If Islam is your religion of choice to discuss, start a thread. Otherwise, others have every right to talk about religious issues that concern THEM and open threads discussing them. If you don't care about the subject, don't read the thread and don't feel like you have to come on a thread to dictate to everyone what you feel they SHOULD be talking about instead.
P.S. I'll ping you to the next thread that comes up where Islam is discussed. We can then see where you stand on it.
I’ve had plenty to say about Islam, and about anti Mormonism. The anti Mormons have quite a fun little game going. In many people’s eyes, they are embarrassing FR and have driven tons of people away. Yet they cannot be criticized.
My main argument, and it is a religious argument, is that their criticism of Mormonism could be applied to Catholocism, Judaism, etc. Yet they run like the devil when those comparisons are brought up. Indeed they try to convince Catholics, etc. To be against Mormonism.
However, it is clear the anti Mormon arguments must ultimately go against Catholics, Jews as well.
Elsie posted a long list of supposedly over restrictive rules for Mormon missionaries. As I pointed out, Orthodox Jews, one of the best allies of conservatives, have tons of restrictive rules which apply their whole lives, not just as missionaries. For that matter, we have orders of monks with vows of silence. Priests with celibacy. Many religions exclude female rabbis, priests, etc.
The attacks on Mormonism are a troubling feature here, nor am I the only one to note it each time one of these posts appears. FR is NOT known for attacks on any other religion except Islam.
Whether the anti Mormonism-ers recognize it or not, those who post in opposition are doing FR a favor, by demonstrating to readers that not everyone here agrees with them. If some think it would be best for FR to be seen as 100% anti-Mormonism (God forbid I should say anti Mormon) that is a sad commentary indeed.
I may be a new poster, but I am an old lurker here, and I never viewed FR as anti any religion, possible exception being Islam.