That got closed at a really rotten time. It wasn't "dengenerating on all sides," it was degenerating on ONE side, with cheap false attacks and vulgar slurs. There was also some interesting discussion going there that I'd have liked to have seen continue.

I'm also unhappy that a really nasty accusation got made and I wasn't given chance to respond. I want to tell the person claiming I "tore pages out of the Bible when angry" that no, I've never torn a page out, although AGAIN if he's going to accuse others of not following the Bible, we MUST ask (and expect an honest answer, for once) whether they follow a kosher diet, when they're going to stone gays, if they avoid Rayon...

Of course they don't. ALL of us recognize that tired old law from Leviticus isn't meant to be followed by man in this day and age, and using it to excuse bigotry is a very unChristian act.

I put an awful lot of thought into the last post (and then had to edit it down...did you know there's a limit to how long posts can be? wish I knew that before half an hour's research and writing got thrown away!) and it really stinks that the thread got locked before anyone could respond to it.

Stuff that was posted that might have made closing it appropriate came only from one side of the debate. Remove a post or two, and make it clear that slurs aren't allowed, and let the discussion continue, please.