Amendment to Non-nicene Annoucement

[erufal]

THANKS for providing the "unorthodox" discussions a place to live. Much appreciated by many!

 

[A New Dawn]

[1] Non-Nicene Theology is renamed Unorthodox Theology and moved to the Theology forum category;

[2] A fellowship forum is created for unorthodox members as a sub-forum of Unorthodox Theology;

[3] All existing unorthodox theology discussion threads are moved to the Unorthodox Theology forum; all existing threads in the unorthodox Congregations are moved to the fellowship sub-forum.

We go live January 31st.

Over the next month, staff will go in and clean up any promotion type posts or threads. Posts or threads older than 30 days will be left alone to scroll off the page, unless promotion is especially egregious. No violations will be issued for posts made prior to Jan. 31.

Promotion of non-Nicene beliefs will still be covered under the rules, and members will have to be careful to avoid promoting beliefs in the fellowship and theology forums. Posts intended to inform, rather than promote, are still allowed.

So you aren't really creating a fellowship forum in Unorthodox Theology, you are really just moving the non-Nicene congregationals into the theology forum.

So much for fellowship.....................

 

[Zippythepinhead]

People,
I see nothing but a bag of worms with the new promotion rule. So someone asks "Do you like being a Mormon?"

Answer "Yes, I do."

"Why then?"

"Because I beleive that the LDS faith brings me closer to God and Jesus Christ."

MOD HAT ON

PROMOTION IS NOT ALLOWED: SEE RULE BLAH BLAH BLAH....

MOD HAT OFF


This new rule is going to be abused and there will be unhappy campers on both sides. I am sorry to lend my pessimism to the new rules. But there are those waiting in the wings to attack and distort. Any apologetic defense will surely be viewed as promotion and thus the non Nicene member will be warned and villified.

These promotion rules are a slippery slope and noone will be happy.

 

[Tonks]

I'm happy.

 

[drstevej]

I'm happy too.

 

[drstevej]

The LOLcat Creed
We believes in teh one Ceiling Cat what pwns all
And maked teh ceiling & teh flor (but not Baby Jesus LOL u hairytick!)
Teh stuff u sees and the other stuff.

We believes in teh Boss Baby Jesus
(dere's only 1 of Him, too)
He's teh only boy kitteh of teh Ceiling Cat
Furever & ever teh offspring of teh Ceiling Cat
Cat of Cat, shiny of shiny, really Cat of really Cat
(But not made u hairytick LOL!)
He iz made of teh same stuff as Ceiling Cat
Ceiling Cat made all teh litterboxes and stuff with him.
To saves us
He came down say "Hai!"
With the Hovercat (more about him later)
And got borned by Mary widot all dat nasty stuff dat dey sey Mary did?
And was a d00d.
Cuz of us
Poncus Pilot hunged him up bad
And it hurted a lot
And he got buriedz. Oh noes! No more Baby Jesus!
But wait 3 deys and he be back--Hai Guyz!
4 the Bible tellz me so
And hez went back to da Ceiling
And hez coming back
And going all Judge Wapner on teh d00dz. Even the ded ones.

We believes in teh Hovercat (told u there's more)
Teh boss what makes us alive
Who comes from teh Ceiling Cat
(and maybe Baby Jesus, too)
U gots to respect him just like Ceiling Cat and Baby Jesus
When teh crazy old guys talk, its really Hover Cat
(thats it about Hovercat)

We believes in 1 clan of d00dz
An it's a good clan & it was from Baby Jesus' pals
And we only does a bath once to gets clean and not more (YAY!)
We's looking to respawn and get a better do-over.

Srsly.
kthanxby

does this not violate the rules?

The names or titles of God, including Jesus Christ and the Persons of the Trinity (Father, Son, or Holy Spirit), in any language, are not to be used as expletives or interjections or in an abusive, mocking, or insulting way.

 

[Lisa0315]

does this not violate the rules?

It was not my intent to mock God. Does God look at the outward appearance or the heart, Steve? I think I know your answer, so I would say that my post and my conscience is clear.

Lisa

 

[drstevej]

And what of the many that see this as mockery of the Trinity?

 

[Lisa0315]

Oh, and Steve...You see that iEdit thing in my Custom Title? That means that I will edit any post as requested by a brother or a sister. Do you see yourself able to do the same?

Lisa

 

[drstevej]

FYI, the Hebrew term used for taking the Lord's name in vain means "to make light of."

Does this not make light of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit?

 

[drstevej]

as to iEdit. Do as you wish. I will let the site rules and my conscience regulate my posts.

 

[Lisa0315]

And what of the many that see this as mockery of the Trinity?

So, far, you make three. Compared to the many posts that have said how much they like it, that does not make it "many". I also think it says a great deal about the posters who are so easily offended by such a thing.

Lisa

 

[Lisa0315]

as to iEdit. Do as you wish. I will let the site rules and my conscience regulate my posts.

Cool! Then, why don't you let me worry about my posts and my conscience and you worry about your own. Deal?

Lisa

 

[CaDan]

does this not violate the rules?

I wrote the original version.

So drop your hammer of judgment on me if you feel like making a fuss.

 

[drstevej]

Sorry CaDan is a moderator/admin and you are not allowed to ignore him or her.

 

[Servant222]

I need all the help and reminders I can get to live as God commanded- hence I have also added the "iEDIT" slogan to my signature. Thanks, Lisa.

So if anyone finds any of my posts offensive, please let me know and I will earnestly consider doing an edit. Only if there is really a very good reason for not editing will I not make a change.

To add the iEdit slogan, you need to go to www.christianforums.com/customizer Then you hit the "Change Custom Title" on the second row on the left. You can then make additional changes- bold type, etc.

 

[Lisa0315]

I need all the help and reminders I can get to live as God commanded- hence I have also added the "iEdit" slogan to my signature. Thanks, Lisa.

So if anyone finds any of my posts offensive, please let me know and I will earnestly consider doing an edit. Only if there is really a very good reason for not editing will I not make a change.

It was your beautiful idea. I hope it spreads like wildfire.

Lisa

 

[gort]

I'm happy.

Me too.


And yes, that little ditty about Boss Baby Jesus mocks God.

 

[suzybeezy]

does this not violate the rules?

As is always the case, if you feel something is a violation, you report it and let staff review it.

 

[Lisa0315]

Me too.


And yes, that little ditty about Boss Baby Jesus mocks God.

Well, that is your opinion. I know what was in my heart when I posted it.

I personally think that those who profess Christ but act like Satan are far more of a mockery to the Lord our God than anything from LOLCat.

As I offered before, would you like me to edit it? The other poster who was offended preferred to report the post because it is surely better to attempt to get a sister in trouble than to simply request a sister to undo what one finds offensive. Probably because that may put responsibility on that person to do the same when asked.

I will gladly edit/delete the post for you brother. No strings attached but I do hope you will remember to do the same if you ever offend a brother or sister.

The iEdit in my Custom Title is something that I hope will become a common thing here at CF. I would like to see a Spirit of fellowship such that we all would edit/delete rather than offend another who professes Christ.

Please let me know which you would prefer. The post has been reported already but I offered to do this before it was reported. To me that shows the real heart of the reporter...

Lisa