However, when the article is itself a vanity the author of the article should expect to be challenged personally. But that is not a carte blanche to pile onto the Freeper-author for just any old reason.
As an example, we have a Freeper (evidently Protestant) who posts his prophecies by speaking for God in the first person. His credibility was vigorously challenged on thread as one might expect.
My ruling was that, unless the article could be legitimately classified as "caucus" or "prayer" or "devotional" - he must suffer those challenges even though they were obviously "making it personal" - because he was the author of the article itself.
Even-handedness demands that I allow similar latitude on this thread which I have done, for instance, by not reigning in the sidebar challenging the author's credibility using her statements concerning Paul's credibility.
That said, I expect all of the posters here to stay on the theological issues and keep any personal challenges narrowly to the author's credibility to advance a theological issue such as would be applicable to a vanity article posted on the Religion Forum.
In other words, do NOT bring up the author's posting history unless it is specifically relevant to a theological issue or the author's credibility to advance the vanity article.
Thanks for the ruling and have a great day!