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Old 05-11-2007   #12 (permalink)
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Default Re: Question about the forum rules- why is religion shielded?

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Originally Posted by JoshJ View Post
In reality, those two statements are basically saying the same thing. (One's more precise, but that's beside the point.) One shouldn't have to mince words to post- a true statement can be surrounded by 100 ad hominems and still be a true statement.
See my prior posting.

One has a tone that represents an ernest desire to have a fair debate; the example I gave has a tone of, to refer right back to the quotation you offered earlier, "'I [don't] have faith, I [don't] believe this in my heart and nothing you can say or do can shake my [non-]faith.' That's just a long-winded [anti-]religious way to say, "shut up," or another two words that the FCC likes less."
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Gun control? I'm for it...you should always hit what you're aiming for.
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to accept the things I cannot change;
the courage to change the things I can;
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