Honest, unbiased thoughts from a member, i.e. current boards situation

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I am of the belief that if you get any reasonable quantity of people on a message board, there will be some disagreements. My wife is a pastor, and as such, she is active on a couple of religious boards. While there may not be any cussing, the arguments do get heated and insulting, and this is from religious leaders that are supposed to be beyond petty squabbles.

So, when I read posts here, I note that we are all people and we all have a similar interest, but otherwise we are different. Very few of us get together outside of the boards, so few of us know what each other's lives and struggles consist of. If we agreed on everything, boredom would set in. I'm ok with healthy debate. I'm not so big on namecalling, but to be honest, that is rare. Overall, the board has been a positive experience for me.