sunshine91496
Member
To my fellow Catholics and other people of faith don't be fooled by the name of the Christianity Board. The posters on the Christian forum generally (I am saying generally here, as evidenced by the number of folks who post negative and misinformed statements about Catholics and other religions) don't view Catholics as Christians which is quite evident as you read some of the postings. This again raises a concern which I have had for months but did not feel like voicing but I will today because of recent comments I've seen on that forum.
We joined this forum to discuss mainly hair topics, I do like that we discuss several other topics on the Entertainment/Off -topic boards, Salon reviews etc. But we did not join to be preached to or put down. As a Catholic I am unfortunately used some proclaimed Evangelicals or Born- Again Christians misinterpreting my faith; however, I wonder how Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, or those who have no faith on the board feel about the fact that they have to pay to a site that supports Evangelical prosletizing. Hey this is America and its a free country, so people can say whatever they want, but I do think this issue should have been disucssed before creating a "Christian Forum". If the mods of the board (regardless of their great haircare advice)were pagans, or Muslims, or Catholics, and decided to have a Catholic Forum etc., I am sure several people would have been offended and either demanded such a forum be closed, or for a refund.
And just to be clear, there seems to be no problem discussing religion generally, my problem in this case, is that "Christian Forum" seems to be selecting who can call themselves Christians or other believers for that matters. Sorry I had to vent, but its really been bothering me. Yes I know I should not look at that particular forum if I don't like it, but when you have title's of posts like "Catholics are not Christians", I'm sorry I am going to have to respond.
We joined this forum to discuss mainly hair topics, I do like that we discuss several other topics on the Entertainment/Off -topic boards, Salon reviews etc. But we did not join to be preached to or put down. As a Catholic I am unfortunately used some proclaimed Evangelicals or Born- Again Christians misinterpreting my faith; however, I wonder how Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, or those who have no faith on the board feel about the fact that they have to pay to a site that supports Evangelical prosletizing. Hey this is America and its a free country, so people can say whatever they want, but I do think this issue should have been disucssed before creating a "Christian Forum". If the mods of the board (regardless of their great haircare advice)were pagans, or Muslims, or Catholics, and decided to have a Catholic Forum etc., I am sure several people would have been offended and either demanded such a forum be closed, or for a refund.
And just to be clear, there seems to be no problem discussing religion generally, my problem in this case, is that "Christian Forum" seems to be selecting who can call themselves Christians or other believers for that matters. Sorry I had to vent, but its really been bothering me. Yes I know I should not look at that particular forum if I don't like it, but when you have title's of posts like "Catholics are not Christians", I'm sorry I am going to have to respond.