Religion threads and the CD rules

[TimCraig]

Science and Religion cannot coexist as long as religion tries to use science to prove it's points. Religion is about blind faith and science is about recognizing and accepting what you don't know.

[Mike Ciance]

many say that science is the enemy of religion, so maybe religious discussion on here is a bad idea. as already mentioned, it depends on how mature the people can be

maybe religion could be an option in the profiles, like on myspace

[Eugenia Gabrielov]

After seeing some people weigh in, and discussing the issue with the wonderful Katie Reynolds, I think I can see it a bit better from a mod standpoint.

When there is a religious or political thread, and somebody posts something out of line, do you realize how many emails these people get about it? Not so much from discussion last night, but more from talking in the past, have I noticed that many of these somewhat biased threads give way to inappropriate discussion and thus webmaster and moderator stress. So how do you solve it?

I think that organizational threads such as the Championship Seder are appropriate in that they are not discussing religion itself, or what is right or wrong, but rather stating that there is an issue concerining it. If there were regionals on Christmas or any other prominent religious holiday, I'm sure the same sort of discussion would ensue. As someone above said, let people connect, but on a certain level, bad connections are made when people aren't tolerant of one anothers' opinions.

Most importantly, as this forum community gets bigger, there is going to be a lot more controlling and repitition of these threads. Tell people to search as you will, but it won't always work. Good luck in sorting out this insanely complicated issue.

[JVN]

There are 3 things I try not to discuss with people who I want to be (or wish to remain) my friends:

1. Politics
2. Religion
3. Money

All CD needs now is a "How Much $$$ do you Make?" thread, and the set is complete.

[Tytus Gerrish]

unless of course your talking about fundraising and ways to get money for the team to compete

[mtaman02]

I know its not my place to say this but if someone can actually stay up and monitor the threads to make sure they go in a positive direction then fine, Let's try it and see what happens after all you'll never know if it works if you don't try it. If it gets to heavy then lock it up don't give them a warning just lock it down, and if more get created b/c of that one lock down say 6 more spring up after the original one gets locked down then everything needs to be re-considered. I say its too much work only b/c now you have to re-write the rules just b/c your gonna allow religion discussions or a closely related topic. Its all up to Brandon and as a member of the forums everyone should post their pros and cons (like we've been doing) and have a final poll with a final discussion.

[Brandon Martus]

Originally Posted by mtaman02

Its all up to Brandon and as a member of the forums everyone should post their pros and cons (like we've been doing) and have a final poll with a final discussion.

Actually, it's all up to the coaches & those who represent our sponsors. I just make the website go, and have the fun position of being the person to relay stuff along to you all. We're working on it, give us time.

[Beth Sweet]

Brandon, maybe we can place religion under the moderated thread? It's a touchy topic and maybe those posts that get rejected can have people complain to you? I think that everyone just doesn't want it to get out of control. I may not agree with what they say, but so long as they don't cross the line into insults, I don't see a need for taking them completely off. Maybe we can have a religion subforum in the moderated section?