Posted on 08/27/2010 8:50:01 PM PDT by Salvation
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Fail as usual, complete with the juvenile LOOK AT MEEEEE!!!! avatar
Thanks, don-o
I’m glad somebody finally said it.
More fail. Have pity on yourself.
Some people should quit while they’re behind.
Discuss the issues all you want, but do not make it personal.
You expressed it very well for all of us on this Forum, sitetest.
Thanks much.
You have surely noticed that gratuitous insult is coin of the realm on the RF, haven't you? It's permitted, if it is slyly disguised to circumvent the "don't make it personal" dictum.
People who take their faith seriously are personally attacked when their beliefs are insulted - not challenged - but made fun of by "comedians" and other wannabe wits.
We are told to "grow a thick skin" in the public square. Well, if I go to a place where I can regularly expect bad treatment for simply engaging in conversation; where my arguments are ignored or misrepresented and half the participants seem to be present just to "pile on"...well, I'm not likely to be found in such a place very often
Degrade the targets — who are upstanding in my opinion — and serve to disrupt a perfectly great thread about an outstanding woman who is becoming a nun.
Was it done on purpose?
It seems very sad to me that such steps are taken by some posters.
You have a good point. I will remove that post and yours for quoting it. Make a new post without a direct quote if you want to make the point on thread, i.e. for the record.
“We are told to ‘grow a thick skin’ in the public square. Well, if I go to a place where I can regularly expect bad treatment for simply engaging in conversation; where my arguments are ignored or misrepresented and half the participants seem to be present just to ‘pile on’...well, I’m not likely to be found in such a place very often.”
This is so true. I have gradually stepped away from the Religion Forum in recent months because much of the time it was a public square that was openly hostile to all I hold sacred, and just perceiving it that way, I would be “thin-skinned”, or partitioned off to devotional threads.
I can think of dozens of screen names I haven’t seen on this forum in quite some time. I guess they got the message, too.
I just wish that this were the genre of thread that the ubiquitous “pile-on” posters would be reading; they are the ones who should see the common sense of what you have said.
It seems that it would be better if the posts had been left in place, but the offender removed. There are some posters who add nothing at all to the conversations here. The sum total of their posting is a detraction, a degradation of the forum, themselves, and their correspondents.
They serve no useful purpose whatsoever except as bad examples.
But if you remove their posts, then they don't even achieve that low accomplishment.
sitetest
No reason to choose the fellowship of bigots.
Hey, Judith Anne! Nice to see you!
This is truly wonderful. What an asset she will be to the Church.
From its earliest years, the Churchs doctrine of the equality of all humans as beloved children of God and its reverence for Mary as the spouse and mother of God elevated women to a status previously unheard of. In our own times, the Churchs unequivocal opposition to practices such as abortion and contraception, which harm women physically and psychologically, and threaten to render them victims of their own and others unchecked desires, makes the Church a lone voice above the chaos, promoting womens dignity and happiness.
The cry that the Church is a dying, loser organization of sinners echoes down the centuries; it rang out in Christs day, it rang out in Luthers day, and it rings out in ours. The second part always has and always will be too true. Kyrie eleison. The erroneousness of the first part is suggested by the Churchs record of accomplishments and its longevity to this point, and by the new growth that people of my generation rejoice to see.
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What an exceptional young woman.
The Religion Forum is run under the conceit that it is “like a town square.”
It isn't.
In a town square, it is true, the more obnoxious sorts will resort to arguments that degrade what is held dear by others.
But it is also true that in the town square, those who are thusly attacked can defend themselves by impeaching the credibility of the scum that so attack them. Pointing out that some of the attackers are inveterate liars is a routine use of the town square. Pointing out the immorality and personal evil of such persons is regularly done in the town square. Other defenses that might be thought of as "making it personal" are part and parcel of the back-and-forth of the town square.
But here, such defenses are called “making it personal.” And thus, our “town square's” “freedom of speech” is pretty badly abridged to avoid “making it personal.” The reason? “Making it personal is flame-bait” and encourages flame wars.
Well, guess what? So does degradation of what others hold sacred. And for those who worship God in Truth rather than give false worship, personal attacks are far less offensive than attacks on what is holy. Only for the self-worshiping solipsists is it imaginable that a personal attack is worse than an attack on holy things.
But the bias suffered here is a trifling thing compared to what our ancestors in faith suffered, and compared to what the disciples suffer in many parts of the world. It's regrettable, but vanishingly insignificant.
We should pray for those here who persecute Jesus by persecuting His Church.
I do think, though, that open RF threads are Satan's playground here on FR, and should generally be avoided by those who follow the Master.
sitetest
NO doubt you speak the truth here, friend.
**But the bias suffered here is a trifling thing compared to what our ancestors in faith suffered, and compared to what the disciples suffer in many parts of the world. It’s regrettable, but vanishingly insignificant.**
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