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It would be interesting to see how well things would function with a [well-schooled] devout Roman Catholic sharing in the duties of moderating in the [current] Religion Forum....It's the lukewarm [or impatient] Catholic who is the troublemaker.

I have no objections to a "well schooled devout Roman Catholic" being appointed as a moderator, but I am curious as to how (you think) that would be different from how the RF is run today. I've read a number of different suggestions from Catholics over the years, everything from only allowing "Catholic Caucus" threads, enforcing a "Ecumenical threads only" atmosphere, to banning all of the troublemakers and burning the Religion Forum to the ground. Let's just say I've read some pretty colorful ideas over the last decade, and very very few of them were workable.

As a thought experiment, let's revisit the opus-inducing issue that was the original topic of this thread (see my excerpts here), and let's assume that this theoretical moderator tag-team was already in place. What changes to the existing RF rules do you think would be made? How do you think the events surrounding this opus would have gone done differently, from what actually went down?

Respect. I think more respect could have been expressed [especially since the OP had been with Free Republic for over ten years]. As in no one kicks a long-term customer in the knee, even as they're walking out the door. Sarcasm runs rampant over Free Republic and it can be very funny, but religion moderators, in my opinion, should not be on board to post this sort of dialogue [under their own name] during their "work" hours.

A devout Roman Catholic sharing in moderation would know how to handle the Catholic troublemaker with better results, I believe. They know better than anyone else who they are [no devout Catholic appreciates their actions], and could more readily take care of any issues in that regard.

Free Republic has had (and still maintains to a lesser degree) a beautiful crew of good Catholics; a couple I've forgotten their screen names, but they have always been gracious, and patient. Very good teacher types who are respectful of all Christian faiths.

Like I said previously, even boatbums agrees.