Thread title:

“If you are a praying person”


Some responses:


“If God allowed the fires, what good will it do to ask Him to stop them?”


“PLEASE please please do not make this forum into a place for discussing religion. It will lead to misunderstanding, anger and hurt, as we have already seen a couple times.”
There are plenty of other places for religious chat. I invite anyone who does not wish to be a supporting part of this thread to go somewhere else.”


“Quadruple plus one. No religion PLEASE!”


“Not all of us. I haven't fallen since the last time I drank moonshine.
Better to send a donation than recite superstitious utterances.”


“Praying to god or Joe Pesci results in about the same rate of success.”



What struck me about these statements was that they lacked any expression of support, or concern for Scott or his neighbors' well-being. The only word they were in response to was “praying”.

Each of these responders had two choices upon reading the thread title: they could either offer support, or they could have simply ignored the thread, since they find the word “praying” so offensive.

Instead, they chose to attempt to police the forum, to insure that no 'superstitious utterance' should dare to raise it's ugly head amid their own sage opinions.

Interesting, that.