[Religion Moderator]

Thanks for explaining but I am slow, I still don’t quite get it. And not to argue. To appear to be reading someone’s mind is a no, no but outright or veiled personal insults are okay? No one can read anyone’s mind but God and a few mystics in history.

I can and do intervene to prevent Religion Forum posters from "making it personal" but there is nothing I can do to prevent them from "taking it personally."

For something to be "making it personal" it must be speaking to another Freeper, personally.

"Protestants are heretics" is not making it personal. "You are a heretic" is making it personal. "Catholics worship Mary" is not making it personal. "You worship Mary" is making it personal.

However, when a poster paints with a brush that accuses an entire religion of criminal behavior - his post will be pulled as flame bait. For example, posts that say "Protestants kill babies" or "Catholics molest children" will be pulled. However, if the post is specific about a non-Freeper, I will not pull it. For example "Rev. Doe says abortion and infanticide are not sin" or "Father Doe was convicted for molesting those kids" would not be pulled.

Statements formd as questions are rarely "making it personal."

"Are you a heretic" is not making it personal. "You are a heretic" is making it personal.

Forms of "making it personal" include mind reading, attributing motive, accusing another Freeper of telling a lie (because it attributes motive, the intent to deceive) - making the thread "about" individual Freeper(s), following a Freeper from thread to thread and badgering a Freeper over-and-again with the same question.

When in doubt, avoid the use of the pronoun "you" and Freeper's names - or put yourself in the other guy's shoes.

[stpio]

“For something to be “making it personal” it must be speaking to another Freeper, personally.

“Protestants are heretics” is not making it personal. “You are a heretic” is making it personal. “Catholics worship Mary” is not making it personal. “You worship Mary” is making it personal.”

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Thank you R.M, I understand finally. Other forums, this is not the case. I’ll make general comments, it’s hard to speak from the heart and remain general but I shall try. I want so much to change the view on the faith of Protestants here.

Now I understand why there are so many 3rd person replies
in this thread, people have to get their negative personal
comment about whoever in some way. All flowery but they
use a knife, it’s sad.