Mod Kirk

I assent to your actions... Nice recap!

Leaving it here for now...it managed to survive 107 pages in this forum :biglaugh:/>

Leaving it here for now

Misrepresenting what other posters say will be construed as against the house rules Ad hominems are just poor, illogical arguments Keep it on topic people! Note the post at the top of this forum from a few years back: anyone may post here - Atheists, Agnostics, Buddhists or anyone else who does not currently define themselves as Christian or as a bible literalist may post here

The doctrinal forum has and will continue to play host to a wide variety of opinions, doctrines and favorite theologians. Non-Christians, including atheists, agnostics, and Satanists (yeah, really) are welcome here. That being said, please keep the discussions on-topic. While discussing the existence of God, God's motives, the origin or reliability of the bible or the relatives merits of various religions and philosophies is certainly appropriate, consider the context of your discussion. Does your contribution add to or derail/detract from the discussion at hand? The flip side of this is that non-Christians have every right to weigh in on these threads. While it may be your opinion that a Buddhist or an Atheist doesn't belong in an argument about the Trinity or Predestination or answered prayer, the position of this board is that anyone may participate. Please, play nice!

A side discussion about the existence of God has been removed from this thread. While threads questioning God and his motives are not out of place in the doctrinal forum, please don't derail doctrinal discussions with extraneous matters.

FYI: The word "pedangta" confuses the filter, which turns the slang word for excrement into "dang". Wherever you see the word "Penangta", it should be "Pedangta"

It's true...it was me

Congratulations on the weight loss as well as the divorce from Dominoes. I'm sure I'd find something to do with my time if Grease Spot went away...but boy, would I miss this place. It's a privelege assisting in the upkeep of this fine establishment. Thanks!

Anyone who wants the thread closed is free to stop posting on it

I have split off two of the KOG/KOH posts and started a new thread down in Doctrinal

The posts that follow the preceding remark about a mantle have been moved to a new thread. Enjoy!

3 of those mod names are people who are no longer active. 2 are people who either moderate the prayer forum only or handle technical details only 7 are placeholder names that the new mods got to choose from. There are only 8 active mods

While I understand the points of those who think that there should not be a second screen name for moderators, I disagree that we should moderate under our primary handles. Mainly because of the anitipathy towards moderators here at GSC. Using the mod handle allows us to participate in discussions without bringing the moderator baggage. With the adversarial attitude that many here have toward moderators, could a moderator post on a hot topic without the suspicion that he or she would edit out opposing views? With the utter contempt with which many of you treat the mods, why would any of us "unmask"?

That, of course, is your opinion.

Well, I take my responsibility seriously, since I believe in the mission of Grease Spot Well, excathedra followed my post using similar language. I believe any reasonable person would come to the conclusion that it was a response to my remark; vickles "thirded" the motion, indicating a response to my remark as well. Maybe it does, the newbies are learning and the veterans aren't perfect either. It was explained in a PM. Because I have seen it before, time after time over the last five years. Most people get sick and tired of doing a volunteer job and getting nothing but grief Who is it that's "whining" about their feelings being hurt? What made you say that?

A few posts up, I had made a comment that was somewhat sarcastic, which I deleted, but not before a few posters commented on it. I deleted the comments, since they made no sense out of context. Also deleted was a comment by pawtucket that made no sense out of context since it was a response to one of the responses that I had deleted. I PM'd those whose posters I deleted explaining my actions. One poster PM'd me back with his opinion of my actions, the other two chose to continue to discuss the matter on this thread. So, I put it all back in order to preserve some semblance of context.

A side note to the revised rules: One of the issues that came up during the Rules Committee discussions was the need for more moderators to help lighten the load on the small group that we had previously, eight posters volunteered. Now these are all posters who have been moderating for less than a month and are doing their best to do a tough job. Every single one of them are long-time posters who come from a variety of points of view. Why don't some of you cut them some slack?

The posts discussing libel were moved to the "libel" thread

The discussion on "Are Unitarian Christians Actually Muslims" has been assigned its own thread, which can be found in the doctrinal forum

The portion of this discussion relating to the definition of a cult has been split off to a new topic.

I was the moderator that is being referred to in the initial post on this thread. Below is what I posted. I did not say, "essentially" or otherwise that there is no point discussing the issue, my point is that the job is already too big for the moderators that we have, and that we can write a bunch of new rules and define to the point that no one can possibly misunderstand and we would still be hampered by the limitations imposed by the small number of moderators and their finite amount of time. As to "being silent", have you noticed that closing down threads almost invariably results in a new thread, often titled something like "Why Was XYZ Thread Shut Down?" or "Where's Joe Blow?"? It's like cutting off one of Hydra's heads! I think discussing what defines a personal attack is a valid topic. Some people just don't know. Or don't...