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Post by Rachel2 on Mar 3, 2011 15:27:22 GMT -5
I am a member of a few Christian message boards and notice that activity has declined significantly on most of them. Even on this one.
On most of the boards there were new topics of discussion and ongoing conversations posted daily. I've noticed for sometime now there might be no activity for days or even weeks.
I think one reason for the decline is that many have moved on to Facebook....
What do you think are some reasons for the decline in activity?
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Post by teebee on Mar 6, 2011 11:01:14 GMT -5
Well, I stopped posting on and visiting Faith and Fellowship Forum during the election of 2008 because I became disgusted with all of terrible comments made by the many of the Christians on the board. When the administrator wrote me in 2010 to inquire about my lost interest, I told him that. I am fed up with the American "Christian" idealogy that to be Chrisitian is to be Republican. That idea seems to abound on many Christian boards.
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Post by Nikkol on Mar 7, 2011 9:55:11 GMT -5
Well, I stopped posting on and visiting Faith and Fellowship Forum during the election of 2008 because I became disgusted with all of terrible comments made by the many of the Christians on the board. When the administrator wrote me in 2010 to inquire about my lost interest, I told him that. I am fed up with the American "Christian" idealogy that to be Chrisitian is to be Republican. That idea seems to abound on many Christian boards. That's interesting because most Christian boards except a minority hold a "republican" viewpoint. I just think that there are too many "feelers" on message boards. Ppl take things personal and we can't have really good debates....OR everyone agrees and so there's no reason to discuss anything. My BEST discussions were back in the day when there were ppl of many faiths (incl atheists) posting. It was much more entertaining and we could really have good discussions. |
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Post by anointedteacher on Mar 8, 2011 10:52:20 GMT -5
Well, I stopped posting on and visiting Faith and Fellowship Forum during the election of 2008 because I became disgusted with all of terrible comments made by the many of the Christians on the board. When the administrator wrote me in 2010 to inquire about my lost interest, I told him that. I am fed up with the American "Christian" idealogy that to be Chrisitian is to be Republican. That idea seems to abound on many Christian boards. That's interesting because most Christian boards except a minority hold a "republican" viewpoint. I just think that there are too many "feelers" on message boards. Ppl take things personal and we can't have really good debates....OR everyone agrees and so there's no reason to discuss anything. My BEST discussions were back in the day when there were ppl of many faiths (incl atheists) posting. It was much more entertaining and we could really have good discussions. Not true.... Many of those so called Christians are very hateful and racist.... I was on a few boards that suppose to be Christian forums, they are so hateful toward anybody who don't line up with their belief. They hate ALL TV evangelists, I couldn't believe the things they were saying and the way they mocked other Christians. They put up all offensive pictures and comics, and they laughed and made fun of them. If you didn't go long or ask why they were doing this, they will bully you. They also made racist comments as if they were members of the KKK... Sometime I will go on Christians post ... sorry the minority forum are completely different. We may bump heads, but it is nothing compare to most of the White Christian forums. Crossings have a bunch of self-righteous conservative Christians. They don't believe in anything, and everybody is a false prophet. Every TV evangelist/minster is a prosperity false teacher or prophet... Anyone is slain in the Spirit, is into witchcraft or brainwashed. Most of them are Southern Baptist... and they cut down any view beside their. They are against anything that don't line up with their belief, they just not as outrageous as the other forums. I hate to say this, I have better conversation with non-believers on politics and things taking place in this country, than with Christians. There were an apostle/prophet (both) used to be on my Facebook, a racist teabegger. I deal with her real good. She was so anti-Obama and repeat every lies that come cross her face.... He a Muslim, death panel, birther, they trying to take away our guns. When I got finished with her, she deleted me as friend, shut down her FB account and haven't posted on her other fb accounts... and haven't been active on her own forum, blog and web site... All activities ended the same date I responded to a private message from her and I told her how I felt and what my thought about her view and the tea party.... I also told her as a Christian, She do not represent Me and is an insult to Christ. I also gave her the background of President Obama, his birth, childhood, education, and experience also with how his mother struggle with her insurance when she had cancer, they drop her when we needed them the most. She was very sick and had to fight to get treatment. |
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Post by teebee on Mar 8, 2011 12:20:30 GMT -5
Amen, AT. My sentiments exactly. It's baffling to me that Christians think that kind of vitriole is okay and that telling lies in the name of politics is okay. And why is it that the Christian Right still can't see through the Repub smokescreen?! Republican leaders don't ACTUALLY care about moral issues, they simply see the Right as a loyal and reliable voting block to whom they need to play. This is obvious by looking at the lifestyles of the majority of the leaders. They are as immoral as any Dem leader that they attack. How can people ATTACK a First Lady for being fit and trim and looking good, and for encouraging children to eat right and exercise?! When I realized how intellectually barren and hate/fear-filled so many of them (Christian message board posters) are, I was done. Forget it.
