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1. No making fun of someone's beliefs just because they're different! Yours are sure to be different from almost everyone else's, too, so there's no reason to do this.
2. Feel free to question someone's beliefs, but try to keep it to clarification or for contrasting them against your own. Don't question their beliefs repeatedly to try to make them look silly. If their beliefs actually are silly, they'll probably look that way without much help.
EvilSeph said:Before I get involved, I thought I would mention something. Given that this is the "Smart Talk" area, I would have thought I could get away with not mentioning this - but I guess not.
Since everyone's views on religion and God or gods existing is different, it is common and expected courtesy to NOT TAKE WHAT OTHER PEOPLE SAY AS PERSONAL but please do listen to and respect others' opinions.
Based on the points you have brought up, they may come to conclusions that you do not agree with. This is fine and is not what I, at least, would consider against our rules. It is simply their opinion or their view of things based on the points you have supplied.
Given two things, I believe my annoyance and disappointment is completely justified.
One, this community's name is called M for Mature. You would expect it's members to be more mature than most of you have already shown.
Two, this is the one area on these forums where we ask that everyone be intelligible, have tact and manners - everywhere else you can post some joke that people might laugh at, but in here, it is expected that we are a group of grown men and women intelligently and civilly debating upon controversial topics.
If a petty topic such as religion, which comes up every day, is hard for you guys to handle, then this section could very well be doomed.
Please, everyone, show us that you can meet the small amount of expectation we have for this area. We really don't ask for much.
It should go without saying: if you have anything worthwhile to add, add it - but you need to back up your point too.
Saying "God does not exist" without justification is spam and spamming will get you banned. Saying "God is an asshole", like one of the people previously as quoted, will be classified as spam - however, since the poster later clarified and justified their statement, we'll allow it. Provided the justification is decently intelligent and not just bullcrap.
Now before you continue on with this discussion - or any discussion within Smart Talk, I hope you take what I have said to heart - because we will no longer tolerate immaturity, spamming, stupidity and disrespect in this area.
This is my favourite area of the community - let's keep it clean and smart.
k let talk god.