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it seems though that Catholics have nearly one of five threads going at all time. It is not informative, it is an attempt to push religious dogma. JMHO, and forgive me if I offended anyone.

I've noticed a huge increase in Catholic threads as well. They're not just caucus threads either; many of them are titled with provocative headlines like this. The posters know they are irritating many; the only reason I can see that they do it so often is to "push dogma" as you state.

Very strange.

I've noticed a huge increase in Catholic threads as well. They're not just caucus threads either; many of them are titled with provocative headlines like this. The posters know they are irritating many; the only reason I can see that they do it so often is to "push dogma" as you state.

Leaving aside the issue of reading posters' minds and their motives for posting threads, this thread was motivated, as I said in post #1, by the desire to rebut some of the garbage posted on this thread.

Now if you want to talk about provocative titles, how about Apparitions Exposed!.

At least mine doesn't have an exclamation mark.

You would also be aware of course, that many of the threads which address Catholic issues are actually posted by Protestants. To use your words........"very strange".

The obvious antidote to too many Catholic threads, of course, is to provide us with some alternatives. Or I guess, you might want to consider a quota system whereby Catholics are limited in the amount of "dogma" they can push. Put some restrictions on them, in other words. Is Catholic "dogma" "irritating" to you? I'm sorry if it is but here's something on which you can depend.

If tripe like Apparitions Exposed! gets posted, there will be a response.

The posters know they are irritating many...

Exactly! There's nothing Mary or the saints appreciate about threads like the ones you speak of. Most especially during Lent.

provocative headlinesLet me start by saying I agree with Sienna on the point that articles with provocative headlines shouldn't be posted during Lent. If this thread said "xxx are false or wrong or those who do not believe in yyyy are wrong" it is contentious

This headline says "Church Fathers - ......." -- It puts forth a positive statement, not a negative one. Similarly one saying say "Talking in tongues, how to reach closer to God" is a positive headline as opposed to say "If you don't do zzzz you're not going to reach God". With due respect, this headline is not provocative

contentious topics -- I, personally, do think that contentious topics shouldn't be posted during Lent, a time when we should ideally be focusing more on our faults and on the Savior, Our Lord and God Jesus Christ. However, that is my personal opinion, marshmallow is also an individual as are you all, free to ignore this article. It may put forth something you disagree with yet the article does not say "you be wrong to not agree with this"

one of 5 threads. Well, the devotional threads are just that -- devotional, or caucus. This is Lent when we need to focus more on our faith (ideally we should focus throughout the year, but most of us fail, however, this should be the kick to remember the mystery that is coming up next Sunday, Pascha), so hence the reason. Besides which, Catholics are 25% of the population, so 20% of the posts are less than proportional, correct?

finally It is not informative, it is an attempt to push religious dogma. Taking this impartially -- no, this is not "pushing" - this is a text out there, free to be ignored, or disagreed with, yes, this is stating religious dogma, yet you cannot say this is not informative. you may disagree with the information presented, but it is information. Religious dogma.
If you disagree with this information, that's ok, it's your choice. If you choose to not read what is stated and argue, that is argumentative. If you choose to ignore this thread utterly (as I did until I saw your post), it's your choice again. Please note that your post starts off as highly contentious and wrong