religious issues

religious issues n.  Questions which seemingly cannot be
   raised without touching off {holy wars}, such as "What is the
   best operating system (or editor, language, architecture, shell,
   mail reader, news reader)?", "What about that Heinlein guy,
   eh?", "What should we add to the new Jargon File?"  See
   {holy wars}; see also {theology}, {bigot}.

   This term is a prime example of {ha ha only serious}.  People
   actually develop the most amazing and religiously intense
   attachments to their tools, even when the tools are intangible.
   The most constructive thing one can do when one stumbles into the
   crossfire is mumble {Get a life!} and leave -- unless, of course,
   one's *own* unassailably rational and obviously correct
   choices are being slammed.