the christianity forum was getting terribly tedious. but isn't one of the fundamental messages of christ to turn the other cheek 70 times 7 times or some such? meeting rage with rage changes nothin, it just reinforces the haters' ideas, on either side.
It always amazes me when Christians act so surprised that we don't allow them to sell their religion here. Guess it's not enough for them to share their beliefs among themselves. Always gotta sell them. BTW, we DO allow hate speech here so long as it doesn't get personal. And yes, Christians as a group go way beyond those on this forum and therefore are fair game for commentary. Guess what? The Christianity forum is sort of a sanctuary too. For those who have issues with the religion and get censored elsewhere, ESP. on Xtian forums. So respect their right to speak freely as they respect yours in your sanctuary. It works both ways.
Originally Posted by Skip Yeah, well tell me then (at the expense of my precious time), how I could possibly in reality stop anyone from expressing themselves, given that i don't hold them in some kind of guantamo prison. The world is a big place, just like the Internet. I have no hold on anyone. So don't accuse me of crimes I am incapable of committing, cause that is slander, and a personal insult. Therefore you get the vibe you give - it's called instant karma. Peace (if you even have a clue), skip none of your posts nor the way you reply me gives any clue of your peace to me...yet you pretend to be peaceful.i am just speaking reality, right now, not defending the rights of any one there in your hip forums. you are no more or less than anyone ive met there...so dont preach me about peace...i dont suppose you have any practisible things to offer in the name of peace or happiness... what i only seek is, politeness...ok?...so, just read and ignore this, for i dont want further conversation with you....you seem to be arrogant, undealable... being banned here, or something like that makes no sense to me...it seems my only benefit here is language practice...i've seen no beneficical things discussed yet Quote: Originally Posted by ottomans Quote: Originally Posted by Skip What you say would make sense except for the fact that there is ANOTHER xtian forum (Sanctuary) where they CAN quote the bible. So blow it out your ass. -Skip Quote: Originally Posted by ottomans well, considering myself as a guest in christian forum, i would have just viewed and been entertained by reading the posts...but i really think it to be ridiculous to prevent people from talking on their own religions, quoting from their own holy books, as the name of the forum is ,"christian"... it should not concern me at all, however, i really find it rude, unjust and meaningless, on behalf of the forum... just telling my opinion...so , do as u like... "blow it out your ass " ?....gives an idea about you at all...not used to such rudeness...you had better be politer...so, blow it out from yours....
I was just dishing his B.S. right back at him, and obviously he can't take it. I'm not preventing anyone from doing anything and I resent such accusations, because they are a LIE. BTW, These are the HIP forums. If you ain't HIP you don't belong here.
poor supermods and admins. people don't read the guidelines ever. and like me, occaisionally ignore them when having a good time. it really is like a daycare. at any rate, the most wonderful conversations i've ever had about christianity have NOT involved bible quotes. good people abound everywhere, but i get sick of people using religious texts (the prose of which is mind numbing for the most of us) instead of their enlightened souls' speech to convince me of something. most of us are far more people/result oriented than textual.
I don't run things here. But, I gotta say Sanctuary is nice. Also, if you get bored and hate speech is allowed go bomb the Atheist Forum. They tend to VERY uptight. LOL It's good fun.
The real reason that some Christians are attacked is because some people don't understand that there is the twisted perverted form of Christianity such as practiced by Bush,McCain,Sarah Palin. People look at their actions and beliefs and misakenly think that they follow the teaching of the Bible when in fact they follow John Calvin's twisted ideas. There are two main schools of theology. Calvinism is responsible for the sick twisted perverted form of Christianity as practised by the Religeous Right and Weslyan/Arminian theology which is practised by those that simply seek to bring peace and light to the world. One of these days I'm gonna get on here and give an indepth explaination of both and the effects on the world
To be honest, I think if they actually thought about it, most people who cite the dicks of history as examples when talking about the evils of religion (while ignoring the notable atheist dicks) are fully aware that those dicks are not particularly representative of the religion as a whole. It hardly matters what version of Christianity they follow (if any), since it's not what makes them what they are.
"A rose by any other name..." or in this case "A dick by any other religion [or lack thereof] is still a dick".
Well yes. From what I've seen, just about all the hatespeech in this forum has been rebutted and received little more response than "NO BUT HITLER THOUGh!!!!"
