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To: TradicalRC; BlackElk; Dr. Brian Kopp
Interesting. Interesting as well was post #4 which pointed to something that bothered me about the author of the thread.

IMO most FReepers ignore threads until they see a) the name of someone they know, b) their beliefs being mentioned in the thread title, and especially c) the name they know is considered "outside" of the religious organization mentioned in the thread title.

In a society that values freedom of speech and expression, there will be anti-Catholic slanders (so say the Catholics), just as there will be anti-Protestant slanders (so say the Protestants), as there will be anti-Mormon slanders (so say the Mormons) etc etc etc. And yes, there will also be pro-Catholic accolades, just as there will be pro-Protestant accolades, just as there will be pro-Mormon accolades, etc etc etc. All of them will happen. And as a result, someone's sacred cow gets gored daily in the Religion Forum, and everyone complains about the mess. What shall we do?

The Bible tells us that "without the shedding of blood, there is no forgiveness of sin". I propose that FReepers adopt that verse as a mnemonic tool, to remind them that when the floors are slick with the blood of your sacred cow, you can invoke Christ's shed blood to forgive the offender. If nothing else, by forgiving one another you have placed hot coals atop his/her head (Romans 12:20, cf Proverbs 25:22), making them visibly uncomfortable and therefore providing hours of amusement for the rest of us.

And finally, by turning the other cheek (Lamentations 3:30, cf Matthew 5:39, Luke 6:29), at a minimum we reduce the number of cheek-slapping abuse reports that come in to the moderators. IMO a happy moderator with a reduced workload means higher quality ZOTs, and who doesn't enjoy watching a well-deserved ZOT?

15 posted on 06/29/2013 7:37:16 AM PDT by Alex Murphy
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To: Alex Murphy

Sorry, no. I won’t pretend there’s no need for abuse reports. Neither will I pretend the forum is properly moderated or moderated in an unbiased manner. (Seen Narses lately? The RM essentially banned him in one of the most egregious examples of moderator bias I’ve seen.)

No, thanks. If prefer the ZOT to the crap going on here.


16 posted on 06/29/2013 9:02:19 AM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM
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