[Religion Moderator]

The guideline for "caucus" threads is that neither the article nor the replies can speak in behalf of any belief not a member of the caucus. But it must be a specific belief, not some general statement.

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.

[Tennessee Nana]

Thank you

[greyfoxx39]

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.

I assume, with no rebuttal allowed on the caucus thread?

In that case, would the restriction against reposting the argument from the caucus thread on an open thread be lifted?