[quote=Tricia;#37416;1336155881]politics, religion[/quote] Would eventually turn into flame threads because people will only assert their own views and dismiss the opinions of others. They would even resort to personal attacks and diss those people who are against their belief lol i'm against this stuff.

^I do not only think. I KNOW. Based from prev exp

I agree with belle. It will burst into flames and arguments. We experience that kind of situation here before. ([i]old ftalk[/i]) Some members become inactive because of that. We don't want that to happen again here. I also disagree for religion debate. Religion is a very sensitive topic. It might offend someone, if they don't like what they say about their religion.

As a fellow ftalk member, i do agree with the debate over politics and diff. ideas but I do have to point out debate over religion. It should be carefully observed and watched and should be specific on which beliefs or ideas should the debate focus on or the argument will go terribly wrong. A [i]debate over beliefs of different religions[/i] will tend to be pointless. [spoiler]Religions generally are all about faith, and we all know that faith needs no facts nor studies to prove the belief(s). For instance, an argument of beliefs between Islam and Christianity will possibly heat up (books like Koran and Bible will not be useful references) and will just leave everyone neither losers nor winners at the end of the debate.[/spoiler] But I think a [i]debate over a recent event/occurence/topic regarding only one religion[/i] is more acceptable. [spoiler]The argument will be composed of people who approves a certain opinion and the ones who oppose it. Like for example, topics like in Christianity: "The Pope should be prosecuted..." or "The Pope should bless a gay marriage..." In this case, Christians can share their own opinions and debate over them. At least Christian Scholars and the Bible can be used as references.[/spoiler] Sorry if i emphasized it too long, just wanna make my opinion clear.

Yes, debating religion is a bad idea for there are many religious people here. That and only few agnostics and atheists and those who are interested. And yes, debate is an argument but it has strict rules of conduct. Everyone gets to be correct if there is no correct answer to the question for what you believe is what matters. We aren't supposed to convince or convert but to learn and listen from others. Religion/Politics discussion may get heated, and some might feel that they are being personally attacked. So i guess the best way is the absence of religion.

^ Such things can't really be prevented by being mature. A person has a boiling point so it's possible for some to take matters seriously when that certain point is reached. But I would like to see how things progress from here.

[quote=aya;#62104;1336697682]Bitch please, some members even get in a very heated argument just because of (the topic) "smoking"; how much more with religion? [/quote]

[quote=SkylineGoddess;#60219;1336648179]Such things can't really be prevented by being mature.[/quote] Like what?

[quote=aya;#64099;1336728971]how much more with politics and other serious stuff. there[/quote] well in politics it's pretty normal that it would lead into a heated discussions, but as far as i know, it's a heated discussion which has tons of texts and links to support their claims so it's a pretty TLDR thing compared to a heated discussion between two retards (a.k.a me and that strikerno) about smoking several months ago.