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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 2642369" data-attributes="member: 158">Good example, and it's the first I've seen this example, so let's examine it.In the example you used, God, a god, nor gods were mentioned. "Have faith," can mean anything from "keep up good hope," or "trust that things will work out" or "God can help." It's not discussing religion, it's not denigrating anyone's choice, and even more than that, it's a message of support and optimism that doesn't denigrate anyone's choices, and try as I might, I can't read it any other way.If I saw a message that said, "You must embrace (God/Allah/Thor/Scientology) to be better," then I'd edit it pretty quickly (as soon as I had dowsed any fires at work, and assuming another mod hadn't got it yet).Please report any time you see something, because we see these, checking reported posts quite regularly.However, (and this is something that bothers me personally because people make the assumption) one shouldn't assume that because we didn't edit an offending post right away that we(A) immediately approve of it(B) don't care(C) hate the reporter or even dislike them or their beliefsThere are posts that ride the line and get discussed to death ALL the time, on what's the best way to handle it. Sometimes, we have to dig and find out how deep it goes, if there's a grudge involved between two posters, etc. Sometimes, we won't agree, as in the example you posted, which is a large difference between "Have faith" and "Embracing God." If we don't, and if we feel it needs to be addressed, we may post something in the thread to let people know it's been looked at and OK.We get a wide range of reports, from the obvious that cross the line, to the gray areas where someone skirts the rules, to some reports that we just can't see where someone had a beef.For Every:We also get:and everything in between. (Using exaggerated examples above, but hopefully I'm illustrating  the range we see on a regular basis).</blockquote>

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