Age of earth spin off thread...All seemed fine around 5pm, so what happened to get it deleted since then?

Did it get ugly?
Or did a moderator decide they didn't like the topic being discussed?

ALDEER Triangle. Many-a-thread be sunk there.

Well I'll be damned. The DNA discussion poofed too.

One of two things probably happened:

1. Discussion turned ugly so a moderator shut it down.

Or

2. Certain biblical arguments or opinions ruffled feathers so the censor hammer was swung.

I've seen both happen over the past 12 years.

Owners and moderators get full control as they should, no arguments, just curious why.

Somebody has some 'splainin to do, or im done.

It didn't get ugly. It's Friday night....

Understood.

Wasn't me. I was off line for a few hours and now its gone. Guess I'm out of the loop too

I thought it was a good, civil discussion on something that none of us are going to know the definitive answer, but it was interesting debate.

Well, I accused you of letting your Calvinist views affect the age of the earth debate, but it still seemed cordial when I went to bed.

Twerent me. I didn't even view that thread. For once I'm not the cause of a deleted thread

I looked at it around 9 last night and there was something about you and a Chinese drywall reference that I didn't understand. Plus what Bill said.

So it was skinny....

Well, it is his house.

R.I.P.

I enjoyed it while it lasted

Nice to have discussions where no one calls anyone names

That was a reference to his Chinese drywall comments all day.

Cald probably got mentioned, then the thread went to chit.

Great you done it to this one now.

Sex, religion, and politics - the trifecta of dissonance, the three subjects that determine why we exist, what we believe, and how we organize our society. Sex is human - without it there would be no life. It is essential for for humankind's continued existence. Deviation of heterosexual norms (and deviants thereof) threaten our basic life as humans. Religion is what we choose to believe that gets us through life and to to a postmortem existence for eternity. Around this belief we create a social construct of people who share this life and post mortal existence. To accept that another religion "might" have merit shows a fissure in your belief. Too many fissures and there is a structural collapse. That cannot be accepted by many. And politics - the societal organization that provides stability, security, prosperity, and constructs a culturally acceptable means from the cradle to the grave. As with religion, if another culture might be right then ours might be wrong. Not acceptable. I said all that just to say this - arguments, discussions, fights, whatever about sex, religion, and politics, especially within the anonymity of an internet forum, always leads to bad feelings, disappointment, doubts, time outs, and expulsions. And you never change anyone's mind. Its kind of like trying to teach a pig to whistle. You're wasting your time and most likely end up annoying the pig.