Posted: Sun Apr 07, 2002 1:38 pm Post subject: Not sure where to post
Quote:
Whoa - 23 different forums! Who has time to even figure out which forum they’re supposed to post in?
No one has asked me that question before. I thought I should wait for questions before stating precise clarifications to everything.
Still, I do get the feeling that most people have a sense that I’m ranking forums in terms of importance. For those who can recognize that and can fathom the meaning of the 7 categories, it’s actually much easier than making 23 decisions.
Quote:
Heaven
Administration
Midheaven
The Everlasting Gospel
High Ranking Revelation
Everything Else That’s Important
Novice Class
Flight School Trainees
High Mountains
Mount Zion
Mount Carmel
Mars Hill
The Plain of Megiddo
Location Spot for the Battle of Armageddon
The Dragon, Beast and False Prophet Convention Center
Subtle Misunderstanding
Green Valleys
Picnic Area
The World
University Hall
Town Hall
Billboard
Library
News Room
Family Room
Courtroom
Jail
Hell
The Bottomless Pit
From email:
Sent: Sunday, April 07, 2002 10:44 AM
Subject: Your board.
Eugene,
Your board is nice. It would be far more appealing if you arranged it more freely. CARM has got it right letting each individual create their own topics of interest instead of being forced to discuss only what is provided by administrators. If you want to be big. Change your board to resemble the freedom CARM provides.
My opinion.
Jim
My Reply:
Dear Jim,
Thanks for your opinion. I understand that my bulletin board will not appeal to the mass market. I am aiming my board at precisely defined categories, not predefined topics. Let me make this clear. Any topic can be discussed, even attacks on me. I just finished posting my philosophy that governs my board and it was all about giving everyone the freedom to say what they want.
I have a forum for important conversations (Mount Zion). I have a forum for meaningless chat (The Bottomless Pit). That covers everything serious and everything frivolous—that’s quite general.
Let me explain the purpose of the other forums. Suppose someone started a thread to make the point that all must submit to the authority of the Roman Pontiff to obtain salvation. That would be an important (and interesting) discussion. But because my board is well organized—allowing for great refinement— and seeks to promote Protestant Christianity, as a forum administrator and believer in grammatical-historical exegesis, I would move that thread to the forum called The Dragon, Beast and False Prophet Convention Center.
As the name to my URL implies, I’m interested in Everything Important. I’m also interested in principled, reasoned discourse.
The Midheaven forums are for honest investigations and presentations of gospel truths recommended by this ministry. The Plain of Megiddo forums are for those who are opposed to the Midheaven forums.
Currently, there are 3 anti-Midheaven forums. One is for subtle misunderstanding. That should be sufficient for most critics. If you’re a more sophisticated opponent, check out the other two forums.
From viewing this forum, it is quite marvelous to see how it has been arranged. It is indeed accurate and fitting that it be arranged based on how close one is to God. It will guide visitors as they seek to learn the truths printed on this forum, so that they may distinguish truth from error ever more readily.
The forum is also beautiful looking to the eye. It is undoubtedly the most advanced, even among the more "popular" Adventist forums.
If you are an individual who has a problem with Eugene's governance here, there are other places to choose to post from. As for now, this forum is run masterfully.
When Mrs. Gray was a moderator, there were many times she wished to have a jail or a hell to send forum participants to (figuratively, of course). This concept is one that will certainly be picked up on by the other forums who may plagarize this idea. I certainly hope that Eugene has copyrighted the arrangement of the forum so that imposters may not copy him freely.
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