Christian Forums refugees

I post there sometimes but it's been almost exclusively on the politics and current news forums. I haven't run into a problem with denominational disagreements on those forums.

 

I have an account there too, but I'm trying to wing myself off it.

I too was getting tired of the inter-denominational quarreling, put-downs and backbiting on that site, so I decided to come here instead.

Since everyone here is of the same denomination, the disagreements here seem far less ill-tempered and fewer and farther between as compared to over there.

Also, I kept getting warnings from one of the moderators, who was a United Methodist, every time she disagreed with something I had to say (anymore, the United Methodist church is nothing but a social club for feminists and feminist wannabe's anyway).

I have also noticed an extremely liberal bias overall on that site, as well as a dominance of Roman Catholics and a kind of overall "Roman Catholic mob rule" mentality.

There is also a relatively large number of false Christians on that site as well. And the site seems to be primarily targeted at the under 25 crowd, especially teens.

The only good thing I can say about that site is that it has very high amount of traffic. But that is only because all denominations are welcome there, which, of course, is also part of its down-fall as well.

Venture onto that site at your own peril, and don't say I didn't warn you. I wish someone would have warned me in advance before I did.

 

Welcome!

Good to have ya... there is not a sight out there that beats this one, the mods are always fair!!

 

Hey, be careful, cf mods maybe watching you too!!!!!

I have earned my stripes over there,,,,,,,Yes, I know you find this hard to believe,,gentle Jim, meek and mild, as I am, but I too have 3 warnings and 2 cautions, one retraction to be changed to a caution. It is a brick wall over there against 17 and 20 year old mods!!!:tonofbricks:

Enjoy what you have here. This is paradise.

Cheers,

Gentle Jim

 

I post over there sparingly. There are a couple of folks on the Baptist and Fundamentalist Churches forums that I like very much, but on the whole the site is waaaayyy too liberal for me.

 

Never posted there, but I originally came from another Christian forum. It had very very innactive moderators and one member who ran rough-shod over everyone... especially if you didn't agree with him. Let's say I ain't one who likes to get ran over.

I visited back there not long ago. After said member started running off the few who were posting, one mod got some backbone and banned the dude... and then the other mods and admins wouldn't back him. I left, and so did the majority of members.

It makes me thankfull for the BB and its iron-fisted tyrants... oh, uh... moderators. I do their job on another forum, and their's is a thankless task.

 

I was posting on a couple of forums before I came over here. Most of the trouble with these two were from Adventist. Even one of the mods was biased that way, although I think not an Adventist. I did not see much RCC doctrine over there.

Arguments abounded constantly about Sabbath worship, until I just plain got tired of it. There was no reasoning with them, they had loop-holes for every scripture that was contrary to Adventism you would not believe. Oh yes and Soul Sleep to.

So I decided that I would find a Baptist forum, being they are much more mellow!. Well most of them are. Although I listed myself as a non-denominational, I was baptized Baptist, and my family was Baptist.

But I prefer to just be called Christian, and we hold home study gatherings, but when I do attend a formal service it is Baptist.

So I guess that makes me a non-denominational Baptist - if there is such a thing??. I guess as close as you could get to that, would be Primitive Baptist.

 

Funny yall should mention Christian Forums. Cause thats exactly where I came from. Heck I was a site supporter and everything. Its funny how they claim to want to help new christians and everything, but if you want to ask a question, forget about it. Its kind of a two sided deal. What gives?

 

I've been to three other so called Christian forums, and it's amazing what goes on at some of those places.

 

If it's the same forums I am thinking of, hard to find a lot of christianity there, some of the stuff in open forums for discussion is absoutly horrorable, I couldn't even repeat it.

 

I was there for about two weeks total recently. I was asked to go on to explain some of my husband's work.

I didn't mind being told we were phonies and fakes and frauds -- that comes with the territory. It was when I received a warning because I told someone who was saying the Bible was mythology that I hoped the Bible would become God's Word to him that I was taken aback a bit. Evidently I was telling him that he wasn't really a Christian.

He probably wasn't, actually, and I do hope the Bible becomes truly God's Word to him at some point.

Pro RC? Oh yeah! Tradition trumps Bible any day there.

 

The word mythology has several meanings.

In modern language, it often means "fake" or "not real" because of how many european mythologies (Greek, Roman, Norse) are no longer considered real.

But the word mythology can also be used to describe a style of origins writing/story telling that makes no statement about how real or not the story is, especially in academic fields.

 

My two awards of Horrible Site Design and Worst Forum go to.....

Christian Forums!!!

Wow, just had a look over there to see what all the talk was about and it is something else. I registered, looked round, found countless adds for sites being portrayed as posts and a lot of, um, well, anyway, praise God for the BB!

 

I go to the over 50 site, and 90 per cent of the posters are ill and getting worse. Gets tiresome with so many people ill all the time. I have to look outdoors to be sure I am still alive. At my age, can't be too careful, you know!

In the Baptist forum, a 17 year old is a theology major. One chap makes every post anti-Calvinist, and actually thinks he is making a point.

Yes, much better being here most of the time.

Cheers,

Jim

 

I try not to go over there too much, it's bad for my outlook on life in general.

 

Wow this is an amazing thread. I have been on Christian Forums (CF) for over 3 years. I have only just joined BB, and I am actively looking for a new "Forum Home" for many of the reasons stated. I was pleasantly surprised to see that I am not the only one who thinks that CF really stands for Catholic Forums.
It used to be quite good in the early years, one could have some decent dialogue and interesting discussions of faith and beliefs. However the catholic bias is attrocious now, if not a little embarrasing for CF.
I used to recommend CF many years ago but no longer do.
The funny thing is, that I came from another board (Bibleforums) to Chrisitan Forums because BF was the other extreme, where the very mention of the C word was enough for a warning, and they had no trouble labling the RCC a cult.
It is so hard to find a place just to "Gab about God", but I live in hope.