Poll : Do you like religious topics in OT?

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#1 LtDan1989
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I've been seeing a lot of religious posts lately and want to get your viewpoint on this.

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#2 CorTilt
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Seeing alot latley? We have them ALL the time.

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#3 duxup
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Lately? I don't post in them much. For the most part it is just a lot of folks on both sides with little understanding of what they're talking about arguing over silly red herrings and silly theories.

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#4 Floppy_Jim
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I find them dull. Since I have no strong feelings towards religion.
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#5 mattykovax
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I dont like them on a personal level,but I have nothing against people wanting to discuss the topic.
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#6 shinian
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I don't care. I don't read them. Those topics are places where unstoppable force meets unmovable object. Nothing good can emerge from something like that.

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#7 LtDan1989
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Yeah "lately" I haven't been in OT for a while and now they seem more frequent.

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#8 Empty_World
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I don't pay attention to them.

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#9 Hungry_bunny
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I'll be honest. I don't like them. The dislike isn't permanent... and once, I didn't care much, I even joined in the discussions. But I think there are too many of them nowadays that don't go anywhere, they always turn out badly now.
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#10 LosDaddie
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They're annoying, especially the Evolution vs Creation threads (which are rehashed over & over)

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#11 Deihjan
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I hate them.
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#12 shinian
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I'll be honest. I don't like them. Hungry_bunny

Isn't there any chance to make one massive religious thread and stick it? To tell the truth I don't see any point of having multiple threads where people debate over and over about the same thing.

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#13 kulmiye
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In the beginning they do have actual debates and discussions but as the thread gets large people start to nitpick and argue about how one can't argue or debate properly. Plus there seems to be a large number of atheists on this board, which tend to make the arguments one sided. Overall I couldn't care less and I just avoid them.
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#14 CorTilt
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Yep, the discussion pretty much ends in a stalemate. The only thing I like about them is you can gain more respect and understanding of their religion/atheism.

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#15 CorTilt
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[QUOTE="Hungry_bunny"]I'll be honest. I don't like them. shinian

Isn't there any chance to make one massive religious thread and stick it? To tell the truth I don't see any point of having multiple threads where people debate over and over about the same thing.

That would be a good idea.
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#16 spazzx625
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While I have polarizing views of religion in general, it's a part of life...So it's unavoidable. Debates on religion are typically pointless, though.
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#17 LJS9502_basic
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Back in the day the discussion used to be interesting. Now not so much so I mostly ignore them.

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#18 LosDaddie
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[QUOTE="Hungry_bunny"]I'll be honest. I don't like them. shinian

Isn't there any chance to make one massive religious thread and stick it? To tell the truth I don't see any point of having multiple threads where people debate over and over about the same thing.

I proposed such an idea last week and was told it was a stupid idea by a couple MODs.

Personally, I'd like to see a Evolutions vs ID thread sticky at the top that gets refreshed every week or so. That alone would cut the religion threads by half.

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#19 markop2003
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I like them when they show something new or are abouta current event but in general i hate them.
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#20 LJS9502_basic
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[QUOTE="Hungry_bunny"]I'll be honest. I don't like them. shinian

Isn't there any chance to make one massive religious thread and stick it? To tell the truth I don't see any point of having multiple threads where people debate over and over about the same thing.

That wouldn't work. There is more than one way to discuss religion. That would be like putting all game talk in one thread.:|

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#21 Funky_Llama
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Too many stupid people. :(
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#22 Hungry_bunny
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[QUOTE="shinian"]

[QUOTE="Hungry_bunny"]I'll be honest. I don't like them. CorTilt

Isn't there any chance to make one massive religious thread and stick it? To tell the truth I don't see any point of having multiple threads where people debate over and over about the same thing.

That would be a good idea.

Religion-themed threads are too varied (Is there a god? Creation vs Evolution? Which religion do you have?... could probably come up with 12 more titles in a minute) and there are too many people who would have objections to that. Unfortunately, I don't see that happening any time soon.
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#23 VaguelyTagged
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personally i'm not really into religious stuff,but it's still one of unsolved mysteries out there. it's allways worth a discussion

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#24 69ANT69
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I don't really mind them, but they do get on my nerves when there is like 3 or 4 at once clogging up the board.
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#25 harashawn
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I don't mind them; and I rarely take the debates seriously, anyway. :P

And it's "couldn't care less".

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#26 LJS9502_basic
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Too many stupid people. :(Funky_Llama
Reason why I avoid them now....unless I'm super bored.

