IMHO, it is not ignorance that is seeked, but the fact that, in and by themsleves, both politics and religion exist because of differences of opinion.

If we all agreed, there would be no campains, no platforms, no politics. If we alll agreed on a deity it would be fact by now (to us). So, by their very nature, any religious or political test is an insta-debate. And Insta-debates means insta-hijacks, insta-rants and so on.

Absolutely all forums I know that do this elegantly have a debate section with strong moderation and no off-topics, deleted posts etc.

IMO, there's no reason to have that here. I can recommend forums that do that very well, why dupe?