CiR Posters Should Read This

Thanks for all the support for civility. I just hope it carries over into the threads where the blood gets to pumping. This is your site, the home you make is how people will see you, and your ideas. If what you have to say is important, then how you present those ideas to the world is also important.

I have noticed a lessening of hostility since I posted this thread, and I hope that I have somehow contributed to ATS being a better place for all of us. We need to disagree, for that's how we learn. But no one learns when the air turns blue from nasty posts.

Thank you for reading this, and for those that understand that it's about keeping ATS a place where everyone, no matter their belief system, can come and express themselves without fear of a personal attack.

I believe proving, and or disproving God, is the culmination of our being and our thoughts. I believe it's of utter importance. Regardless of the position you stand, you should be given the fair chance on ATS to present your case, your evidence, for your belief and your convictions. If you ridicule and insult members of either stance, then you close that specific avenue of discussion, and therefore you are not contributing to the "denying ignorance" philosophy of the ATS community.

imo, .02, and whatnots

[edit on 033030p://22u16 by Lucid Lunacy]

Dear Moderator NGC2736,

How true what you said. If I may, I just want to share my experience as a newbie. I have taken extra care not to mention any names or attack any one. If this post is considered unfair, do feel free to delete it.

I want to admit I am no angel too, I was guilty of being a wee bit emotional and uncivilized, I went ape for a minute. In fact, this is the first time one of my post was deleted by a Moderator around 10 hours ago. I am feeling a bit sheepish and embarassed right now.

I am man enough to admit that I was a little naughty in my response to a season ATS poster. I am an agnostic, but this season poster accused me to be an atheist in disguised. So I told him that on my Judgment Day, I Gigantopithecus will ask God for permission to sit on his face. I thought there was a pretty good shot to prove I am agnostic. This response was made in defiance, part spike and part humour, but I guess Moderator FredT wasn't laughing and he deleted my post.

My strategy was to take the debate to whom I perceived "rude posters who got away", bearing in mind to be a notch less obnoxious myself. If they can get away with things, I didn't see why Moderators would be on my case. I guess I was wrong after one of my post was deleted. Lucky thing I am so new I haven't accumulated a record of personal attacks on ATS members.

But I need to say FredT is a fair Moderator. At one point our debate went down the toilet and into the sewage. I am still smarting from being "advised" that my comments were irrelevant because I was a newbie with 15 ATS points. One thing is for sure, my adversary and I are ROFL right now, because my ATS points just went into the negative 965!!

Anyway, Moderator FredT removed both our posts because we were acting like children. He did leave my main post and one reply from the season poster intact. Very fair. In other threads this season poster frequented, there seems to be a little double standard going on. I see this season poster getting away with a lot. His personal attacks on many ATS members were overlooked. And it’s hard not to spot them, they are there for everyone to see.

I do understand it's hard to "police" everyone and I am also not trying to get this season poster banned or change the status quo. And if I may humbly say, I love debating too much to lose an opponent and I'm not a baby, I don't need help from a moderator to do my "battle"!

Before I go, I want to give a special shout out to ATS member Riley who so kindly reminded me to mind my postings. Really appreciate your advise. You are a good person. Oops, I mentioned a name, sorry Riley.

Well, everyone have a nice day, and I hereby pledge that I will also be mindful of my posting in the future.

Well couldn't you move those threads to BTS under rants? I always thought Conspiracies in Religions should be about Conpiracy. I think that should be the guiding rule. Something like "The pope gets 10billion dollar check from _____ " see that is conspiracy. Stuff like "Athiests are going to hell","Jesus was never real" and people asking BS questions like "if ______ says _______ then why are so many_______s doing _______". As far as i see it the CiR board should be about conspiracy and that is it, it should not be a discussion board which always turns into a flame war. CiR is not a place to get educated on any religion. Let the people with religion and the athiests duke it out in BTS not here.

Looking back over the forum the bulk of the threads really do not belong on CiR. Its a lot of im right you are wrong and people trying to explain their belief religious or athiest. where is the conspiracy? The thread titles should be changed according to the thread also. There are many different religions but people like to put up somthing on "Religion" which is normaly just about old and new testament based rleigions, people seem to think everything outside those religions are not really religions and are concidered philosophy or cult.

[edit on 29-4-2009 by Dcotor R]

reply to post by NGC2736

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Couldn't have said it any better, thanks for bringing this to peoples attention I've felt the same way about this part of ATS for a long time it's about time someone spoke out about it.

I am in tottal agreement as long as it is done.

May not be what some people on here wanted to hear but it's the best in the long run for this site and it's credibility.

I have a few times gone out of line , because of emotion. but thanks for posting this as a reminder to everyone.

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I second that notion. I have gotten "up" in emotion as well about faith. I'm sorry.

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As you can see CiR for the most part has turned into hey you christians we think you are dumb and just a board that has religion as a general subject. I think some of the ideas in the original post should be enforced, CiR has become just a soap box for Aethiests to put up the same cookie cutter arguments for the non-existance of god and how all religions are bwaaaaaa. The Christians think that posting up how the current president is the Anti-christ or Maitreya which is also the anti-christ at least once a week.
So how about no evangelical type posting by anyone on CiR.

[edit on 25-5-2009 by The Mack]

reply to post by NGC2736

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has anyone in here ever heard of the evil phrophecy i am the one that has actually been phrophecised about its actually something about on another version of the movie passion of the christ if anyone has a copy or has heard anything about it contact me at college_hooper@yahoo.com

Aight I will personally watch the caps from now on my bad. I do tend to type in fire as I speak in fire sometimes.

reply to post by NGC2736

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yeah, mmmm,blah, blah blah,mmm yea ok

I am one of those that could spend little time in observing and endless time in knowing;

I have realised that what irritames me greatly, is what I call the lingo-spastics;

One question mark is -wish I could swear for this one- enough, is sufficient to get the point; that you are wondering about his/her statement.

One question mark is adequately to understand that you are either at the verge of awe, bewilderment or sarcasm.

One dot is ideally good enough to conceptualize that you have either stopped to take a breath, having signs of confusion or emotional meltdown.

Please stop repeating the same universal language symbols over and over again within the same sentence.

We get the point so get the common sense of not overdoing it constantly.

Personally, I respect someone who types in a very professional and serious manner.

Whenever I see the above signs of immaturity, I will not bother to read it.

If you want to be respected, then the least you could do is show me that what you write is academically admired or visually intriguing.

Never-ending statements, sentences, quotes, examples, do not make you an intellectual encyclopedia; they just prove that you are not comfortable enough to make a point byconsistency and persistency ;Substance .

For instance I saw this thread with more or less this title; "why intelligent design is not taken into consideration as scientific?"

That is too naive per se for me;

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World-class websites and TV.

If you have a question, why dont you research P.L.E.A.S.E first, understand fully what is scientific and what is intelligent design, instead of re-creating old threads that are more likely to be more interesting and intriguing than yours.

Its like recycling again and again the same paper; Nothing changes to your suprise!

Deal with it.

This one I wanted to let it all out by goinng all-blow.

Apologies Admins and Mods for inciting hatred, bigotry and intolerance.

But this is how I feel.

reply to post by NGC2736

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Are you the moderator here? Did I miss something?

I suggest reading all of this thread.