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#27 maheo30
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I post in them when I get a chance depending on the topic. Evolution vs. Creation tends to bore me. I enjoy discussing theology the most.
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#28 spazzx625
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Too many stupid people. :(Funky_Llama
I'm all for stupid people...But it seems like the stupidest of stupid people are the ones that are the most vocal. Vocal stupid people = facepalm
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#29 Famiking
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I personally don't like discussing them - In OT, it's more of a right/wrong thing, IRL it's more belief and faith.
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#30 Amnesiac23
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There is no point in these topics. You can't change a persons beliefs...
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#31 -eddy-
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I'm saddened that this forum can't build a serious convo about some other issue rather than religion. Think about the options! Will Eastern and Western culture ever mix? Where does space end? Are we alone? Acoustic vs Electrict Guitar Are Bass players idiots? Should cars be banned? Why don't girls get sexy with eddy? :x
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#32 absorbent_kitty
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I think we ought to do it concentration camp style, we round up all the religious topics and group them all together where if you don't click on the sub-forum you will not have to worry about seeing some stupid "am I a jingoistic spiritualist." thread.
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#33 Hungry_bunny
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I personally don't like discussing them - In OT, it's more of a right/wrong thing, IRL it's more belief and faith.Famiking
Couldn't agree more. Some people really do believe they can prove that the other guy is COMPLETELY wrong in a subject like religion, I don't like that attitude.
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#34 N-REAL
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Lately? I don't post in them much. For the most part it is just a lot of folks on both sides with little understanding of what they're talking about arguing over silly red herrings and silly theories.

duxup

I agree with that.......IMO they should be banned. :)

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#35 LJS9502_basic
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I'm saddened that this forum can't build a serious convo about some other issue rather than religion. Think about the options!

Will Eastern and Western culture ever mix?That would be cataclysmic.

Where does space end? My backyard.

Are we alone? I am currently...now about you?

Acoustic vs Electrict Guitar Can play one properly in a power outage.

Are Bass players idiots?Well they do hang with guitar players. Does that mean something?

Should cars be banned?Only if they violate the ToU.

Why don't girls get sexy with eddy? :x Cause he get's the unsexy girls.

-eddy-

Done discussing. What now?:P

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#36 absorbent_kitty
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[QUOTE="Famiking"]I personally don't like discussing them - In OT, it's more of a right/wrong thing, IRL it's more belief and faith.Hungry_bunny
Couldn't agree more. Some people really do believe they can prove that the other guy is COMPLETELY wrong in a subject like religion, I don't like that attitude.

Maybe we should take some sort of action to promote more civil discussion. Like creating a signature for said cause that one could download and paste into their sig. Or encouraging people just to ignore trolls and not to be a part of their mind game.
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#37 Drizzt13
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Since they are all the same it surprises me they get so much posts.

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#38 Nifty_Shark
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Too many. Just way too many of them.

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#39 N-REAL
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[QUOTE="-eddy-"]I'm saddened that this forum can't build a serious convo about some other issue rather than religion. Think about the options!

Will Eastern and Western culture ever mix?That would be cataclysmic.

Where does space end? My backyard.

Are we alone? I am currently...now about you?

Acoustic vs Electrict Guitar Can play one properly in a power outage.

Are Bass players idiots?Well they do hang with guitar players. Does that mean something?

Should cars be banned?Only if they violate the ToU.

Why don't girls get sexy with eddy? :x Cause he get's the unsexy girls.

LJS9502_basic

Done discussing. What now?:P

Great! :D What about:

- Would you live without Internet.

- Are you addicted to Gamespot?

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#40 Theokhoth
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I like them most of the time, but it really depends on who's in them. . .and the best posters are rarely there. :(

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#41 markop2003
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I like them most of the time, but it really depends on who's in them. . .and the best posters are rarely there. :(

Theokhoth
That's why they're the best posters ;)
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#42 Theokhoth
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[QUOTE="Theokhoth"]

I like them most of the time, but it really depends on who's in them. . .and the best posters are rarely there. :(

markop2003

That's why they're the best posters ;)

The best posters in religious topics, I mean. :P

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#43 chessmaster1989
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Eh, I've started to grow bored with them. It's the same arguments over and over, and nobody ever changes his/her mind. >_>
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#44 absorbent_kitty
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Eh, I've started to grow bored with them. It's the same arguments over and over, and nobody ever changes his/her mind. >_>chessmaster1989
That is the nature of religion and irreligion. You aren't supposed to talk about who is right or wrong because everyone thinks they are right because of their faith.
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#45 Teenaged
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Oh the irony! I chose the second option... :o

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#46 Teenaged
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I like them most of the time, but it really depends on who's in them. . .and the best posters are rarely there. :(

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Am I one of them...? :oops:

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#47 Theokhoth
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[QUOTE="chessmaster1989"]Eh, I've started to grow bored with them. It's the same arguments over and over, and nobody ever changes his/her mind. >_>absorbent_kitty
That is the nature of religion and irreligion. You aren't supposed to talk about who is right or wrong because everyone thinks they are right because of their faith.

The fact that everyone thinks they are right is exactly why we're supposed to talk about who's right and who's wrong.

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#48 Theokhoth
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[QUOTE="Theokhoth"]

I like them most of the time, but it really depends on who's in them. . .and the best posters are rarely there. :(

Teenaged

Am I one of them...? :oops:

Maybe. :oops:

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#49 Teenaged
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[QUOTE="Teenaged"]

[QUOTE="Theokhoth"]

I like them most of the time, but it really depends on who's in them. . .and the best posters are rarely there. :(

Theokhoth

Am I one of them...? :oops:

Maybe. :oops:

Well, you... :oops: .....um.... :oops: ....and.... :oops: ........oh....... :oops: ......but..... :oops:

See ya... :oops:

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#50 LJS9502_basic
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[QUOTE="Theokhoth"]

I like them most of the time, but it really depends on who's in them. . .and the best posters are rarely there. :(

Teenaged

Am I one of them...? :oops:

Aren't you always there?:o