“The problem in open religious debate is that what seems to be a ‘lie’ to one is a ‘truth’ to another, what is an insult to one is not an insult to another and so on.”
No, that's not the problem.
“Very few religious disputes can be called ‘settled.’”
I doubt that many here are expecting to settle religious disputes here.
“From my viewpoint, it seems most of the discontent among the Catholics could be resolved by banning a few posters.”
Rather, most of the discontent among Catholics could be resolved by undoing the hidden anti-Catholic bias inherent in the current rules.
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Why don’t you negotiate among yourselves what the guidelines for the Religion Forum ought to be and then get back to me? I cannot make any promises, because I do not make decisions in a vacuum - but it would surely help.