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*Orthodox and Protestants only* Why?

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I’ve noticed a lot of threads with “Catholics only* at the beginning of their title. Do any of you know why?
You got my hopes up for a Protestant/Orthodox debate, ah well. I honestly have no idea why I keep seeing thread with *Catholics only*.
 
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You got my hopes up for a Protestant/Orthodox debate, ah well. I honestly have no idea why I keep seeing thread with *Catholics only*.
I get into plenty of debates without starting one up intentionally.
 
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I’ve noticed a lot of threads with “Catholics only* at the beginning of their title. Do any of you know why?
(Guessing) Remember the animals in George Orwell's 1984 ?

Some were "more equal " than others ?

They didn't want anyone to rock the boat with truth or facts or reality.
 
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Just a guess, if the threads are in the Catholic forum, then arguments by those outside the faith group are against forum guidelines.
However, there are quite a few who disregard the forum rules.

We see this often in the Ancient Way forum. Adding a notice in the thread title or the OP can sometimes help.
FWIW in tAW posts made in fellowship are welcome, arguing against orthodox positions is not.
We do have a sub-forum set aside for debate.
 
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I asked that very question on the OBOB Catholic forum a little while ago, and some said that it is because of too many off-topic and argumentative posts from people who did not realize that they were posting on OBOB (which, like all the confessional forums, is supposed to be a haven for those of that faith to talk among themselves and answer questions and have respectful dialogue with outsiders, without debate from anyone), while others said that they marked their threads that way because they did not want any non-Catholic input at all, respectful or not.

So it depends on who posted the thread, really. I don't often post on OBOB because while I understand the motivation for it (nobody wants their 'home forum' to become someone else's soapbox), the prevalence of such threads combined with the mental chore of trying to remember whether it was posted by a 'visitor friendly' Catholic or not makes it easier to just avoid any thread that is marked that way, and a lot of threads are marked that way.
 
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(Guessing) Remember the animals in George Orwell's 1984 ?

Some were "more equal " than others ?

They didn't want anyone to rock the boat with truth or facts or reality.
You mean Orwell's Animal Farm brother
 
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I’ve noticed a lot of threads with “Catholics only* at the beginning of their title. Do any of you know why?
They want to keep it tight in their own caucus so to speak without interruption. Meaning the issues they discuss are purely Roman Catholic issues, they only want Roman Catholic responses.

Now if they start a Catholic only thread and start discussing other denominations that I believe would be a violation of the forum rules.
 
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The following are Catholics only issues?

*Catholics only* Nazissim: The totalitarianism of the self

*Catholics only* Pentecost: Christianity is more than getting out of hell

*Catholics only* China considers ending birth limits as soon as this year
 
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QUOTE="dreadnought, post: 72693757, member: 313154"]The following are Catholics only issues?

*Catholics only* Nazissim: The totalitarianism of the self

*Catholics only* Pentecost: Christianity is more than getting out of hell

*Catholics only* China considers ending birth limits as soon as this year[/QUOTE
Oh, you know,
some views might not hold up when subjected to outside scrutiny..... yeah, that might affect people's desires for some privacy, some keeping things in the dark...
 
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It would be best not to assume anything nefarious on the part of those who post threads marked this way, seeing as how they are still publicly viewable and, again, many will allow anyone to participate if they are respectful and do not denigrate Catholic beliefs and practices in the course of voicing whatever disagreement they may have with a particular stance taken by the RCC or its faithful. (In other words, "My church does X differently than this" is probably fine, but "You're all a bunch of pagan pope-worshipers" or something is not.)
 
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Just a guess, if the threads are in the Catholic forum, then arguments by those outside the faith group are against forum guidelines.
Au contraire, posts that are made in fellowship and do not attack Catholic doctrine are permitted--or are supposed to be permitted--by forum rules, just as is the case with all the other denominational forums where, incidentally, Catholics often contribute.
 
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Which explains why the word "arguments" was utilized, intentionally.
 
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What do you suppose they talk about?
 
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That's what you think "Catholics only" means, huh?

To me, it means that only Catholics can post, but I would be interested to learn if someone else knows better.

As a matter of fact, the part of your message shown in boldface above comes straight from that forum's statement, so if that is the actual meaning, there would be no point in adding *Catholics only* to each thread.
 
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That's what you think "Catholics only" means, huh?

To me, it means that only Catholics can post, but I would be interested to learn if someone else knows better.
A moderator in one of those threads posted that the "Catholics only" in the title cannot and does not restrict the non-Catholics from posting. That was last week I think or whenever, I don't remember and didn't try to remember - it wasn't or didn't seem important then....

i.e. IF it really makes no restriction, as is likely then [ It is just a scam tactic ] (my opinion)
 
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