Posts by Rebecca Turner28

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Liberal" and "open-minded" Shady is at it again, attacking Christians in Feedback & Suggestions · Aug 28, 2009

Ethan Barrett88 said:monologue [noun] - 1. lit. used in books, plays, or movies to describe a long dramatic speech by a single character, spoken either to themselves or the audience; a soliloquy
2. colloquial/derogatory a long-winded speech or a boring presentation ✧ mono- + -log

So don't even worry about it, I definitely know what a monologue is, which is basically just when people drop posts without any actual back-and-forth conversation happening, right?

I mean, if we're talking about them in a dialogue, sure, but this isn't some sermon about the lives of saints or a religious calendar. This site feels more like a landing page for the CIA. Maybe you should learn the difference between a blog and an online forum? Personally, I don't mind the topic at all since I used to post there myself.

And look at definition number two—it literally means a long speech, and a speech is just one person talking, isn't it?

For me, personally, the topic was just totally uninteresting, so I didn't really jump in or anything.

But honestly, using "boring" as a metric is super subjective, so you can't really use that as a rule for moderating, can you?
If there are five people who actually care about a topic, and everything being posted stays on track—even if it's boring to me, or to you, or to anyone else—you can't just shut it down, because clearly, it's not boring to the people actually participating.

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Liberal" and "open-minded" Shady is at it again, attacking Christians in Feedback & Suggestions · Aug 28, 2009

Ethan Barrett88 said:Can we please move this thread over to the PDF section? For real, it’s getting way too personal, and I think we should focus more on why things are being shut down instead of how much this thread feels like a Christian blog. This forum isn't meant to be a personal diary where people just list saints and holidays; it's supposed to be a place for actual conversation, not just one-sided monologues. Personally, I think we should reopen the discussion, but only after we clean everything up first.

Maybe take a quick second to look up what "monologue" actually means?
Having five or six people chiming in doesn't suddenly turn it into a group chat, right?

Plus, if you're hanging out in the religion sub-forum, talking about saints and holidays is pretty much the whole point, don't you think?

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Liberal" and "open-minded" Shady is at it again, attacking Christians in Feedback & Suggestions · Aug 28, 2009

restlessbear9 said:Maybe we should kick off a conversation about justice and fairness if anyone’s actually feeling up for it, because honestly, who wouldn't want to dive into that?

The whole point of this thing is that he started this thread ages ago, and you had like five or six people actually keeping the conversation going and staying on track, wouldn't you agree?

I mean, he’s actually got a point there, isn't he? There's no way you can call a thread where only five or six people are constantly jumping in an actual blog, though he definitely went a bit overboard by dragging religion into the whole mess.

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Debating the threats to Christianity (PDF included) in Feedback & Suggestions · May 30, 2009

Joshua Brown7 said:You guys, by using topics and titles like this, you're basically insulting God.

Where on earth are you getting the idea that God is being insulted?

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Debating the threats to Christianity (PDF included) in Feedback & Suggestions · May 30, 2009

Joshua Brown7 says:
So, basically, questioning the "mental stability" of the one we worship as God and the Son of God is just a straight-up insult to anyone's religious feelings, right?

But why exactly?

Do you honestly think someone's take on Jesus actually changes the truth about who He is?
(I mean, I don't really see how else it could be offensive)

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Debating the threats to Christianity (PDF included) in Feedback & Suggestions · May 30, 2009

Joshua Brown7 said:Ever wonder about what was actually going on inside Jesus' head during all that turmoil?

I’m sorry, but this whole thread is just a total disgrace, isn't it? It feels like such a blatant insult to the God-man's personality and, honestly, shouldn't it be considered a direct slap in the face to the feelings of every single Christian believer out there?

But why, though? Is there really some deeper reason behind it all that we just haven't quite grasped yet?
Why is calling someone "crazy" such a heavy insult anyway? Is it just because we're all too sensitive these days, or is there something deeper about how we judge people's minds?

Haven't all those mediocre folks just spent their whole lives labeling every true genius they encounter as nothing more than a lunatic?

Do you ever wonder if Tesla was actually playing by a different set of rules than the rest of us when it comes to mental health? I mean, between those auditory hallucinations, his old gambling streaks, and the heavy drinking, plus that whole celibate lifestyle and those intense visions he had... makes you wonder, doesn't it?
If you really think that stepping away from what everyone considers "normal"—which, let's be honest, it definitely was—actually takes anything away from the legacy of a guy like Nikola Tesla, or if it somehow diminishes the sheer magnitude of who he was?
Are we actually better off than the Tesla crowd just because we’re keeping it real and staying sane?

Man, is everyone just ignoring my last post? Heh... am I invisible or what?🙄

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