When oldtimers are belligerent, I try to be very patient. But when newbies are belligerent, their behavior is logged and they are either banned then and there or else put on the fast track to being banned.
And because this is a Religion Forum, atheists are trolls here. Some atheists are tolerated so the RF preachers will have someone to preach "to." But they will be instructed to leave the RF altogether if they misbehave.
Finally, Free Republic is pro-God meaning pro-Judeo/Christian God. Wiccans, for example, do not have a voice here. And pro-God posts are favored.
Those biases are completely understandable.
“Finally, Free Republic is pro-God meaning pro-Judeo/Christian God.”
To be more specific, I think it is pro-Protestant opinion of God.