# If a GD Religion Thread Were Not Hijacked, What Would It Be Like? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 25, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-gd-religion-thread-were-not-hijacked-what-would-it-be-like/389478 "2007-01-25T23:01:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-gd-religion-thread-were-not-hijacked-what-would-it-be-like/389478/1 "2007-01-25T23:01:46Z")
Consider the following **hypothetical** scenario: Someone starts a religion thread in GD, asking a specific question about Christian/Jewish/other beliefs, usually in the form of a hypothetical question. If Certain Members did not find it necessary to post, repeatedly, that **any** belief in religion is irrational, superstitious, fostered by the “priesthood” (fancy the Methodist “priesthood” fostering such beliefs) for their own financial and power benefit, hijacking the thread into an argument about their own beliefs (that religion is invalid, that is), what would such a thread read like? As noted, this is a **hypothetical** question; you’re supposed to assume, for the sake of argument, that such a thing **is** possible. Regardless of how improbable you may find the idea. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lowbrass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dc4da7/32.png) [@lowbrass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lowbrass)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-gd-religion-thread-were-not-hijacked-what-would-it-be-like/389478/2 "2007-01-25T23:06:44Z")
Bible-study class? ---
**Author:** ![Contrapuntal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e274bd/32.png) [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-gd-religion-thread-were-not-hijacked-what-would-it-be-like/389478/3 "2007-01-25T23:08:29Z")
There is a good chance that people might learn something. I know I always do; that is, until the virulent anti-religious contingent checks in. I might add, I am generally anti-religion. I just don’t see how shouting someone down accomplishes anything. ---
**Author:** ![Eureka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/74df32/32.png) [@Eureka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eureka)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-gd-religion-thread-were-not-hijacked-what-would-it-be-like/389478/4 "2007-01-25T23:09:18Z")
If it were not hijacked, and not filled with hostility (or with posters whose very names fill me with hostility based on past behavior), it would be a thread I’d be a lot more likely to read, and somewhat more likely to post to, thus making such threads more likely to be filled with a broader range of spiritual viewpoints. ---
**Author:** ![Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8edcca/32.png) [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hentor_the_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-gd-religion-thread-were-not-hijacked-what-would-it-be-like/389478/5 "2007-01-25T23:16:55Z")
What impresses me a bit more is how often a Pit thread can be hijacked by posts about religion. Particularly lately. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-gd-religion-thread-were-not-hijacked-what-would-it-be-like/389478/6 "2007-01-25T23:17:09Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] As noted, this is a **hypothetical** question; you’re supposed to assume, for the sake of argument, that such a thing **is** possible. Regardless of how improbable you may find the idea. 😉 [/QUOTE] It’s not going to happen. There’s no way a religion thread won’t be hijacked. There’s no evidence that a religion thread won’t be hijacked, and I’ve never seen a religion thread that hasn’t been hijacked. Look, I’m sure you agree with me that threads about all other subjects are going to be hijacked, so why do you think a religion thread won’t. We both believe threads are going to be hijacked. You just think one less kind of thread is going to be hijacked than I do. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-gd-religion-thread-were-not-hijacked-what-would-it-be-like/389478/7 "2007-01-25T23:18:29Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] you’re supposed to assume, for the sake of argument, that such a thing **is** possible. [/QUOTE] > [@](#): > > With men _this_ is impossible; but with God _all_ things are possible. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-gd-religion-thread-were-not-hijacked-what-would-it-be-like/389478/8 "2007-01-25T23:29:48Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Amazing] We both believe threads are going to be hijacked. You just think one less kind of thread is going to be hijacked than I do. [/QUOTE] ISWYDT. ---
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-gd-religion-thread-were-not-hijacked-what-would-it-be-like/389478/9 "2007-01-25T23:33:44Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] ISWYDT. [/QUOTE] Huh? What does this stand for? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-gd-religion-thread-were-not-hijacked-what-would-it-be-like/389478/10 "2007-01-25T23:44:40Z")
> [@](#): > > If a GD Religion Thread Were Not Hijacked, What Would It Be Like? There is, was and never will be a god. [crickets chirp, thread sinks, god is dead] ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-gd-religion-thread-were-not-hijacked-what-would-it-be-like/389478/11 "2007-01-25T23:47:45Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Carrot] Huh? What does this stand for? [/QUOTE] “I see what you did there.” I don’t. See what the other Captain did, that is. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-gd-religion-thread-were-not-hijacked-what-would-it-be-like/389478/12 "2007-01-25T23:48:13Z")
[QUOTE=Captain Carrot] Huh? What does this stand for? [/QUOTE] “I saw what you did there” - a standup comedians’ cliché: “oh very droll”. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-gd-religion-thread-were-not-hijacked-what-would-it-be-like/389478/13 "2007-01-25T23:49:26Z")
[QUOTE=El Cid Viscoso] “I see what you did there.” I don’t. See what the other Captain did, that is. [/QUOTE] It’s the old “I just believe in one less god than you do” atheists’ argument. NDYSWHDT? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2007, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-gd-religion-thread-were-not-hijacked-what-would-it-be-like/389478/14 "2007-01-25T23:49:27Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] “I saw what you did there” - a standup comedians’ cliché: “oh very droll”. [/QUOTE] That’s the problem. Nobody else in Colorado is droll. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-gd-religion-thread-were-not-hijacked-what-would-it-be-like/389478/15 "2007-01-26T00:14:05Z")
Are you drolling? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-gd-religion-thread-were-not-hijacked-what-would-it-be-like/389478/16 "2007-01-26T00:20:24Z")
[QUOTE=El Cid Viscoso] That’s the problem. Nobody else in Colorado is droll. [/QUOTE] Of course not. They’d all droll downhill! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-gd-religion-thread-were-not-hijacked-what-would-it-be-like/389478/17 "2007-01-26T00:31:59Z")
[QUOTE=Polycarp] (fancy the Methodist “priesthood” fostering such beliefs) for their own financial and power benefit, [/QUOTE] There is precedent. The Duke of Wellington warned against the dangers of “creeping Methodism” infecting the British Army. Sailboat ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-gd-religion-thread-were-not-hijacked-what-would-it-be-like/389478/18 "2007-01-26T00:45:34Z")
Religion is the most overdone topic on this board. Way too many threads on it. I quit reading them. Almost wish religion was either banned, or forced into a separate forum. Somebody starts a religious topic. The MAB attacks the God Squad. Somebody does a driveby cheap shot at Israel. Someone else attacks Islam. A random nihilist will wander in and get ripped apart in nano-seconds. Some fuckwit will pit one of the mods, probably Tomndebb. Same shit every time. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-gd-religion-thread-were-not-hijacked-what-would-it-be-like/389478/19 "2007-01-26T02:25:15Z")
But if nobody hijacked religion threads, where would we discuss bearded sky pixies and the like? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2007, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-gd-religion-thread-were-not-hijacked-what-would-it-be-like/389478/20 "2007-01-26T02:30:52Z")
[QUOTE=El Cid Viscoso] There is, was and never will be a god. [/QUOTE] Then can I have his parking space? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-gd-religion-thread-were-not-hijacked-what-would-it-be-like/389478.md?page=2)