We are all kilted sinners! Oh no!! :-)

[biblemonkey]

I'm not trying pick on anyone, or promote anything, but this thread has motored along for 10 pages with many posters quoting the KJ bible or other holy works, and/or expressing their personal religious viewpoints. And like it or not, these discussions are still a taciturn promotion of those views. People talking about their faiths doesn't bother me at all, but I find it a little ironic that the concerns about "slippery slopes" and violating rule #5 only pop up after somebody talks about their lack of faith, and makes statements that relate to atheism. And believe me, there are posts by "non believers" on the first page, it's just that they generally don't "promote" their lack of belief.

Personally, my response of slippery slopes came after a direct question to another memeber that related to monotheism vs polytheism, a topic that could lead to wide spread discussion turned ugly as some political posts have. That would not be MY intention for that subject matter and probably wasn't the intention of the gent asking the question but those types of things do indeed inflame somtimes. I think that most of the talk quoting the Bible was merely being used to show how far off base this guy (the anti-kilt website guy) was even concerning his own reference material, i.e. the Bible. People here have seemed to feel free to express thier religious views, regardless of what they are, without fear of reprisal (as it should be) but directly confrontational questions or statements should be relegated to PMs or emails so as not to "stir the mob" as it were. Those PMs should be in the spirit of respectful inquiry so that there are no enemies made among the kilted bretheren but respectful dialog can be had on almost ANY topic. As it has been said, a PUBLIC forum where any and all can chime in, may not be the best place for a direct debate on the existence of God. This thread is about the nut who created that website and most of the posts have been in that spirit and the others have come around sure enough.

Well wishes,
Hugh