or whether the “caucus” threads will be opened so they can disparage other beliefs without any rebuttal at all.
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RM,
I think I am lost at this comment...
Please explain further...
For example, if the caucus article said that all beliefs before ours came along were apostate it could retain the caucus protection. But if it said, the [pick a confession] was apostate and what we have is true - then the members of that other confession have an interest in speaking for themselves and the caucus tag will be dropped and the thread opened for discussion.
If the "ecumenic" trial fails, that restriction would be lifted so that the members of the caucus can say anything they want to say about other beliefs.
The lurkers would be the losers in that case because there would be no zone where they could compare the different beliefs without being subjected to the noise of the "open" threads.