[rogator]

“I’ve quit visiting the religion forum, it has gotten a bit too klanish....”

Having heard things regarding Klanish anti-Catholic propaganda so common many years ago from older relatives, I would tend to agree with you. I would appreciate it if the Religion Moderator would pull this obviously hate filled thread. I am surprised and appalled that it has not been pulled earlier.

[Religion Moderator]

This is an "open" thread on the Religion Forum.

Prayer threads are closed to debate of any kind.

Devotional threads are closed to debate of any kind.

Caucus threads are closed to any poster who is not a member of the caucus. If it says “Catholic Caucus” and you are not Catholic, do not post to the thread. However, if the poster of the caucus invites you, I will not boot you from the thread. The “caucus” article and posts must not compare beliefs or speak in behalf of a belief outside the caucus.

Ecumenic threads are closed to all “anti” arguments. Posters may express the beliefs they are “for” but not those they are “against.” They may also ask questions. Posters who try to tear down other’s beliefs – or use subterfuge to accomplish the same goal – are the disrupters on ecumenic threads and will be booted from the thread and/or suspended. Do not “pick at scabs” by mentioning prior “open” threads. If you need to make a point previously made on an “open” thread, summarize it anew.

Open threads are a town square – posters may argue for or against beliefs of any kind. They may tear down other's beliefs. They may ridicule, similar to the Smoky Backroom with the exception that a poster must never “make it personal.” Reading minds and attributing motives are forms of “making it personal.” Thin-skinned posters will be booted from “open” threads because in the town square, they are the disrupters.

If you are easily offended, you must stay off the "open" threads and instead post to the prayer, devotional, caucus or ecumenic threads.

Everyone has a voice on the Religion Forum. The "trick" is for each poster to find the right type of thread for himself and to stay away from the ones that are wrong for him.

[Antoninus]

Having heard things regarding Klanish anti-Catholic propaganda so common many years ago from older relatives, I would tend to agree with you. I would appreciate it if the Religion Moderator would pull this obviously hate filled thread. I am surprised and appalled that it has not been pulled earlier.

I completely agree. FR has got to get a handle on this anti-Catholic stuff or the forum will become a haven for every vicious malcontent Catholic-hater on the internet.

As with children, when you fail to punish bad behavior, you are guaranteed to get worse behavior and more of it.

I'm a long time FReeper who will be celebrating my 10th anniversary later this year. I have NEVER seen things this bad on the religion forum. Whatever the mods are doing to get a handle on things is clearly not working.

In my opinion, the Left is using theological differences among Christians to divide us politically. Places like FR become prime territories to sow division and trolls have gotten savvy enough to be able to play the game.

In my opinion, many of the most strident Catholic-haters probably aren't even Evangelicals at all--they're leftist trolls in deep cover with a mission to sew division and hatred among Christians.

The fact that threads like this one aren't immediately deleted are proof that they are succeeding.