[Antoninus]

I'm wondering if you inadvertently came up with a really good idea. When you register on FR, and first start posting in the "ghetto," maybe it should be required that you spend two weeks (combat) training on Neverending...

Really, that holds true with any area of FR, not just the religion forum. If you can't run with the big dogs, stay on the porch! And if you didn't bring your fire-proof body armor, stay out of the cross-fire.

BTW, the original article you posted on this thread deserves a lot of attention. I suspect that this on-going flame war is helping it come to more people's attention than it might have otherwise.

[american colleen]

Oh Lord! I can't even remember what the original thread was about! ;-)

I'm kidding. This article says, in 2001, what Michael Rose is saying in 2002.

I don't know if we need fire-proof body armor or the ability to run with the "big dogs," but I think, as Christians, full of charity and love for one another, we should usually assume, especially on the first post exchanged, that another person isn't directly "dope slapping" you. It is hard at times to discern exactly what the other guy's intentions are, but if in doubt, give him the benefit.