And, it's a shame; because, just in the short time I have been back in here, I have re-encountered some good old FRiends and begun to make some new ones. And seen some actual civilized exchanges...
I was asked in #1525 by another Freeper "how would you propose He made Himself and His will known to us?" and I replied "Any way he saw fit."
This prompted the colorful grandstanding tirade in #1525 and #1537! Can you believe that? Clearly we are not dealing with anything rational.
When they first proposed setting up the Religion Forum, I was one of the few FReepers who vociferously protested forcing religious discussion into a ghetto.
Now that we're stuck in this ghetto, its gotten so bad that if we want to have a decent discussion unmolested by the bigots, we have to designate the thread with a CAUCUS designation.
Its a shame the FreeRepublic has aped the rest of the liberal world in this regard.