• Starting today August 7th, 2024, in order to post in the Married Couples, Courting Couples, or Singles forums, you will not be allowed to post if you have your Marital status designated as private. Announcements will be made in the respective forums as well but please note that if yours is currently listed as Private, you will need to submit a ticket in the Support Area to have yours changed.

  • CF has always been a site that welcomes people from different backgrounds and beliefs to participate in discussion and even debate. That is the nature of its ministry. In view of recent events emotions are running very high. We need to remind people of some basic principles in debating on this site. We need to be civil when we express differences in opinion. No personal attacks. Avoid you, your statements. Don't characterize an entire political party with comparisons to Fascism or Communism or other extreme movements that committed atrocities. CF is not the place for broad brush or blanket statements about groups and political parties. Put the broad brushes and blankets away when you come to CF, better yet, put them in the incinerator. Debate had no place for them. We need to remember that people that commit acts of violence represent themselves or a small extreme faction.

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  1. Doubting Lyle

    Does God Hold a Grudge?

    Does God hold a grudge against those who are angry with or hold a grudge against him? I have a facial deformity that has kept me distant and mistrusting of God for most of my life. I have blamed God for allowing my malady to happen. At 62, I find myself going to Al-Anon meetings because of...
  2. Monksailor

    Remembering History Toward Survival and Success Forsaken by the Call to Forgive and FORGET?

    It is an established fact that remembering history is a key to identifying situations or recognizing doorways which can lead or enter into destructive, painful, humiliating, counter-productive, less efficient, ...., negative consequences. We have to be cautious NOT to let the past sit in...
  3. Undead

    Anger Anonymous (a poem I wrote 2 years ago) PTSD

    ANGER ANONYMOUS Hi my name is ___________ . I was just going to listen tonight-- I thought hearing about yours, would make mine seem alright. But I found the opposite to be true-- What y'all said sounds to me, like level two. Please send all the little ones out to play. Wait 'till y'all hear...
  4. J

    I need help forgiving my RCIA class

    Today's mass was actually quite above average. The parish I'm stuck in right now has a large Indian population and so occasionally, they will Syro-Malabar hymns at mass. At first the Syro-Malabar music was, I hope this doesn't sound too xenophobic but, kind of Bollywood sounding, but as things...
  5. J

    Reconciling before the Altar

    If therefore thou offer thy gift at the altar, and there thou remember that thy brother hath any thing against thee; Leave there thy offering before the altar, and go first to be reconciled to thy brother: and then coming thou shalt offer thy gift. - Matthew 5:23-24 DRV Soon, I'm going to be...