That is not the point.
The point is that spirited debate that marked the historic church is an embarrassment to the political culture today . Anyone that has his ears burned by some posts , simply do not need to read them (as in the ignore the forum by not opening it :>)
Hey is the NES going to be held to the same standards or are you still going to have a pretty much Mod free thread??
I don't see why it would be treated any differently.
The point is that spirited debate that marked the historic church is an embarrassment to the political culture today
As I see it, the point is that "spirited debate" need not entail personal attacks and ungodly behavior.
That fact that, historically, religious debate sometimes involved these things doesn't mean that it was appropriate then or appropriate now.