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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GentleGiant" data-source="post: 2644058" data-attributes="member: 11829">Let me try and explain my reasoning again.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> I have absolutely no problem with anyone around here being of certain faiths or not. I have friends who are deeply religious and I have some that are not. To each their own.What I have a problem with isn't really that people post religious messages in their posts either. No, the problem lies in the fact that those messages often slip by, while posts of the opposite opinion are often squashed and seen as "bad" by a lot of people. That's the double standard I'm objecting against, what with the apparent "no religion" rule being in place.In fact, I wouldn't mind going into some deep discussions about religion and faith, but if I can't express my point of view, then what's the point?  :\ And I think Rystil Arden is quite right in the following statement:And I think, and I'm only guessing here, since I don't know Plane Sailing's personal view on religion, that this quote of his is an example of the above:And let me reiterate: My initial quote with the words "have faith" irked me because the poster in question has repeatedly posted other messages about his faith and how he as found religion and now everything is good (although he has also complained about being lonely, but that's an aside). So, no, the quote, taken out of context, doesn't necessarily have anything to do with religion, but when it's that particular poster, then it clearly is a religious reference.I'm sorry for maybe using an example that wasn't all that clear, I just copied the latest example of what annoyed me.  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/nervous.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":heh:" title="Nervous Laugh    :heh:" data-shortname=":heh:" /> This should be a place where you are entitled to give your opinion, no matter which side of the fence you're on, but if you can't do that, then neither side should be allowed to express their specific opinion.That's only fair, right?I fully agree. I'm on the side, though, that feel that proclaiming your deep devotion to God (or whatever) and that everyone who does so will feel much better isn't respecting my point of view.I would say that it's a bit of both. Such posts make me feel uncomfortable because I'm not of the persuasion that religion is the answer to a lot of problems. Hence I'm annoyed that such proclamations can go unnoticed on a board with a no-religion policy, while if I were to give my opposing view, I'd get reported and maybe worse.This goes back to Rystil Arden's post. Do you also think it's foolish to get offended at someone else for stating that there isn't a god? They are just expressing their belief too. "It's someone's opinion, and it's not intended to denigrate."Lastly, I'm not accusing the moderators for not doing their job, as some have hinted at, not at all. I know you can't read every single thread. That's also one of the reasons why I started this thread, to make everyone, including the moderators, aware that some of us have a problem with this seemingly double standard.Sorry if I have repeated myself.  <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/nervous.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":heh:" title="Nervous Laugh    :heh:" data-shortname=":heh:" /></blockquote>

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