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Question about Site Rule
Alpha:
--- Quote from: Chingoo on September 07, 2010, 02:54:03 am ---I didn't say that. :-\ I said some moderators remove religious discussions in which no one is offending anyone at all. I mean, a member posted asking if drawing human or animal figures was allowed in Islam, and all that happened was that I posted a couple of references to guide him/her. And apparently, the moderators removed that too.
In fact, religious discussions are a great way to bond sometimes because religion plays an important--or at least a background--role in most people's lives. Also, seeing we belong to the Asian/African part of the world mostly, most of us are not atheist or nonpracticing. :P
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Oh okay... Now I see where you want to reach.
Thank you for bringing that up. :)
nid404:
We can't be judgmental. I'm not someone who wishes to discuss religion openly. I'm very much Asian :P And there are many others who I know don't like to.
And debating with religion is not rational debating. It is not the beliefs that earn you points in a debate, it's the reality and practicality that does. :)
Now why we don't like allowing religious discussions is because we are primarily an educational forum. Our main aim is to help students academically. Our purpose cannot be hidden under religious discussions.
Religion can be discussed via pms, no restrictions. :) You are FREE to wish people on religious occasions, no problems. We are a multicultural forum and we like to see no divide.
We are still discussing the extent to which discussion should be allowed. For now, no discussions please. We've had problems in the past and I think we need to avoid a repeat. We cannot be decisive in such issues.We expect to take some time to finalize on things. We kindly ask you to cooperate :)
And the thread you are talking about, we have sent the author of the thread a message and your responses were sent along too :)
nid404:
--- Quote from: Chingoo on September 07, 2010, 01:47:34 am ---Is it allowed to discuss religion or not? If yes, then to which extent? If not, then why are people who make these discussions, and participants, not warned/penalized in any way? I realize I could be indirectly asking for a punishment :P But it'd help so I know what to do and what not to do for future reference.
Thank you in advance.
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The ones who discuss cannot be penalized heavily until they have hurt religious sentiments of others.
If it's just a casual discussion, we send them a pm telling them why their thread had to be moved. This is not considered as a warning. Just a reminder. :)
elemis:
In short :
1.) Debating and discussing religion is forbidden
2.) You CAN post threads where you wish each other Eid Mubarak/Merry Christmas etc.
3.) Regarding religious ADVICE - we have yet to decide.
Chingoo:
Thank you Garfield and Ari for clarifying things. I hope you reach a conclusion soon on the matter of religious advice. :)
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