I am a member on a couple of Christian forums. I am also a member on forums where they allow respectful religious discussion. However, religion does not seem to be very popular among community leaders.

 

Religion is a popular niche on social media. Even on YouTube, you can see a lot of religion based channels and they are very popular, especially the channels that share inspiring stories or teachings. But what about forums?

 

A religion-focused community could be worthwhile if it offers value, like deep discussions, learning resources, inspiring stories from the books, comparative study of religions, and respectful conversations. If managed well, such forums can attract traffic, engagement, and monetization opportunities through ads, memberships, or affiliate links.

 

Would you join or build a religion-based forum?

I've been registered to one and I didn't like the community there. It was christianity oriented but they never wanted to hear out anything about Islam, for instance. I am not a muslim but the toxic environment was not my cup of tea. I think that I never met a religious person who was not zealot like.

I personally would not run a religious forum. I'm not religious, so I couldn't run a forum based around any religion.

I personally would not as I'm not really religious nor do I really care to read about a lot of religious things to be honest. I'm not against religion and I think that it can be an amazing thing for some people it just isn't for me. Another reason I wouldn't really join a religious thread nor I would I create a religious forum is I wouldn't really know what to post or have any idea what to talk about as I'm not religious myself.

I believe in a higher power(god), but I personally would not run a religious forum.

I've been registered to one and I didn't like the community there. It was christianity oriented but they never wanted to hear out anything about Islam, for instance. I am not a muslim but the toxic environment was not my cup of tea. I think that I never met a religious person who was not zealot like.

Talk about their daddy Israeli Jews.. I'm sure they will not yell at you..

I've been registered to one and I didn't like the community there. It was christianity oriented but they never wanted to hear out anything about Islam, for instance. I am not a muslim but the toxic environment was not my cup of tea. I think that I never met a religious person who was not zealot like.

I find myself in your shoes. I once joined a Christianity forum and in the introduction I wrote I was Hindu and I was interested in comparative study of religion. There were over 100 replies on my introduction thread and some of the posts were offensive.

I personally would not as I'm not really religious nor do I really care to read about a lot of religious things to be honest. I'm not against religion and I think that it can be an amazing thing for some people it just isn't for me. Another reason I wouldn't really join a religious thread nor I would I create a religious forum is I wouldn't really know what to post or have any idea what to talk about as I'm not religious myself.

I find religion very interesting. I like to read interpretation of the holy books, I like to read the history of religious, I like to read religious philosophies. You don't have to be religious to run a religious forum, if you are interested in religion, you might find religious discussion very interesting. However, the problem is many people start offending others. People seem to take it very personally. They find it hard to stay withing the intellectual discussion. For instance, if you read comments on this thread, you will understand what I am trying to say.

Talk about their daddy Israeli Jews.. I'm sure they will not yell at you..

Depends. I am not supporting them. :D

I find myself in your shoes. I once joined a Christianity forum and in the introduction I wrote I was Hindu and I was interested in comparative study of religion. There were over 100 replies on my introduction thread and some of the posts were offensive.

There you go.

Absolutely not. Religion is a super sensitive and edgy topic;

 

I have a religion/spirituality section on my forum, and (along with politics) it's by far the topic that requires the most moderation. In my experience, people can't help but get close and personal about it. It often ends in flame wars and temporary bans.

 

I couldn't imagine having an entire forum dedicated to religion. It would be a moderator's nightmare, no doubt.

I couldn't imagine having an entire forum dedicated to religion. It would be a moderator's nightmare, no doubt.

Or it's just one big echo chamber with the occasional new person saying they believe in another religion then they get bombarded by others. Yeah not a good subject for a forum for me at least, it's understandable if others who are faithful to their religion want to make their own space to discuss their beliefs with no criticism or censorship but eh sounds like a headache IMO.

I would never run a forum so controversial where all people mostly do is debate who is right and who is wrong.

Would you run a _____ niche forum?

 

I replaced religion with _____ because you can essentially insert any topic in there. Whether it's religion or fishing, it's a niche.

 

You shouldn't run a niche forum unless it's something you're passionate about. That's the main thing. In most cases, you should be passionate about your religion unless you're just in it to be the very basic bottom feeder. You go to church, pray, and tithe for example - you're just a generic church goer at that point. If you lead prayer groups, do sermons, teach youth group, and sing at the band stage, then you're more than just a generic member - you're passionate about it.

 

I think it takes a passionate church goer to run an online community dedicated to religion. Because you know how to engage with your passions which is something you'll need to be good at on your community.

 

Insert any niche here - same response. :)

Personally, I certainly wouldn't.

 

I completely lost interest in discussing religion about 10 years ago, because it always just caused friction without anyone involved changing their mind.

I would never run a forum so controversial where all people mostly do is debate who is right and who is wrong.

It’s really a tough niche to even try to run. I wouldn’t do it either. I would hate to deal with a headache on a daily basis handling the debates.

 

I’d run similar communities that aren’t so debate heavy.

 

If someone basically knows all the religions, then I could see them doing well running one. However, there isn’t anyway I’d be convinced to even try.