Posted on 05/03/2008 6:58:15 PM PDT by Alex Murphy
Then why keep doing it? It is not a Christian behavior to persistently mock others.
Akin to the chronic repeates of the same hideous
—UNTRUE HISTORIES
—UNTRUE BIBLICAL POINTS
—UNTRUE MARY FANTASIES
—UNTRUE DAFFYNITIONS
What a hideous thing to say. For shame.
I feel no overwhelming obligation to respect hideous untruths contributing to folks heading for the opposite of God’s eternal Rest.
Most of what you think about Catholic belief is fiction.
Just today I saw a Catholic poster say Protestants shouldn’t be posting threads about Catholicism.
Is it now a “hate crime” to disagree with Rome?
For the record, Protestants are generally fine with Catholics posting whatever threads their heart desires, and making whatever comments they are compelled to make, as long as they abide by the FR rules of no personal attacks, racist comments or foul language
INDEED.
It boggles my mind that any RC . . . even RC’s clouded by so much untrue Maryolotry stuff . . . would even fantasize such an untruth.
Civility is in the eye of the beholder.
We get assaulted with RC horrific stuff 24/7
They must teach RC whining at the RC cemetaries/seminaries. Sure seems to be an Olympic sport hereon.
In the town square, any and every citizen can post his opinion to the “liberty tree” or speak up openly for or against whatever he chooses. He may challenge anyone he chooses to challenge. He doesn’t have to be eloquent, educated, polite or respectful. Issues are not considered “settled” just because some of the citizens in the community believe that to be the case.
The limits on the free speech in the town square are a matter of decency. Pornography is not allowed, profanity is not allowed, etc. Propaganda is allowed. Lies are allowed.
Some are thrilled by what is said in the town square. Some are offended. Some ignore. Some take notes.
The “town square” is a free exchange of ideas. The “liberty tree” is part of our American roots.
Fast forward to the Religion Forum.
There may be changes in the guidelines as a result of this discussion, but for now all posters on the RF should realize that the “open” threads are like the “town square” except that in addition to profanity and pornography being disallowed so is “hate mongering” which includes such sources as Jack Chick, KKK, Aryan Nations, National Alliance, VDare, Jesus-is-Lord.com, the false Jesuit Oath.
A poster does not need to be a member of X to post an article or Holy writ of X or to claim what the Xes believe or used to believe. However, to avoid being a trouble-maker and ending up on the moderator’s radar as a disturber of the peace, he is wise to be polite and to present his ideas as his own.
The problem.
When a gentile person walks into the “town square” or reads the posts on a “liberty tree” he might become deeply offended. No doubt that was also the case back in the day of the actual “liberty tree.”
On the Religion Forum, gentile members of X may become offended by the town square frontal assaults on their deeply held beliefs. That is to be expected. And for that reason, the “closed” threads exist so that they can find “safe harbor.” The closed threads – devotionals, prayer threads and caucuses – are moderated as if the discussion was occurring behind the closed doors of a church.
But when those gentle members of X refuse to retreat to the safe harbor and instead stand in the “town square” insisting on the silence of others, they become disturbers of the peace. More importantly, such insistence challenges whether the concept of a “town square” is workable when the subject is religion.
I realize that many think there is nothing more contentious than religious debate on this forum. If so, they’ve probably not spent much time on the Civil War threads – or the Creation/Evolution (Crevo) threads. And the same initiatives happen there also. On the Crevo threads, some of the science community used to insist that only scientists should have a voice. And on the Civil War threads, one side or the other asserts political correctness.
And because this is a conservative forum, the “town square” does not permit the socialist or fascist voice except as a piñata to be shot down by the contributors.
But conservatives come with various religious beliefs. There is no “official” belief on the forum.
So I would appreciate all of the contributors on this particular thread to reconsider their thoughts in light of the “town square.”
Should the “town square” be eliminated on the Religion Forum?
Should all threads be “closed” to debate?
Should all debate be ecumenic?
Your hatred is showing.
Thanks for your kind words.
I have perceivded that my wings have been clipped so severely in responding to such folks, that I’ve been feeling that my feeble responses are a but a fleeting matchbook match in a hurricane.
Your appearance on the thread is a comforting relief.
Thanks Big.
That was a short prayer. So, the answer was to disregard his health and sanity?
There are not a lot of folks who have the stomach to wade in and muck out the stables.
Some of us put on a stiff upper lip and do what we can.
And how many thousands of times have RC’s done the same thing?
THE RC DOUBLE STANDARD STRIKES AGAIN . . .
How many 100,000 times would that make it now?
That’s a monstrous insinuation, that last paragraph you posted.
Hate seems to be easy for you.
This has nothing to do with Catholicism.
One more post like this, the thread will be locked.
I can personally cite have dozens - if not hundreds - of posts and FReepmails to me, wherein Catholics have complained about my threads. Complaints when I posted the Pope's weekly address, unedited. Complaints that I (allegedly) changed article titles. Complaints that I excerpted articles. Complaints that I post too many Catholic articles. Complaints that I post any Catholic articles. Complaints that I should only be allowed to post articles about my own beliefs. Complaints about the imagined reasons why I elect to post anything at all.
I think my favorites would be the complaints that my articles aren't devotional in nature, and that only devotional materials should be allowed in the forum.
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