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I for one, would hate to see a split in the forums.
My faith is strengthened in the debates. I feel that some of those "religious" tenets really don't hold water. For example, some religious advocate the condemnation of people based on their behaviors or beliefs. In my world, this is antithetical to the truth that my particular belief ascribes.
A humanistic, or even an atheist view is often healthy to sharpen your debate. As well as rethinking your belief structure. It is a forging process, if you will.
I realize that for non-believers, it's tough to ask for an educating opinion and just get back religious diatribes, but a split in the forums would most likely keep the secularists on one side and the religious on the other, thereby eliminating any contrary opinions. Therein providing merely a sounding board instead of an avenue to healthy debate.
This combined approach leads both the religious and the secularist to challenge their point of view.
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