 Posted Thursday, May 24, 2007 5:46 AM
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| Because the mods are censor police. They don't wan't any indirect comments at all in a thread. Of course they edit out anything about Catholicism these days. I'm outta here and this board will die a slow death because of censorship. It's a dead board as it is. 1 post a week is about it. If you want to talk go to www.phatmass.com. You will find me there, where they don't censor everything. Bye and God bless.
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Posted Thursday, May 24, 2007 6:29 AM
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Thessalonian's comments were made following repeated requests to stay on topic. I deleted a message he wrote on another thread which resulted in an anonymous poster responding further off topic. Rather than allow that thread to get bogged down with more interdenominational disputes, I asked him again in a private message to stay on topic and told him that particular message and the resulting reply had been deleted.
Linda and I both have a high aversion to censorship. As moderators, however, our job is to try to keep the threads on target. Our preference would be to allow a broad range of respectful discussions without the need for moderating the threads.
We welcome feedback on how to ensure these forums fulfill their mission, that threads stay on topic, yet to avoid censorship.
Do Go Be Man
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Posted Thursday, May 24, 2007 2:54 PM
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| Show me where I was notified "repeatedly" to stay on topic. This is censorship: I want to let you know that I have hidden the "Questions" thread, at least temporarily. I'm not comforatble with the way it's going and don't want people investing a lot of effort in it at the moment. I thought you might be looking for responses to your posts and would wonder what happened to the thread. It wasn't by you but by another mod. Your censorship of my other post was just the last straw of multiple examples. Your not being honest.
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Posted Thursday, May 24, 2007 4:26 PM
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The passages your author uses to present his "doctrine" have been addressed many times. There are many comings of Christ. He comes to us spiritually daily. He comes to us in the Eucharist and he comes to us at death. His kindgom has come spiritually in the hearts and minds of those who love him. Yet there will be a final coming of Christ. It never ceases to amaze me how many views there are out there and I am thankful that Christ left the one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church, so that I don't get blown about by every wind of doctrine. Someone is going to have to explain to me how this post was deleted from a thread about Jesus second coming? From a Catholic perspective that is EXACTLY what it deals with. But evidently that perspective is the one that is no longer allowed on this board. Do Go, you superimposed your own view over this and said it was off-topic. It was not.
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Posted Thursday, May 24, 2007 7:43 PM
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| Thessalonian, I don't want to speak for the moderators, but I'm 99% sure they wouldn't have had a problem with your post were it not for your last statement: "...I am thankful that Christ left the one, holy, Catholic, and apostolic Church, so that I don't get blown about by every wind of doctrine." I think your post was fine & on-topic to this point. Brother I know, by so many of your previous posts, that you love your church dearly, but the statement "Christ left the one, holy... Church " is arrogant, boastful, & offensive to those of us who are not Catholic. It's fine for you to express your deeply heartfelt convictions but you oftentimes seem to say that those of us who are not Catholic are outside His "Church" & therefore unregenerate. We believe that Roman Catholicism is a church within The Church that all who humbly love Christ have an equal share in. I honestly believe your ideologies are welcome here; it's the abrasive exclusivity you sometimes express regarding other denominations that is problematic. zoarean
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Posted Friday, May 25, 2007 7:50 AM
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| Is it boastful to state that Jesus is the only way if you believe that (and I do)? It is no less boastful to say the Catholic Church is the fullness of the truth. I do not boast of that for it is not by my own doing that I am Catholic but by the grace of God. Do you boast that your a Christian? I leave the judging of your soul up to God. Yes, you are partially separated from the fullness of the truth. Even you must admit that. Surely you don't claim that your own personal exegesis has been perfect. He will judge those errors you hold and your culpability for them. Not I. He will judge me on how faithfully I live the Catholic faith which will be no picnic either if I end up like the servant in Luke 12. "To whom much has been given, much is required. The one who did not know will receive a light beating". I will be under stricter judgement if I do not proclaim the truth boldly. I would like to go back through the threads on this board and see if posts always get deleted because they have one part of them that is not directly related to the topic. Any bets? Having said that I appreciate your comments.
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Posted Friday, May 25, 2007 8:21 AM
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| I appreciate the moderators' efforts to keep posters on topic. I found this site and was under the impression it was focused on issues related to matters experienced by former Christian Scientists or those with loved ones still connected with the church. However, I did begin to see a trend toward theological debates in no way connected to the issues for which this site was created. That is not why I turned to this site. Thank you, moderators for attempting to preserve the original intent of this forum!
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