[boatbums]

Wait...you're NOT a Christian but you decry the "bigots" who you identify as those who are NOT the FR Catholics? You have a very narrow viewpoint if you believe hatred and bigotry are only aimed at Roman Catholics. That is because you would have to consciously avoid the many hateful, bigoted, elitist, superior, sniping, insulting and mocking posts AND threads directed BY Roman Catholics against those who are NOT Catholics but who ARE Christians.

Perhaps you don't realize this but had you been living in the Dark Ages, being a "heretical Gnostic" would have earned you a date at your very own stake burning compliments of .... yep!, the Roman Catholic church.

If this isn't your departing "Opus" as you hope to be banned for insulting the Religion Moderators, I have a surefire way for you to avoid all the heartache reading the Religion Forum ...DON'T READ OPEN RELIGION FORUM THREADS.

[Elsie]

If this isn't your departing "Opus" as you hope to be banned for insulting the Religion Moderators...

A. If you say something along the lines of “the moderators might ban me for saying this, but…” then you lost.

B. Anyone who says “well, ban me if you want to, but…” is actually saying; “in the name of a loving God, please ban me because I am losing this argument so badly that my only hope of escaping it with a shred of dignity is if I can make myself out to be some sort of martyr to free speech.”

C. If you claim to have supporting evidence available online, but instead of linking to it you say “Look it up yourself,” you lose. Similarly to the banning thing, “look it up yourself” clearly means “please please please don’t look it up yourself.” It’s an admission of failure.

D. If you invoke the name of a logical fallacy without explaining its relevance, you lose. Logical fallacies are not Harry Potter spells. You don’t just get to shout them out and wiggle your wand to make magic happen. Plus, there’s a logical meta-fallacy: Just because someone’s making an error in reasoning doesn’t mean they’re wrong.

E. If you claim to be winning, you lose. This should be self-evident: If you’re so desperate that you have to tell someone you’re winning, you’re obviously not. http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/12/alt-text-internet-arguments