Addicted to Christian Forums?

[Monna]

I wonder if anyone else on CF is addicted, or in danger of becoming addicted, to spending time on CF.

I come onto the forums at different times of the day, (more or less whenever I get the chance) and I notice some others seem always to be there. I admit that I enjoy reading various threads and giving comments, but I also am aware of the amount of time that is spent here. My spouse thinks that I spend too much time here, and not enough (for example) watching TV together.

How do you others manage your time on CF? For how many is this almost a fulltime, unpaid occupation? Do you find it hard to turn it off? When someone else is wanting your attention and pushing you to get off CF do you feel irritated, annoyed? Do any of you find it is negatively affecting a relationship? Does anyone find that it is taking too much time from other things that need to be done? What did you do before you found CF?

 

[anna ~ grace]

I've had to actually walk away a few times, and take breaks. For theological as well as emotional reasons.

It got to the point where if my husband wanted to talk or wanted me to bring him something, I'd get annoyed and almost snap at him. That's when I started figuring this was too much. I just try an log on a couple times a week. Spend the rest of my time with him.

 

[ChristIsSovereign]

I was for a few days and then I realized that life isn't on the forums. Life is life, not a website.

 

[AlexDTX]

I, too, spend a lot of time on the forum. But only because it provides a wide spectrum of Christianity. It has been an eye-opening experience to discover how so many Christians think differently on so many common topics of salvation. This is not found in a local congregation where everyone tends to conform to leadership views. But, addicted? No. I don't go on when my wife is home, but I share with my wife the conversations I have had with online believers. But it is a habit and I have donated money to the forum to support my habit, so that might be viewed as an addiction.

 

[Monna]

it provides a wide spectrum of Christianity. It has been an eye-opening experience to discover how so many Christians think differently on so many common topics of salvation. This is not found in a local congregation where everyone tends to conform to leadership views.

Very true. And quite mind-boggling.