I have missed you! I am totally done with the hateful anti Catholicism here as well and baffled by the religion moderators toleration of it.
I also have decided to lurk for a while to see if it gets any better.
As far as I can determine, 95% or more of the Catholics here do not become nasty or personal but try to defend their Faith intelligently using scripture, reason and the Church Fathers, as well as the CCC, the saints’ teachings, etc. etc. We are mocked for our efforts.
At an rate, please let us know, privately if that is better, if you have found a better place for political activism and religious conversation. An honest intellectual disagreement is OK, however that is not what has been happening here and we all know who the meanest are.
I do not think any one of my posts contains a single ad hominem attack, although I do defend the Faith. If so, it was an accident out of frustration. It is pointless here.
I have prayed about this in front of the Blessed Sacrament and have determined that for my own health I need to detach from the anti Catholic toxicity. I do not want to leave the forum, but will try to avoid the anti catholic posters.
>>I do not think any one of my posts contains a single ad hominem attack, although I do defend the Faith. If so, it was an accident out of frustration. It is pointless here.<<
Maybe not ad hominem but you do take quotes out of context to advance your assertions.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/religion/3261525/posts?page=188#188