Altruism as good as sex and chocolate?

Just Us Chickens wrote

Quite a few of the other theists seem to get plenty of actual honest discussion here and I seem to remember you taking part in a few yourself.

Things have changed as fewer and fewer of the former members post here any more. Unfortunately, they were some of the smartest and nicest people you had here-- I am thinking of people like Noah and Schemanista, just to name a couple. As the forum has gotten smaller, it has gotten clubbier (naturally) and has gotten really nasty-- to the point that you drive away all but the most intrepid. There used to be some really good discussions here. Not anymore.

I still drop in because I am constitutionally unable to allow so much garbage to go unrebuked, particularly when I know that the people spewing it are smart enough to learn. Whether they are honest enough too, particularly in this environment, is a question that I think has been answered, negatively, here in this particular thread.

Edited to correct typo.