The major departure from what appears to be considered a "religion" so far is that up until now it appears that every other religion has self-professed adherents. You're proposing to assigning that religious belief to them, without any requirement that they profess a belief in or even have a definitive description of the precepts of that religion. Is that something we're going to start doing, and where will it stop?
You’re proposing to assigning that religious belief to them, without any requirement that they profess a belief in or even have a definitive description of the precepts of that religion.
***I’m not assigning anything. It’s just an observation that what we’re dealing with is a religion. That observation has been replicated dozens of times on Free Republic, and we’ve even seen it here on this thread. Proceeding forth from that observation, there are things we can do as freepers that could calm the discussion down.
Is that something we’re going to start doing, and where will it stop?
***Well, it would eventually stop with calm discussion all the way around on vehement subjects, which would be pretty boring. But such a steady state universe is not very likely to happen in our lifetimes. Moderators will always have a job, human nature being what it is.