User talk:Mastodon96

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Regarding your rant about religion and ignorance on Kevinmzabbo's user page
You may want to read this. The First Amendment only says the government cannot stop free speech, it does not apply to Wikipedia. You will also want to read the notability guidelines. Wikipedia does have standards for what qualifies as noteworthy enough to deserve an article. The book Hail Satan does not meet those guidelines. If you don't like it, tough. If you want to look for reliable sources that establish notability, good, do it.

As far as I know, User:meco and I are the only people that identify as Christian that have participated in the discussion. I have been far less supportive of Christians on this site. I have tagged plenty of articles for deletion for Christian bands, books, and charities, because they did not qualify under the notability guidelines. I have undone many attempts by Christians to place religious bias in articles. I have undone many attempts to censor material that some Christians find offensive. Your edits to someone else's userpage is an insult to my work here, and honestly, it's pretty ignorant of what goes on here.

If you think that deleting an article about a non-notable book is going to take away your religion, I feel sorry for your lack of faith. Ian.thomson (talk) 15:22, 30 June 2010 (UTC)