Mod Hat Announcement..................

good morning lovely peeps!! *big hug*....

we will give special attention to you during this transition, so don't be shy. send a private message if you need to. xo dee

Did it occur to you the Administrators to perhaps ask us what we thought of the idea before making that choice for us ? Did it occur to you that the reason that there are so many threads regarding that subject is because we really need to discuss it and to discuss it from various angles ?
Did it occur to you that by doing this you might be depriving us of the opportunity to express our fears our concerns our selves regarding this issue ?

You know i have said this before we are not in the military here we are not children that you can keep in line And frankly i object to you telling me what is best for me you dont really have that authority from where i sit .

And with that im leaving this forum because i simply will not allow you to have that control over me ...

I had recently made the decision not to continue coming to this forum for my own reasons, but I did notice this announcement. I'm not sure if it is appropriate to give you feedback on this thread. If not, just please delete. I would just say that while there are many duplicate threads which might need consolidation, to combine ALL inquiry regarding religious OCD into one is likely to be a bit unwieldy...the reason being that 99% of what is posted here deals with religious OCD. I seriously doubt there will ever be much inquiry here on this particular forum which doesn't revolve around religious OCD. Just my .02. I would entreat you to re-think this decision.

keryakos said:

Did it occur to you the Administrators to perhaps ask us what we thought of the idea before making that choice for us ? Did it occur to you that the reason that there are so many threads regarding that subject is because we really need to discuss it and to discuss it from various angles ?
Did it occur to you that by doing this you might be depriving us of the opportunity to express our fears our concerns our selves regarding this issue ?

You know i have said this before we are not in the military here we are not children that you can keep in line And frankly i object to you telling me what is best for me you dont really have that authority from where i sit .

And with that im leaving this forum because i simply will not allow you to have that control over me ...

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you are a very valued member here in this community. what we have in mind is to sticky a thread to continue the odc fellowship on these issues.
this way fellowship continues and needs get addressed. please don't leave. we care a great deal. this is why we are announcing the forum clean up. we don't want to control anyone. let's see where this goes before you decide if the forum isn't adequet. xo dee

kaykay9.0 said:

I had recently made the decision not to continue coming to this forum for my own reasons, but I did notice this announcement. I'm not sure if it is appropriate to give you feedback on this thread. If not, just please delete. I would just say that while there are many duplicate threads which might need consolidation, to combine ALL inquiry regarding religious OCD into one is likely to be a bit unwieldy...the reason being that 99% of what is posted here deals with religious OCD. I seriously doubt there will ever be much inquiry here on this particular forum which doesn't revolve around religious OCD. Just my .02. I would entreat you to re-think this decision.

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we are deffinately concerned too. your feedback is valued.

i think you should leave it the same jsut because, there are many diff. persepectives and diff. things happen surrounding this issue. and since it is a major, huge, worry for people with ocd, diff. threads adress those diff things, without making it a big conbined thing. i mean we know (at least i do) what threads to go back to to seek some reasurrance that maybe can get us through the day. just my point of view though.

kaykay9.0 said:

I had recently made the decision not to continue coming to this forum for my own reasons, but I did notice this announcement. I'm not sure if it is appropriate to give you feedback on this thread. If not, just please delete. I would just say that while there are many duplicate threads which might need consolidation, to combine ALL inquiry regarding religious OCD into one is likely to be a bit unwieldy...the reason being that 99% of what is posted here deals with religious OCD. I seriously doubt there will ever be much inquiry here on this particular forum which doesn't revolve around religious OCD. Just my .02. I would entreat you to re-think this decision.

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I agree with Kaykay.

While for my reasons of not partaking in this forum for the time being, this is a really bad idea.

as Kay said 99% of this forum deals specifically with religious OCD.

Staff needs to rethink this whole idea, because it is a bad one.



Blessings

Caty said:

i think you should leave it the same jsut because, there are many diff. persepectives and diff. things happen surrounding this issue. and since it is a major, huge, worry for people with ocd, diff. threads adress those diff things, without making it a big conbined thing. i mean we know (at least i do) what threads to go back to to seek some reasurrance that maybe can get us through the day. just my point of view though.

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your concerns are noted. staff is looking keeping spiritual warfare out of the recovery forum. we'll be working this out, so odc isn't getting their morals attacked. we got good dialog going here.

Jayangel81 said:

I agree with Kaykay.

While for my reasons of not partaking in this forum for the time being, this is a really bad idea.

as Kay said 99% of this forum deals specifically with religious OCD.

Staff needs to rethink this whole idea, because it is a bad one.



