Moved from Main Page: We Should Do Something

[ExChurchKid]

Thank you for your response. I agree with this being the only venue on the internet, which is why I've been trying to fight to fix the issues. I have the knowledge and skill to lead the conversation with the younger generation of church kids. So, I believe, does SerenityLives. I mention the two of us, because we ARE the younger generation of church kids. Perhaps there are others that I've missed (Trapped? I have no idea how old you are). Why not make one of us a moderator? You can be the older male evangelical, and SerenityLives (assuming she's willing) or I (I am more than willing) can be the younger female agnostic. This would make for a more balanced forum. I did read the post by Curious, and I just found your recent post in the Greatest Error thread. They are much appreciated, and speak much truth I think. A few follow-up questions:

1. Why was this thread moved to Alternative Views?

2. Will you make me (or someone like SerenityLives, perhaps Trapped, etc.) a moderator alongside you?

3. Am I allowed to be agnostic in this forum, without fear of needing to be "fixed"?

4. Do you understand why the comments of those I've mentioned specifically make me and others like me so uncomfortable? When I go to check on a thread and see that SonstoGlory has responded...it makes my skin crawl, sorry to say. Not that he is a bad person (although I think he enjoys crashing through boundaries, and then getting to be offended when he gets called out, and then being vitriolically defended by his buddies Ohio and jigsaw44, which speaks to bad motivations). But his actions are bad. His religious speech is hypocritical. He hides behind God so he doesn't have to examine his posts. He gets offended when anyone disagrees with his beliefs, and yet claims that everyone else must respect his, when he most certainly doesn't respect the beliefs of others. My question is: do you understand how harmful this is? Why it makes me so uncomfortable that he could jump in at any moment, Bible bash me, and derail my conversation? Are you willing to call him and others out for the "false religion" you speak of in the Greatest Error thread?

5. Will you request apologies from SonstoGlory, Ohio, and jigsaw44, for how they have acted on this forum, to promote healing and get us back on track?

6. Will you apologize to me, for telling me to "just ignore" comments that make me uncomfortable, as I described above? For lack of moderation allowing abuse into this forum? I mean, seriously, have you read the LGBTQ thread, and the posts of your evangelical buddies towards SerenityLives??

7. Will you pay more attention to reported comments, and either delete the comments or warn/ban from the thread the person who is derailing the conversation, or simply being insulting? (i.e. the comment from jigsaw44 that expressly violated your posted warning, which I reported, and wasn't deleted the last time I checked?)

8. Out of curiosity, since I am clearly such a handful...why did you not grant my original request to delete and/or ban my account?