[trisham]

The religion forum is a shadow of its former self, it is not thriving. Only a handful of posters make up most of the conversations, and I have had many posters tell me why they are not here any more.

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For the most part, more and more it seems that time spent on the Religion Forum is wasted time. I see more hatred here than seems possible, more than on any of the other forums.

[Petronski]

It is a crying shame.

When I think of the howls of protest at the idea that some threads be designated for “respectful dialogue,” I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

[P-Marlowe]

For the most part, more and more it seems that time spent on the Religion Forum is wasted time. I see more hatred here than seems possible, more than on any of the other forums.

There are people in this world who do not love their fellow man....
and I HATE people like that.
Tom Lehrer

[Running On Empty]

I agree with every word of this post. And that’s why it has become easier and easier to either not log on to the forum, or-—to skip past a lot of the posts that are repetitious in their nature, unnecessarily long, offered in size and color from ordinary posts, offer sermons instead of commentaries on the subject matter, and posts that never deviate from the same mantras. The posts I am referencing are almost exclusively from FReepers who show an open dislike or contempt for Catholicism.

Also, I agree that now there is a much more limited number of posters, that the ones who do post are the almost daily “regulars” which indicates to me that a kind of stagnation has taken place.

For me, the Religion Forum has proven not to be the best stewardship of my time.