| McTahr |
10-02-2010 07:18 PM |
Religious Rule Clarification
We here at Nuklear Power Forums would like to clarify what has been a bit of a misnomer in the rules. While we do have a rule that mentions religious discussion, it does not explicitly prohibit the defense or discussion of a religion. To be perfectly clear, the rule only refers to:
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Originally Posted by The Rules of the Forum
Religious topics: Don't feel obliged to avoid mentioning religions entirely but don't even get close to any type of "religion a is better/worse than religion b" or "religion/lack of religion sucks" type of argument.
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-Instances of attacks on a religion,
-Instances where religions are considered from a comparative viewpoint, or,
-Instances where forum members or individuals are attacked because of their religion.
Anything not falling under those three instances is, strictly speaking, A-Okay.
A bit of a gray area exists, as with all things, so any "toeing of the line" will be met with similar response to the same action done any other rule. One notable exception worth pointing out is that proselytizing or converting is inherently suggestive of a comparative viewpoint ("My religion is better! Repent/convert now!"), and therefore not acceptable.
Re: Recent Threads regarding Leviticus
These are not necessarily attacks on the religion, or the worshipers of said religion. It is instead, from a stance of rationalization, an indication of the double standards and argumentative fallacies employed by proponents against gay marriages and gays in general, by which the book of Leviticus is merely used as a vehicle to reach the point. |
