Posted on 03/03/2015 12:32:27 PM PST by two134711
Thank you Free Republic for allowing me to post and vent on this site for over ten years. I am a young, married conservative woman who is trying to raise her daughter to be a fine, upstanding lady, an educated woman and a worthy wife to a decent man. Despite the stupidity of my generation (I am on the cusp of GenX and GenY) there is hope. Many young people are more prolife than ever. And at last, many others are beginning to open their eyes to the lies of socialism.
However recent events on this site like witnessing the discord between fellow believers of Christ and how the Religious moderators have given carte blanche to those who wish to spread hate is not something I want to be part of.
I received this message from the Religion Moderator regarding Key words received 03/02/2015 8:45:19 PM PST
DO NOT use keywords to snipe at other posters or beliefs. RM
I certainly did not post key words that sniped at anyone; they were terms such as "enough already, Christianity, unity and "peace." Now, yes, the comments I made were invectives thrown at posters. I don't deny that; but they deserved every word directed at them and more. Outside of Caucus threads the religious forum is based on sniping at posters and insulting other's beliefs. Mostly its a few alleged Evangelicals damning those Papists, pedophiles, pagans, cracker-eaters, cannibals and Mary-worshipping heretics to Hell if they don't convert to the Western Branch of American Reform Presbylutheranism or the Northern Conservative Baptist Great Lakes Region Council of 1879. Then a very small contingent of Catholics tries to fight back.
These are the kind of comments are allowed on the religious forums without any moderation.
"I believe that Catholicism has caused more people to go to hell then [sic] Islam."
84 posted on 2/23/2015, 2:36:42 PM by CynicalBear (For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus)
AND
**Have you accepted the Catholic Church** "I have accepted Jesus. Not some abomination created by man."
98 posted on 2/23/2015, 2:46:17 PM by Gamecock (Joel Osteen is a minister of the Gospel like Captain Crunch is a Naval line officer.)
I have no skin in this game other than to realize that Christians (and Jews) are not each others enemies. There is a much more diabolical force in this world that should be fought. Anti-theists, Islamists, secular amoralists, etc., they're nothing. But, hey, keep going after Catholics and Mormons because they're the ones ruining the world today!
I said those words because it was the truth, (a truth that many others see but do not mention; they merely avoid the conflicts). If the anti-Catholic delusional bigots have a problem with the truth, then a pox on their houses.
I have posted on and off this site for over ten years. Every time I come back here I think to myself, Wow, FR is one of the only sites telling it like it is when it comes to politics! But then the OCD religious posters take control over and over again. Its not just the religious forums, but theyre the worst. In the past the moderation was far more even-handed. Now its out of control. Please use more judiciousness in moderating them in the future.
You are losing members left and right and your fundraisers take months to complete. I am aware that the owner of this site, Mr. Robinson, is a Catholic, and Im sure it breaks his heart to see such infighting amongst fellow Christians. I hope his health betters and that he can continue to fight the goof fight.
Nevertheless, FR's days as a premium conservative site are over. There a quite a few decent folks around here like Mrs. Don-0, xzins, Morgana, miss marmelstein, wardaddy, that fellow named something like yefrugeturbrumuy, and lots of others. There are many good folks with diverse opinions and no malice in their hearts.
But some others seem possessed by other-world forces. Mostly they're old people scared of death, wanting to make sure they get in with God before the end, desperate to hold on to every penny they've ever come across, willing to kvetch about the future and frequently mentioning how glad they'll be when they're dead and won't have to deal with this world, while their children and grandchildren will. Or worse, they actively wish for the world to end today or soon. Sorry, I'm young enough to have a smidgen of hope despite the moral disaster this world is in.
The Apple squabbles, the griping about TV and art, heck even the "my candidate is better than your candidate" bloodletting is nothing compared to the nutters that run rampant on the religion forum.
So Religious moderator, if you thought my key words were examples of sniping, then I suppose this post was outright bashing. Every time I come to this site I get angry. Anger opens up the heart to dark forces; its best not to be part of that.
Got to go. May peace come to this once wonderful site and make it a place of harmony for future posters.
I'll see your quote, and raise you a previous response to an attempted internet exorcism:
Do not ever post an exorcism as if a prayer for another Freeper.
FWIW, the poster who tried it is no longer with us. But I'm sure yours will be completely safe :)
I have had my profile page up for about as long as I've been a member and I readily revealed my "back story" including my gender. Many people don't even read others profiles, so there have been several who just assumed I was a man since "boatbums" is a gender neutral screen name. The Freeper Elsie OFTEN gets mistaken for a woman, even though he's corrected that perception many, many times. Should I expect kid gloves when I get involved in a disagreement? No. I come fully prepared to defend my position and the only deference is that which we should ALL give to one another - regardless of gender.
