Poked around this forum, found a few interesting threads, but couldn't respond because I was informed that I have "insufficient privileges." What the heck does that mean? It sounds like the complaint I made to my parents in my childhood. I'm guessing that it's because I didn't pay to join, but it might be because I am new and I have to prove on the "allowable" threads that I am not an unpleasant idiot. (I may be an idiot, at times, but I am seldom unpleasant) I thought it was odd if the reason I couldn't comment was because of $$$ because I was on the Sam Harris (If you haven't heard of him, he is a sorta well-known Buddhisty atheist) for about 5 years and it was free. I was very fortunate because quarreling (with gritted teeth, but great civility) with atheists eventually led me to become a theist. Anyway, I never heard of a forum that charges a fee, so maybe it's something else. Maybe it's because I have to earn the privileges by racking up a certain number of posts? If it IS about the money, I am not going to go back and tell the atheists that a Christian forum requires a fee to join, because those guys are already smug enough and I hate to encourage them.