Looking for another forum

[mathematoons]

I used to post here a lot more. Then I would get harassed for speaking the truth, try to defend myself, and get sick of this forum because it has been taken over by modernists; even if they are not the majority, the fact still remains that I have to be extremely careful what I say if I don’t want a barrage of angry tirades from them. (Modern culture and I rejected each other not long after my conversion from atheism–and, in many ways, it happened even before my conversion.)

The problem is, I have tried “traditional Catholic” forums. (A few years ago, someone on here invited me to one.) My problem with those was that the people spent more time complaining about how evil the modern world is (which is true, but complaining gets tiring to listen to) and how the Church has strayed from the real teachings (how is this different from Protestantism except what year they believe the Church defected?) than supporting each other in the struggle to live as good Catholics in a world that hates our faith. It’s depressing.

There must be a middle ground–a forum where the Catholics actually believe the Church and all the teachings. Anyone know of such a thing?

 

[Trishie]

I’m sad that has been your experience, mathematoons.
If you do happen to put in more time here, please know you can flag any

angry tirades

Charity is the goal of the forum and of many sincere posters, and more of us take a sincere interest in dealing with uncharitable posters. There are several of us who are now Regulars can hide uncharitable posts now, until they are assessed and dealt with. We take this responsibility very seriously, so if an uncharitable post or spam is overlooked, please contact one of us. Some of us are in the norther hemisphere, some in the southern, so there may be a chance you can receive a quick response…but do know you can flag any post that is uncharitable or contrary to Catholic teaching.

We are still few, but the number of Regulars will grow so hopefully there will always be one of us to contact. There isn’t a list. I could give one, but I’d need to ask the others if that’s ok. There’s always the… need to be respectful even where we want to be helpful to others.

We hope you will remain. Regardless, God bless you.

 

[pianistclare]

I agree, the endless complaining is tiresome.
Stay and be the change.
Peace.

 

[Xanthippe_Voorhees]

Agree with Clare,

I am not a traditionalist. I don’t like TLM and I don’t hope we “go back” to it. I am glad for the OF and I’m glad that there are many private revelations we don’t have to listen to.

But I can listen and I can be kind. I think that is needed more than anything.
Along with staying away from the gripe threads and muting those who only complain.

 

[stpurl]

I think there are still many people here who believe. Do you remember way back when we had a ‘Hook, Line, and Sinker’ tag for those of us who were proud to say that yes, we DO believe everything the Catholic Church teaches, no ifs, ands, and buts?

Life’s like a pendulum. For a while, there were people swinging in one direction, then there were more swinging in another direction, now they’re back swinging in the first direction. But I think that the swings are, in a way, getting less ‘extreme’, and also getting more frequent, kind of like a pendulum as it settles to an equilibrium. I think and hope that what that means is that if there are two sides, that the sides are seeing (and rejecting) the extremes at either end, and are more open and willing to see the other side for a time, waiting ‘their turn’, and hopefully getting to where more and more on each side are, if not totally accepting the views of the other, at least willing to tolerate and acknowledge each other. We can always hope.

 

[Entwhistler]

As far as I know, this forum is what you are looking for. Although there are probably some wackos that go off on angry tirades whenever you (a traditional Catholic) speaks on some point, for the most part I have found the folks here to be at least charitable. Since this is Catholic.com, there will be folks on the other side of the aisle so to speak. They might disagree with me (since I am also more of a traditional Catholic) but I just hope they will be nice about it. I am more than willing to have a polite conversation about our disagreements as long as they don’t call me names or twist my words. And it seems most are willing to be polite. And those that aren’t I will flag (which, to be honest, I have never had to do and I hope I never have to).
So, I don’t think you will find a better forum that isn’t a trad forum that just complains about the state of the world and the Church. Maybe fisheaters but you might have already been there. But, as I always try to remind myself, if your argument is worth considering, you don’t need to disparage the other person. Therefore, if you get ugly, your argument also does.

 

[cawebmaster]

Hi @mathematoons, I’m sorry for your negative experience. I’ve not noticed any flags from you. Please utilize the flag system if you find problematic posts. PM me if you’d like assistance with that. If someone has been harassing you please PM me the username with links to the problematic posts. I will address it immediately.