[MR] Historical discussions about Religion [MR]

[Brad Pierce]

Gorm of Berra wrote:


> Seems to me that avoiding arguments of this exact 
> sort is the best possible rationale for GP&D #10 
> (I believe it's #10...whatever the widely misunderstood 
> "Religious stuff should not be forced on anyone in the 
> main area of an event" one is).

I can't see how posting emails with a subject heading
making it plain that it's about the history of a religion
could be seen as forcing religion on someone. Just 
delete the email without reading it and move on with 
life.

> Given that there are those on this list who are practicing 
> Catholics, practicing Protestants, practicing Wiccans, 
> practicing Jews, practicing Hindus, practicing Atheists, 
> practicing Agnostics, and nonpracticing anything (and 
> probably a whole host of others), not everyone is likely 
> to be interested in what basically comes down to a 
> question of Canon Law as self-defined by the body of 
> a specific denomination with a specific set of beliefs.

No one is asking people to change religions. The
discussion is about the historical accuracy about a
subject. It's like a discussion about the historical
accuracy of armor making.

If we limited the discussions to things EVERYONE
would be interested in, nothing could be posted.
I'm not all that interested when something has
been found at an event since it couldn't be mine.
But I see how it's helpful to bring it up here
so the owner can be found.