“One look at the posters, you will see these articles are all posted by Roman Catholics.”
These articles. Perhaps it would be helpful to define the offense. Bear in mind that theological disagreement and citing of facts are not wrongful.
“Perhaps since I am a “pup” here on FR, the Roman Catholics are in reactionary mode”
It’s been that way since 1998 that I know of. (I had a different user name when I first signed on.)
“and that explains the multiple threads on the same topics.”
Here’s how it looks to me.
A protestant says, “Catholics believe (some proposition).”
A Catholic says, “No, we don’t.”
“Yes, you do believe that.”
“No, we don’t believe that.”
The last two lines are repeated for a couple of thousand posts, and generally devolves into:
Protestant: “You Catholics attacked us.”
Catholic: “Show me where.”
Protestant: “Right here, you said we are wrong.”
Catholic: “That’s not an attack.”
Protestant: “Is too.”
Catholic: “Is not.”
Protestant: “Is too.”
Catholic: “Is not.”
Protestant: “Is too.”
Catholic: “Is not.”
Ad nauseum.
“However it is my observation as someone educated through college in the Roman Catholic tradition, that you should elicit the help of a priest to help form some of the Roman Catholic responses.”
I am sure that every Catholic here regrets that he is not more knowledgeable. I certainly do. However, that is not a grievous offense, in my view.
“To date the responses are canned, linked and poorly argued.”
Of course I have canned replies; they are well suited to the canned attacks.
Dude, we’re tired. The constant repetition of the same misinformation, just as though no previous discussions had occurred, just makes my butt tired.
I know that no matter how much work I may put into a reply, one protestant after another will continue to post the false assertion I have just dealt with, just as though I had never rebutted it. It’s a perpetual motion machine.
For instance, there is no longer any excuse for any protestant on FR to think that Catholics worship statues, and yet I know I will see posts to that effect for as long as I read here.
“There is too much emotion (anger at times) in the responses.”
God’s patience is infinite. Mine is not. I am just a man. Malice and stupidity directed my way can sometimes get my goat. However, I have never seen a Catholic post anything that was even a tiny fraction as insulting and abusive as remarks made routinely by Protestants.
The religion forum has had problems since its inception. The first and worst of these is that the moderating is not in any way objective. I don’t think there is any effort to make it objective. The management are protestants, and protestants are favored.
Since the site is privately operated, the management are free to do that. I just wish they’d admit it.
What about tendentious and deceptive articles like this?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3087952/posts
Amnesty International? Really?
I see you are gifted in the Jedi arts of rhetoric. No harm there. I’ll ping you to the next inflammatory “Catholic Answers” thread.
I think the Apocrypha debate has come full circle. The Roman Catholic Church needs the OT era Apocrypha to round out its soteriology. Don’t know why there is all the beating around the bush.
You're free to leave any time you like.
It’s been that way since 1998 that I know of. (I had a different user name when I first signed on.)
Your "dsc" handle goes back to 1998. What was your other handle?
Here’s how it looks to me.First of all, making up the figure "a couple of thousand posts" pretty much shows how out of the loop that statement is.A protestant says, “Catholics believe (some proposition).” A Catholic says, “No, we don’t.” “Yes, you do believe that.” “No, we don’t believe that.”
The last two lines are repeated for a couple of thousand posts
Secondly, in the scenario you postulate, usually the other poster will post writings from the belief system of the one being responded to to prove the point.
The next little exercise in total exaggeration is just as ludicrous.
The same type of argument is mindful of Mormon threads.
The constant repetition of the same misinformation, just as though no previous discussions had occurred, just makes my **** tired.Ignore that and respond to those that post text to prove their point.
I used stars (****) for the potty language in your post in case the mods delete it from the Religion Forum as it is against the rules. (no I'm not going to hit the abuse button, I'd rather see the post stay as it is so revealing)
Speaking of mods:
The religion forum has had problems since its inception. The first and worst of these is that the moderating is not in any way objective. I don’t think there is any effort to make it objective. The management are protestants, and protestants are favored.If you are going to make totally false statements about the modding on this site, you should ping the Religion Moderator or at least the Admin Moderator.Since the site is privately operated, the management are free to do that. I just wish they’d admit it.
It's kinda sneaky and backstabbing to spout a totally subjective and incorrect pronouncement without pinging those you are accusing.