I just think it is more important for me to be involved with threads that discuss the sanctity of life, the fate of Palestinian Catholics, etc. I have now sworn off the Neverending Nightmare Thread. And for my own spiritual health, I will not be posting to some folks. However, I do want to remain in dialogue with lapsed Catholics who are in pain but still seem to have an interest in the Church -- I want to love them back into the Church -- even though at times I want to strangle them.
Sometimes I am just a curmudgeon and a hot head, but what I want to do is to be an encourager for my fellow Catholics and to be a sound witness on secular themed threads. I pray.
Mary, Queen of All Saints, pray for us.
No, not at all. There are some things that obviously belong on the Religion Forum, as the FRee Republic system is now established.
Unfortunately, those same threads, previously, would have been an integral part of the News Forum, posted under the Culture/Society topic heading, and the thread and all posts to it would have been viewed by all FReepers viewing the latest threads and latest messages pages, not just those who now visit the Religion Forum.
There is still a need to post threads to the Religion Forum (as no other forum exists here and the moderators pull these threads from the news forums with an iron fist) and there is still the need to post on the religion forum threads.
However, the need for evangelization may be better served, and our limited time better utilized, by moving away from the Religion Forum into the New Forums where there is not only more exposure to the ideas but more need of them! Most on the Religion Forum are already committed Christians. And most on The NeverEnding Story threads are Type A personalities who are not interested in honest dialogue.