[King Prout]

at some point, the "issue" itself is purely personal.

is it permitted to point out, bluntly, to an aggressive and profligate poster who is either a complete idiot or a liar (or both) that he is indeed a complete idiot/liar/both?

Or is it only permitted to True Believers to aggressively and profligately call all who accept the validity of the SToE liars and morons in a general, broad-brush manner. Is such an one, protected by special Religion Forum Dispensation, immune from "personal" rebuke?

[Religion Moderator]

is it permitted to point out, bluntly, to an aggressive and profligate poster who is either a complete idiot or a liar (or both) that he is indeed a complete idiot/liar/both?

No, it is not tolerable for any poster - on any side of a dispute - to characterize another poster in this way on the Religion Forum - or to read his mind or attribute motives to him. All such conduct leads to flame wars is not tolerated here.

It is tolerable however to say the statement made by another poster is false, incomplete, misinformed, inaccurate, etc. It is also tolerable to say the author of the article is a liar or an idiot - as long as the author is not a Freeper.

The key is to discuss the issues and not make it personal.

[stands2reason]

After that post, I clicked on your name was suprised I didn't see the dreaded blue screen....