ChristianForums: Technical enforcement rears its ugly head (2006/11/09)
So, the time has come to examine what I think is probably the real beginning of the end in many ways. Technical enforcement.
[read more...]ChristianForums case studdy: Gunny, trolling, and funding. (2006/11/09)
Okay, time for another case study. Gunny. Gunny went by various names; Gunny, gunnysgt, GySgt, and others. (He changed his name away from GySgt after someone thought it meant Gay Sargeant.)
[read more...]ChristianForums case study: Annabel Lee (2006/11/09)
I’m going to use an example here, but I have to give you a caveat first: One of the CF staff, some time after this, came out and gave a real apology for it. In a very real sense, this offense has been addressed.
[read more...]ChristianForums, 2002-2003 (2006/11/09)
It’s funny to imagine that this was the good old days. (And given how far back it is, and that no one realized back then how crucial it was to save everything in case it got deleted, I may have some subtle errors. Feel free to submit corrections, ideally with documentation. Alleged corrections submitted without supporting evidence will be remarked on, but not necessarily accepted as truth.) Throughout this article, there’s some references to “Erwin” – that’s Erwin Loh, founder of “Loh Enterprises”, which is the company that actually owns CF legally. Erwin is an Australian member of a Willow Creek church. His management of CF is often influenced by his lack of involvement with a lot of American politics.
[read more...]The saga of ChristianForums (2006/11/08)
So, ChristianForums. It’s this site I spent a lot of time at for a bit over four and a half years.
[read more...]Bob Jones and the memory hole (2006/07/22)
One of the key components of Christian teaching is metanoia, or repentance. That means admitting your faults, because if you won’t admit them, you can’t really correct them. Even if you change your behavior, if you can’t admit it was wrong, you’re not changing yourself, you’re just bowing to superior firepower.
[read more...]Making sense of Fred Phelps (2006/02/25)
Everyone uses Fred Phelps as an example of conservative Christian bigotry and hatred. I even used to; he’s certainly walked the walk for many years.
[read more...]Domestic Discipline: Abuse by any other name (2005/12/11)
Someone started a thread on a “lifestyle” called Domestic Discipline. This is the term used for it by some Christian groups, although similar practices are found in some Muslim communities.
[read more...]That Cenk Uygur thing (2005/10/25)
So, lots of people have pointed me at If you’re a Christian, Muslim, or Jew - You Are Wrong.
[read more...]What. The. Fuck. (2005/09/04)
http://www.christianforums.com/t2050810-understanding-new-orleans.html
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