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Especially Christianity? Please don't think I am under cutting the communities spiritual fitness or readiness, I am honestly curious. This is a professional military forum where we can come together with issues, thought, concerns and general interests DoD wide. It seems every time I come here I am bombarded with religion. Again, I am not trying to seem persecutorial, I am glad everyone has something that works for them...I'd like to see this go back to the professional military forum I appreciated it for. I'm sure many of you will not care what I'd like, or what I'd want but in my opinion it feels like it's veering.
I identify as atheist and I'm not here to convert, or to try to convert anyone. I think however having a biblical devotional might be outside of the purposes of this site. I'm not at all being accusational when I ask the next question...administrators, where do you draw the line when topics are clearly not military related at all? It seems there might be better places to debate and discuss religion.
Please receive this question in my sincerest and most humble tone. Thank you community!
I identify as atheist and I'm not here to convert, or to try to convert anyone. I think however having a biblical devotional might be outside of the purposes of this site. I'm not at all being accusational when I ask the next question...administrators, where do you draw the line when topics are clearly not military related at all? It seems there might be better places to debate and discuss religion.
Please receive this question in my sincerest and most humble tone. Thank you community!
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I see a lot of religious discussions as well, however, they usually are under general discussion, unless directly related to a military case. General discussion is just that and I see many non-religious posts in general discussion that have absolutely nothing to do with the military all day long. One thing I learned when I was an Atheist is that you cannot escape religion (I don't mean you have to convert, but rather it will be everywhere you look, because not everyone thinks like you and it is a huge part of many peoples lives). A lot of the discussion posts regarding religion that I see are actually Atheists posting questions about religion (again, you cannot escape it). It is better to either join the discussion or do what some of us do and ignore them. Just my two cents.
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I love your comment. My concern is specifically about a post related to basically a daily devotional. Nothing military at all and I was wondering what the specifics were regarding non military or profession development posts on this site. Thanks for the comment
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MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca
You'll see a lot of discussions here SFC (Join to see) that are vaguely military related. One of the reasons, IMHO, is that is great to talk about even the dumbest things with military and veteran minded people because we "get" each other. There are 4 main category topics and hundreds of sub groups. Sometimes its not easy to corral everything into the intended pipelines but generally its pretty organized.
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Throughout my time with RallyPoint, this question has been asked just as many times as a discussion about religion has popped up.
Personally, I see a few reasons for this. First, people love a debate and we all know nothing gets people going like a debate on religion. Second, some people are really curious to gain insight into how ours think. Lastly, they are trolling.
Personally, I see a few reasons for this. First, people love a debate and we all know nothing gets people going like a debate on religion. Second, some people are really curious to gain insight into how ours think. Lastly, they are trolling.
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Trolling is annoying on other social media sites, I'm relatively new to rally point, but we are supposed to be professionals. We should avoid baiting one another here.
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MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca
First off welcome to Rally Point SFC (Join to see)!
You are correct in that we should not avoid baiting but it does inevitably happen, even here. There are a lot of hot topic issues and many with very strong convictions. You'll see as you navigate through some of the topics that there are a lot more good and genuine discussions than there are heated ones.
You are correct in that we should not avoid baiting but it does inevitably happen, even here. There are a lot of hot topic issues and many with very strong convictions. You'll see as you navigate through some of the topics that there are a lot more good and genuine discussions than there are heated ones.
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SGT Ben Keen
SFC (Join to see) - You are correct, we should avoid baiting one another but sadly it does happen. As you look around the site, you'll see some members like myself and MAJ Robert (Bob) Petrarca with stars attached to our photos. We are User Admins, entrusted by RallyPoint to help police the site and to work with members to ensure everyone has a great experience here. If you have any questions or concern, feel free to reach out to one of us and we will gladly help you. Welcome to RallyPoint, we are glad to have you on the team.
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The same reasons anything else is discussed, I would imagine. To get opinions, to have open communication, to just chat with fellow service members/vets/retirees, or to stir the pot. I tend to avoid religious discussions even more than political ones because they are even more likely to devolve into petty squabbling and name calling. Heck, I don't even know where I currently stand on religion.
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