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    Quote Originally Posted by James View Post
    From my side, to reiterate what I said earlier, I will draw a line from a community management stand point. If I see religious debates popping up that cause members to develop intense dislike for one another and somehow it damages the group psyche of the forum, then I will have to say it's in the best interest of the forum community in general to say we stay away from religious topics.

    However, I will only want to do this as a very last resort, because it is a slippery slope toward banning other serious topics on that logic. This has been brought up in this thread. If we go down that road, then we'll be left with nothing to talk about - people even get worked up over whose sport team is best!

    As for creating a separate section, I don't think that's necessary or wise. A religious debate section might been seen as an invite for people to start posting on the subject, which will only likely exacerbate the aggravation these topics cause. Plus, the amount of babysitting something like that will require makes me hesitant. I don't have time to do it myself, and any mod appointed to monitor such a thing will have to have a very solid grounding understanding debate structure and the ability to remain neutral on the topic.Not an easy person to find.
    Exactly what I was getting at.

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    Wait is this a satirical thread or what? Originally I thought the OP was serious and I would have commented something positive in response but I had a feeling it would go the way of all religious threads; and I was right. No good thing ever happens.

    There's something about forums that incites massive personal overreactions to what are intended as banal or jokey comments. My opinion is that it's because of a lack of facial cues that the social mirroring regions of our brains can latch onto to read intent.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Graal View Post
    But let's flip this around.



    All you are trying to do is justify that you can dictate what people are allowed to say, regardless of whether it is actually offensive or not. A bit of a reality check would be nice.
    Not at all, don't try and spin something to prove your point. Just because we live in an anonymous Internet world shouldn't mean there are no boundaries.

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    It's a good idea to familiarise with the list of argument fallacies before debating religion:

    List of fallacies - Wikipedia

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    Quote Originally Posted by James View Post
    It's a good idea to familiarise with the list of argument fallacies before debating religion:

    List of fallacies - Wikipedia
    The problem is that religion/belief is a very personal thing.

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    Ok well let's retaliate a bit and make some jokes about atheism. I'll get the ball rolling :
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    Pity Reverend Tim Tom's not here because, ♪ ♫ it's tough, being a forum user. ♬ ♪
    (In The Middle, he always shows up unexpectedly to save the day. Just trying to lighten the mood a little ...)


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    Quote Originally Posted by James View Post
    It's a good idea to familiarise with the list of argument fallacies before debating religion:

    List of fallacies - Wikipedia
    Wow. That's awesome. Every argument ever falls neatly into one of those categories. I love it!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lyt View Post
    Ok well let's retaliate a bit and make some jokes about atheism. I'll get the ball rolling :
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    *Pours the fuel...* ^

    Who's got matches


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    Quote Originally Posted by Lyt View Post
    Ok well let's retaliate a bit and make some jokes about atheism. I'll get the ball rolling :
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    As a joke, it's potentially funny.

    It's not a correct representation of atheism though. If you've met a professed atheist who takes this stance, then they themselves don't understand the meaning of atheism.

    EDIT: I'm talking more specifically about the "nothing" parts.

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