XPost: alt.atheism, alt.bible   
   From: nobody@example.invalid   
      
   I found these religious groups hoping to engage in thoughtful   
   discussion. Now I'm not so sure I should engage in any thread about   
   religion at all. Maybe the weather or the price of wheat or pop culture   
   are safe limits and I should look elsewhere for reparte.   
      
   I see much heated debate and insult from all corners which is kind   
   of a downer. It seems to center firstly around Michael McLean, and   
   secondarily around Robert, and thirdly around ChristRose. I also saw a   
   bit of toxicity from a user 'El Kabong' but not quite as much of it as   
   with the first three.   
      
   I was just wondering why McLean seems so divisive a character, around   
   which is centered a flurry of trollish behavior that I would like to   
   understand more about the matter. Since these arguments which center   
   chiefly around McLean, and a bit less so around Robert and   
   ChristRose--agitating so much needless debate and ado about nothing,   
   why is anyone responding to any of their posts? I think I get why they   
   respond to each other, which is another downer. I would like others to   
   get me up to speed as to what is going on here.   
      
   If any here would like to come to the defense of any of these users on   
   the matter and fill me in--or try to change my opinion as above noted   
   then please do so.   
      
   Furthermore, what's the deal with the HeartDoc Andrew user? Seems nutty   
   as silly putty. Why would someone go to the extreme of re-posting the   
   same messages many times every day? Also what is the deal with the   
   'Cuss Cop' firehose? I mean, an occasional message making light of   
   things is funny, but after a couple or so it gets old really fast. Is   
   this person associated with the HeartDoc Andrew user/bot?   
      
   I pray respondents will keep this discussion thread civil without the   
   fund of profanity and insults and name-calling I found here. It would   
   be nice to have a rudimentary understanding of what is going on before   
   chipping in my two cents worth on anything, if ever at all.   
      
   Thank you.   
      
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