--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Nick Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At least we discuss religion here, which beats the heck out of > communities that pretend it doesn't exist or those that can't > touch on the subject without an immediate flame war.
Wait, how is this different from Brin-L again? Is Brin-L different simply because I and the few other people of faith on this List simply choose not to respond to the myriad flames that great any mention of religion on this List? The very point I have been trying to make here is that intelligent discussion of religion is simply not occuring from many of our resident "atheists." Rather every mention of religion has been greated by flames - flames which have not been accompanied by even a modicum of serious content. Now, I suppose that I could have responded to these flames with flames of my own, and then everyone would recognize that the List has a problem on its hands, but I don't think that would be appropriate of me. Nevertheless, I don't think that the restraint of a List- Member or group of List-Members should change the basic fact that the Problem exists, whether or not the flames produce an actual all-out flame-war. Maybe everyone else here disagrees, but I believe that substance-less flaming, even when there is no return fire, nevertheless presents a problem. Still, I can't say that Brin-L is any different from any of those other communites you cite, Nick, where any mention of religion produces a flame-war. That's precisley what I see us as having here, and that's why I'm concerned. JDG _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
