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The moratorium on threads whose primary topic is religion was put in place for a good reason.

Firstly, the general position of most of the participants had become so entrenched that further debate was pointless as all that was posted was an increasingly ill-tempered retread/restatement of those positions.

Secondly, the whole process of getting to these entrenched positions unfortunately involved flaming, personal insults, and debates that far too often degenerated into reductio ad absurdum squabbles over words and phrases taken out of context.

For the good of the board as a whole the moratorium was introduced, and as far as I'm concerned, it should stand. This does not mean that any mention of religion as an adjunct to another topic is forbidden, but if religion and the justification of, or opposition to, religious viewpoints becomes the primary focus of a thread, then it's crossed the line.