# THROW THE CHRISTIANS TO THE LIONS!!!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 6, 2000, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-the-christians-to-the-lions/574 "2000-01-06T15:24:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![theuglytruth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@theuglytruth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theuglytruth)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2000, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-the-christians-to-the-lions/574/1 "2000-01-06T15:24:00Z")
. . . or give them their own spot on the Message Board. I mean this is FUCKING RIDICULOUS!!! Ever since New Year’s the Great Debates forum has gone from a dumping ground for the occassional Bible belt Jesus crackpot to the “Born Again Christian Message Board!” Look, I’m a baptized Christian . … _ **BUT IF I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT JESUS, I’LL GO TO CHURCH!!!** _ Is there anything we can do about this? I’m sick of wasting time scrolling through 50 “Jesus this” and “Jesus that” messages until I get to a legitimate debate. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![coosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coosa)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2000, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-the-christians-to-the-lions/574/2 "2000-01-06T16:21:00Z")
Sure looks like this should have posted in the BBQ Pit. Go take a look - there are several threads there already about the LBBBers. Here’s a hint - don’t click on the topics that have God, Jesus, Religion, or other related words in the title. ‘Legitimate debate’? Whether or not something is a ‘legitimate debate’ is a matter of opinion, I would think. If people are debating something, it must be a legitimate debate to them. * * * Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored. - Aldous Huxley ---
**Author:** ![theuglytruth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@theuglytruth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theuglytruth)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2000, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-the-christians-to-the-lions/574/3 "2000-01-06T17:07:00Z")
Well, no your wrong this is a concern about the message board so it belongs here. “Was Jesus just a human being or was he the divine Son of God” would inspire a “legitmate debate”. “Is Catholicism or Protestantism Better” would also as well. “The Lord Loves You” then posting a statement about how you should believe in God is NOT a debate: it’s just someone abusing the Straight Dope message board so that they can shove their religious beliefs down my throat. The intent is NOT to spark debate: it’s to witness. Don’t click on the topics? How can I NOT when every other one is one of these things!!! ---
**Author:** ![theuglytruth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@theuglytruth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theuglytruth)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2000, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-the-christians-to-the-lions/574/4 "2000-01-06T17:24:00Z")
MY FAULT!!! This isnt a techincal question. Go ahead and cast me into the hellfire of the Bar-be-que pit. Though it would be nice if the gods of Straight Dope address this issue. I guess this means I have NO SHOT at ever being a moderator, does it Diva???!??? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2000, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-the-christians-to-the-lions/574/5 "2000-01-07T17:44:00Z")
Applications are still being sifted through, don’t worry about it. your humble TubaDiva Administrator The Straight Dope It’s just that those FBI boys are so slow with the DNA evidence . . . 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![theuglytruth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@theuglytruth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theuglytruth)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2000, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-the-christians-to-the-lions/574/6 "2000-01-09T08:11:00Z")
It’s because I’m from a different planet, isnt it?? ISNT IT??? Dont make me call Jesse!!! LOL ---
**Author:** ![coosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coosa)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2000, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-the-christians-to-the-lions/574/7 "2000-01-09T08:18:00Z")
> [@](#): > > It’s because I’m from a different planet, isnt it?? ## THAT would sure put an interesting twist on the DNA evidence . . . It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it. - Aristotle ---
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2000, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-the-christians-to-the-lions/574/8 "2000-01-09T08:49:00Z")
I think this is why the moderators, in their wisdom, created a Great Debates thread. To keep 'em out of MPSIMS and GQ. Take a vacation from it for a day or two. ---
**Author:** ![Nickrz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nickrz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nickrz)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2000, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-the-christians-to-the-lions/574/9 "2000-01-09T16:16:00Z")
Don’t let her shit you - It ain’t the DNA holding things up, it’s the lack of small, unmarked bills in a plain white envelope holding things up. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![MrKnowItAll](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrknowitall/32/87_2.png) [@MrKnowItAll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrKnowItAll)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2000, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-the-christians-to-the-lions/574/10 "2000-01-09T20:07:00Z")
theuglytruth, the ugly truth is this: Just because there is a specific forum for these things is not going to limit them to that forum. These guys are _not_ going to sit around and witness to each other. (The phrase “preaching to the choir” comes to mind.) They are going to go where they can argue with us heathens. Great Debates is where this stuff belongs, and I for one am glad to see that it’s pretty much staying there. * * * Mr. K’s Link of the Month: [Why Plastic Grocery Bags Are Better Than God](http://www.flud.com/ass/bag.html) “Nobody ever lends money to a man with a sense of humor.” - Peter Tork ---
**Author:** ![The\_LION](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@The\_LION](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_LION)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2000, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-the-christians-to-the-lions/574/11 "2000-01-10T20:40:00Z")
What makes you think that I want them? Peace t lion * * * * * * " I Wonder What Happens When I push THIS Button? " * * * ---
**Author:** ![The\_LION](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e7dd6/32.png) [@The\_LION](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_LION)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2000, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throw-the-christians-to-the-lions/574/12 "2000-01-10T20:41:00Z")
What makes you think that I want them? Peace t lion * * * * * * " I Wonder What Happens When I push THIS Button? " * * *