Anti-Religious Trolling On Mumsnet

[DioneTheDiabolist]

I get that not everyone is religious and that some people are very anti-religious (some with good reasons).

But some MNetters are religious, others are simply curious. So how come so many threads are allowed to be derailed by anti-religious trolls? Today a thread about Good Friday was deleted because a troll came on. FFS, it's Easter! Threads about Islam are regularly derailed by Islamophobes. On a thread seeking information on Judaism in the Philosophy & Religion topic, a troll has posted LMFAO. Ok, serious question, why does the Jewish God make all men wear a funny beards? She continues venting for a few posts before eventually exiting the thread saying that she is on drugs because It's Easter, party time.

She is a MN regular, like most of the anti-religious trolls here. I have reported her posts but they still stand.

Trolls are not interested in knowing what other people think or believe. They have no desire to discuss the point of actual threads and rarely start threads of their own regarding their issues with religion or belief. They just derail threads in the hope of driving all talk of religion and different beliefs off MN. And they are succeeding.

Why are MNHQ allowing this to happen? Deleting threads instead of dealing with posters? Allowing blatant anti-religious trolling to derail threads that people may find supportive or informative? Is MN a religion free zone? Because if it is, that's ok. I just think that religious posters should be told. Then they can go elsewhere if they wish to discuss their beliefs.

[SilverBirchWithout]

Anyone got any more kitten pictures?

[capsium]

Thirtynine respectfully, whilst you might have sympathy for the OP, your views on Islam are not what this thread is about. This type of diversion is what we have been talking about, it becomes more prominent in the thread than what the OP raised for discussion.

If people have issues regarding certain aspects of a faith, these are often just too big to discuss as a side issue, to another subject's thread, and would be best suited to starting a separate thread, to do the new subject justice.

[BIWI]

For you, silver

[ThirtyNineWeeks]

Capsium, you are right. Thank you, and apologies.

[capsium]

No worries, ThirtyNine.

[SilverBirchWithout]

BIWI thanks

[DioneTheDiabolist]

Thank you MNHQ. And thank you to all the contributors to this thread.

I hope that more posters report for Goady Behaviour Patterns from here on in.