Religion is not discussed in polite company. And there is a reason for that: It usually leads to hard feelings and arguments.

You people had a forum all to yourselves, and you made such a pigsty out of it that Rick had to shut it down out of embarrassment. Take your pick as to who was right and who was wrong, but there is no doubt that the demeanor on that forum was the fruits of an unbridled 1st Amendment discussion of Christianity.... and you boys were sheltered from other religious beliefs.

Just imagine what that would have been like if the Buddhists and the Atheists and the Deists and every other group were to start posts on how deluded Christians were and how their Holy book had holes you could fly a 747 through. You people are living in a fantasy world.

How can you:

1) Claim a 1st Amendment right to discuss religion on the one hand.

2) Start pouting/ranting/calling for banning when someone steps on your toes or makes a remark that implies YOU, instead of EVERYONE ELSE, is headed for the pits of hell.

This whole thing is one convoluted mass of self contradiction. You people want the freedom to talk openly about a religion that sends the overwhelming majority of the human race through the gates of Hades. Fair enough. But as a group you cannot even discuss the matter among yourselves without the whole thing devolving into a zoo monkey **** fight.

I cannot imagine what a mess a true discussion of religion, along with the freedom to openly criticize each belief, would entail. My God, don't you folks have any sympathy for the owners and administrators of this site?

Will

Smellin' a lot of 'if' coming off this plan.