Badfish

Christians take a lot of heat. And apologetics gets heated up, those open forums over there are the ones that need more active moderators, because it isn't always the non believer who loses his cool, many times it is the believer, and since non believers are welcome as long as they follow the rules, they deserve fairness.

Is this reasonable? Or am I incorrect?

HelenM

Badfish,

There are plenty of non-Christians who don't break rules on Christian boards just because they don't like the rules or because they disagree with the board rules or doctrines. And there are plenty of non-Christians who don't deal with their frustration over a Christian board by making fun of mods/members of it publically on some other board.

So, I hope you don't draw the conclusion that anything you've observed on this thread typifies non-Christian behavior.

To everyone else: I hope that other people on this thread can see the difference between discussing whether policies on a Christian board are fair/appropriate and insulting people on that board.

I should have been clearer in the first place that this thread wouldn't have bothered me if it was simply people from another board being happy to find each other here and discussing frustrations over that board without resorting to mocking and insulting individuals on it. By all means discuss whether their policies and decisions are fair, if you want to (I hope you've also attempted to discuss them with moderators/administrators there, as appropriate/applicable) There was a lot of discussion on II when a different Christian board suddenly decided to ban all non-Christians. And it was not in praise of that decision. But, imo, it's possible to have these kinds of discussions without resorting to insulting and ridiculing individuals on the other board.

I hope that even if you came here just to gripe about another board , you'll stay and participate in IIDB in general. I apologize if anything I said implied that anyone from CF is unwelcome here...

Helen

Kassiana

Helen rants:
But if your goal is simply to deride people on ChristianForums then - could you do it elsewhere?

Kass:
No. If you don't like it, don't read it or participate in it. Don't tell me what to do.

Kassiana

Been there. Done that. Got bored with it. Didn't like the bashing I got for daring to be a theist, the constant harping on Christian fundyism, or the repetitive nature of most forums. But thanks anyhow.

agapeo

Then don't ya think you should extend her the same courtesy? I mean telling her what to do or not to do. You don't really have to respond to her, now do you?

Lasher

I have spoken to Erwin, he basically said he could not control the mods, and asked that it not be dicussed in the forums.

Lasher

Um yea, that's the line telling me I can't be a Christian because you think I have sinned, well in that case, all the liers, drunks, child molestors etc that are priests, why in the hell are they considered Christians? The KKK can call theirselves Christians, but you have a problem with me being one?
Bite me.

HelenM

:notworthy

Actually he (?) probably doesn't think they are true Christians.

This is the conservative Christian position: it's not that you've sinned; it's that you don't agree with their definition of 'sin' in that you disagree that what you are doing is sinning. That to them implies the Holy Spirit isn't convicting you that it is sin. If you were a Christian the Holy Spirit would be convicting you it is sin. Since that's apparently not happening - since you don't agree it's a sin - they conclude you aren't one.

Now, if you thought it was sinful but kept failing to resist temptation, you might outwardly seem to be behaving the same but they probably would consider you a struggling Christian rather than not a Christian.

I'm just saying...if you want to bite me back you can. (I'd rather you didn't, but, if you must... )

Helen

Smilin

Helen M:
I started this thread out of frustration and was invited to vent publicly. Strangely, both my thread and myself are constantly being moved around. Such is life. Before you find offense/become upset with what appears to be personal bashing, accept my challenge to join the CF forum and endure for a year. There are some cool people there, but the bashings are far worse from the fundamentalists (trust me). 'Most' participants in this particular thread have endured the 2000 year old Christian tradition of persecuting those who dare to be different.

Badfish: Your attempts to defend the actions of CF falls on deaf ears.

Annabel: What were you attempting to filet? I thought Klingons devoured their meat whole and still wiggling??????

Inspired Thrasher: Careful about telling some of us to bite you..
lol... some of us love to bite!

Gunnaheave: I'm glad you haven't become psychotic from that 'video collection' of yours.

Rae: I bought you one of those: 'Been there, done that' T-shirts..lol

Prax: Glad to see your mouse is back.. wait'll you get a load of my new 'transitional species' boxer...


Helen M and others: We don't stay restrained just in this thread... It's nice to have a place to discuss Internet sex openly.
(strangely that's where I keep running into Gunnaheave). Check out my 'What is Consciousness' thread and participate. I've gained some valuable info for my research..

~Smilin out

HelenM

I did join it actually, last year, I think. I posted a few times but it seemed that no-one was very interested in posting to me or getting to know me. It seemed very - cliquish - to me. So I was put off and haven't posted there for a while.

That sounds like a great topic...I'll take a look later, thanks

Helen