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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 8539422" data-attributes="member: 7023840">I think the honest answer is ... it's difficult. There is a very good reason that this board has a no religion rule- from the T&amp;C:And in this category I should mention the &quot;no religion, no politics&quot; rule -- please refrain from discussion of a religious or political nature. This last may seem a rather draconic rule, but it has helped keep the peace around here for a long time. There are plenty of places on the internet where one could have those sorts of discussion.Which is a great thing! Because ... yeah those don't tend to go well. But then we get into issues when we do have the intersection of valid forum topics (in this case, a 5e setting based on Biblical themes) with a desire to not have the thread go off course. I don't think that there's an easy answer.I would agree that it's further complicated because, in this case, people are more familiar with this specific issue. In the past, we've had a specific poster who adheres to less mainstream beliefs (Neo-Norse? I'm not sure how s/he prefers to describe it) that felt marginalized in conversations. I don't think there is a single correct answer to this. In the end, the unsatisfying, but correct, answer is that this is similar to a dinner party at someone else's house, and in the end you have to pay attention to rules of the host of the party.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 8539422, member: 7023840"] I think the honest answer is ... it's difficult. There is a very good reason that this board has a no religion rule- from the T&C: [U]And in this category I should mention the [I]"no religion, no politics"[/I] rule -- please refrain from discussion of a religious or political nature. This last may seem a rather draconic rule, but it has helped keep the peace around here for a long time. There are plenty of places on the internet where one could have those sorts of discussion.[/U] Which is a great thing! Because ... yeah those don't tend to go well. But then we get into issues when we do have the intersection of valid forum topics (in this case, a 5e setting based on Biblical themes) with a desire to not have the thread go off course. I don't think that there's an easy answer. I would agree that it's further complicated because, in this case, people are more familiar with this specific issue. In the past, we've had a specific poster who adheres to less mainstream beliefs (Neo-Norse? I'm not sure how s/he prefers to describe it) that felt marginalized in conversations. I don't think there is a single correct answer to this. In the end, the unsatisfying, but correct, answer is that this is similar to a dinner party at someone else's house, and in the end you have to pay attention to rules of the host of the party. [/QUOTE]

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