Do You Think There are Enough God/Bible Threads on this Forum?

@Willi Said

different paths we take.
how we walk them and why is a subject many ponder.
let evolution dictate the content?

@tariki Said

Just picking up from willi here, a few words. Forums do evolve. Word gets around. Lurkers stop lurking and jump in. Those who gain - however judged by some - will stay.

A Ch'an master once said...."Where you find a receptive ear, sing your heart out. Otherwise, keep your mouth shut." I would ask just what IS a "receptive ear"? On another forum I participate on each is encouraged to speak their truth, and the etiquette asked for from each member is not to condemn, but to join in reasoned debate and discussion. This from the fundamental point of view that we all stand on the same ground - that of fallible human beings.

An example of the type of threads found......one started on the Chinese Classic, the "Tao Te Ching". Day by day, week by week, each chapter was posted and comments and views encouraged, with the call to find possible Christian parallels, or parallels from any faith.

At last count, the thread had been accessed 16,381 times. It is left on the forum as a resource for others to access, and it often is.

Many joined in, Christians, Buddhists, and those of no faith at all. For me it demonstrated just what is possible.

Such is NOT possible when there are those who assume that they alone possess truth, and even claim that such "truth" is not their own, but is in fact "Gods". It is not possible when these same people seek to claim that any who do not share their own "truth" will be destroyed. It is not possible when such people claim that no one has any excuse for being "wrong" now that the truth has been revealed. And for such people to claim that they have the "mind of Christ" is as close to blasphemy as you can get without crossing the line.

St Paul once spoke of being "all things to all men" (and women, one would hope) "To the Greek I speak as a Greek, to the Jew as a Jew"....Alas, one here seeks to speak to all the same. He has but one voice. His own. Which he claims is the voice of God Himself.

Anyway, enough of all that.

@CausaMortis Said

I think it is important that we address this matter

@sister_of_mercy Said

Some of us like the other kind of threads in this forum and don't want to have to miss them by blocking the entire section.

@PerlaDelMar Said

It is one thing when different people post threads, but when it is one person who is ALWAYS posting things just to bait people, then it becomes annoying, irritating at best.

@MadCornishBiker Said

The add your own. If enough are interested they will respond, if not then you are in a minority.

Don't just whinge about what isn't on here, do something about it.

@sister_of_mercy Said

We've tried, you just don't seem to get the hint.

@sister_of_mercy Said

We've tried, you just don't seem to get the hint.

@MadCornishBiker Said

Well if you can't make your own threads interesting enough fr people to join in with, then maybe you have to bow to the interests of those who do respond on here and not spoil it for them.

The very fact that threads,like these receive so much response is evidence enough that it is what people want to discuss. I'm sure we've all had threads ignored, but that is life.

If you don't like threads you don't have to read them you know, it's not compulsory.

@CausaMortis Said

Again it's not about ignoring certain threads, the issue is whether we as concerned posters are doing our best to service to the needs of our cyber community. I was starting to doubt whether 12 new topics on this issue a day was sufficient to meet the maximum enjoyment needs of my fellow posters, to my dismay I discovered that alittle more than half of the respondents believe what we are doing is beating a dead horse.

@hoppy Said

I understood this forum was for all of us. I learned to pick and choose what I read. You too, could learn.