I don’t want to scare off any theists who are willing to try the scout mindset
In support of the mod position, this is one of the motivations for it in the first place. The tone of the community was actively hostile to theists, and we reasonably predicted that demanding people abandon their identities as the first step in community engagement would have an extremely low success rate. I can’t speak with authority, but I feel like at least a few of the mods personally knew theists who struggled with that exact issue, which informed their position.
I also have the impression, which may be mistaken, that people following your path was a hoped-for outcome and that this would be aided by our enforcement of a taboo. It feels to me like the separate magisterium is the natural consequence of our current state of affairs.
In support of the mod position, this is one of the motivations for it in the first place. The tone of the community was actively hostile to theists, and we reasonably predicted that demanding people abandon their identities as the first step in community engagement would have an extremely low success rate. I can’t speak with authority, but I feel like at least a few of the mods personally knew theists who struggled with that exact issue, which informed their position.
I also have the impression, which may be mistaken, that people following your path was a hoped-for outcome and that this would be aided by our enforcement of a taboo. It feels to me like the separate magisterium is the natural consequence of our current state of affairs.