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Per the religion moderator’s answer to my direct question in post #503 on this thread, I opened a LENR ecumenical thread. The thread is currently locked, under review.
One thing the religion moderator said was, “I am not thrilled that the first scientism ecumenical RF thread would be on such a narrow subject.”
***That is not really the case. I opened up a few scientism ecumenical RF threads a few years ago to discuss evolution, and they were successful. But I was losing interest in evolution at the time due to all the swarming evolutionists. It turned out around that time that JimRob turned his attention to them and they started to leave en masse, having started Darwin Central. Since then, evolution has been a better topic to read on FR. And if anyone wants to see how good of a job the religion moderator is doing, just wander on over to Darwin Central to see the difference.
Scientism: Athanor 2.0: The Hydrotron [ecumenical]
Tuesday, July 31, 2012 9:32:04 AM · 15 of 15
Religion Moderator to Moonman62; Kevmo; BlueDragon
We will see if this works to everyone’s satisfaction.
Scientism, like atheism, can be seen as a religion - a recognizable system of belief. If posted as a caucus, only posters who are currently, actively self-identified members of that belief would be allowed.
The first successful caucus was in fact and atheist caucus.
If there were a scientism caucus then all posters must believe that only that which science can observe exists.
Posted as an “ecumenical” thread, anyone can reply to the scientism article. However, no antagonism is allowed from EITHER side.
Be very cautious.
The Religion Forum tags must not be used as cover to take pot shots at those who do not hold to one’s deeply held beliefs. Mormon posters did that and lost the tagging privilege altogether.
I am not thrilled that the first scientism ecumenical RF thread would be on such a narrow subject. It would have been better for it to be a discussion of scientism per se.
Nevertheless, it is just as valid as having an ecumenical thread on infant baptism - one of a set of beliefs which consitute a recognized religion.
Let’s see how it goes. Discuss the issues from any aspect but do not antagonize one another.
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