Hi comrades,
We’ve received some reports recently and so I’m making this announcement.
In our rules, Lemmygrad does not lean one way or the other towards religion. This means that in effect, we accept all communists no matter their religion or lack thereof.
However, this doesn’t mean we allow feuds or unprincipled criticism. This seems to come especially from our atheist comrades, who sometimes (from what has made its way to us) see it fit to remind religious comrades that religion shouldn’t exist.
While we appreciate that the criticism is about religion and not the particular beliefs of some comrades, this kind of discourse does not have its place on Lemmygrad as we effectively don’t lean one way or another and expect users to lean that way too.
edit: as such, this reminder also applies to religious comrades.
We’re very hands off with moderation and we’d like it to remain that way in a community as tight-knit as ours.
This doesn’t mean that you can’t criticize religion or atheism, as long as it comes in good faith and is done from a Marxist basis.
This principle also applies to other contentious topics that are prone to debate on our platform.
Given how I’ve seen this subject moderated thus far, discussion regarding the validity of religion, while not banned, is recommended to take place in communities dedicated to it. Furthermore, arguments regarding the validity of religion must be done in good faith, with a conscious effort to avoid sectarian arguments (which tend to achieve little actual thought in exchange for unproductive fights). While I don’t think attempts to spread religious (or lack thereof) views are allowed, publicly expressing those views tend not to be a problem, so long as they are not doing so in a manner that could be perceived as harassment, trolling, or actively hostile to those that do not share their views.
In conclusion, the discussion of religion’s validity, uses, historical context, practices, et cetera, is allowed, so long as those involved do not belittle one another for their practice (or lack thereof). Publicly expressing one’s faith, (or lack thereof) is well within guidelines, though, harassing others for not sharing them is expressly prohibited.
If I have gotten something wrong, please inform me so that I may correct my statementSo basically just continue to be respectful of our comrades and don’t attack each other for spiritual reasons as well as keeping in mind the community we are in and post we are responding to, to make sure such discussion is appropriate.
Exactly!