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***People's reputations are being trashed, and our replies and calls for better behavior ignored by the attackers. ***

White Mountain it was you that accused me of criminal actions and refused to apologize when asked several times to do so. Remember?

Illbay later insinuated my involvement the same criminal actions and the posts were pulled at my request.

These accusations were personal attacks on my family despite private warning to desist. I asked that the posts be pulled. I never called for anyone to be banned.

Please set this hypocrisy aside and play by your own rules.

***the last thread, now pulled, drstevej, who is a Calvinist, went on and on and on, not knowing when to stop, bashing with sexist accusations***

I repeatedly quoted the published words of Anne Eliza Young, a wife of Brigham Young. She accused Brigham of sexism. Discussion of the impact of Polygamy on women is not an irrelevant discussion.

White Mountain your posts to me frequently include name calling, questioning my salvation and indicating that I will suffer eternal damnation for my actions and views. I don't hit abuse on these comments.

Please set this hypocrisy aside and play by your own rules.

BTW, what does my being a Calvinist have to do with this? My posts on the Calvinist and Arminian threads evidence no inappropriate behavior. A little "guilt by association" attempted on your part? Interestingly, P-Marlowe is not a Calvinist. What in the world does the "Calvinist" label have to do with your complaint here? Grasping for straws!

Your #442:

Steve, you are mischaracterizing my efforts to get you to stop your bashing on the now-pulled thread. I decided this time, rather than take an approach that you could spin and mischaracterize, that I would take it publicly to the moderator.

I will repeat what I said then: You owe all of us so great an apology that it doesn't even register on the apology chart (to paraphrase an old Bill Cosby monologue).

I have posted on these religious threads for some time now. The rules have always been lenient in terms of the intensity of the debate. I believe when the rules of FR are violated (no racist, violent, etc. posts) a post should be pulled or a thread should be pulled.

Having said that, I cannot recall a time (and don't believe it exists) when DrSteveJ violated any of those FR rules. In fact, he is quite gentlemanly in his posts and will seldom even make a pointed remark.

P-Marlowe, restornu, and WhiteMountain have similar credentials. PM has not violated the FR rules. He is an EX-MORMON and, therefore, can bring up theological points that might make mormons uncomfortable. But that is fair game. Everyone's theology should be open to question, or nobody's should be.

I encourage you to restore the pulled thread EXCEPT for any posts that are racist, violent, etc. Restor