# Question about posts and apparent mental illness

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**Created:** [July 23, 2025, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-posts-and-apparent-mental-illness/1021243 "2025-07-23T22:44:46Z")\
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That changed a two years ago, but was true for over 20 years.

The verbiage is in the GD/P&E rules.

> [@New Rules for Politics and Elections – January 2020](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-rules-for-politics-and-elections-january-2020/845727/1):
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> **Witnessing and Religious Debates.** ~~Note that religious witnessing is entirely allowed in Great Debates.~~  
> _As per **Ed Zotti** :_ This is also the place for religious debates. Other discussion of religion, religious figures, personal beliefs and the like typically belongs in the IMHO or MPSIMS forums.

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