I've been out all morning, and I'm just getting up to speed here. I'm not optimistic about the proposed truce. I don't want to sound Clintonian, but everything about the proposed truce hinges on the meaning of "Christian bashing" ("
CB" for short). The reason I'm dubious is that
I don't engage in CBsee below, yet I'm constantly accused of it
by the author of the truce proposal. What am I to expect if this truce goes into effect?
As far as I can see, almost anything I post will be construed by some people around here as CB. I can't agree to a truce that will amount to a vow of silence. Even my placemarkers are the topic of heated opposition. What's left to me, after agreeing to this truce? Might I be allowed to post an occasional smiley face?
Before I can even consider this proposed truce as a meaningful idea, I need some answers as to whether these things are considered CB:
1. any opposition to a literal interpretation of Genesis;
2. any opposition to "creation science";
3. any advocacy of the theory evolution;
4. posting any evolution-oriented thread.
Footnote on CB:
"Oh come now, PH, you're a ghastly Christian basher!" Yeah, right. I won't rehash this at length right now, because it will take a few screens and I've already done it twice. But consider that to even make such a charge, some
4-year-old posts were presented. The fact that they had to go back that far is very instructive. When I explained those posts and put them in context, what happened? The accuser just posted them again. When I repeated my rebuttal, and went further with a greater rebuttal, what happened? The accuser posted the stuff again. At that point I dropped it, otherwise the thread would have been swamped by an endless loop of accusation and rebuttal, which would have destroyed the thread -- the actual goal of some around here. But if I stop posting the rebuttals, then the charges stand, and get repeated over and over. So without some serious reforms all around, which are not yet on the table, the whole thing looks rotten, and I am quite dubious about the proposed truce.