why aren't the atheist and non religious threads closed?

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  • BrettPGH
    BrettPGH Posts: 4,716 Member
    that was actually in response to someone earlier who seemed confused on how to find the christian groups,i just forgott to quote her lol
    the athiest groups are private now i think
    I know you were replying to someone. But, people can reply like that. In a nice way, directing someone to find the groups. I didn't realize the atheist group was private. I shall direct people to Brett from now on! :smile:

    Oh great, more Christian hate mail coming up!

    Send 'em to Jeanette would ya?
  • macpatti
    macpatti Posts: 4,280 Member
    Oh great, more Christian hate mail coming up!

    Send 'em to Jeanette would ya?
    She gets the satanists. You get the atheists.
  • SueGremlin
    SueGremlin Posts: 1,066 Member
    The threads are now both closed so nobody has to feel persecuted.
  • michaelthorsonjr
    michaelthorsonjr Posts: 80
    I am Jewish ... that is all ... end of post.
  • psiren28
    psiren28 Posts: 530 Member
    One might be miffed at grouping atheists and satanists together. :P

    I'm both :/
  • DieVixen
    DieVixen Posts: 790 Member
    that was actually in response to someone earlier who seemed confused on how to find the christian groups,i just forgott to quote her lol
    the athiest groups are private now i think
    I know you were replying to someone. But, people can reply like that. In a nice way, directing someone to find the groups. I didn't realize the atheist group was private. I shall direct people to Brett from now on! :smile:

    Oh great, more Christian hate mail coming up!

    Send 'em to Jeanette would ya?

    I love hate mail!!!! I keep it in a scrap book!
  • manderson27
    manderson27 Posts: 3,510 Member
    Bump
  • BlessedShauna777
    BlessedShauna777 Posts: 118 Member
    One might be miffed at grouping atheists and satanists together. :P

    I'm both :/

    ?.....
  • macpatti
    macpatti Posts: 4,280 Member
    One might be miffed at grouping atheists and satanists together. :P
    They weren't grouped together. There were two separate threads.
  • KikiiMcI
    KikiiMcI Posts: 10
    I'd refrain from putting Atheism and Satanism (LaVeyan or otherwise) in the same category.
    It's pretty much like saying Christians and Muslims are the same.
  • macpatti
    macpatti Posts: 4,280 Member
    I'd refrain from putting Atheism and Satanism (LaVeyan or otherwise) in the same category.
    It's pretty much like saying Christians and Muslims are the same.
    Again, no one put them in the same category.
  • alorick
    alorick Posts: 194
    Neither is allowed. The mods stay pretty busy, so my guess is they haven't gotten around to locking the atheist/satanist threads yet. My hope is that Christians would NOT post in those threads with insulting or ridiculing comments, though. Same thing I'd ask in threads where someone was looking for Christian friends.

    Atheists aren't satanists. In order to be a satanist, you have to believe there is a satan. Please don't put those two in a pile together.
  • psiren28
    psiren28 Posts: 530 Member
    I don't see why any one of them should be reported. People have the right to befriend who they please. I'm a Christian and should have that right just like the non religious. Just my thoughts.

    Agreed! We have people with all sorts of criteria: people looking for female / male friends, tall friends, friends with over 100lbs to lose, friends on maintenance, friends in certain countries / areas etc. etc. I don't know why if it's religion or lack thereof that's specified it starts a s***storm.
  • cjpg
    cjpg Posts: 433 Member
    From my experience, MFP hits people pretty hard when it comes to 'sensitive topics'.

    Even by MENTIONING religion in general puts you on the top of the watchdog list. But of course, they're human so they don't react instantaneously like machines do. Unless... they... became one....

    Which is a segue to an interesting thread that I'd welcome - Singularitarians for Better Health :D
  • jcarnes66
    jcarnes66 Posts: 40 Member
    I'm not religious. Does that make me a bad person? Or 'non-friendable'?
  • Mike
    Mike Posts: 823 Member
    Just a quick explanation: we do lock all topics that seek input only from a single religion (or non-religion), as per our community guidelines. Unfortunately, we've seen in the past that religious topics inevitably lead to personal attacks, arguments, and insults.

    We do not apply this rule only to Christian topics. We apply them to all topics oriented only to a single religion (or non-religion). However, because of the volume of topics posted every day, it's not possible for us to review every topic proactively, so we rely on members to report topics that violate our guidelines to us. If you see a topic that you think should be locked, but hasn't been locked, you can use the Report Post link that is shown on every post to let us know. One of the mods will receive your post and review the topic as soon as possible. In this particular instance, we simply hadn't seen the other topics until they had been reported. but we have now locked the other topics as well.

    Please note that we do have many religious groups on the site. In our Groups section, you absolutely can create or join groups oriented only to a single religion. Just click on the Community Tab, then Groups, and enter a search term for the type of group you are looking for.

    Hope that helps clarify things, and hope you are enjoying MFP.
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