Is posting verifiable facts considered bashing?
And some who make Catholic bashing, Jew bashing, etc., etc., etc., a career.
True.
And it aint discussion. It's bashing.
That may be true, but when you set this forum up you said the rules would be loosened up over here. That doesn't seem to be the case anymore.
It's religious persecution. And whether or not the targets of this persecution are too sensitive to be on the net is not the point. I do not want it on my web site. Period. Keep it off.
Persecution? Don't you think that's a bit over the top?
Was it persecution to bring up Clinton's felonies? Was is persecution to bring up Democrat scandals? Was it persecution to bring up RINO backstabbing?
It's not persecution to discuss and challenge deeply held beliefs. I would submit that the Founders would have thought religious expression more important to protect than political expression.
People just being plain nasty shouldn't be tolerated, but I don't see very much of that on this forum.
If you all leave, then that's the way it goes.
Like they say, it is your living room.
Ok, just a few facts. The posters on this forum, be they Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Mormon, Protestant (with it's variations), or the few Jewish posters, "ain't your average bear". These are articulate, informed persons who document their propositions, and intelligently present their arguments. Some of these guys are bloody tough!
The result is that all of us gain in dealing with them and each other. We learn to spot legitimate argument from "Bluster and B/S".
i say this as a preliminary for this comment intended as a respectful prod mano e mano...Cut the crap! It ain't playin in Peoria, we all have seen it before from other posters.
If somebody can document what they are saying, How is that bashing? If their documentation is bad, these people (all the above mentioned faiths), are more than capable of spotting and countering it, i've seen it happen, and i've had my butt kicked because my "facts" were not as factual as i thought they were. You didn't see me pressing the abuse button because of it.
If somebody is long on accusation and short on documentation, That is bashing, and "The Wrath of God" in the form of Jim Robinson and/or His mods should descend on the offender with both feet! We don't need that kind of person around...well and good.
You lost the argument when your people pulled a thread that had posts that were nothing more than the official public statements of a certain religious body posted without editorial comment.
This kind of nonsense hurts only your credibility. If you can't follow the logic on that, i am certain that there are a multitude of posters here that can talk you through it. Pick any one of them.
You want to get rid of the religion forum, fine, it's your bandwidth, but let me tell you this: i am not going to Pay for the privilege of being censured every time i type the word "Mormon" in a sentence. All of us work hard for our money (especially these days!), and have to be real discriminating about how and where we spend it. In the Three+ months i've been here i've seen a change from open, challenging discussion, to something like the Soviet Union must have been like under Stalin and Beria on this forum. i quit living in fear when i was 5, and ain't about to start again.