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Originally posted by Gazrok
I'm also thinking of the realities of modding such a division. It would be a logistics nightmare for the mods involved, and require an awful lot of thread moves on a regular basis, and dealing with hurt egos thereafter.... Not saying it's a bad idea, just unsure of the practicality of it from a moderation standpoint or a moral compass standpoint. It could have the unwanted effect of making the more "non-scientific" members or threads feeling "lesser" and thus not participating.....
Not necessarily... at least it seems to me the mods spend of lot of their time "breaking up" fights that erupt
The suggestion was for a Contactee forum. That might be a better way to go, and neatly get around the whole "judgement" issue and modding difficulties, while still keeping the idea of Hank's suggestion. Just throwing it out there. The three amigos make the decision on new forums (with some input from the mods), so I'd suggest pitching it in the Board Business forum, if you think it's a worthwhile idea....
Originally posted by Outrageo
A contactee forum may be easier to manage, though the original posting premise contains the same dilemma:
How do you separate out the overlapping material that clearly falls into more than one "category".
Originally posted by HankMcCoy
Do you think a 'Contactee' forum would get more support from Mods?
Anyone else want to post some input before I start writing up a new proposal?
Originally posted by HankMcCoy
If it was a matter of simply adding a contactee forum, and not so much a science vs. theology split, contactees would be free to detail expereinces with both scientific and theological/religous content freely, without worrying about whether or not the claims are provable. The emphasis shifts from provablity to whether or not the information being presented is from aliens to a contactee, whether abducted or meditating, or whatever.