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Posted on 08/16/2021 3:44:48 PM PDT by Openurmind
I would like some clarification as to the truth of the rules and situation here on the FR. Several times over the last few years it has been mandated by certain users that a prerequisite for participating here, conversing here, or donating here is mandated that you must first be a White Puritan Christian. No exceptions or you are considered a Troll. You must believe what they believe exactly or you should hit the highway.
Anyone else conservative or not, are to be considered as just trolls and should excommunicate themselves and leave. This is an important clarification. Because if the owner Jim feels that only Christians of a certain Christian sect are allowed equal respect here or not. That certain one sect needs to be shared. Those who are not of that particular sect deserve the right to know that their participation and donations are not actually appreciated.
Is see animosity between even sects of Christianity battling each other here. Hate for Mormons, Hate for Catholics from Christians, Hate for Christians from Catholics, God forbid anyone who comes here and is honest and says they are an Orthodox Christian from ETHIOPIA! So what is it? Is this a domain site rule and mandate or not? Those of us who believe in the first amendment and freedom of speech and religion would like to know what the parameters are. What sect exactly is a prerequisite to participate here?
Are non Christians allowed here at all? Can one believe in God without belonging to a formal religious sect? Are any other faiths allowed based on freedom of religion? Please make this very clear, because if there is an underlying prerequisite and unwritten rule, there are many of us here who are not quite pure Bible thumping (perfect mandated sect) conservatives and would really like to know. Is our own Constitutional right to believe as we like respected here or not?
It is important to know... If those who do not fit the "exact parameters" judged as a prerequisite mandate are not appreciated and not equally respected or not. What are these please? Do these prerequisite mandates even exist here? In this fight for our country is it wise to throw the baby out with the bath water? But this baby wants to know if my patriotism and efforts to create dialog, discussion, and traffic as a conservative which equate to revenue are appreciated or not... No matter what my stance on faith might be.
Is the 1st respected here or not? If not what are the restrictive parameters limited to as a private domain? If only White Puritan Christians are allowed here then it needs to shared what sect exactly of hundreds??? A curious mind would like to know...
Exactly. And I hope so... That is how it should be... I am being old that this site only allows participation from an approved sect God fearing members, and that if you are not then you need to take a hike and leave.
—”Puritan Christian”
Perhaps you could define your terms?
I do not keep up and was under the perhaps mistaken impression that the Puritans had mostly gone by the wayside?
Wouldn’t “Puritan Christian” exclude Roman Catholics and many others?
Thanx
Totally false. Puritans (Calvinists) have traditionally gotten rough treatment on the Religion sub board.
What do you mean by Puritan? The Baptists are the heirs of the Puritans.
“I see animosity between even sects of Christianity battling each other here.”
Oh my goodness gracious! I have never heard if such a thing! And at FR, of all places.
Um, ever heard of Martin Luther? Ireland?
You don’t yet understand FR, or the world, it seems.
I smell ozone...
I would think you as a non Christian should be every bit as welcome to any social media platform. Every bit as much as Jesus Christ is welcomed into public schools. But I digress
As long as they aren’t Romney cultists.
“ I’m Jewish and been a FR member for 18 years. ”
Same here. Jim, is there something we need to know? /lol
“Mistaking opinion for hate.”
A truly leftist/progressive trait. Or, doing it not mistakenly but purposely, intending to demonize the opposition.
Thank you for one of the more amusing posts in a while. I can always use a good laugh.
I’ve been here for years and never found it a home for bigotry. FR has published material for and against the present Pope. Certainly, there are some who will post, “The Pope is an idiot,” and others who will write “The Pope is a Saint.” You can dump those responses in File X while reading the usual thoughtful appraisals. As for anti-Semitism, in all my years there have been a few posts that have bled through, but the individuals are usually put in their place. Thankfully, the Gaiia, Isis, Astarte, Cybele cultists have not found a home here.
I would guess that after posting something foolish you had your head handed to you. Forget it, move on. Even Plato had his bad days.
Mods are way too lenient lately.
Moronic s**t-stirrers like this (puritan Christians?) should zotted outright.
Instead we just leave the trash laying around to stink the place up.
>>>“White Puritan Christians”?<<<
I bet I think this song is about me . . . don’t I . . . don’t I!
“Perhaps you could define your terms?”
I doubt she understands her terms.
Certainly Methodists and Baptists (except perhaps those subscribing to the London Baptist Confession of 1689 - but we need to keep an eye on them.)
Dang, dude. You are as disingenuous as Dick Nixon selling used car insurance.
For the lurkers among us, this thing got started with ClosedMind right here on another thread:
https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3985064/posts?page=154#154
The guy does not know how to argue. He is dishonest. He uses classic fallacies. He needs to take a writing class. He put down a challenge to throwdown over the historicity of the bible, I accepted it rather than the freeper he posted to and he’s been running away mumbling since then.
I’ll go through his vanity line by line.
“I also believe in Freedom of Religion.”
Leftists/proggressives believe in Freedom FROM Religion.
(Regional or not 😄)
:) It is,it is.
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