Don,

Because something is a hot button issue, doesn't mean a thread originator is merely intent upon pushing other peoples' buttons by wishing to discuss it from their perspective.

There are actually people who have demonstrated an interest here in Mudcat in discussing this subject from a position other than a Christian believer/sympathizer perspective in a rational, reasonable fashion.

The shit flingers in this thread are not among them.

What is plain as day is, the Christian believers and sympathisers who are regularly shit stirrers and flingers in this forum, simply can't resist flinging the shit at those who wish to discuss the subject from that very perspective.

And don't tell me there is no right to free speech in Max's forum. That is just bogus.

Some people are free to speak here, others not.

The difference?

The opinions and beliefs of the editors.

How do they control how the thread goes?

See post #3 to this thread.

Because of the Mudcat editor expressing a derogatory opinion about the thread originator, the subject matter has been censored de facto, and the thread derailed.

THAT is the power the Mudcat editors hold here.

I, like many others now, will continue to point that out whenever I see it happen to me or anyone else here.

Why?

Because it is so unfair, unjust, and inequitable.