Quote Originally Posted by The Storyteller View Post
I can most certainly say there is a God and the only way to heaven is through Him, or the opposite without prefacing it with "I believe". That is a given. I pretty much see anyone's statement of faith or opinion to be just that, without the need for qualifying statements.
I have to agree Storyteller. Proselytizing is, IMO, actually trying to convert people to your way of thinking, most commonly in a religious sense. It is an active practice and a line that I don't see being crossed by someone making simple statements, qualified as opinion or not. It's also a moving target from the moderator perspective. Example: its not uncommon for you and I to end up on opposing sides of a political debate around here. When I lay out my case I'm certainly trying to convince you that my point of view has merit. Am I trying to convert you to a right wing, ammo hording, Fox watching, twinkie eating conservative? Not really, but it wouldn't be that big a stretch for someone with no history around here to read my posts and think that I was.

Moderation of a group of intelligent people with strong, well thought out opinions is pretty easy. It's mostly just a matter of tossing out occasional reminders to keep emotions, most commonly frustration, in check while posting. If anyone was to come in here and try to proselytize in the true sense of the word they would likely be shot down by other posters or simply ignored out of existence before the moderation gun could be drawn.