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Originally Posted by SenorCheaposGato When it comes to any religious discussion, "bashing" is really hitting below the belt. Think of something that is really, deeply important to you...something that you believe absolutely that is a big part of your life. Now, imagine someone telling you that you're stupid and wrong. It's just kind of mean. |
There's an excellent quote by Penn Jillete:
I don't travel in circles where people say, "I have faith, I believe this in my heart and nothing you can say or do can shake my faith." That's just a long-winded religious way to say, "shut up," or another two words that the FCC likes less. But all obscenity is less insulting than, "How I was brought up and my imaginary friend means more to me than anything you can ever say or do."
From that perspective, why not ban religious "bashing" (more on this later) of anything else instead?
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Originally Posted by SenorCheaposGato  BTW - I hope you're not offended by me saying any of this, but...
stupid ideas shouldn't necessarily be bashed. I don't think any ideas should be bashed...discussed, debated, dissected...there are plenty of good words that start with "d" that apply. |
Defenestrated?
It's all semantics IMO- there's no real difference between "bashing" and "debating", just an arbitrary line in the sand drawn by a random moderator/administrator. I'd much rather that get excised from the rules- the other rules cover flaming and similar well enough so that an overzealous and/or biased mod doesn't decide to get rid of criticism of religion under the "no bashing religion!" rule.