Mate, I’d be tempted to just say “it’s *my* blog, *my* policy and if you don’t like it go and make your own blog with your own policy”.

Using insulting language forces emotion and gets in the way of sharing ideas and, hence, any chance of improvement.

Presenting our understanding and arguments calmly and logically makes them more palatable.

Expect to see it added to the policy.

Intuitively I feel that I am 100% right on all topics but logically I have to accept that on topics where intelligent people disagree it’s likely that I’m mistaken 50% of the time.

If we know logically that we are prone to delusion on 50% of contentious topics we ought to be looking for opportunities to improve.

Using insulting language forces emotion and gets in the way of sharing ideas and, hence, any chance of improvement.

Presenting our understanding and arguments calmly and logically makes them more palatable.

I have good reason.

It’s anti-Christian because God says to speak the truth. Sometimes it is plain and simply true that someone’s contribution is stupid and the most loving thing one can do is point it out.

I love ya, Frank. This comments policy is stupid

The comment policy and what it seeks to achieve is not going to change.

You had every right to state that you think Damian was wrong and then give reasons why. In your comment, you did not, you simply said you thought his comment was the dumbest thing you ever read. It then took another comment from him (that did not respond in kind) for you to explain why.

On this blog, if you disagree with someone, take the time to say why in the initial disagreement.

You will encounter world views on here that are different from your own. What you deem to be “nonsense” may very well simply be the world view of someone else. I would not want them to call your thoughts “dumb” or “nonsense” even though they may very well see them as such, therefore I expect that you won’t do it either.

Some reading here are atheists who would believe that much of what I am writing is nonsense… you will notice that they haven’t ever derided anything that I have said in regards to the faith I hold. I am more than happy for them to offer disagreement, but I do not expect them to be rude. I expect the same courtesy to be offered to them.

As already stated, by all means disagree, but choose your words to fit what is put forward in the comment policy. It won’t be changing anytime soon

2. Be respectful. Talk to others in a manner that shows that whilst you may not agree, you see them as a valuable human being (as you should). Disagreement is fine, demeaning another person is not.

A person’s value is not diminished by calling them what they are. If a person is lying they should be called a liar. If a person is posting nonsense then they should be called on it. If the right to judge correctly is going to be regulated against then you will not be able to judge rightly.

4. Where you find your emotions boiling over because of another person’s point of view, don’t respond.

Anger can be justified. If a poster says blasphemous or hateful things then one is justified in giving him a serve and banning him. It’s good for the soul