And really, as I look back over the years, the only time moderators have been driven to actually take action against a poster has been when there have been egregious violations that took the fast track down the slippery slope from stating that person's beliefs right to "All of you are damned, worshipping false religions, and unless you accept what MY religion is as truth, you are all going to burn in Hell", or some equivalent, depending on the religion.

I tried to point out that prefacing one's statements with "I believe......" or some such idea implied BY the statement, they could keep from getting into the weeds. Usually, in such cases, when people do not state or imply that they are stating their beliefs, they pretty much lose their audience, anyway, so their intent is unfulfilled.

Alan, you love to argue the "head of the pin" kind of things.....I know that debate is your mother's milk, etc., but this has really only been a problem for a few, the examples were egregious and offensive, and what is being said here on these threads in recent days hasn't risen in any way to such offense. No need to make mountains out of molehills, just to caution people that when they wander into the stating of beliefs into stating those beliefs as facts, not just to them, but should be facts to everyone, there's a problem, or the potential for a problem.

There IS a grey area, and hopefully most of us won't rush immediately into it to see just how close we can get our toes to or over the line and out of it completely........ ;-)