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  • 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.

Moderators that don't use reason...

woobadooba

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What do we do about moderators that don't listen to us when we are being accused of violating rules that we are obviously not guilty of? In other words, we offer valid reasons for them not to issue us a warning, but they just simply ignore us.

Do we continue to allow them to moderate our forum, or do we replace them?

What do we do when they are so bent on enforcing rules that they show no compassion or good sense when it comes to discerning a real rule violation that deserves a warning?
 

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it is not the mods who aren't using reason it is that they are attempting to make sense of the craziness of the rules enacted by those who were in a rush to ban perceived offensive behavior.... the rules don't make sense and consequently the mods cannot do their job in an effective manner...
 
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Moderators have only the Site Rules and FSRs to go by, especially in relation to warnings towards FSBs in the other SDA forums, which is why I have begun discussion in the SDA wiki on adding some grace to this section of rules.

As far as interpretation goes, it takes three interpreting the same thing as to whether it is a RV or a NV to reach a consensus.
 
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As far as interpretation goes, it takes three interpreting the same thing as to whether it is a RV or a NV to reach a consensus.
I still don't understand how you reasoned to the conclusion that a thread of texts from the Bible was a Bible study.
 
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