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Post by krazeeboi on Mar 8, 2011 16:31:31 GMT -5
Facebook/Twitter is my first thought.
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Post by anointedteacher on Mar 8, 2011 16:40:32 GMT -5
Facebook/Twitter is my first thought. I can not figure out how to twitter... I have an account but never use it... I guess it for all the younger folks.... May be I should ask Sarah Palin, she good at it lol... |
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Post by Nikkol on Mar 9, 2011 8:00:28 GMT -5
I have a Twitter account....I created it and that's it.
And what I said was true....based on MY dealings with message boards. I'm not going to knock that your dealings may have been different or accuse you of giving false information...but at the same time, to be fair, saying what MY thoughts are concerning message boards shouldn't be something I have to "defend". (make sense?). As a matter of fact, there's one message board that I'm CONTINUOUSLY bullied on....of course it doesn't bother me much because it's just a board and I'm not a "feeler"...but some of the things that I've been called or that has been said would make some ppl cringe, cry or even turn away from the church based on how those Christians acted....Again this is MY view based on MY experience with boards.....
SN: Everything that we say in reference to Democrats/Republicans is ALL relative...very opinion based. I know of Democrats that are just as mean and spiteful and are so "pro-black" that they're racist against everyone else. Honestly, it would be nice to have discussions about politics without having to turn to name calling and just deal with the facts and give your opinion on the FACTS.
And there are quite a few tv preachers who are false prophets but whether of not...
This was SO OFF topic.....lol.
But I do think that Krazee has a point. Nowadays, ppl are so use to having things quickly and we can be honest that you may post something and you have to wait a few hours to maybe get a response....but if you're on FB, you can message ppl or update your status with whatever and have a bigger pool of ppl that will see it based solely on the fact that they're on your friends list. I've seen many topics that if it hadn't been for them happening to be on my friends list, I would never discussed or even read what others said....and the "turn-around" time for responses is seconds.
