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[funeralcrasher]

i am upset because one of the few Christians I really admire & respect just left xiangoth.net. see my friend used to post on another "christian goth" site called Enclave and that's where we met. Both of us felt unwelcome there because we were a small minority of people who weren't spiritually conservative, and certain other members constantly used us to display their deep-rooted religious hatre and intolerance. . Eventually he left because he couldn't carry on a peaceful discussion with anyone without others accusing him of being lukewarm or misleading others.. which he clearly was not doing unlesss you think that believing in love and grace is ungodly.
So i created xiangoth.net a couple years ago so people like he and I could have a SAFE place to discuss our spirituality. Some who posted on Enclave followed him to XGN and continued their right-wing conservative antics, but eventually they left becuase they didn't have an approving audience.
but some remained and have conitnued picking and picking and inciting becuase they feel its their right to tell us how fucked up we are and to show us our path is a highway to hell.
maybe i should have banned those who conitnued picking.. but then am I doing the same thing they are in reverse? i didn't. i liet them stay *hoping* they'd get a clue and realize there are a dozen other "christian goth" forums online filled with people just like them. and none friendly to people like me.
and that's what I hate about christians.. they'd rather push someone over the edge than show others God's love and grace. they have a fucking point to prove and god dammnit they're gonna prove it no matter the cost. oh it burns me up!
how many people have committed suicide due to religious assholes like which can be found at godscare.net or godhatesfags.com? how many others RAN away from anything christian becuase all they know of christ is what fuckwits like pat robertson have to say. forgive me God but I wish they'd all fucking die. Your world would be a much better place.

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[lordruthven.livejournal.com]

Me and Adrya have been bouncing ideas off one another. I have always felt that the "Studies and Thoughts" forum was a lightning rod for controversy, but can see why Adrya stands so firm behind having it there. I think that turning it into a "moderator's post only" forum might work. This would be similar to some music websites I see. On some of those websites, they have a section titled "From the Band" where only the band members post for the other posters to see. Replace band members with moderators and you get the idea.

What would happen next, of course, is that all the fundies would cry and moan about not being heard. Of course, they wouldn't really have much of an outlet for it since there posting privileges in "S&T" would be nil. Then, maybe then, they will give us up for being "lukewarm" and leave.

I think that part of the problem is that while the mods have strong liberal Christian leanings, it's not prevalent due to being overwhelmed in the forums. Rather than restrict certain people from posting, make posting privileges in that forum available only for mods.

Did any of that make coherent sense? I'm kind of tired.

[pkbarbiedoll.livejournal.com]

one of the most annoying things about fundamentalists is their refusal to admit their fundamentalist slant on spirituality. some like to pretend they are moderates too. but they are always the same when an open, free forum permits, and targets present themselves...