12-30-2004, 03:31 AM
Think about it. If somebody came in here and posted "I would like you to discuss about Christianity and the Bible;I have read a great part of it,and frankly it makes me feel sad/angry.I'll tell you why later." then that thread would be deemed flamebait pretty much immediately. So, I don't know why it would be OK to demonize another religion that way.
I think that it is possible to have a thread that discusses some specific concerns about the implementation of a particular religion. Occhi had a thread about Islam a while back that comes to mind. It is a touchy subject, and I don't agree with his conclusions, but he was quite careful in writing his post to make sure that it went deeper than mere flamebait. The link is here.
I'm not sure it would be possible for this particular thread to do that. I will need to lock it. If you really are looking for a discussion of Islam, you will need to be more specific in your questioning, and a little bit more careful.
I think that it is possible to have a thread that discusses some specific concerns about the implementation of a particular religion. Occhi had a thread about Islam a while back that comes to mind. It is a touchy subject, and I don't agree with his conclusions, but he was quite careful in writing his post to make sure that it went deeper than mere flamebait. The link is here.
I'm not sure it would be possible for this particular thread to do that. I will need to lock it. If you really are looking for a discussion of Islam, you will need to be more specific in your questioning, and a little bit more careful.
Why can't we all just get along
--Pete
--Pete