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

[hershel_layton]

Nintation360 said:

You all thought this was gonna be MY thread huh?!?! 

I wouldn't be surprised if you made a post with this title. Make it about how OP the DLC characters are :P

vivster said:
Would be a real shame if all people who are offended by atheist comments would leave the forum immediately.

Would you mind explaining what you meant by that?

WagnerPaiva said:
I don´t see it like that. My last thread on that had nothing but smart well made comments from everyone, christians, muslins, atheists and even antitheists.
We can talk about whatever we want, as long as we talk in a interesting and respectful manner.
When someone goes too out of line, just ban him. I have being banned 3 times in the last 6 months, and I was indeed out of line in each of these bannings.
I like to think I learned from this experiences and, specially, from having instant sincere answers from people in here in hard to talk issues.
It is a unique oportunity to be able to talk with americans, israelis, saudis, russians, french, canadians, brazilians, in a matter of hours.
It only enriches us as people and I think there is no subject more important than the very meaning of life. So, I love to read atheists comments, as well muslins and my fellow brothers in Christ, of course.
For some people talking about religion or lack thereof is very disturbing, I just love it. Half of the books I read are philosophy and christian apologetics, so to me it is a very entertaining type of discussion.
The key is not to get offended, people´s opinion is not a attack on you, it is just how they feel. It does not mean they do not like you or anything.
In the end we all here have a big thing in common, our love for video games. It is fun that we are so different outside of this hobby we have.                                     

In my opinion, your original post was very civilized. However, it seems as though any conversation will go downhill quite quickly the minute you mention the 'taboo' words. Examples are:

-feminism

-politics

-religion

-Work/school

-etc.

 

it's not to say that anyone who mentions it is automatically a troll or wants to start an argument. In this case, you brought forward a reasonable and respectful post about religion. That's completely fine. Unfortunately, most people are very defensive and will feel the need to act childish and immature when discussing these topics. They'll make personal insults, be as stubborn as a rock, and make you wonder why you even tried talking to them.

 

As long as the moderators can prevent these types of people from attacking religious threads, I'm fine with them. They make great conversations which are thrown under the bus.