Journal #6173

Being that TWHL is somewhat a small online gaming community compared to some of the other bigger ones like FPS Banana, IGN or Gametrailers, which has thousands of active members, there's just not enough people on TWHL to generate the needed "room" for a hot-button topic as what religion is. What I am trying to say, is that the TWHL website is not the right venue for this type of topic.

Now, I don't think there's a problem in briefly mentioning religion on some discussion if it's warranted, as long as it does not override the thread's main topic, leading to a major flame-bait. But I guess to be on the safe side, it's better to not even bring the subject of religion in the first place. Sad to say, not everybody here is mature enough to have a religious discussion, and this is a fact that's already been proven true.

Now, as gamers that many of you here in TWHL are, if you really have the need for a religious discussion, and want to have one with other gamers that are actually looking to have one with you, then you might want to head over to Gametrailers.com's forums, sub-section "Religion and Philosophy". There you will be more at home in religious talk, just make sure you don't get out of hand, the mods there will ban any flame throwers.

Religion and Philosophy forum: http://forums.gametrailers.com/forum/religion-and-philosophy/289

I would've thought a religious discussion would work better with a small, more close knit forum community.

Maybe Im wrong.

Yeah, there are no trolls here, everyone is (fairly) inteligent and informed, and you only get ninja'd half of the time.

@ ATDestroy: I suppose that would be the case, but only if said small, more close knit forum community like you put it is a dedicated religious discussion board from the start. Now, if maybe one day TWHL's core base membership grows large enough to support a more topic-varied forum section, then perhaps a dedicated religious discussion sub forum might be set aside inside TWHL's general discussion forums. But that's a big maybe, chances are it won't never happen.

@ JeffMOD: Yea, exactly my point. That's why I covered that on the 2nd. paragraph on my 1st. post on this journal.