Announcement: OBOB political forum

[Tallguy88]

This is to let you guys know that the OBOB Political forum will be closing soon. It is redundant now that we have a Christian-Only Debate and Discussion forum, including both a News forum and a general politics forum.

Staff realizes this might not be welcomed by everybody, but we feel it is in the best interest of the OBOB forum to get overtly political issues moved to their own area, so there isn't as much political "bleed over" into the main OBOB forum, which is faith-focused, not politics-focused. We also understand that there are areas where faith and politics intersect. In such cases, the general rule of thumb will be that if a topic is a bishop's statement or other official source, then it can go in the main OBOB forum. If it is an issue that is primarily related to the Catholic Church, such as the Little Sisters of the Poor vs the HHS Mandate case, then it can also go in the main OBOB forum. But threads about politics of a general nature belong in the new political forum. And threads which are OK in OBOB at their start may end up being moved if they turn into a primarily political debate.

I'm going to leave this announcement open for a while, but may close it if it gets too heated. I'll be happy to answer any questions or concerns about this.

 

[RKO]

As one who has given as good as I got over there, I think this is a very good idea. I saw very little Christian charity there, and I was as big an offender as anybody.
I'm glad it's gone.

 

[Michie]

Sounds like much won't change. The political forum needed to be gone a long time ago. And politics can still be discussed in light of faith if I understand correctly. When is it closing?

 

[Tallguy88]

Not certain. I don't have the tools to close it myself. One of the Advisors will have to do it.

 

[Michie]

Not certain. I don't have the tools to close it myself. One of the Advisors will have to do it.

Ok! I'm hoping this will
Gear us more towards faith centered discussions and fellowship. We can always go to the Christian only debate forum as you said for the other stuff.

 

[Tallguy88]

Actually, it looks like they did close it already.

 

[Tallguy88]

Ok! I'm hoping this will
Gear us more towards faitj centered discussions and fellowship. We can always go to the Christian only debate forum as you said for the other stuff.

That's my hope as well.

 

[Michie]

Tallguy, I know where the forums are at but I am on my phone. Could you post links here so people can look around that may not have been there?

Not certain. I don't have the tools to close it myself. One of the Advisors will have to do it.

 

[Tallguy88]

Tallguy, I know where the forums are at but I am on my phone. Could you post links here so people can look around that may not have been there?

It's in the OP as a hyperlink, but here's the URL:

http://www.christianforums.com/forums/discussion-and-debate-christians-only.1251/

 

[MoonlessNight]

I understand the reasoning behind the decision but I'm getting extremely annoyed about how major changes like this are made without much in the way of prior announcement and without consulting the posters.

 

[Michie]

Crap. Did not see it. Sorry! Hard to notice things on the phone at times.

It's in the OP as a hyperlink, but here's the URL:

http://www.christianforums.com/forums/discussion-and-debate-christians-only.1251/

 

[Sword of the Lord]

Good.

 

[Michie]

Seems like the forum has picked up and become a bit more interesting. Imo, anyway. This has been discussed off and on but yes, I wish posters were more aware and involved in what happens in their forum as well as letting us know what staff is discussing when it comes to these things.

I understand the reasoning behind the decision but I'm getting extremely annoyed about how major changes like this are made without much in the way of prior announcement and without consulting the posters.

 

[Tallguy88]

I understand the reasoning behind the decision but I'm getting extremely annoyed about how major changes like this are made without much in the way of prior announcement and without consulting the posters.

We actually did consult with the forum as a whole about a month ago and the majority were in favor of closing it. We just now got to doing it, though.

 

[Tallguy88]

Seems like the forum has picked up and become a bit more interesting. Imo, anyway. This has been discussed off and on but yes, I wish posters were more aware and involved in what happens in their forum as well as letting us know what staff is discussing when it comes to these things.

I had actually intended for there to be a bit of a gap between this announcement and the forum closing, but I guess that was miscommunicated. Of course, I can move any thread from OBOB Politics to the new forum if you want to continue any of them.

 

[Michie]

It had crossed my mind but we had not heard a peep do I assumed it was shelved.

We actually did consult with the forum as a whole about a month ago and the majority were in favor of closing it. We just now got to doing it, though.

 

[Tallguy88]

It had crossed my mind but we had not heard a peep do I assumed it was shelved.

We got distracted. But some recent blow ups here refocused our attention on this.

 

[Michie]

Yeah I think starting the transfer would be a good thing.

I had actually intended for there to be a bit of a gap between this announcement and the forum closing, but I guess that was miscommunicated. Of course, I can move any thread from OBOB Politics to the new forum if you want to continue any of them.

 

[stage five]

I understand the reasoning behind the decision but I'm getting extremely annoyed about how major changes like this are made without much in the way of prior announcement and without consulting the posters.

That's how CF generally treats OBOB. There are numerous pointless forums. This is another attempt to minimize Catholics. No surprise.

 

[eastcoast_bsc]

This is to let you guys know that the OBOB Political forum will be closing soon. It is redundant now that we have a Christian-Only Debate and Discussion forum, including both a News forum and a general politics forum.

Staff realizes this might not be welcomed by everybody, but we feel it is in the best interest of the OBOB forum to get overtly political issues moved to their own area, so there isn't as much political "bleed over" into the main OBOB forum, which is faith-focused, not politics-focused. We also understand that there are areas where faith and politics intersect. In such cases, the general rule of thumb will be that if a topic is a bishop's statement or other official source, then it can go in the main OBOB forum. If it is an issue that is primarily related to the Catholic Church, such as the Little Sisters of the Poor vs the HHS Mandate case, then it can also go in the main OBOB forum. But threads about politics of a general nature belong in the new political forum. And threads which are OK in OBOB at their start may end up being moved if they turn into a primarily political debate.

I'm going to leave this announcement open for a while, but may close it if it gets too heated. I'll be happy to answer any questions or concerns about this.

You come across a little patronizing when you make the comment

This is to let you guys know that the OBOB Political forum will be closing soon. It is redundant now that we have a Christian-Only Debate and Discussion forum, including both a News forum and a general politics forum.

Staff realizes this might not be welcomed by everybody, but we feel it is in the best interest of the OBOB forum to get overtly political issues moved to their own area, so there isn't as much political "bleed over" into the main OBOB forum, which is faith-focused, not politics-focused. We also understand that there are areas where faith and politics intersect. In such cases, the general rule of thumb will be that if a topic is a bishop's statement or other official source, then it can go in the main OBOB forum. If it is an issue that is primarily related to the Catholic Church, such as the Little Sisters of the Poor vs the HHS Mandate case, then it can also go in the main OBOB forum. But threads about politics of a general nature belong in the new political forum. And threads which are OK in OBOB at their start may end up being moved if they turn into a primarily political debate.

I'm going to leave this announcement open for a while, but may close it if it gets too heated. I'll be happy to answer any questions or concerns about this.

It Comes across as a little patronizing when you make the comment

I'm going to leave this announcement open for a while, but may close it if it gets too heated.

We are the members of this forum and We shouldn't be talked down to.


I Don't agree with abolishing the political forum. We were told in the past that the poltical forum was established to remove politics from the main forum. Then of course that was not enough.

I know where this is going. Any mod that disagrees with a post will simply say "thats political" and remove the post.

Then the forum members will be turned into rats by reporting posts they disagree with as being overtly political.

Politics and life are intertwined and being the police of whete one crosses the line is going to lead to confusion and discord.