This forum is for the purpose of discussing ethical and moral issues. It is open to both Christians and non-Christians for respectful and informed discussion. It is not an area to ridicule or belittle the beliefs and opinions of others, and members doing this risk being banned.
Threads which do not initiate a civil discussion will be removed, for example threads which are used to rant and rave at non-Christians, or threads meant to rant and rave at Christians or threads which are used to call out a specific group of people and expose them to ridicule will be removed.
This is a Christian site, and as such, we do not tolerate blasphemy or ridicule of Christianity, nor of any other belief system.
This forum is for addressing ideas, not people... whether they be fellow members or public figures, please refrain from personal comments.
It is not necessary to have 5 different threads all discussing the same subject, therefore before starting a new thread members are required to read through the topics list and make sure there is not an existing discussion on the go, if there is please add your comments to that thread, do not start a new one or it will be closed.
In short, post with peace and respect for other people even if you disagree with what they have to say or believe. We encourage and expect respectful and informed debate in this forum and discourage low content threads or topics that do nothing more than ridicule other groups of people.
The following guidelines may help if you are undecided about whether your post violates the rules:
Polemics and Flaming
This forum is for the purpose of debate and interchange of ideas about the Ethic and Moral issues.
To this end, all respectful debate is welcome. However, any denigration of the views, character or intelligence of another member will not be accepted under the site rules on flaming.
Referring to other posters or groups by derogatory or insulting name is also unacceptable. name calling is not permitted under any circumstance, if you can not express your point of view without calling your opponent a bigot, baby-killer, sodomite, pervert, homophobe, fundie, fundigelical, heathen, or any other similar term then you will find that this forum is not the place for you.''
Posts must address the topics of the thread, and add substantively to the discussion, rather than responding personally to posters.
Accusations of rules violations are prohibited. Use the Report feature to alert staff to rule violations.
Blasphemy
In the interests of informed debate, members will not speak in a disrespectful way of The Christian God, The Trinity, or The Holy Scriptures (The Bible) . A similar respect is expected towards the faith and sacred texts of other religions.
Expressing disbelief in God is acceptable, referring to Him as a 'fairy tale' or 'mythical being' is not.
Promotion
This is a Christian site. Explaining or contrasting the beliefs of another faith is fine, promoting these beliefs as right, good, or to be embraced is not. Please do not post or attach any posts, links, images or files that promote a religion, belief, faith or doctrine other than Christianity. This forum is not intended for the preaching or promotion of any beliefs contrary to Christianity but for asking serious questions discussing their implications.
Vulgarity
Any member unable to debate without resorting to scatological or sexually explicit posting will be at risk of being banned from the forum.
Discussions in Ethics and Morality may sometimes lead to discussion on sexuality and sexual practices, this is acceptable, what is not acceptable are any posts which are vulgar and/or sexually explicit. Such posts will be removed.
Hatred
Any posters, Christian or non-Christian, who resort to posting hatred of any individual or group will be at risk of being banned.
Any members that cannot abide by these Forum Specific Guidelines will be subject to staff actions up to and including permanent bans from the site.
This thread has been moved to Ethics & Morality. If one of your posts was removed, it is due to an extensive thread cleanup that we had to do before the move. I will leave a 24 hour redirect here so that everyone will know what happened. The E&M Forum Specific Guidelines are as follows:
