Religion
In reply to the discussion: Are thinking skills generally absent among theists? [View all]MineralMan
(146,317 posts)participation with ownership. It happens frequently, regardless of the topic a forum is dedicated to discussing. Thus, the Religion Group is often considered to be the Religious Group by some. It's a commonplace.
I used to frequent a discussion forum that talked about outboard motors for boats. One very prolific poster had the odd belief that the only outboard motors worth discussing were Mercury brand motors. That person would frequently intrude into discussions of Johnson or Evinrude outboards, belittling those brands, even though the discussion was about correcting some problem a forum member was having.
When a new form member came aboard to ask about what outboard motor would be a good choice, the Mercury fan always popped in to sing that brand's praises and shout down any recommendations by others for different brands. The Mercury guy didn't make a lot of sense, much of the time, but he was vocal and prolific in his posts. For him, if it wasn't a Mercury, it was completely worthless for any function at all.
Finally, he was banished from the forum for making a constant nuisance of himself. He started his own discussion forum, where he only talked about how bad the one that banned him was. It was not a success.
And so it goes in Internet forums.