religious issues

religious issues

Questions which seemingly cannot be raised without touchingoff holy wars, such as "What is the best operating system(or editor, language, architecture, shell, mail reader, newsreader)?", "What about that Heinlein guy, eh?", "What shouldwe add to the new Jargon File?" See holy wars; see alsotheology, bigot.

This term is a prime example of ha ha only serious. Peopleactually develop the most amazing and religiously intenseattachments to their tools, even when the tools areintangible. The most constructive thing one can do when onestumbles into the crossfire is mumble Get a life! and leave- unless, of course, one's *own* unassailably rational andobviously correct choices are being slammed.