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Posted on 4/20/12 at 8:58 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
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TulaneLSU and Wiki can represent for this cause well enough.
Not sure if serious.
Posted on 4/20/12 at 8:59 pm to Chicken
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So what would be the rules/guidelines of a Religion & Philosophy Board?
This all depends on what you want and don't want to happen on the board.
Or the better way to put it: What do you absolutely NOT want allowed on the board, and WHY DO YOU NOT WANT THAT ALLOWED??
I don't understand what the big deal is if an atheistard (Wiki) and a Religioutard (Poster X...frick, I can't think of any right now) want to trade jabs for a little while and flame each other. If religious discussions could be had civilly, we wouldn't have had the crusades, 9/11, etc.
Either forbid it all together (Nazi-esque) or allow it and just let it be what it is...an endless pissing contest.
What's the big deal if it is?:???
This post was edited on 4/20/12 at 9:18 pm
Posted on 4/20/12 at 9:10 pm to sicboy
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Not sure if serious.
Yeah, not serious, just wishful thinking.
Posted on 4/20/12 at 9:20 pm to Chicken
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Religion & Philosophy Board
good idea IMO. even if it has to be before a health/fitness and tech/science board
Posted on 4/20/12 at 9:28 pm to hawgfaninc
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good idea IMO. even if it has to be before a health/fitness and tech/science board
Bias aside, could you objectively demonstrate why a religion/philosophy board would be justified over a health/fitness or science/technology board?
Posted on 4/20/12 at 9:53 pm to Cs
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Bias aside, could you objectively demonstrate why a religion/philosophy board would be justified over a health/fitness or science/technology board?
Easily.
Unlike health/fitness/science/technology threads, there is no board for posting religious/philosophical threads.
Posted on 4/20/12 at 9:54 pm to Cs
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Bias aside, could you objectively demonstrate why a religion/philosophy board would be justified over a health/fitness or science/technology board?
Because people don't tend to leave websites when people disagree on the number of curls you do per set.
Posted on 4/20/12 at 10:02 pm to Cs
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why a religion/philosophy board would be justified over a health/fitness or science/technology board
my reasoning being it would be one step closer to getting a health/fitness and science/technology. both of which i am in favor of and wish would happen ASAP. aside from that i am interested in religion/philosophy and wanna see how a board dedicated to it does.
also IMO, more boards = fulfilling more peoples interests = more people on tigerdroppings = more opinions to garner knowledge and info from = profit
This post was edited on 4/20/12 at 10:31 pm
Posted on 4/20/12 at 10:34 pm to Tom288
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Unlike health/fitness/science/technology threads, there is no board for posting religious/philosophical threads.
There is no board for posting pornography, but that's not justification for a board dedicated to such material.
The existence of a mandate that prohibits certain material from being posted doesn't mean there isn't an appropiate board available to host such material, it simply means there's a policy in place that prevents the material from being submitted.
If health/fitness threads were prohibited from being discussed, it wouldn't mean there wasn't an appropiate board for that material, it would simply mean that a policy has been put in place that precludes such material from being discussed.
Posted on 4/21/12 at 12:46 am to Chicken
Honestly, those threads are always the same trolls in them. It's not as much good open discussion as they would lead you to believe. It's sick the enjoyment they get out of making fun of someone's beliefs. I think what you did today was the way to go and leave it at that. No one here is going to change someones minds one way or the other and the discussions always spiral out of control.
Posted on 4/21/12 at 1:20 am to stout
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No one here is going to change someones minds one way or the other and the discussions always spiral out of control.
See: JJ vs. JL
Posted on 4/21/12 at 2:12 am to stout
Don't crush my dreams stout 
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This post was edited on 4/21/12 at 2:14 am
Posted on 4/21/12 at 4:05 am to Chicken
Is this really a topic that warrants its own board? Yes I know that the OT sees quite a few religious topics per week but aren't they usually just rehashed arguments from the week before and end up being a complete and total bitchfest or an IM party.
I like the idea I just don't know that it would work
I like the idea I just don't know that it would work
Posted on 4/21/12 at 5:39 am to CottonWasKing
IM threads are allowed on the OT in the form of GMT, lunch, and LNST. Other IMing is prohibited (supposedly anyhow). Why can't there be one religion thread for posting? Just one. Put all the crap in there and whack anything else.
It doesn't have to be a new thread. It can be the same one forever like the sig thread.
It doesn't have to be a new thread. It can be the same one forever like the sig thread.
Posted on 4/21/12 at 7:00 am to theunknownknight
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Worldviews and Science board
Just worldviews IMO
Posted on 4/21/12 at 7:50 am to Cs
quote:Yep. Religion debates belong on the Poli Board. The only conceivable reason for not allowing them on there could be too much complaining by a certain group of people (and we all know which group I think complained
Quite honestly, though, we shouldn't even be having this conversation. Religion threads were posted on PT, and did fine. All of this conversation is erupting from a series of changes that shouldn't have occurred in the first place.
). The problem is that these complainers had a sympathetic ear(s) in the admins because, IMO, many of the admins hold the same opinions as the complainers.Posted on 4/21/12 at 8:01 am to Gmorgan4982
Are you saying the admins are Jesus lovers?
Posted on 4/21/12 at 8:03 am to Lacour
I'm guessing the ones in charge and the one admin I know of on the Poli Board are.
Posted on 4/21/12 at 8:21 am to Gmorgan4982
I think moving all the religious threads to the OT was the downfall of any hope for civility.
The OT is a waste land, the political board actually has had some GREAT debates the last few years.
I don't know what caused the threads to be moved from the poli board to the OT, but It had unforeseen unintended consequences IMO (gay Jesus threads)
I don't think the admins had any idea what kind of shite show it was going to turn into once the threads got moved to the OT. They were used to (I think) a more intellectual group discussing these topics of religion, atheism, the bible etc.
Religious/non-religious threads on the OT turned off a lot of people I think and I wouldn't be surprised if traffic went down overall in the last couple of days due to people trying to avoid it. Granted, you don't have to click the threads. But a lot of people don't have that kind of self control and want to jump head first into the pissing match, then complain about it afterwards.
I think a worldviews board would keep all the crazy contained to one board and if people go on that board, they know exactly what they are getting themselves into. Check your feelings at the door.
Just some thoughts... I think the board would be a hit after seeing the other atheist/religion boards across the web. I think a lot of those posters would drift over to tigerdroppings once word got out. This site is easy to navigate through and once those posters find the worldviews board, who knows? They might become fans of the other boards too.
Everyone wins
The OT is a waste land, the political board actually has had some GREAT debates the last few years.
I don't know what caused the threads to be moved from the poli board to the OT, but It had unforeseen unintended consequences IMO (gay Jesus threads)
I don't think the admins had any idea what kind of shite show it was going to turn into once the threads got moved to the OT. They were used to (I think) a more intellectual group discussing these topics of religion, atheism, the bible etc.
Religious/non-religious threads on the OT turned off a lot of people I think and I wouldn't be surprised if traffic went down overall in the last couple of days due to people trying to avoid it. Granted, you don't have to click the threads. But a lot of people don't have that kind of self control and want to jump head first into the pissing match, then complain about it afterwards.
I think a worldviews board would keep all the crazy contained to one board and if people go on that board, they know exactly what they are getting themselves into. Check your feelings at the door.
Just some thoughts... I think the board would be a hit after seeing the other atheist/religion boards across the web. I think a lot of those posters would drift over to tigerdroppings once word got out. This site is easy to navigate through and once those posters find the worldviews board, who knows? They might become fans of the other boards too.
Everyone wins
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