Not of the World Posted December 19, 2022 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 86 Topics Per Day: 0.15 Content Count: 1,060 Content Per Day: 1.82 Reputation: 456 Days Won: 1 Joined: 10/12/2022 Status: Offline Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 1 hour ago, ayin jade said: This site has rules that everyone agreed to when signing up. Even if you didn't read them. It is not cowardice to enforce rules and ban troublemakers. I have not disputed any of that. Sometimes people ask questions that might be called "rhetorical" while another might call it "trolling". It's subjective. Most people go with the latter when they dislike the question or statement and then want the offender banned into oblivion. It's not what I would call "Christlike". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not of the World Posted December 19, 2022 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 86 Topics Per Day: 0.15 Content Count: 1,060 Content Per Day: 1.82 Reputation: 456 Days Won: 1 Joined: 10/12/2022 Status: Offline Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 1 hour ago, Mama Etna said: Sadly that site banned people for expressing mainstream ideas. I was kicked off over something ridiculous. One of the admins was a member elsewhere where he got caught spamming. The owner of the site kicked him off. I was banned because I was a member of that site and didn't advocate for him. I have quit forums and have been banned from forums for the simple reason that the vast majority of people cannot tolerate reading or hearing an idea that doesn't goose-step to their own worldviews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marathoner Posted December 19, 2022 Group: Royal Member Followers: 16 Topic Count: 73 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 10,316 Content Per Day: 7.11 Reputation: 13,343 Days Won: 99 Joined: 05/24/2020 Status: Online Share Posted December 19, 2022 Plenty of blame going around. When one is a guest in the house of another, it's good to abide by the rules that house. If not, then one can reasonably expect to be cast out of that house by the owner. Pointing fingers at others distracts from the teaching of the Lord to examine ourselves first: tend to the log in our own eye before pointing at the mote in our brother's eye. If something is done to us and it isn't warranted, brush the dust off of our feet and move along without complaint. Complaining accomplishes nothing worthwhile. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Not of the World Posted December 19, 2022 Group: Diamond Member Followers: 1 Topic Count: 86 Topics Per Day: 0.15 Content Count: 1,060 Content Per Day: 1.82 Reputation: 456 Days Won: 1 Joined: 10/12/2022 Status: Offline Author Share Posted December 19, 2022 1 minute ago, Marathoner said: Plenty of blame going around. When one is a guest in the house of another, it's good to abide by the rules that house. If not, then one can reasonably expect to be cast out of that house by the owner. Pointing fingers at others distracts from the teaching of the Lord to examine ourselves first: tend to the log in our own eye before pointing at the mote in our brother's eye. If something is done to us and it isn't warranted, brush the dust off of our feet and move along without complaint. Complaining accomplishes nothing worthwhile. I don't disagree with you and I apologize if I sounded like I was "complaining". I actually thought it was funny that they were so shaken by a simple question that they banned me. And I do agree that it's reasonable to be expected to abide by the rules but, like I said, the end-around is to say that someone is "trolling" which then justifies banning them. I think it's weak and cowardly but that's the nature of the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneLight Posted December 19, 2022 Group: Royal Member Followers: 22 Topic Count: 1,294 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 31,762 Content Per Day: 5.22 Reputation: 9,763 Days Won: 115 Joined: 09/14/2007 Status: Offline Share Posted December 19, 2022 Facebook is not a discussion forum, but a site where you create groups, make new friends, and the like ... all centered around what you like and agree with. A discussion forum is where ideas are discussed that may not go along with our own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starise Posted December 19, 2022 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 13 Topic Count: 279 Topics Per Day: 0.21 Content Count: 13,125 Content Per Day: 9.66 Reputation: 13,656 Days Won: 149 Joined: 08/26/2020 Status: Offline Share Posted December 19, 2022 I go to a Christian area on Quora and it's run by a Catholic. I'm not surprised when the comments often seem to line up with that set of beliefs. I seen it as disingenuous to call it a Christian forum when it seems to be predominantly a Catholic forum. False advertising? People who are Catholic hold that their church is the THE church among many other things. This commonly causes conflict with just about every other Christian group out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted December 19, 2022 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,993 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,691 Content Per Day: 11.76 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted December 19, 2022 I was once banned from the Rapture Ready message Board because the Administrator was posting very gross and graphic pictures of the Jews during World War 2. It was against the TOS and I questioned him about that. He banned me so that I could not ever go on the site again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted December 19, 2022 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,993 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,691 Content Per Day: 11.76 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted December 19, 2022 But I think people can go too far on a Christian message board. After all it is a "Christian message board". I think that Worthy is very patient with some of the people who have joined. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne222 Posted December 19, 2022 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 32 Topic Count: 478 Topics Per Day: 0.17 Content Count: 6,565 Content Per Day: 2.27 Reputation: 7,645 Days Won: 9 Joined: 06/12/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted December 19, 2022 We all make mistakes and can go overboard. I was terrible when I first joined but didn't realize it. But rules are needed. Hopefully we can learn from mistakes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farouk Posted December 19, 2022 Group: Royal Member Followers: 8 Topic Count: 26 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 6,591 Content Per Day: 12.14 Reputation: 3,363 Days Won: 31 Joined: 11/18/2022 Status: Online Share Posted December 19, 2022 6 minutes ago, missmuffet said: But I think people can go too far on a Christian message board. After all it is a "Christian message board". I think that Worthy is very patient with some of the people who have joined. @missmuffet There is indeed a balance always to be struck between patience with people who are unfamiliar with the Scriptures and making it known that utter antagonism and blasphemy are not acceptable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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