Discussion Guidelines

This is a moderated site, we truly welcome and value appropriate comments.  This site is spam filtered eliminating obvious advertisements (subject to review).

All comments are reviewed before being made available to others on the site.  No trolls, advertising,  or personal attacks are allowed.  To facilitate positive meaningful dialog please follow the following guidelines.

  1. All comments require a valid name and Email Address.  We are addressing other people, no hiding behind an internet mask.
  2. No ad hominem attacks.
  3. No name calling, personal slurs, attacks against other religions, races, social groups, etc..  Stay on point, treat people with respect.
  4. No fowl language, obscenities etc.
  5. Reference any facts/data well enough so that others can  check them.  Use reputable sources.  You can not just make up stuff and post it.  You cannot reference data that your friend John made up and posted.
  6.  If you disagree with some data/fact/interpretation etc you need to explain the rational reason for the disagreement.  That reason should be well founded and clearly stated.  The fact that the data disagrees with your opinion, is not good enough.
  7. Ask good questions!  Consider phrasing your disagreement as an answerable question.   How can you accept this sh**? would not be approved as a question.  “Isn’t that data weighted by population when it should be weighted by land area?”  might be a great question, so long as that questions wasn’t already addressed.
  8. Please do not create posts that use the Bible (or other religious documents) as part of a scientific argument.  I am not interesting in debating Genesis 1 and evolution, there are other sites dedicated to those discussions.   Arguments using the Bible as speaking to our theology, philosophy, attitudes, duties, obligations, and spirituality are certainly welcome.

Finally,  if you post is not approved, the moderators will tell you what is wrong with your post and give you the opportunity to correct it.

 

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