I Don't Want To Start A Holy War, But...

deenaspell

Several of you said you enjoy reading my blog and I wanted to share some of my most recent posts. They are not weight-loss related and please be forewarned that the topics I'm writing about are religious in nature. I just want to share some intriguing topics with folks, so if God/religion offends you, please don't read! However, for the Christian and/or the curious, they're great conversation starters :-) Please let me know if you're interested in reading more when I write them! You'll have to copy and paste the link in your browser.

"Closed-Minded Christian"

http://www.deenasafari.com/blog/?cat=197

Qarol

I'm an open-minded Christian.

ninelives58

"closed-minded" anything - sorry, but definitely not

deenaspell

I'm glad to know there are more out there!

Danahimself

The light of the world shines for all regardless if they like it or not...

hikeout470

I had an experience once with ghost. I was staying in an old hotel that was rumored to be haunted. I learned this when I took the transport. Basically middle of the night I woke to find a man smoking next door as I closed the window, short conversation, and I never smelled the smoke.

mommared53

Before this thread gets locked, I just want to say I will definitely check it out. Thanks for posting Deena. :flowerforyou:

Edited for spelling.

california_peach

your side bar needs some work.

deenaspell

Hey, thanks! I'm not sure if this is what you're referring to or not, but sometimes the codes don't load on my plugins. I'm not sure why that is, but if you refresh the page, it usually works right!

deenaspell

Thanks! :-) I'll be posting new topics every week, and I was hesitant to post anything here because of that. Still, I want to let people know about it in case they were interested!

Before this thread gets locked, I just want to say I will definitely check it out. Thanks for posting Deena. :flowerforyou:

Edited for spelling.

deenaspell

Ooooo, creepy!

I had an experience once with ghost. I was staying in an old hotel that was rumored to be haunted. I learned this when I took the transport. Basically middle of the night I woke to find a man smoking next door as I closed the window, short conversation, and I never smelled the smoke.

deeharley

bump

Steven

Dear Posters,

I wanted to offer a brief explanation for the locking of this thread, as well as offer a preview of some changes that will be debuted soon at MyFitnessPal. These changes are being made with the express purpose of allowing more leeway in terms of what users can freely post on the site.

The forum guidelines include this item:

13) Topics about politics, religion, atheism, or sexuality are not allowed and will be deleted. This includes posting images or signatures. Unfortunately, we have seen that topics about either of these subjects are highly likely to result in heated arguments and disputes. If you really wish to discuss any of these topics, please google political forums, religious forums, etc. - there are plenty of other places to express your views.

In the past, with only a small crew of volunteer moderators to help keep the dialogue on the site positive and supportive, Mike has reluctantly had to create a rule which disallows any posts about these potentially divisive topics. Mike would greatly prefer to allow all of these topics to be discussed on the site, but so far, we haven’t had the resources to moderate such topics in a manageable fashion. Often the tone of the original thread is harmless, but as the threads proceed, members participating in such topics have been subject to insults or attacks, feelings have gotten hurt, and in more instances than we would like, a moderator wasn’t able to step in quickly enough to prevent this from happening.

To help the situation and with the purpose of really letting conversation on the site blossom, two things are being done: the team is training more moderators, and the site will soon feature a new “Groups” feature.

With Groups, Members will be able to form their own groups and invite other members to join. Each group would have it’s own forum, and group forums would have much more leeway in the range of topics discussed. So, for example, you’ll absolutely be able to create a faith-based, or politically leaning support group and discuss the exact range of topics you’d like to discuss. Groups will be able to host a much more diverse and mature range of conversations, and because groups will be able to moderate themselves, we hope they’ll be much better at protecting some of our more targeted populations from unwanted hassle. We plan to heavily promote the existence of groups to all of our members, fostering strong participation and hopefully giving you exactly the community experience you are looking for on our site.

In the meantime, we appreciate your understanding. We’re committed to making MyFitnessPal a place where all members can communicate openly in a supportive, and positive environment that helps them to achieve their weight-loss and fitness goals.

If you would like to review the forum guidelines, please visit the following link:

http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/14923-forum-rules-please-read-before-posting

At our discretion, this locked thread may be deleted entirely in the near future.

With respect,
Steven
MyFitnessPal Staff

Jade_Butterfly

Thank you so much for posting. . .I am a Christian as well. .