This is buried in another thread, but might be of interest to others. Since I took more than my usual 5.37 seconds to write it, here ya go.
As the OP, you have discretion as to where the thread goes. If you ain't mad about it...have fun.
Where religious thread drift becomes an issue is a different scenario.
Sooo, lets say a member posts a picture of some blue flowers in front of a church and asks what they are.
There will be THAT someone who reads "church" and gets triggered. It kinda looks like this...
They even saw something about "blue"...but "flowers" was missed entirely.
They take it as a holy mandate to go off on a tangent about what blue signifies in the christian church. Someone else will disagree.
Then the scriptures start flying. Soon, any and every scripture referencing "blue" is posted.
Well, you have to cover the differences between KJV and other versions of the bible for a proper scripture flinging.
Ragnarok will chime in with references to "blue" in the koran (with 113 quoted passages). Someone will tell Rags that he don't know $#it, because "I had a musloid tell me (whatever)".
In all this, not one person has addressed the OP's question about the dayum flowers, not in 97 posts.
Finally, the OP nicely asks that the thread stay on topic.
OHHH Holeeeee Hell!!!!!
The person who started the whole drift will come out like a southern preacher.
You can just picture them, behind the computer, pounding on a bible with the mouse...maybe even a little sweat on their forehead and spittle flying on the computer monitor.
It's very obvious, our digivangelist is filled with the spirit of bogus butthurt.
"How dare you suggest that I don't preach the gospel here.
You blasphemer.....you-you-you heretic.
I'muh CHRISTIAN! by Gawd and the bible commands that I spread the word. (It don't matter how obnoxious I am in the process)
AHHHHH think you are possessed by the devil.
BEGONE!!!...DEMON SPAWN OF SATAAAAAAN!!! amen. "
From up in the choir loft at the Timebomb Church of Beat You With a Bible dotcom...
From the choir, we get a dozen "Hallelujahs" and "Praise the lords".
By then, "report posts" and PMs to the staff have come in. Some staff member, after sighs and rolleyez, has to wade in, kick the trashcan around the room...and clean up the thread.
Keep in mind, it is usually suggested that another thread be started for the theological part of the discussion.
Guess what?? It never happens, you won't find a spinoff thread from one of these....ever.
BUT WAIT!!!
It's not over.
For several days there will be snotty little comments (probably from the choir members) in other threads about...
Christians are being attacked at TB!
Christians are being attacked at TB!
Christians are being attacked at TB!
These complaints are usually in the Rel. room or in a thread with the Rel. prefix....you know, the ones that staff rarely bother, unless someone is being a dick.
Do ya see the irony here?
So, after this gets dealt with 5 or 6 or 173 times...there may be a lack of patience when it starts.
As the OP, you have discretion as to where the thread goes. If you ain't mad about it...have fun.
Where religious thread drift becomes an issue is a different scenario.
Sooo, lets say a member posts a picture of some blue flowers in front of a church and asks what they are.
There will be THAT someone who reads "church" and gets triggered. It kinda looks like this...
They even saw something about "blue"...but "flowers" was missed entirely.
They take it as a holy mandate to go off on a tangent about what blue signifies in the christian church. Someone else will disagree.
Then the scriptures start flying. Soon, any and every scripture referencing "blue" is posted.
Well, you have to cover the differences between KJV and other versions of the bible for a proper scripture flinging.
Ragnarok will chime in with references to "blue" in the koran (with 113 quoted passages). Someone will tell Rags that he don't know $#it, because "I had a musloid tell me (whatever)".
In all this, not one person has addressed the OP's question about the dayum flowers, not in 97 posts.
Finally, the OP nicely asks that the thread stay on topic.
OHHH Holeeeee Hell!!!!!
The person who started the whole drift will come out like a southern preacher.
You can just picture them, behind the computer, pounding on a bible with the mouse...maybe even a little sweat on their forehead and spittle flying on the computer monitor.
It's very obvious, our digivangelist is filled with the spirit of bogus butthurt.
"How dare you suggest that I don't preach the gospel here.
You blasphemer.....you-you-you heretic.
I'muh CHRISTIAN! by Gawd and the bible commands that I spread the word. (It don't matter how obnoxious I am in the process)
AHHHHH think you are possessed by the devil.
BEGONE!!!...DEMON SPAWN OF SATAAAAAAN!!! amen. "
From up in the choir loft at the Timebomb Church of Beat You With a Bible dotcom...
From the choir, we get a dozen "Hallelujahs" and "Praise the lords".
By then, "report posts" and PMs to the staff have come in. Some staff member, after sighs and rolleyez, has to wade in, kick the trashcan around the room...and clean up the thread.
Keep in mind, it is usually suggested that another thread be started for the theological part of the discussion.
Guess what?? It never happens, you won't find a spinoff thread from one of these....ever.
BUT WAIT!!!
It's not over.
For several days there will be snotty little comments (probably from the choir members) in other threads about...
Christians are being attacked at TB! Christians are being attacked at TB! Christians are being attacked at TB! These complaints are usually in the Rel. room or in a thread with the Rel. prefix....you know, the ones that staff rarely bother, unless someone is being a dick.
Do ya see the irony here?
So, after this gets dealt with 5 or 6 or 173 times...there may be a lack of patience when it starts.
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