Where Have All the FR Protestants Gone?

drstevej

[drstevej]

OBSERVATIONS:

[1] There seems to be a significantly reduced number of Protestant Threads (KJV Only being the exception for sure) in the FR Religion Forum.

[2] There seems to be a reduced number of FR Protestant posts in the Religion Forum.

This thread is a place to discuss these observations.

[Jim Robinson]

B/S.

[Jim Robinson]

Look, if you don' like it here.... well, you know the drill.

[Delphinium]

I started to answer that I don't feel that I bash anyone, but that is untrue. I really detest democrats, anti-American peaceniks, elitists, socialists, so-called environmentalists , people who want to take away private property rights, or any of my constitutional rights.
I really detest people who hate Jews. Or people who think they are the real Jews, and the ones in Israel are imposters.I have a hard time being silent about these issues.

Is that what you call bashing?

Truth is, I like Mormons, and have many close friends, and allies who are Mormons. We agree on many of the issues listed above.

I am offended that Mormons are allowed to call my GOD a false God

My "rant" as you call it was against that brutal, uncaring and hateful creation that you call "god. Not against the REAL God. ." by Illbay, to a Christian.

What is wrong with answering this?

we believe that there are at least 4 people right now who God allowed to 'tarry in the flesh' on the earth until the second coming. They were alive long before 1833 and still are.

Why would discussing Mormon doctrine as it is relevant to current events be off limits? Like in the Smart case?

Why are Mormons able to bash Jews? Illbay does it regularly, and he is one that hits the abuse button when anyone wants to bring out weird Mormon doctrines.

Many of us are very acquainted with Mormon doctrine from birth. It has affected our lives, and our history. Its very hard to sit back and see these people have an uncensored pulpit, to win converts to a religion we consider to be very oppressive, and very false.

Would it help if I went through the threads and tattled every time one of them said very ugly things about us, or our God?

[ksen]

I'm often tempted to just delete the entire Religion forum. If the particpants here cannot learn to be civil to each other, then why bother. It ain't worth the grief.

Are you equally put off by the incivility of the News forum and the General chat forum? Or is it only Religious incivility that you don't like?

And then, there are the abuse button abusers.... sheesh, this stuff can drive a person nuts.

I feel for ya on that one JimRob. One of my sons is like that. I have to tell him, if there's no blood or broken bones then I don't want to hear it. ;^)

[Jim Robinson]

The only thing you got right is the last one.

[Delphinium]

I was told a time or two to "butt out" of the Catholic threads

For a while there was alot of Catholic bashing. Why was that allowed? I didn't see the Catholics hitting the abuse button, or the threads being pulled?

[ksen]

This is from xzins:

Apparently, to bash a Christian or Jew is permitted by FR. However, to DISCUSS the weird doctrines of Mormons is not even allowed. Hey, Jim, did you know that Joseph Smith “married” dozens of women and had sex with them. It’s a fact, bubba, but it cannot be discussed on FR. A fact is not even bashing….it’s just speaking history. Yet, for months we’ve endured hundreds of “catholic priest buggering boys” posts and no comments ever by FR moderators. How do YOU explain! that?

[Delphinium]

If you don't heed the prophet's words, you will not obey God, my friend. And you will suffer for it if it is willful.

Also, you ignore the fact that, despite all the hellish efforts of god-forsaken, Satan-spawned heathens like yourself, murdering, raping and trying your best to destroy it, the latter-day work of TRUTH has only gotten stronger, and that the ultimate prophecy of Joseph Smith--that the Lord is God, that Jesus is the Christ, that the Book of Mormon is true, and that the Church will never be destroyed from off the face of the earth despite the worst efforts of the hell-spawn such as continue to infest these threads--is coming to pass every single day.

Tremble, ye demons of the infernal pit. Rant, rail and spew your lying filth all your can, while you can. Soon you'll be locked away in the infernal pit, and the godly will be rid of you and your devilish deeds forever.

"Persecution has not stopped the progress of truth, but has only added fuel to the flame, it has spread with increasing rapidity. Our missionaries are going forth to different nations...The Standard of Truth has been erected; no unhallowed hand can stop the work from progressing; persecutions may rage, mobs may combine, armies may assemble, calumny may defame, but the truth of God will go forth boldly, nobly, and independent, till it has penetrated every continent, visited every clime, swept every country, and sounded in every ear, till the purposes of God shall be accomplished, and the Great Jehovah shall say the work is done." The Prophet Joseph Smith

One of many from a Mormon to a Christian.This one was from the button pusher, Illbay.

[Jim Robinson]

Good grief. Work it out for yourselves. I can't solve your problems. Just quit trashing each other and or trashing the other guy's religion. It ain't rocket science and it ain't that complicated and it's not an unreasonable request.

Jim out!

[drstevej]

Sure has been rainy around here.

[ksen]

Work it out for yourselves.

Thanks Jim, that's all we are asking to be allowed to do.

[Corin Stormhands]

I think you should note too Jim, that those who have made a "career" out of Mormon-bashing came to the forefront after the first drstevej incident.

It drove my friend xzins away. And a lot of others are already gone as well. They're not off trashing FR like some of the exiled posters.

But we all agree that the current trend is disturbing.

I don't want to leave. FR is my main source of news. And I've found another daily thread that I call home.

But if I can't proclaim my faith, the faith that tells me that Mormonism is a man-made cult, then I have to think about whether or not I do want to stay around.

I removed myself from this forum and from the Calvinist/Arminian wars. But, in this case, it is very hard to say "just let them have it."

[scripter]

Is posting verifiable facts considered bashing?

I was hoping we could get that one answered...

[Corin Stormhands]

Work it out for yourselves.

Would you mind passing that along to the moderators?

[Delphinium]

Great!, because you can't have Liberty without the right to Life first.

[drstevej]

Is posting verifiable facts considered bashing? [Follow the Link]

[Onelifetogive]

For a while there was alot of Catholic bashing.

In general, charges of "catholic bashing" refer to disagreeing with Catholicism.

[Jim Robinson]

Yeah, well there are a lot of people who think your religion is a man-made cult. In fact there are a lot of people who think all religions are man made cults. This is religion bashing as far as I'm concerned. And I do not appreciate it.

[Alex Murphy]

However, in many cases, especially on this forum, the abuse is going both ways. It's tough for a moderator to take any action at all when there are NO clean hands. Many times we will simply post a knock it off warning to all involved or sometimes we delete the entire thread. I'm often tempted to just delete the entire Religion forum.

I stand as this group's very first Poster Child for the type of excesses we're talking about here, Jim. I was personally told to "knock it off" for making a post about the weather, after having two of my prior posts deleted.

I can understand deleting posts and threads for abusive language and personal attacks. However, we "bash" liberals on this board all the time, without fear. In this forum, however, such "bashing" only selectively enforced, depending on the belief system being bandied about. Saying "you're an idiot" is markedly different, in my book, from saying "why did your prophet say X and Y?" In my two deleted posts, I showed pictures of LDS locations and artifacts which are common knowledge to any LDS believer. I documented them here. I did not make any accusation or insult against any LDS believer. Thus, I don't find those particular posts in the nature of being "abusive", but apparently someone did. I suppose they find the weather offensive, too.

Please take a look at the thread and posts in question, and let me know what you think.

[Delphinium]

Work it out for yourselves

Thats what we are trying to do. Please let us try without pulling all the threads, etc.. You might find that some of us aren't that bad.