• 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.

We need more positive and creative threads

Multifavs

Not very active
Site Supporter
May 28, 2017
4,826
10,044
29
USA
Visit site
✟137,036.00
Country
United States
Gender
Female
Faith
Catholic
Marital Status
Celibate
We have a lot of negative threads and pointless debates here on CF. It's not good for positive relationships with one another or our mental and emotional health, and it doesn't exactly make us look good. I'd like to see more threads about fellowship and creative topics, which don't seem to be very common anymore. Does anyone else feel this way?
 

Maria Billingsley

Well-Known Member
Site Supporter
Oct 7, 2018
11,345
9,380
65
Martinez
✟1,166,346.00
Country
United States
Gender
Female
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Married
We have a lot of negative threads and pointless debates here on CF. It's not good for positive relationships with one another or our mental and emotional health, and it doesn't exactly make us look good. I'd like to see more threads about fellowship and creative topics, which don't seem to be very common anymore. Does anyone else feel this way?
Thanks for sharing!
 
  • Like
Reactions: Multifavs
Upvote 0

Maria Billingsley

Well-Known Member
Site Supporter
Oct 7, 2018
11,345
9,380
65
Martinez
✟1,166,346.00
Country
United States
Gender
Female
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
Married
We have a lot of negative threads and pointless debates here on CF. It's not good for positive relationships with one another or our mental and emotional health, and it doesn't exactly make us look good. I'd like to see more threads about fellowship and creative topics, which don't seem to be very common anymore. Does anyone else feel this way?
I am thinking we should completely eliminate politics in this forum . That should help!
Be blessed.
 
Upvote 0

Gregory Thompson

Change is inevitable, feel free to spare some.
Site Supporter
Dec 20, 2009
30,429
8,618
Canada
✟906,578.00
Country
Canada
Faith
Christian Seeker
Marital Status
Married
We have a lot of negative threads and pointless debates here on CF. It's not good for positive relationships with one another or our mental and emotional health, and it doesn't exactly make us look good. I'd like to see more threads about fellowship and creative topics, which don't seem to be very common anymore. Does anyone else feel this way?
Yes, usually threads that aren't about a debate topic end up becoming a debate topic.

There might not be so many because people are concerned that sharing good things will result on them being trampled upon.

it's not as bad as when I started at CF, where people from the fundamentalist would troll deeper fellowship, but I only need to look at my ignore list to understand that it's not like it's a safe place to share good things.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Multifavs
Upvote 0

linux.poet

act from love, not fear
Christian Forums Staff
Purple Team - Moderator
Angels Team
CF Senior Ambassador
Site Supporter
Apr 25, 2022
6,032
2,467
Poway
✟401,379.00
Country
United States
Gender
Female
Faith
Christian
Marital Status
In Relationship
Politics
US-Republican
I think CF is a big site and it depends on where you look. The political sections are not a good place to find joy. I like going to places like Visual Art when I'm looking to feel better. The Prayer Wall also helps me remember that God is our biggest source of hope.

Other "happier" sections are Poetry and Prose, and Daily Devotionals.
 
Upvote 0

Learning always

Active Member
Nov 25, 2024
314
124
NSW
✟66,702.00
Country
Australia
Gender
Male
Faith
Catholic
Marital Status
Private
We have a lot of negative threads and pointless debates here on CF. It's not good for positive relationships with one another or our mental and emotional health, and it doesn't exactly make us look good. I'd like to see more threads about fellowship and creative topics, which don't seem to be very common anymore. Does anyone else feel this way?
Good point.
 
  • Like
Reactions: Multifavs
Upvote 0