"Argue the issues all you want - do not make it personal."
Show me how it's personal to ask somebody to back their blanket statements with facts and demonstrations.
If you want me to sign-off FR, I will do so. But I believe your statement is not warranted nor does it fit with the stated purpose of Free Republic.
Let me know if you want me to go.
However, on all Religion Forum threads - and most especially toxic threads such as this one - it is necessary to keep the debate on the issues and not the posters, individually - and especially not their motives.
Threads that turn personal easily spiral into flame wars, etc.