From the "FOR CHRISTIANS" thread:
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SABRESAllTheWay wrote:
Well, the original idea for this thread was for rut to allow the Christians on this forum to talk about what they wanted to strictly staying along the lines of civil Christian discussion.
From this post on I don't want to see a trainwreck antagonistic debate.
Pants, your debate can go to another thread if wanted, but enoughs enough in this one. Consider this your warning.
It appears here, that the new mod Sabresalltheway, has made a declaration that the christian thread will NOT be hijacked. This seems like a new, and rather unsettling precedent to set. Do we have 'authority' figures here telling us that other threads are untouchable? No. Apparently no other view is as important as what the christians on this board believe, and whatever us hell-bound athiests believe will not be tolerated?
I firmly believe in Evolution. I believe in it so fervently that an outside viewer might regard it as a religious view. It at least appears to me, to be as important to me, as the christian god/bible is to christians. HOWEVER, if I start a thread saying "hey, evolutionists, lets talk about evolution!" there is NO FUCKING WAY anyone is going to step in and keep it from being hijacked or derailed. If it gets too heated some mod will come along and lock it, but no one is going to step in and force people to respect my opinions.
I feel like Sabresalltheway really stepped out of bounds with this "warning" to pants, who, ironically, did exactly what the thread indicated he was supposed to do, he quoted bible verses he found interesting for the sake of discussion.
I'm with you and Pants 100% on this one. I've already made my stance in a thread a few months ago that started a shit ton of controversy and basically just left all sides with a major headache. That is why I didn't even bother going into the other thread to back you guys up. I am an atheist and even in my college courses I can't escape Christianity and the notion of "god." It frustrates me to no end every single day. I deal with it too much in real life to want to deal with it in my escape(this forum). Thats basically all I'm gonna say because between college and working I have enough stress in my life.