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<blockquote data-quote="p_johnston" data-source="post: 8540860" data-attributes="member: 7016849">So I lurk on these forums more than I post but I will say the moderation is typically on point. Sometimes it's a little more heavy handed then I would personally like, sometimes things that I would expect to get moderated pass without comment. Overall though it's usually pretty good. For the purposes of this discussion I do think it really comes down to the Mods are humans. They are people taking time out of their day to try and keep this forums pleasant using their best judgment at the time.That being said I do think that the people saying there is a double standard between posts moderated because they are talking about Christianity and similar posts about norse/greek religions remaining on moderated have a point. I highly doubt either of the posts mentioned would have been touched by a mod if they were talking about a very minor religion.In the case of the thread being mentioned I suspect the moderated post's were moderated because it is very easy to see how such posts could cause offense and derail the discussion into a toxic place for many of the people who are participating. Because of Christianity dominate place in society it's very easy for even non religious people to see that. In the case of less popular religions it can be easier to overlook how similar posts could be hurtful/problematic.&nbsp; I would also like to believe that if a forum goer who sincerely believed in a less popular religion were to make it known that similar posts were hurtful to them in the same way that the Mod team would then step in after being made aware of the issue.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="p_johnston, post: 8540860, member: 7016849"] So I lurk on these forums more than I post but I will say the moderation is typically on point. Sometimes it's a little more heavy handed then I would personally like, sometimes things that I would expect to get moderated pass without comment. Overall though it's usually pretty good. For the purposes of this discussion I do think it really comes down to the Mods are humans. They are people taking time out of their day to try and keep this forums pleasant using their best judgment at the time. That being said I do think that the people saying there is a double standard between posts moderated because they are talking about Christianity and similar posts about norse/greek religions remaining on moderated have a point. I highly doubt either of the posts mentioned would have been touched by a mod if they were talking about a very minor religion. In the case of the thread being mentioned I suspect the moderated post's were moderated because it is very easy to see how such posts could cause offense and derail the discussion into a toxic place for many of the people who are participating. Because of Christianity dominate place in society it's very easy for even non religious people to see that. In the case of less popular religions it can be easier to overlook how similar posts could be hurtful/problematic. I would also like to believe that if a forum goer who sincerely believed in a less popular religion were to make it known that similar posts were hurtful to them in the same way that the Mod team would then step in after being made aware of the issue. [/QUOTE]

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