There have been a few Catholic men who, once they realized I was a woman, approached the discussion with the attitude of I shouldn't be trying to teach them anything because I was a woman and women are to "be in subjection to men" and not "usurp their authority". For real! That's what I was told. Basically, we gals should be in submission to ALL the men of Free Republic and, as the joke goes, when they want our opinion, they'll beat it out of us. If I had never revealed my gender, I would never have been subjected to such Chauvinistic comments.
The point, dear Mlizzy, is we women should expect respect and manners from the men in our lives like I Peter 3:7 says:
Members of FR aren't my husband! I happily am married to a man who not only respects and loves me but he values my opinions and my knowledge of the Christian faith. On an anonymous Internet forum, there should be general respect towards ALL posters but if I or another woman wants to participate in an OPEN RF discussion, wanting or expecting "special" treatment or deference is actually something that would work against us. Our ideas, beliefs and thoughts deserve equal respect and consideration as others expect from us. Let's not push our gender back to the "little woman" past where the man did all the thinking. I have just as much right as any man to come here and voice my thoughts and they be considered without regard to my sex. If you or any other woman cannot handle that kind of "equality" then they shouldn't try to join the discussion in the first place.
I'm pretty sure rudeness and disrespect bothers EVERYONE - no matter what sex they are - previously trounced upon or not.
Thank you.
"CX to boatbums: seek [or not be bothered by] this disrespect?"There is no edit key on Free Republic; it's probably the only thing Facebook has that is good over Free Republic. Anyway, I understand what you are saying completely, but I don't agree that it should be that way. Everyone should be heard (and respected!), regardless of gender. You shouldn't have to yell louder because you are a woman.
That's not been my experience on the RF. I guess some of the more rude FRomans must not deeply love and respect Mary?
According to the news stories, she’s a single mother of SIX kids. Doesn’t sound like there IS a caring, supporting Dad(s) out there for these children and that is the root of what is wrong with certain segments of society. The illegitimacy rate in the Black population is about 75%. So many of these kids start life at a huge disadvantage that has nothing to do with money.
It’s irrelevant how M-W defines *heretic* when it’s how it’s used in debate by Catholics that makes it insulting.
I never accused you of name calling, but there has been and plenty of it and I’ve received my share of it in the past and seen enough of it directed at others.
Fellow FReepers,
I admit to being surprised to learn boatbums is a lady, yet I didn’t and haven’t altered my postings to her because of that. I see her and a few other women on Free Republic as much more than my equals in knowledge of Christ. Yea, verily, I learn more than I knew about the Word of God from almost all of you ladies and moms.
Perhaps the Religion Forum ought become For Christian Ladies Only Forum and all the women could then self-moderate it? The males could then duke it out here in the Smoky Backroom, just as is done on the rest of FR?
R2z
(Spoken carnally as a male to this point of this post.)
Galations 3: (NIV)
27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free man, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.
29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abrahams descendants, heirs according to promise.
Bartle & James: the early years...
Speaking of silence...
A man walks into a monastery and says I want to be monk.
The abbot replies Great! But you realize we are not allowed to talk except every ten years.
The man replies Fine.
Ten years go by and the man goes into the abbots office. The abbot asks, Well my son what have you to say.
The man replies Beds hard.
The abbot remarks, Is that it?
The man says, Yes.
Another ten years go by and the man goes into the abbots office and says, Food stinks!
The abbot asks, Is that it?
And the man says Yes.
Another ten years goes by and the man goes into the abbots office and says Waters cold. I quit!
And the abbot replies, Figures! Youve been complaining ever since you got here!”
It just came out in the paper a couple of days ago.
Which again means that those who esteem the Biblical Mary, which i do, but not bowing down to the image of the Mary of Catholicism which she herself would deplore, translates into hating Christ and His mother!
Roman reasoning 101
That's not been my experience on the RF. I guess some of the more rude FRomans must not deeply love and respect Mary?
This would fall under the section of RC statements such as assert that there never has been even a bit of anti-Protestant bigotry on FR, or that they never see Catholics put down or challenge Protestant beliefs, or initiating arguments with Protestants.
As with Scripture, such RCs see what they want, and close their eyes to what they do not want to see. Then you have posters who are ignorant of the RC rants against Prots here self righteously come on and deplore the correction of a RC who engaged in personal fallacious attacks as being anti-women, when the gender of the party was not even manifest as far as i recall (and the handle certainly sounded male).
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