[simoneaugie]

But at the end of the day, there can not be hatred posts, lets say purely anti mormon, or anti catholic, such as calling one of both demons of the anti christ.

Or making fun of the faith,

Also if there is a serious question about beliefs in the christian faith, a post going against christian teachings would not be allowed any more than a post in the Muslim section filled with hate about terrorists. Or a post in the plumbing section attacking the use of plumbing.
If a poster comes to the Christian section wanting a answer from Christians on a teaching, a post answering that which merely says Christianty is false would never be allowed

answers should be from a christian perspective, those asking questions need not be christian.

debates need to be on the discussion groups

It is the "should not be allowed" that makes Christianity so unpleasant to many of us. Bashing terrorists, or plumbers is the same game. Sometimes a question about Christianity cannot be answered from a Christian perspective. You're right, it is then a discussion to be taken to another board.

Moderators "should" be open minded, pragmatic and able to be somewhat detached. If a debate ensues, why can't the mod. Move it to a discussion area? Closing a thread because it is in disagreement with your personal beliefs is as bad as giving revenge reddies.

Edit: Athos and I were writing our answers at the same time. Same page. Athos is a Christian, I'm a Pagan and we were both respectful.

[Wondergirl]

Also if there is a serious question about beliefs in the christian faith, a post going against christian teachings would not be allowed

Which Christian beliefs? That babies are or are not to be baptized? That the devil is real or just an avoidance of human responsibility? That God gave the land of Israel to Abraham and his family forever? How many sacraments there are? That Creation took place in six 24-hour days? -- all beliefs of certain Christians but not other Christians, each of whom interpret the Bible a certain way. Immediately, there has to be discussion and even arguments with proof passages flying thick and fast. Christianity does not come down the pike smoothly and glides to a stop. It swerves and veers and fishtails all the way.

[ScottGem]

And therein lies the problem Scott. The rules/guidelines for the proper use of the rating system are so berried that it is nearly impossible for the average newby to find them. So why not place the rules as a sticky at the top of each forum?

The abuse of the feature is not generally perpetrated by newbies who are not aware of how it should be used. Anyone is free to point out where the rules can found if they think a comment was made inaprropriately.

Have to totally disagree with you again Scott. I personally have had replies deleted for simply pointing out to an "expert' who should know better, their incorrect use of the rating system. It gets really tiresome to point out errors to the "protected" people and have your posts disappear. I have also had "experts" make false accusations toward me personally with no recourse because it was a FALSE use of the rating system, so it cannot be deleted or removed. Everybody needs to be held to the same standards with regards to the use of the rating system, not just us regular folks!

I'm not denying there is abuse, but I believe its fairly rare. I've found that very often the alleged abuse is in the eye of the beholder. Please feel free to report it when you encounter it.

[Fr_Chuck]

And call it abuse, but again this turned into a discussion and really a complain session that is serving really no purpose.
Just missing one player and we would have the basic people who do the same thing to most of the posts.

This is closed, as are most posts that are not questions or turn into discussions.

And those that basically complain even after being told basic answers