Asking your opinion

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So, I am posting on another forum.

It is a religious discussion forum, so one can imagine the bias leans more one way than the other.

I recently posted the following:

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Christ never existed as I do. He was a fairy tale invented by persecuted people during Roman times.

However, I still find it sad that those who profess to follow such a prolific literary character are quite un-Christ-like in how they treat others.

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And I received a notification that my post was moderated due to what they consider proselytization.

Their rules:

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8. Preaching/Proselytizing
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Am I missing something here, or am I correct in my assessment that they are full of shit?

Strictly speaking you did break their rule on preaching/proselytizing, as you definitively declare that god never existed as you do without an "I believe/feel/think" language, and included no references to support your claims. I have highlighted the text that breaks the rule, as well as the specific clause that the language in question broke. 

All message board rules are pretty arbitrary though, and some person made the decision to call out your statement, and humans are do make mistakes. However, I think they are following their discussion board rule here. With the information provided in this post, I cannot determine if they are applying the rule fairly, or have singled your comment out.