<< Instead of banning the Religious Hot Deals, why not ban those that are not posting appropriately? >>
Because there are too many people posting innappropriatly to ban them all, or at least thats what I gathered from the sticky post in HD.
Besides, how many "religious hot deals" are you going to miss out on? I see one or two "free bible" posts every 6 months or so, thats about it.
It's not a blanket statement about religion by the mods (and if you think they're anti-religion, try searching OT for some threads on it, there have been tons that went un-locked), they just want to limit the hostility in HD.