In Reply to: Do we need separate boards? posted by WC (reposted) on September 30, 2006 at 12:53:22:
Posted by Feedback on September 30, 2006 at 11:20:48
In Reply to: Do we need separate boards? posted by WC on September 30, 2006 at 09:03:08:
I can imagine some spiritual beings talking about whether it was a good idea to allow Luther or Henry VIII to split from the ONT Church of those days. I imagine that they would have been able to put a stop to that - and so the current numerous factions or denominations of Christians would not exist. Instead, allow me to suppress the powerful precognition of these spiritual beings, they allowed the separations and segregation and we have the Christian Church salad of the day.
As you note in your post, where will you stop?
In my naive view, I would say that it is better to have everybody and everything in the same pot. I don't think the differences are as terrible as some people make them sound. Deleting posts and censuring do not work well.
If I am allowed, I would go on to blame the speed at which some posts have been deleted in an appearence of bias towards favoring one or the other faction. With the same mouthful I will also say that it has also been beneficial because the very same thing has brought the necesssary topic of respect up for discussion.
When people with strong views on a certain topic discuss it, it is natural that some borderline comments may appear and somebody from the other camp feels offended. The best thing in my opinion is not to delete the posts but to allow the dynamics of the discussion to take care of it. Why being afraid of a little offense here and there as long as there is good faith?
I for one perceive much more respect now when people exchange difficult comments than before.
In my view the problem is not that one is pro-Christian or anti-homosexual but that one group sees the other as trying to shove down their throats whatever ideology they are trying to promote. Didn't we see this in the political board? Even in the academic board some third party attempted to edge in this direction with her/his off place remarks.