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I had the idea of composing some sort of prayer asking God to help all of us be more charitable toward one another in these forums, but I’m finding that I’m too exhausted for the task… so I’ll just give more of an exhortation, I guess.
I was recently drawn to this site largely because of a very good experience with another Catholic message board which, unfortunately, was simply far less active than this one. It was common practice there to post “thank-you’s” for helpful advice, offers of prayer, or even mildly insightful comments.
Here, on the other hand, there seems to be many more messages that are rude, condescending, or just plain mean-spirited. This is certainly not the case with all posters, but it is troubling to see so much of it. A couple of examples of seemingly entire threads getting very chippy very quickly are the whole debate on hand-holding during the Lord’s Prayer and one debating the merits of homeschooling versus Catholic schools.
Maybe I am just focusing too much on the negative, but I really feel that some of the comments I have seen in my short time here have been detrimental to the spirit of the forums and a poor reflection of our faith. What do you all think?
I was recently drawn to this site largely because of a very good experience with another Catholic message board which, unfortunately, was simply far less active than this one. It was common practice there to post “thank-you’s” for helpful advice, offers of prayer, or even mildly insightful comments.
Here, on the other hand, there seems to be many more messages that are rude, condescending, or just plain mean-spirited. This is certainly not the case with all posters, but it is troubling to see so much of it. A couple of examples of seemingly entire threads getting very chippy very quickly are the whole debate on hand-holding during the Lord’s Prayer and one debating the merits of homeschooling versus Catholic schools.
Maybe I am just focusing too much on the negative, but I really feel that some of the comments I have seen in my short time here have been detrimental to the spirit of the forums and a poor reflection of our faith. What do you all think?