tim-from-pa
Member
we can all be glad we can post here. We may have our differences, but compared to some Christian forums, there is at least leniency here. There is a wide toleration for doctrine and language expression, within reason, of course. As far as I know, I am going strong here yet, and I was never issued a warning of any kind, and I post no differently than on other Christian forums. There's one other forum that I do not post as much on but I am in good standing there, too.
But I want to state two (not by name) that I was banned from---- one over a year ago, and one just recently.
The one over a year ago was a more liberal denomination that wanted the poster to post their real names. I guess that's so they know who to send a hit-man to get if they don't like anything contrary to the liberal doctrines of today. Nobody was confident enough to state their real name, and judging from a lot of them they were obviously phony. Well, I guess the administrator got wind that my first and last name was not real, and he pulled me, no warning. I told them that virtually ALL forums use handles and should change their rules accordingly. I know I "broke" the (unreasonale) rule, but I have to wonder if what I stated in my posts were the real reason behind it, and the name issue was an excuse. They had to know others were phony as well.
The more recent one was due to my "language" in a righter-than-right forum. I'm not like some stereotypical Christians or evangelists that go around grinning saying, "Gee-yod loves you." Instead, I use keyboard characters in place of so-called cussing. I had two warnings before they pulled me where I was humorously calling myself that same animal as in 2 Peter 2:16 (in the KJV) but I did use # and @'s. In the other instance where I was finally pulled, I was talking of all places in the health section where we were talking about antiperspirants. We were talking about blocking up one's waste, and I made a humorous remark about it being the same as a cork (you-know-where). None of my language concerns were directed at anyone. Well, this did not seat well with our ultra-super-right administrators and they changed the whole context of the post so that it would sound "Christian" (I hope they don't interpret the bible the same way).
I do try to watch my language, but let's face it, that's what the uppercase number symbols are used for, so that certain language ideas can get across nicely without actually saying it. I know I did it here many times already. What's a little scary, is they don't even want you to think it. Thought police???
Anyone else have such stories to tell? This should be interesting.
But I want to state two (not by name) that I was banned from---- one over a year ago, and one just recently.
The one over a year ago was a more liberal denomination that wanted the poster to post their real names. I guess that's so they know who to send a hit-man to get if they don't like anything contrary to the liberal doctrines of today. Nobody was confident enough to state their real name, and judging from a lot of them they were obviously phony. Well, I guess the administrator got wind that my first and last name was not real, and he pulled me, no warning. I told them that virtually ALL forums use handles and should change their rules accordingly. I know I "broke" the (unreasonale) rule, but I have to wonder if what I stated in my posts were the real reason behind it, and the name issue was an excuse. They had to know others were phony as well.
The more recent one was due to my "language" in a righter-than-right forum. I'm not like some stereotypical Christians or evangelists that go around grinning saying, "Gee-yod loves you." Instead, I use keyboard characters in place of so-called cussing. I had two warnings before they pulled me where I was humorously calling myself that same animal as in 2 Peter 2:16 (in the KJV) but I did use # and @'s. In the other instance where I was finally pulled, I was talking of all places in the health section where we were talking about antiperspirants. We were talking about blocking up one's waste, and I made a humorous remark about it being the same as a cork (you-know-where). None of my language concerns were directed at anyone. Well, this did not seat well with our ultra-super-right administrators and they changed the whole context of the post so that it would sound "Christian" (I hope they don't interpret the bible the same way).
I do try to watch my language, but let's face it, that's what the uppercase number symbols are used for, so that certain language ideas can get across nicely without actually saying it. I know I did it here many times already. What's a little scary, is they don't even want you to think it. Thought police???
Anyone else have such stories to tell? This should be interesting.
