(01-06-2022, 11:39 PM)americus 2.0 Wrote:

(01-06-2022, 08:11 PM)Jags Wrote: I understand why religion and politics were banned way back.  They bring in politics and I see what that did.  I’m guilty, at times of adding to it.  But I honestly don’t think religion would bring the same grief as the political does now. 

I also think it would be a fun topic to discuss.  There have been many topics brought up that couldn’t be fully discussed without it.  Topics in which religion played a role in a portion of it.  Considering the options, and what stats say what people think, oddly enough, more people are in line with religion than they are with politics.  Politics is almost 50/50. Not so much on religion.  I understand there would be guys coming in saying “ y’all are stupid”. But I can’t think of many scenarios in which a religious debate would come to the blows we see in the political section.  


I’d love to fully discuss things like you and I mentioned above.  As well as space, aliens and political stances. Even more than that.  I’m not complaining about this site, but I’d wager that they allowed the wrong topic if they weren’t wanting toxic convos.

There are people here who would do their level best to turn it into a [BLEEP] show just to get a rise out of others.

yeppers.
That's why I leaned into the philosophy/ways of thinking aspect instead of theology.
All that said, there's no way in hell I'd ever even browse the political side for this very same reason, and I can't imagine what the mods have to put up with just to keep it open.

TLDR: Thanks to people being people, we can't have nice things.

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