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Alright, I see that I need to remind some people of actual Christian Forums' rules.
Now you're asking? Would that be From Testimony to Knowledge: Evaluating Near-Death Experiences (available on Amazon), which you have mentioned at least twice?
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However, it also has to do with the user's intent. There's a difference between "I have a book that I would like to use as a basis for a forum discussion here" and "Buy my book! Buy my book! Did I mention that I have a cool book?"
Not only that, but he may be posting parts of the mentioned book here as part of the discussion. If he doesn't tell us that's his book he could be actioned for copyright violations. Did you think of that? No? That's why you should leave moderating to the actual mods and Ambassadors who are trained to handle these types of situations.
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That's the rule that was violated here, over and over again.
divulgence to my earlier question implies that theology and apologetics will be stepped on here in the attempt to explicate a particular view of The Philosophy of History and/or Historiography, you run the risk of having this thread closed and removed. And that would be an unfortunate waste of time for both of us.
This is flaming the new member. There's a difference between a Contempt of Christianity violation and this unbeliever simply explaining his own view. We have unbelievers who do that in the science forums all the time. And, if another mod disagrees with me and decides that it is, he was goaded into it by the question he was asked.
From my perspective, he's been giving us free philosophy information and this is how you treat him? This is a subforum problem - we just need to use two threads if this thread drifts into apologetics or theology by having this newbie start a second thread in Exploring Christianity or Ethics and Morality, which he was actually willing to do. He's been very cooperative and asking questions.
However, and as unfortunate as it is, you've been preceded here by a number of vitriolic, atheistic, rambunctious trolls who a few years ago, through their constant needling of Christians and their respective views on faith, have caused the rules of Christian Forums to be changed so that discussions that delve into the depths of Philosophy and Apologetics can no longer be had between Christians and non-Christians.
So, even though I consider myself as someone who has been partially influenced by philosophers like Wittgenstein in my own outlook on the world, that sort of discussion won't go far here on CF. So, you have two choices 1) leave CF and forget about it, or 2) change your approach to one that doesn't dig in too much and overturn the apple cart, so to speak.
Are you a mod? Do you have authority to make these sorts of determinations and dictate his options to him? I told him this thread was okay here. I don't see any rules that he has violated. He's not a troll. Do you think the members of staff are so blind that we can't tell the difference?
I'm disappointed. We could have had a good philosophical discussion here, but you chose to drive him away. Don't even think of pinning the blame for this one on the staff. This time, you did it to yourselves.
I don't want my speech to be limited by anyone, especially if my speech is not harming anyone. I'm moving on.
Go in peace. I am sorry that you have been treated badly here.
Do not flame new members and do not write posts to complain about the staff. If you have a problem with what is and is not allowed in The Kitchen Sink subforum, report the posts that are bothering you or file a support ticket with the admins.
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