From time to time, we receive suggestions/complaints/ideas regarding this board. Here was a recent suggestion that I think has real merit: Title your own threads with a preceding "R" for religion or "P" for philosophy when possible. Late addition: "S" for science. Good addition.

The logic goes something like this --

Religion and philosophy are related, but John Paul II, John Calvin, and Billy Graham really don't have a lot in common with Socrates and Plato and Richard Dawkins...It soon becomes the wild wild west on thread hijacking, and the intelligent discussions on religion soon become abusive, personal, and/or comical.

We understand that there is some over-lap and not all threads will easily fall entirely within one of the two categories. Even so, if you could try and tag the threads accordingly it would help.

Oh -- and if it is clearly marked a "R" religion thread, then we would ask that the Dawkins disciples let those who hold religious beliefs have their chat without harassment. Seems fair. Likewise, a "P" philosophy thread doesn't need proselytizers mixing things up.

Hope that makes sense. E-mail the moderator if you have any questions.


Gig 'em!