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When someone OWNS a site, he can darn well make or break any so-called rule he wishes. Additionally, just exactly WHERE are you finding these rules? The "back room, the warning, then the suspension then the banning?"

Many moons ago, when I first transgressed in a religion forum, a kindly Religion Mod explained the rules to me.

I have been corrected from time to time since, and I have accepted that correction. This was an overreaction.

I had someone on this forum tell me once that I was not qualified to judge something I could not do my self.

My response was that I did not play the Violin, but that did not keep me from knowing when someone else shouldn't either.

I do not run a forum on-line, that does not keep me from knowing when someone else hit a sour note on their violin in the midst of a symphony.

I do note that you are pinging everyone you can in the hopes of getting me banned. If it happens, It happens. I like a good conservative will not be coerced, corrupted, or cajoled into changing my support for what I know to be true.

If Mormons are not welcome here, then ban me forthwith and make it clear to all.

If Mormons who are conservative are welcome on this site (which is supposed to be about being conservative) similarly show it by telling posters like grefoxx39 to knock it off.

I guess there is the third way which is to leave it unclear by doing nothing, "anti"s of all stripes will continue to attack, religious defenders will continue to respond and the site will spend more time on religion than on politics, which would be sad.

Jim, what do you want Free-republic to be when it grows up, a religion debate site, or a site about fixing our political system?

Let me be clear, Mormons cannot do anything to hurt Free republic, only free republic can hurt itself. and Free republic and the posters here cannot hurt the church, only the church can do that to itself.

Delph

Speaking of “antis,” I may not be the greatest Christian in the world, but I do believe there is only One True God and He is the Judeo-Christian God. I also believe in the KJV Christian Bible and was taught not to follow false prophets or false prophecy. I’m sorry, but I cannot believe that Joseph Smith was ever an Apostle of Christ as the original thread in question claimed and I cannot believe that the so-called Books of Mormon are true Christian Scripture or Christian Gospel. In fact, it may be that Smith’s Mormonism was actually created to be ANTI-Christian and if that’s true then it’s the followers of his Mormonism who are the antis.

Furthermore, I broke no rule in removing the caucus designation from the thread in question. Again, the thread’s title and content were highly inflammatory to me as a Christian, and RM can correct me if I’m wrong, but IMHO, it did not deserve to be posted to this forum as a protected caucus thread. If you’re going to make false claims or comparisons about Christianity on this forum, do not expect NOT to be called on it. Paragon Defender seems to be trying to take advantage of our forum to take cheap shots at Christianity (probably for his audience on the “anti” sites) and I’ll be putting a stop to it. You can bet your bottom dollar on that.

My moving it to breaking news may have been a cheap shot by me in return, but it truly was breaking news to me. I had no idea that the Church of Latter Day Saints actually claimed that Joseph Smith was ever an Apostle of Christ and it was a shock to me. My dear sainted mother would roll over in her grave if her son allowed that nonsense to go unchallenged on FR.

Many moons ago, when I first transgressed in a religion forum, a kindly Religion Mod explained the rules to me.

My post was an illustration that these so-called "rules" you keep referring to, such as there being a step procedure to banning, is NOT referenced on the site in a place that is accessible to everyone, and certainly doesn't apply to JR.

I wouldn't wish for you to be banned, nor attempt to influence it...you do quite well at that yourself, and we Inmans would miss the entertainment value you provide.

I do not run a forum on-line, that does not keep me from knowing when someone else hit a sour note on their violin in the midst of a symphony.

These little back-handed slaps that you mormons have made in the past couple of days at JR are quite juvenile. Are you and Restornu implying that JR is so dim that he doesn't recognize the references, such as Restornu's WWII/holocaust reference and your "sour note" comment? The arrogance will catch up to you, bank on it.

I do note that you are pinging everyone you can in the hopes of getting me banned. If it happens, It happens. I like a good conservative will not be coerced, corrupted, or cajoled into changing my support for what I know to be true.

I pinged the moderators because my post referred to their home pages, but that subtlety evidently escaped you.

Like good conservatives, AND the owner of this site, we will not be coerced, corrupted, or cajoled into changing our practice of illuminating what we know to be not only untrue, but blasphemy against our Christian God and His Son.

Let me be clear, Mormons cannot do anything to hurt Free republic...very true, and whining, complaining and gnashing of teeth by mormons only shows their inability to accept the real Truth that there never has been a need for any fictional "restoration" of Christ's Gospel, and HE certainly would not trust the charlatan Joseph Smith to do it.

The posters here obviously ARE hurting your cause or you wouldn't be wailing about it over and over and trying to hide the facts the way your cult has done with the history of mormonism since its inception.

Recognizing Jim Robinson as Honorary Flying Inman.