[xzins]

threads about Catholicism that is hijacked by Protestants

Wagglebee, I tried from the beginning to get this thread designated a Catholic Caucus, but was not supported in that. Therefore, it is an open thread. In general, I think the laws of decorum have been followed. However, there have been many disagreements with theology or with ideas, but I don't think individuals have been attacked....not in the posts that I've seen, anyway. I admit that I do not read all posts.

My efforts to have this classified a Catholic Caucus thread were to: Pyro7480, sitetest, religion moderator

They can be seen at:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1748533/posts?page=93#93

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1748533/posts?page=290#290

So far a others carrying on on Protestant threads. I have seen it happen. I have also seen threads whose titles were demeaning of Protestants or designed to proselytize protestants.

No big deal.

[wagglebee]

Maybe frustration just got the better of me. I don't see why this needs to be a caucus thread. The article was how someone thinks that a movie is inconsistent with Catholic teachings and unsuitable for children. I don't have any idea if this is true or not, I haven't seen the movie.

However, if the movie is inconsistent with Catholic teachings, that is a fact. Whether Catholic teachings are correct or not really doesn't need to be a function of the thread. But sometimes it seems that every Catholic thread almost becomes a debate about Mary (there are two other current threads about discovering St. Paul's tomb and somehow they are now a debate about Mary). It often seems that some Protestants are far more obsessed with what Catholics believe than they are concerned with their own relationship with the Lord.

[annalex]

Yes, it has been quite a civil and informative thread. It is not that the heavy Protestant participation here has been abusinve, but it follows a tedious pattern. Something about Mary is posted, and we have to slog through dosens of complaints how Catholic mariology is "unbiblical". The response is always the same: show me where Sola Scriptura is biblical. I posted a thread recently addressing the topic head on: On Holy Scripture and Holy Tradition. Please review it, and let us talk specifically about the Nativity such as the Church explains it. It is a given that the scriptural support for these events is scarce.

[sitetest]

Dear xzins,

"In general, I think the laws of decorum have been followed."

I disagree.

The Religion Moderator, to his credit, has deleted at least a few posts that were truly vulgar and nasty.

Post #76 was pretty darned explicit, but fortunately, it's now deleted.

There were a couple of other intrustions by Protestants that were rather less than decorous, as well. Actually, some of them were just pretty disgusting.

It's a darned shame that that kind of nonsense goes on in an unprotected thread.

I really don't believe that this thread should have been a caucus thread. But I really don't believe that posters who post filth, especially aimed at what others hold sacred or venerable, should be permitted to post at all on the Religion Forum, and I believe that should be made clear in the rules of the forum.


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