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Post by anointedteacher on Mar 9, 2011 11:17:09 GMT -5
I have a Twitter account....I created it and that's it. And what I said was true....based on MY dealings with message boards. I'm not going to knock that your dealings may have been different or accuse you of giving false information...but at the same time, to be fair, saying what MY thoughts are concerning message boards shouldn't be something I have to "defend". (make sense?). As a matter of fact, there's one message board that I'm CONTINUOUSLY bullied on....of course it doesn't bother me much because it's just a board and I'm not a "feeler"...but some of the things that I've been called or that has been said would make some ppl cringe, cry or even turn away from the church based on how those Christians acted....Again this is MY view based on MY experience with boards..... I go to a board you've referred me to: Yes, at time they will bully you, if you have a different opinion on a subject. But they can't be compared to those other Christian boards. You know I am not one to bent easy, and I told them in the very beginning. I also notice that they adopted an certain teaching that is completely off, and I let them know, they are off and they chewing false doctrines. They don't call me out my name or get real nasty with me, that's the different. They don't hate like the other boards and not as racist, they try to boost their black race to feel more superiors, lol... We are talking about born again Christians, church goers, on a Christian board... even on an non-Christian board or blog, Democratic do not scoop as low as Republican... check out Yahoo and compare it to Huffington post comments.... it is outrageous. I know there are nasty Dem and Rep, but those Gopers win the prize. It is not off topics... we discuss ministers more than politicians... Yes some are off or false, but not all... It the level they go to tear down a brother or sister in Christ, on a Christian board (99.9% Republican). I went to on board, and the whole board was about Paula and Randy White... They went as far as posting members of the church personal informations, like home addresses, property value, credit reports, and assets... I was shock! that they were able to dig this stuff up and post it. Some were following Paula and Randy everywhere they went... these were Christians, Republican conservative Christians. I used to be a Rup, Ind and Dem... I voting cross party line... After seeing the way these Rup. acts and the tea party (very racist, hateful and violent group)... I will probably never go back to be a Rup. It depend on the type of friends you have, how often they login and participant. |
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Post by Nikkol on Mar 9, 2011 14:29:39 GMT -5
Well, I've gotten chewed up, spit out and rechewed on some boards... that's why I say it depends...not to mention that not everyone on boards (whether they say so or not) aren't Christians....so you gotta take most of it as a grain of salt.... but I wouldn't say or demean the whole Democratic party even though I'm republican....and I think that I've been careful to not trash democrats...but I've learned that those that call republicans or caucasians racist are the same ones that many times will also demean and trash caucasians and republicans by their word choices as well.....
Reminds me of how upset ppl get if a white person calls a black person the "n" word....but won't get as upset if a black person does the same thing.....
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Post by anointedteacher on Mar 9, 2011 16:23:21 GMT -5
It's the painful US History behind the N-word, coming from the white, bring back the pain, and angers.... the pain didn't come from the black, it was the way the white used the word to opressed the black through slavery and after. Now they want to used it again to opress us... I rather be called the N-word by a black person than white any day.... and I hate the word, I don't let anybody use it around me.... You don't know or see the different?
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Post by krazeeboi on Mar 9, 2011 21:29:27 GMT -5
If y'all think some of the Christian and political message boards are crazy and racist, you haven't seen anything until you frequent the comments section of any article where race plays a part on a city's local newspaper website. It's really making me think that racial attitudes towards Blacks in this country hasn't changed as much as we might think they have. People spew some of the most racist, vitriolic rhetoric on that trash that you've ever seen or heard. Others tone it down a bit, but at its core its still kind of racist. Sometimes it's not racist, but (some of) the White people posting clearly do not "get it." For instance, in Charlotte this past weekend, there was a big HBCU basketball tournament that has happened annually for the past couple of years. One article covered some of the events associated with the tournament and the comments section turned into a "why HBCUs are racist" discussion. I'm like, you have GOT to be kidding me.
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Post by Nikkol on Mar 10, 2011 11:18:18 GMT -5
It's the painful US History behind the N-word, coming from the white, bring back the pain, and angers.... the pain didn't come from the black, it was the way the white used the word to opressed the black through slavery and after. Now they want to used it again to opress us... I rather be called the N-word by a black person than white any day.... and I hate the word, I don't let anybody use it around me.... You don't know or see the different? Honestly, it's not painful for me because I really didn't have to deal with it... I don't have that "story". I can understand the story and why it has such an impact on those that have dealt with it. So if someone does call me that, I don't see it any worse than calling me anything outside of my name. |
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Post by MinLisa on Mar 10, 2011 12:42:10 GMT -5
Facebook/Twitter is my first thought. I agree with this..things are changing so fast... I wouldn't be surprise something else may come out then facebook and twitter will be declining |
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Post by Beulah5 on Mar 22, 2011 14:06:10 GMT -5
I think message boars like most fads have simply faded away. I personally think that in a way it is good because nothing should take the place of church and fellowship with other believers.
I also think that fb is even fading away-i am already bored by it...
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