The posted article is antagonistic, and anti-Christian. How can it possibly be closed to retaliation? It should be open. Are we infested with Romneybot Troll mods?
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The article is antagonistic, but more leeway is granted to the article than to the reply posts. For instance, a passage from the Bible which is unkind towards Jewish beliefs may be the basis of an "ecumenical" discussion - but the replies must not be antagonistic.
If you wish to have a "town square" format debate on the issues raised by the article, then find a similar article and post it that way.
If you wish to complain about the RF guidelines, i.e. that an antagonistic article can be posted as "ecumenical" to avoid criticism, then create an "open" RF thread for that purpose.
If you wish to direct those on your side of the debate away from a thread like this, then come up with a non-antagonistic redirect and ping your FRiends, e.g. "I wholly disagree with the article and cannot reply without it being taken as antagonistic, therefore let's reconvene on an open thread and show the other side of the story."