It's tough, for me.
On one hand, I like to debate religion when it's kept reasonably respectful. A good debate can have a lot of positive effects on the individuals as well as the general community.
However, on the other hand, it only takes one person to take their rhetoric too far for the snowball effect to occur. And that's where my experience as a forum mod kicks in.
The basic responsibility for a mod is to prevent flaming (obviously). And while this naturally means constantly weeding out bad posts and posters, precautions are also supposed to be made to avoid running into the same problems repeatedly. Approximately 8 out of 10 religious debates end badly when left alone. Taking this into mind, it would be logical to limit people's discussion of the topic.
I'm on the fence.
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Originally Posted by Salvanas
Grins* What discussion doesn't turn into a flame war?
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If we're speaking loosely, you're right. However, there
is a point where certain things become too detrimental to the community to simply allow. Otherwise, why have mods around to begin with?