Re: Re: to all members - ST religion on public forums

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Thank you for your view on things, . I appreciate it.

Jeanne in WI

>I just was trolling and saw this thread. I have to stick up for Margaret a

>bit here. I'm not Christian and there has been several times where I have

>felt uncomfortable or was offended by some off putting comment that someone

>of " faith " has made on here. In fact, there was a period of time when I

>was beginning to wonder, despite the

" group information " otherwise, that this group really had a Christian bent

on things. While I appreciate that there are many different faiths,

organized religions, aspects of spirituality, I do not feel the need to

throw mine into anyone's face or to wear it on my sleeve as the " whole " of

who I am. I understand that if I went around making

a P.A. about my beliefs and faith that I would probably make people

uncomfortable (who do not share the same beliefs) uncomfortable and would

probably trigger many stigmatic reactions (no pun intended).

>

> I think the point is, people should be free to express themselves no

> matter what their beliefs but really need to be MINDFUL of others unlike

> themselves. It is nearly impossible to control any mention of religion in

> a forum. Nor should there be censorship in a public forum. I think it

> really boils down to common courtesy from everyone

(believers and non-believers alike). Not shoving ones believes down

another's throat. Not making snide comments. If there is an issue, taking

it up with the moderators of the group, rather than have flame

wars or people telling other people what they should or should not say; or

if they are allowed to express their thoughts and feelings on things.