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guanophore
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That is exactly the purpose of this forum! Welcome.
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atheistgirl
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I’m quite exceptional, yes, thank you for noticing
Perhaps you misunderstood me? For some, just about everything I would write is a form of proselytizing. I was accused of proselytizing recently when the poster hadn’t even read what I’d said. They just saw it was me posting, and assumed I any post of mine must be contrary to the Church’s teaching - they hadn’t actually read what I wrote
Did I say that?
No, I didn’t.
I said, if I press the point to far, there is no doubt someone will report me for proselytizing. They will confuse me simply stating my position and reasoning on an issue, with me trying to convince them, they’re wrong to believe as they do and I’m attempting to lure them from their faith.
I know what I’m talking about here
I have stated publicly here I have no intention of ever deconverting anyone and my posts always try to reflect my respect for the person and their beliefs.
Why? I love the irony of it all, and am quite proud of it. If you think it’s odd, well, that’s great too.
I’m sure.
I don’t want anyone to loose their faith and I don’t want them to become atheist and I don’t want them to join anything.
I state elsewhere my sole reason for being here was to learn about Catholic beliefs and practices and the reasons behind them. As an atheist, I recognized I had no clue about this, and this seemed like a good forum to learn this information.
It is. I think I have a very good working knowledge of the Catholic faith now and the justification behind it.
Yeah. Pesky Atheists!
But some are nice
Or so they tell me
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mlz
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I was a non catholic here who after several years here converted but felt very welcome by the majority and made close friends with many wonderful Catholic believers. This is a Catholic site, but for the most part open to non Catholics as I can attest to.
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guanophore
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Well, that will not matter here, because it is not the members who make the call on it. Only the mods determine if such infractions occur. The criteria is not a matter of popular opinion, fortunately.Some Catholics and people of other faith don’t know the definition of proselytizing thoughCode::D
I have noticed that there does seem to be a bias here toward Catholics. It is, afterall, a Catholic forum, which is intended to be evangelistic. I realize there may be some people that have the position you describe here, but only a small minority here. Most Catholics here are seeking to develop skills in answering such questions, and are eager to engage in discussion and give an account for the hope that is within them.
Your sarcasm seems to indicate that you have not had the benefit of much productive interaction. One has to wonder what might be the motive behind your purpose here, and your questions. Could it be that some people are picking up what is actually true? That you are not really here to get Catholic Answers at all?
Yes, I know quite a few persons who came in with guns blazing, and ended up getting banned or they just gave up and quit. I have learned quite a bit from them. Most of the time, though, they were not here to ask questions, but to draw people into conversion of faith. There were questions involved, but they were geared toward that end.I don’t know.Code:Perhaps that's why there's not so many non catholics here? :shrug:
But maybe a percentage got fed up with such false accusations?
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atheistgirl
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Well, that didn’t take long did it?
All the best to you and I wish you well.
Bye.
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mlz
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JRKH
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Thanks for the compliment.
Yes I think that this is one more possibility.
I must admit that I have been involved in conversations where someone was rather spirited in their debate and were suddenly banned…A check of their other posts did not reveal anything that I thought worth banning…but then I’m would not have access to any PM’s or E-mails between them and the moderators…
But in the overall mix I often felt that it was a lost opportunity. I would have liked to continue the conversation for a while longer.
But - oh well - that’s life…
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GKC
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agnes_therese
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Nor do we have access to any posts of the banned person that may have been deleted by the moderators. I have to remind myself of that sometimes when I see that someone’s been banned, and I can’t see why.
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benjohnson
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You can sometimes see where a member is acting poorly in several areas on the forum, so if their conversations ends it very well could be that they were acting quite much more poorly in another area.
Sometime you can see the trajectory they were taking - their posts get increasingly strident and rude. So you can sort of extrapolate what sorts of posts will get one banned, and frankly from what I can surmise, they deserve their fate.
Sometime you can see the trajectory they were taking - their posts get increasingly strident and rude. So you can sort of extrapolate what sorts of posts will get one banned, and frankly from what I can surmise, they deserve their fate.
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PRmerger
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Yes. There are a few individuals who, when I turn on my computer in the morning and see that they’ve been banned overnight, I say, “YES!”…
but, mostly, when someone is banned I think, “Dern! That member certainly needed to be here. Too bad, really, that he couldn’t contain himself.”
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JRKH
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Hadn’t thought of that.
Something else that seems to pop up from time to time is a banned member “sneaking” back on under a different user name…I think the mods can sometimes catch this through the IP address and of course they are then swiftly removed once again…
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johnnyc176
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Wouldn’t the decrease of non Catholics in the forum be a good thing? Maybe they are in RCIA!
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JRKH
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Yes that would be a good thing…Of course these we generally hear about…Wouldn’t the decrease of non Catholics in the forum be a good thing? Maybe they are in RCIA!
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John_Paul_Jones
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I wouldn’t say no one says anything, maybe Vatican City is just ranked lower on the list of things to insult or complain about the Catholic Church so it’s not as common. The Catholic Church also lost the papal states (circa1929) which was much larger area than Vatican City.This is a darn interresting question! See, this is why I like talking with all kinds of different people
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Kaninchen
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Most of the Papal States were ‘lost’ in 1860 with the rest in 1870. 1929 merely marked the end of sulking about it.
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guanophore
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There was an end of sulking! Shoot. I ddn’t get that memo…Most of the Papal States were ‘lost’ in 1860 with the rest in 1870. 1929 merely marked the end of sulking about it.
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Patrick1540
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I think also many exCatholics are coming back to the Fullness of Faith,so less angry people,can help too! People get tired of all the confusion out there.Wouldn’t the decrease of non Catholics in the forum be a good thing? Maybe they are in RCIA!
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John_Paul_Jones
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Trust me, the sulken hasn’t ended and there are people who still complain about the Catholic Church having Vatican City. The idea that no one complains about Vatican City isn’t true.Most of the Papal States were ‘lost’ in 1860 with the rest in 1870. 1929 merely marked the end of sulking about it.
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