• We consider profane, blasphemous, or vulgar statements, interjections, taglines, nicks and quit messages to be disrespectful.
• We consider any behavior that detracts from the flow of reasonable discussion – including flooding, rudeness, beeping, abuse of the Biblebot, messaging the ops contrary to their wishes, and fallacious ad hominem arguments – to be disruptive.   We also consider violation of the Hierarchy of Discourse (below) to be disruptive.
• We ask that all discussions take place in English, unless otherwise stipulated by a channel operator.
• Hierarchy of discursive priorities:
  • Disputations between Christian Theists and Atheists
  • Disputations between Christian Theists and Non-Christian Theists.
  • Smalltalk and fellowship.
  • Intramural disputations among Christian Theists.
• Questions or comments about the channel's rules and their enforcement should be directed to the channel manager or sent by private message to a presiding channel operator, and should not be discussed in the channel.

      Channel Discipline

• Initial violation of any of these rules will result in a warning.
• Further or repeated violation of a rule may result in dismissal or exclusion from the channel, subject to the discretion of the penalizing channel operator.
• A first violation may result in immediate dismissal or exclusion, at the discretion of the presiding ops.
• All bans will be accompanied by a log of the events leading up to and including the ban. All logs must be sent to the channel manager..
• The decisions of the channel manager are final.