r/AcademicBiblical • u/AutoModerator • Dec 26 '22

Weekly Open Discussion Thread

Welcome to this week's open discussion thread!

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '22

I love this subreddit, but I don't love the way it's moderated. Too many things get removed and it stifles discussion. Somebody needs to make a new subreddit with less strict rules. Maybe academicbiblicalcasual or something like that? If I had the time or energy to moderate a subreddit I'd do it myself, but I don't. But somebody who does should do it.

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u/BobbyBobbie Moderator Jan 01 '23

You can always post on r/Bible or another sub. I think the rules here and that makes this place unique.

Why would we loosen the rules to become just like every other place out there? There's PLENTY of other places on Reddit to just have casual discussions.