Interesting assumption, that it's this small cadre of "lukewarm" Catholics who are acting as troublemakers. None of the TRUE Catholics are troublemakers, certainly one of the daily-mass-attending variety. And the way you propose dealing with them? I believe that starts here:
That’s why shared moderation with a TRUE Roman Catholic [you’ve got daily-Mass-variety RCs on this site who are of a high intellect] would be a possible answer as to lessening the shenanigans on the open forum threads, bringing forth some lively honest debate.
So this proposal that I'm reading starts with opening a Free Republic branch of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, where the CDF-approved Moderator(s) will
Thank you for increasing my word power.
Now...to listen to Elvis sing “In the Judengasse”.
**That’s why shared moderation with a TRUE Roman Catholic [you’ve got daily-Mass-variety RCs on this site who are of a high intellect]**
I seem to remember an Evangelical who posted around these parts many years ago. He was very quick to tell you that his IQ was superior to the garden variety poster.
Brian Kopp answered you very well with some commentary previously. So has NYer.
...Am I getting the details of the full proposal correct, so far?
The list of what it would boil down to is about right, combining the various suggested remedies of those who have been complaining longest and loudest...
How substituting the points which Alex listed would allow some lively honest debate better than this
is so far from clear --- it appears an impossibility.So tell us, mlizzy and Dr.Brian, just how your proposals would be better than what has been developed by the present, leading (or main) religion forum moderator?
As far as the bringing forth portion of the hoped for -- some lively honest debate, that bringing forth is in the hands of the participants.
It's either there (honesty included) or it's not.
Forum Moderators cannot be arbiters of what is truth.
Under the guidelines as now outlined, forum participants should be self-policing.
Would banishment to Juddengasses help?
What of those instances where issues of religion and actual hard news intersect?
What then?
I put it like that since discussions which touch upon issues tangent to religion can be in "the news" as that circulates around the globe (nowadays, in a few blinks of gazillions of electrons).
How about religiously devotional and/or promotional threads (promoting one outlook of faith while criticizing & comparing others) be banished instead, leaving religion itself taboo?
Next up, lets' not discuss politics either.
It may scare the horses.
No. Too many variables and inconsistencies. Who, for example, qualifies as a "lukewarm" Catholic and who makes that determination? It may not be perfect - nothing is - but by now we have all grown accustomed to posting to the Religion Forum, and dealing with each other's foibles.