This is the first part of my response to Kristin. It only contains comments re: quizbowl and Christianity and the actual situation. >From Ms. Hamlin "As for an anti-Christian bias in QB . . . whatever. Take any tournament and compare the number of questions on the Bible to the number of questions from any other religious text. If anything, there is a pro-Christianity bias in QB, but like someone (I think Anthony?) said, this probably stems from the pro-Western bias." I would remind people that, for a packet not to be able to be accused of any specific bias, it would need an ungodly amount of questions per round. Some basic choices need to be made on what you're going to include and what you're not. Shakespeare heavily references the Bible, and it seems that an understanding of the Bible is considered relevant for understanding Western Civilization. As such, I'd say that the Bible is a popular question resource in RMP questions - much more so than the Ramayana, the Torah, or the Koran: the circuit hasn't expanded to that point (I get the feeling that a bonus that asked for ideas based solely on their description within the Koran will be considered too obscure). Also, most Bible questions can be considered ancient history ones as well; there is no requirement for agreement with belief as one simply names people. I actually read the Bible in a high school literature class (no, the school was not religious). "At the same time, if Andy's original provocation was demanding of Tim "If I'm not allowed to sleep around before getting married, why are you?" -- I'm sorry, that was tasteless, inappropriate, and uncalled for. " I was there. The discussion moved from Mr. Juliano's comments to actions that should be taken against people who produce what the "qb community" (take it as you will) define as outrageously immoral views (we're much beyond ACF vs. CBI here). One person, from that debate, mentioned that certain people had privately criticized comments that were perceived to be anti-Christian. The topic sorta snowballed from there. The "if", in this case, seems entirely incorrect, and bringing it up without knowing the situation shows incredible ignorance and lack of tact.
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