes I get a kick out of reading their posts to each other and find them quite creative.
So, stick around. You couldn't possibly be more ignored than me. But, I haven't spent the time and effort that so many have done here to become persons of note. There as some REAL scholars here, and I just like to be here to read what they write.
After 5 or 10 thousand posts, your name will be in the highlights. I am looking forward to that for you. I am an old man and it works good for me to sit on the sidelines, though I have met some awsome people here and talked to them personally.
Take a chill pill.
Your friend,
Brant