I don’t care what the Usual Suspects say. I don’t care what they think about Catholics. I would just like NOT to see the same old junk on every freaking open thread.
I guess the RM can’t do anything about that. We cannot expect him/her to help. We are going to have to make important threads CAUCUS to stop the baiting. It’s infuriating to have to lock the Church doors, but there is no other way to keep the shouting bigots out.
One more thing: If we Catholics did not have open threads, the Usual Suspects and the bigots would have no place to post their hate. They belong to sects so small that there is virtually NO NEWS to post one of their own articles about.
If we did not respond to their vicious baiting, they would have no one to argue with.
They define themselves as NOT CATHOLIC. I see no reason to give them an opportunity to pat themselves on the back and screech high-fives over gotcha posts.
Starve the beast, I say. Give them nothing, and they will die, because they HAVE nothing of their own.
I wonder how many here realize that the behavior exhibited here is part of the reason so many people turn away from Christianity. The infighting and mud slinging- from ALL sides- do not honor what Christ gave us through His sacrifice, and those anti-Christian folks out there rightfully question how we can know anything about the Love of Christ when we can’t even obey His commandment to love one another.
Think about how long it has been since Christ walked among man. Think of what has occurred in history and consider what impact that might have had on the development of the “Church” as you may view it. And then question if you could do any better.
Alright, go ahead and flame me. I don’t care. I know I don’t have “it” completely right, but I’m doing the best I can within the limits of being human. The rest is between me and God, and that’s how I view everyone else. If you accept Christ and truly do your best to live by Christ’s teachings, I can get over differences because that’s between YOU and GOD. I believe in right and wrong, and I believe some things are absolutely right and others absolutely wrong... but when it comes down to tradition or liturgy, I wasn’t here to see how things started, so I try my best to live right by God.
Let the flaming begin.
>>I would just like NOT to see the same old junk on every freaking open thread.<<
Bullies keep beating on the same kids. Those kids are blamed. The kids are “thin skinned”. If that child leaves, the bully finds another target in the same situation.
We must lay there like a slug, it’s our only defense...lol!
“I would just like NOT to see the same old junk on every freaking open thread.”
You and me both. I completely and utterly agree. I am tired of seeing arrogant, ignorant, sin-filled, fallen idolatry and blasphemies from those who follow Rome.
They are always creating these threads that do nothing but kick God in the stomach with their unbelievable, incredible, outrageous idolatry and blasphemy. Then they have the utter gall to claim that they are “the one true church” and know God better than anybody else, and that those who are not with them are damned.
It is hard for a Christian to read such falsehoods without speaking out. We fear that people may fall into Satan’s Roman trap.
Agreed. There have been some VERY particular issues that I have seen come up dozens of times in entirely unrelated threads because the poster(s) refuses to let it go.
I guess the RM can’t do anything about that. We cannot expect him/her to help. We are going to have to make important threads CAUCUS to stop the baiting. It’s infuriating to have to lock the Church doors, but there is no other way to keep the shouting bigots out.
I'm not so sure about this. Per the RM's description, the "Open threads are a town square. Antagonism though not encouraged, should be expected. Posters may argue for or against beliefs of any kind. They may tear down other’s beliefs. They may ridicule."
Yet many of the Catholic-topic threads degenerate into a "riot" quickly, beginning with a "mob leader" commenting in and pinging a sizable mob of the "usual suspects" to populate the threads with the same garbage (it was post 4 in this thread) - time after time after time - far from what one might expect from a real "town square".
Were this to happen in the "real world" town square... riot police would have been called in long ago to deal with the shouting bigots.
I admit... I have no additional solutions unless the RM is willing to tighten the definition of the "Open threads"
For now boycotting the Catholic-topic open threads and making liberal use of the Caucus and Ecumenic designations may be the best measure.