Tunesmith, we had a thread on religion just recently, and it was closed down because it got nasty and was dominated by the usual name-calling extremists. So, yes, for Mudcat for a time, the subject of religion has been exhausted.

I started this thread on logic and asked that the topic of religion be avoided in order to give people not interested in the religious debate a chance to speak.

We get lots of complaints about how the BS threads are dominated by a small group of aggressive, unpleasant people. We try various tactics to keep that domination under control. Trying to keep religion out of this thread without prohibiting it overall, is one such tactic.

I don't like thread closure and thread and message deletion, and it's not my job to do such things, so I use those tools very seldom. Nonetheless, I detest the negativism and attacks that dominate so many of our threads, so I do my best to push things into a positive direction. Those who insist on aggressive posting, can expect to see efforts made to push them in more positive directions.

-Joe-