Lounge threads need purpose now?

[Beverly]

Originally Posted by Flatlander

And FWIW, I would love to read and partcipate in a thread on religion in a decent manner but they never seem to go that way.

I recently signed up to a board to debate religion and philosophy. I was very disappointed, and somewhat disgusted, by what I read there. In some cases, there was no true debating going on, only bashing of believers in God by those who did not believe in God.

I knew the belief/non-belief in God topic would be risky for this board, which is why I made it into a poll instead of a "tell us about your belief or non-belief in God" thread. That way, people could simply vote anonymously. However, I thought some people would likely want to talk about their beliefs/non-beliefs so I made it clear that bashing of any kind of another's belief was not going to be tolerated.

I also wanted to be all-inclusive while devising the possible beliefs/non-beliefs choices, which does happen to include everyone from strong believers in organized religions to those who are contemptuous of anyone believing in God.

So far in the poll, everyone has been respectful those people who chose to explain their beliefs/non beliefs. I give thanks to everyone who has taken the time and effort to respond, and to others who may not agree with some of what is said but have kept their criticism to themselves. Thanks, also, to the moderators for allowing such a controvsial poll to continue at all.

All that said, one topic I would NEVER discuss here or on any public forum would be p*l*t*cs