Posted on 03/03/2015 12:32:27 PM PST by two134711
Thank you Free Republic for allowing me to post and vent on this site for over ten years. I am a young, married conservative woman who is trying to raise her daughter to be a fine, upstanding lady, an educated woman and a worthy wife to a decent man. Despite the stupidity of my generation (I am on the cusp of GenX and GenY) there is hope. Many young people are more prolife than ever. And at last, many others are beginning to open their eyes to the lies of socialism.
However recent events on this site like witnessing the discord between fellow believers of Christ and how the Religious moderators have given carte blanche to those who wish to spread hate is not something I want to be part of.
I received this message from the Religion Moderator regarding Key words received 03/02/2015 8:45:19 PM PST
DO NOT use keywords to snipe at other posters or beliefs. RM
I certainly did not post key words that sniped at anyone; they were terms such as "enough already, Christianity, unity and "peace." Now, yes, the comments I made were invectives thrown at posters. I don't deny that; but they deserved every word directed at them and more. Outside of Caucus threads the religious forum is based on sniping at posters and insulting other's beliefs. Mostly its a few alleged Evangelicals damning those Papists, pedophiles, pagans, cracker-eaters, cannibals and Mary-worshipping heretics to Hell if they don't convert to the Western Branch of American Reform Presbylutheranism or the Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1879. Then a very small contingent of Catholics tries to fight back.
These are the kind of comments are allowed on the religious forums without any moderation.
"I believe that Catholicism has caused more people to go to hell then [sic] Islam."
84 posted on 2/23/2015, 2:36:42 PM by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
AND
**Have you accepted the Catholic Church** "I have accepted Jesus. Not some abomination created by man."
98 posted on 2/23/2015, 2:46:17 PM by Gamecock (Joel Osteen is a minister of the Gospel like Captain Crunch is a Naval line officer.)
I have no skin in this game other than to realize that Christians (and Jews) are not each others enemies. There is a much more diabolical force in this world that should be fought. Anti-theists, Islamists, secular amoralists, etc., they're nothing. But, hey, keep going after Catholics and Mormons because they're the ones ruining the world today!
I said those words because it was the truth, (a truth that many others see but do not mention; they merely avoid the conflicts). If the anti-Catholic delusional bigots have a problem with the truth, then a pox on their houses.
I have posted on and off this site for over ten years. Every time I come back here I think to myself, Wow, FR is one of the only sites telling it like it is when it comes to politics! But then the OCD religious posters take control over and over again. Its not just the religious forums, but theyre the worst. In the past the moderation was far more even-handed. Now its out of control. Please use more judiciousness in moderating them in the future.
You are losing members left and right and your fundraisers take months to complete. I am aware that the owner of this site, Mr. Robinson, is a Catholic, and Im sure it breaks his heart to see such infighting amongst fellow Christians. I hope his health betters and that he can continue to fight the goof fight.
Nevertheless, FR's days as a premium conservative site are over. There a quite a few decent folks around here like Mrs. Don-0, xzins, Morgana, miss marmelstein, wardaddy, that fellow named something like yefrugeturbrumuy, and lots of others. There are many good folks with diverse opinions and no malice in their hearts.
But some others seem possessed by other-world forces. Mostly they're old people scared of death, wanting to make sure they get in with God before the end, desperate to hold on to every penny they've ever come across, willing to kvetch about the future and frequently mentioning how glad they'll be when they're dead and won't have to deal with this world, while their children and grandchildren will. Or worse, they actively wish for the world to end today or soon. Sorry, I'm young enough to have a smidgen of hope despite the moral disaster this world is in.
The Apple squabbles, the griping about TV and art, heck even the "my candidate is better than your candidate" bloodletting is nothing compared to the nutters that run rampant on the religion forum.
So Religious moderator, if you thought my key words were examples of sniping, then I suppose this post was outright bashing. Every time I come to this site I get angry. Anger opens up the heart to dark forces; its best not to be part of that.
Got to go. May peace come to this once wonderful site and make it a place of harmony for future posters.
Can you show us where this is even the teaching of the Catholic church?
I can only speak for the articles I post. When I post an article that is Scripturally based on regeneration, justification, sanctification and glorification I get a hail storm of responses about Luther. I am not Lutheran nor was the article about Luther. The article was based on John chapter 3 and various chapters in Paul's epistle to the Romans. So why did a few Catholics decide to post off subject Luther and the Jewish holocaust links?
Then when other posters answer the Luther comments with the history of Roman Catholic Jewish persecution and genocide, Roman Catholics play the victim that Prots are trashing the OTC.
So please save the "Catholics are only defending their church." It goes well beyond this.
You go, girl.....
Will you quit your whining every time you see something that offends you or that you don’t like?
You’re constantly running to the RM about someone else’s behavior, demanding that something be done about it.
Control freak much?
Get over it.
I’ll be praying for you. Let me know what happens.
Than can happen. Not only, but when i described the manner of one such postings without identifying the person (or any) then i was charged with slander and backbiting by the one who found the shoe fit them, thus outing himself/herself!
“I have had kidney stones. The pain is up there with childbirth. : (
Elsie wouldn’t know, he’s a guy. lol
All you have to do is press the abuse button and you can get the issue resolved.An exhibition of bitterness, and quite untrue.Nope, nasty, vicious blood libels against the Catholic faith are allowed. Even encouraged.
Speaking of "blood libel" it was a Catholic Priest that posted the following, paraphrased:
Protestants give birth to babies at Christmas time so that they can eat them.It took him a while, but he backpedaled on that with a feeble excuse.
Smokin' Joe: the open threads on the RF are not for the thin skinned. (re: 133)
Also for you:
Moderation...is so one-sided.
Both Catholics and non Catholics have that complaint.
Makes sense, RF moderation is so unbiased and fair that it causes some to go ballistic for their belief system...and against other belief systems.
Absolutely!
Because we have seen this and much worse posted by Catholics on the Religion Forum on a pretty regular basis and seem to deal with it pretty well. We aren't calling for a mutiny of Free Republic, the abolishment of the Religion Forum or criticizing and calling into question the motives and effectiveness of the Religion Moderators.
Why would you level such a false accusations at me?
Like I said, I avoid the Religion Forum, but I think the Religion Moderator does a great job, (in a totally thankless and extremely difficult job) but the definition of "don't make it personal" puzzles me, because vicious slams against one's religion is certainly personal, in that there's no other way of followers taking it, other than personal!
Have a wonderful day and thank you very much for your support of FR.
It's your church that schmoozes up to islam.
YOUR pope kissing the koran. Fits right in with YOUR Catechism of the Catholic church.
http://www.vatican.va/archive/ENG0015/__P29.HTM
841 The Church's relationship with the Muslims. "The plan of salvation also includes those who acknowledge the Creator, in the first place amongst whom are the Muslims; these profess to hold the faith of Abraham, and together with us they adore the one, merciful God, mankind's judge on the last day."330
They shoot themselves in the foot all the time, don’t they?
Except for all those threads posted that tell about some Prot *crossing the Tiber*.
And then posting pieces about how non-Catholic doctrine is wrong.
A brief perusal of the RF threads who otherwise.
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