[Brian Kopp DPM]

if the RF was kept in the SBR, they could just let everything fly all the time, and not “moderate.”

Jim, I think this is a wonderful idea. Make the Religion Forum a subforum of the Smokey Back Room. That way FReepers not interested in religious debate won't see it on their main page, and it will save a lot of work and heartache for the Religion Moderator. This is a perfectly honest and sincere suggestion, not an attempt at satire or sarcasm.

And it would make both camps happy. Those who like unrestrained religious debate could engage in such without scruples, and those of us who no longer contribute to FreeRepublic because of what the Religion Forum has become could once again in good conscience resume contributing to FR.

[editor-surveyor]

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>> “This is a perfectly honest and sincere suggestion, not an attempt at satire or sarcasm.”
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I see something different.

I see an attempt to make the truth hard to find on FR.

Anyone that wishes to post their thread to a different forum can do it, and it works well when it is done.

Often the religion forum gives too much voice to the Control
Rods of FR. In those cases, General Chat serves a purpose.
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[mlizzy]

Make the Religion Forum a subforum of the Smokey Back Room. That way FReepers not interested in religious debate won't see it on their main page, and it will save a lot of work and heartache for the Religion Moderator.

Sounds fine with me. Good idea.

[boatbums]

And it would make both camps happy. Those who like unrestrained religious debate could engage in such without scruples, and those of us who no longer contribute to FreeRepublic because of what the Religion Forum has become could once again in good conscience resume contributing to FR.

Oh, but y'all should still be able to keep the "Catholic Caucus" threads, right?

[metmom]

No one is forcing any one to click on either the RF or any of the threads posted on it.

If people don’t like it, then WHY do they read it?

Simply avoid it instead of holding FR hostage until your demands for how you think it should be run are met.