Religion/Politics Threads: This really needs to stop(plus a poll)

[hershel_layton]

it's been a growing trend for the same users to make arguments about religion that have done nothing but raise silly insults and a nonstop back-and-forth style of conversation that does nothing but make the issue worse.

 

I don't mind if people want to discuss religion, but for the past few threads we've received, they've been nothing but toxic. Seeing these types of threads do nothing but push away new users and make current users want to leave due to these childish threads. 

 

I say a poll needs to be made on what everyone thinks about these current religious threads. If I'm the outlier, then these threads can continue. However, at the current rate, we'll continue to see these idiotic threads be churned out daily.

 

I'd also like to hear a moderator/moderator's piece on this.

 

 

Example of the toxic threads:

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=221321&page=1

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=221365&page=1#

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=221363&page=1

 

I don't want this place to become even more ruined. I just stopped making politics threads, and a lot of other people have done the same. I have realized that this significantly improved the website. Religious threads would be even worse than the political threads we were bombarded with a few months ago.

 

 

EDIT: For those saying I hate free speech or want to ban anything non-gaming related, that is not even close to what I said. Simply put, I expressed a dislike for the trollish religious threads that have been appearing recently. Instead of just giving the ban hammer to everything, I thought it'd be worth pointing this issue out and seeing if there's any valid solution