Well I have run across posts by Catholics saying if you don't believe in trinity you are headed straight to hell. But so far I have only seen quotes similar to above concerning salvation directed at Protestants, which does imply hell to Protestants. And I run across a lot tons of posts like 'Comment #2,263 Removed by Moderator' on these threads, so who knows what was said there. But I am a bit surprised it is difficult to find one more damaging, so perhaps I was wrong in my perception.
Well, it always seems worse when you’re on the receiving end! :-D
On the Religion Forum, I remove hateful posts, tacky posts and posts which are very personal, including posts which condemn other Freepers personally.
But I do not remove posts for theological condemnations because evidently each time a belief spawns from a previous one, both condemn each other in the harshest terms they can muster.
In other words, it is standard fare in “open” religious debate – and even in official religious doctrines and documents – for one belief to designate another belief as apostate, a cult, heresy, anathema, idolatrous, infidel, sect, satanic, pagan, and blasphemous. It is the nature of “open” religious debate to flesh out the differences between beliefs and such terms come with the territory.
I do not doubt that, in the minds of some whose beliefs are on the receiving end, such terms can amount to a curse, even an eternal one. And I do not doubt that some take it personally. Thin-skinned RF posters should stay away from the “open” threads and stick with the “ecumenical” “caucus” “prayer” or “devotional” threads.