[Tristan Lall]

Were these, by any chance, the "Look at me, I'm a Mormon" and "Look at me, I'm an atheist" threads? I don't have any problem whatsoever with people proclaiming their faith (in Chit-Chat, only), but they'd better be ready to have their cherished ideals scrutinized, dissected and yes, even mocked a little. If it's so important that one needs to trumpet it from the rooftops, then fielding a few pointed questions shouldn't represent a deterrent from spreading the word.

On the other hand, would such a rule cause the "Championship Seder" thread to be locked? If not, why not? (Not that I think that locking that thread would be productive.) How would the rule be phrased, so as to avoid this?

If we allow stupidity like "Count to 1000" in Chit-Chat, we can hardly claim to be doing much toward cleaning up the content of the forum by locking and/or deleting a discussion of someone's religious beliefs, and the merits and detriments of such beliefs.

If you're prepared to coherently discuss a religious topic, go on and do it; if you're just posting and running to satisfy your evangelization quota, take your spam elsewhere.