RF threads labeled "caucus" are closed to any Freeper who is not a member of the caucus. For instance, non-Catholics may not post on RF threads labeled "Catholic Caucus." But neither the article nor reply posts on a caucus thread may speak of the beliefs of non-members.
No antagonism is allowed on RF threads labeled "ecumenical."
All other RF threads are "open" by default meaning posters may argue for or against deities, religious authorities, beliefs, religious groups, etc. Posters are often contentious but they must not "make it personal" either by mind reading, attributing motive or focusing on another Freeper, personally (ad hominems.)
Posters are often contentious but they must not “make it personal” either by mind reading, attributing motive or focusing on another Freeper, personally (ad hominems.)
...then please indulge me, Mr Moderator, and explain to me how a forum that disallows ‘contending’ against ‘the contentious’is expected to have any true philosophical or metaphysical value at all...?
.this approach appears to be coddling those who take wildly uninformed potshots at particular religious thought, at the expense of those who make the attempt to directly address the snipers and their blatherings...after all, is not ridicule a valuable tool against the ridiculous...?