Interfaith Group

fight.

The POV was that the A/A group was protected, all these small little "Path Seekers" and "Christian, This, That And The Other" type groups were the "alternative" protected groups for religious people (though they weren't at all "inclusive"--by their titles, they were segregated, and the categories were skewed to main line religions and Standard New Age fare) and the way they were segregated it didn't make it easy for a Sikh to talk to a Baptist. I mean, why would a Sikh be digging into the Christian group as a matter of course? They'd be more likely to come here, if anywhere, for an "interfaith" conversation.

I did have the idea, initially, that all of those itsy-bitsy groups could find a place here--and people could just be clear in their thread titles to get the conversations going on a particular topic. Some of those groups get very little play as well.

I do think, absent strict civility "rules" (and we aren't going to go there as a community, the jury system is here and it is working overall) that protected groups with hosts who know the guidelines and who can toss people who are acting like jerks is the way to go. Alternatively, if people are hiding behind a protected group to crap on people, that's a jury call, but people should be able to have a conversation without being mocked or derided.