Blessings

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staff is just as concerned. your input widens the issues.

goldenviolet said:

your concerns are noted. staff is looking keeping spiritual warfare out of the recovery forum. we'll be working this out, so odc isn't getting their morals attacked. we got good dialog going here.

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Staff has always tried to keep spiritual warfare out of CF recovery forums. certain staff here in the recovery forums (least when I was on staff) had a big problem with that..Because we saw how spiritual warfare was introduced/had its part.

I think it is important for staff to understand that spiritual warfare does have its involvments in our everyday lives and can effect the physical/mental illnesses out there, especially OCD.

I know your just trying to help GoldenViolet none of this is addressed directly towards you but rather just in general.

My .02 cents I will say no more

I know this isnt a "complaint thread"

Blessings!

Alright i wont go anywhere .. but i think its a big mistake and i think the Adm.s should consult us about what we want as a majority rather than take the position that we know what is best for you ...

But Golden violet i appreciate the fact that you do care and you are talking with us about it ...

Jayangel81 said:

Staff has always tried to keep spiritual warfare out of CF recovery forums.

I think it is important for staff to understand that spiritual warfare does have its involvments in our everyday lives and can effect the physical/mental illnesses out there, especially OCD.

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I agree with James .. now there is a limit because as mentioned there are OCDers who have been attacked by pious Christians that have left them feeling worse ..so that needs to be stopped .. on the other hand it is wrong to throw the baby out with the bath water because OCDers need to hear there is a real spiritual dimension ... not neccesarily the cause but another dimension to all of this its just know ing how to strike a balance ,, how to help with out causing harm ...

bless your hearts! everything posted is valuable and important to this forum. you deffinately give us some things to ponder. i think we'll find middle ground. i already have another idea, i'll be tossing it around in prayer. the most important thing is you and this ministry for you. i got an awful headache, but i'll be back as soon as i feel better. i was just popping in for an update. xo dee

praying 4 u hope u feel better soon golden violet

I'm afraid I don't see the logic of just having one thread for religious OCD. We are Christians and this is an OCD forum. Of course, the issues that concern a lot of people are going to be religious OCD, although people are welcome to discuss other types of OCD if they wish. It seems comparable to going to the Christian Advice forum and saying that any problems of a Christian nature will all be dealt with in one thread. That would be ridiculuous as everyone has totally different problems. It's the same with religious OCD. Each person who posts has a different worry, which can't necessarily be solved by referring to someone else's problem even though it may appear similar to an outsider. The blasphemy of the Holy Spirit threads are not so much focusing on the theology of what this is, but on people's individual struggles with feeling they have committed this sin purely because they have OCD. If we were to have one thread, it would become more confusing to deal with individual problems as we might have to refer back, say 20 posts to what Freddy said previously, while ignoring Jane's problem immediately above.

To sum up, there are a lot of threads on this subject, because a lot of people have the need to talk about it. People are finding a lot of support here. Why fix what isn't broken? I hope that you will rethink this decision.

God bless,
HeatherG

I'ddie4him2 said:

This is to serve as formal announcement that the number of threads currently existing in this forum that deal with the

1) unpardonable sin, ie: blasphemy
2) rejecting the holy ghost,
3) religious OCD,
4) any thread mentioning any of the above topics

WILL be closed.
There are way to many threads here that deal with or mention these above list.

We will have 1 (ONE) thread that we will sticky for this discussion so the forum can be more organized.

I am posting this so you are aware that all but one of these threads will be closed.

This is a step necessary to help you, The members, and still have a place for this type of discussion.

This will be left open for any questions you may have and we will answer them as quickly as we can.

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i came to this website awhile back and got sooo much comfort and help.... if you have religious ocd.... then you would understand the need for us to get some answers and comfort even if its temporary,,, there were many nights that i couldnt even sleep and someone on here would comfort me and i would make it thru another night...
i am much better now, but since i have been there i understand why there are soooo many threads for it.. DO YOU NOT SEE thats what most of this forum isabout for us>?? religious ocd people

if we wanted a regular ocd forum we would join a secular one... we want to be able to discuss our fears openly with each other and MOST of those fears are spirtually based.. THATS WHY WE JOINED THIS ONE...

so i along with the others will put my MEMBER HAT ON... and move my membership...
its a shame really... we are christians with a real problem who help each other and i dont care how many times these guys ask the same question even if its just asking it in a different way.... they neeedddddd to vent and write in their own words whoooo cares how many threads????????


confused

pj

Hey PJ...totally agree! Welld one for saying it how you feel...Rachel