but we demand of participants that "religious, theological/doctrinal, ethical [&] liturgical aspects need to be handled as facets of the biblical texts studied by participants of BH.SE in historical, linguistic, and literary terms, and not as aspects of personal conviction, or the belief and praxis of historic and contemporary faith communities"
we have become political in that we have two parties vying for positions that slightly contradict and complicate each other, and everyone is voting for both at the same time
US politics analogy: a Democrat says we need to build roads, schools, and a bridge. Voters, say, "Yeah, let's do that!" Then a Republican comes along and says, "Let's cut taxes!" And voters say, "Yeah, let's do that!" Never thinking about how these interact.
everyone is saying, "Yes, let's welcome all perspectives and hermeneutics and judge them on their own terms." But then we also say, "religion/doctrine/theology must be spoken of in and evaluated solely on the basis of historical, linguistic, and literary scholarship."
It's no secret which polemic I embrace :)
But it would be nice to not have folks always voting up both sides
