I would argue that to completely ban religion related discussions would be to ban me, and *really everyone else on this forum.

I am who I am because of the beliefs I hold. To deny me religion related discussion is to ban the expression of my thoughts and feelings because they result from the thought processes and feelings I have which in turn are directly related to the beliefs I hold.

That said, I would agree that OVERT religious or political discussion can raise blood pressure in some individuals enough to make reasonable discussion impossible. Then there are, of course, the trolls - not too many of them here I'm happy to say.

However, it has been my experience on this forum, that as stated in an earlier post we are, as a group, reasonably well behaved and restrained.

Please let us not have rules for the sake of rules nor to muzzle free speech. If discussions become acrimonious enough to require excessive intervention, then that is the time to think about bans - not before.

As has also been stated - if you don't like a discussion, whatever the subject, then don't read it - there's plenty of other things to read.

* before you have a go at me over this statement you would need to understand my definition of religion - which may well differ from yours. The definition I use is rather broad and includes the worship of self, money, posessions and lots of other possibilities - it is possible to make "gods" of pretty much anything... I happen to prefer the Christian God but I'm not interested in having an argument about it.

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