Subject: Not sure what you mean...
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Posted on: 2012-01-09 05:52:00 UTC

I'm not disagreeing that we should be able to handle controversial subjects with maturity. One would hope that we can.

The point, however, is this: the Bible is a delicate subject, especially for the deeply religious, and partly because of the many differing viewpoints, mishandling a mission is easy to do in any number of ways. This can lead to seriously offending or outright hurting Boarders, something which is specifically mentioned (notably as regards the religious aspect) in the PPC Constitution. It isn't just about addressing a "religious head-smacker in a badfic," nor how religion is used. It's about avoiding situations which have truly deep religious thoughts and consequences--like fanfic on the Bible--because of how it can affect other members of the PPC.

For reference, item two is the relevant passage.

The question of reaction to proselytizing is quite relevant to some fics, but the key there is to charge for OOC reactions to it or for having it appear in whatever the canon is (particularly if it is uncanonical; Convert!Sue in Arda comes to mind). Attacking the religiosity of it, however, is not kosher.

Also: what did you mean by "using religion as an excuse"? That isn't actually the point of the whole "We don't touch certain kinds of fic" ruling, and I actually found the implications of using it in that list quite offensive, at least without any further elaboration.

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